The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show
We'll be performing live on Ian Dempseys Breakfast show on Wednesday the 9th of July. The Ian Dempsey Breakfast show broadcasts live from 7am to 9am on Today FM (Ireland). For those of you outside Ireland you can listen online at TodayFM.com
'Fee Da Da Dee' Irish Single Release
Our NEW single Fee Da Da Dee will be available to buy exclusively from iTunes Ireland on the 11th of July. We've also added Fee Da Da Dee to our MySpace music player.
The song features guest vocals from the very talented Jenny Lindfors. Be sure to check out her own music at her website or on her myspace.
'Told You So' featured on hit ABC TV series 'Men In Trees'
Told You So from our debut Album ...Waltzing Alone is featured in the closing montage of the June 4th episode of the hit ABC TV series Men In Trees.
The entire episode will be available online here from Thurs. June 5th for U.S. web viewers.
The rest of us will have to wait... coming to a TV near you soon.
Waking Up In America
'Waking Up In America' is the lead Single from our forthcoming Album 'Happy The Man'. The Single will be available to download exclusively from iTunes on Friday, 2nd May 2008.
Happy New Year!
2008 got off to a great start for the band with the U.S. release of 'Across The Pond'.
Compiled and released by Starbucks Entertainment/Hear Music, 'Across The Pond' features tracks by yours truly, Amy Winehouse, Damien Rice, The Fratellis, Lily Allen, and more of "The UK's Best and Brightest".
Speaking of new releases... Album No. 2 is well underway and we'll keep you posted when there's a firm release date in sight.
Check back soon for updates/pictures/video of the recording process.
We've just completed a song (taken from our new Album) in the Irish language for the forthcoming 'Ceol '08' Album which is due for an Irish release later this year.
All proceeds go to charity, check out
Seachtain na Gaeilge's website for updates on this great project.
Hopefully coming to a cinema near you soon... 'Philosophia', the opening track from our Debut Album '...Waltzing Alone' is featured in the new, award winning independent movie, 'The Education Of Charlie Banks'.
Check out this link for more info.
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Thank you for all the great messages of congratulations, encouragement and support over the past few months. The new Album's on the way, 2008 is shaping up to be a busy one... once again, thanks for listening.
T.G.G.
Mania TV Clips
At the end of our last U.S. tour the good people of Mania TV asked us to stop by... so we did.
Clips of the show are now available online and you can check them out by clicking on the song names below.
The ManiaTV Network is the world's first internet television network, delivering pop culture entertainment to more than 10 million youth and young adult viewers every month. Stop by for a look and get yourself a free account, and while you're there why not rate our first Internet TV performance.
First up was I Think I Love You, followed by
Told You So, then
Wonderful Wizard, and finally
Her Beautiful Ideas.
Thanks for watching!
Clear Channel NEW!
The Guggenheim Grotto are now live in NEW!
The program hits over 560 Clear Channel Radio station websites, providing huge exposure for all artists involved. Show your support for the band by clicking here ...listen to 'Told You So' and help push TGG up the Clear Channel NEW! playlist chart.
Photos from our recent US Tour will be posted soon, as well as an update on the progress of recording our new Album. Thanks to everyone who came down to the recent gigs and for all the emails and messages of support.
Once again... thanks for listening.
Apple iPhone includes 'Philosophia'
Probably the most publicly anticipated technological release in the history of mobile communications, the Apple iPhone went on sale on Friday, June 29th.
Several specially selected songs, videos and other media are installed on every demo unit in all AT&T and Apple Stores...
including 'Philosophia', the opening track from
'...Waltzing Alone'.
No.1 on iTunes Folk Chart
Following on from being iTunes 'Single of the Week', our exposure to a new audience resulted in '...Waltzing Alone' climbing to be the 1 selling Folk album on iTunes USA.
Thanks to all the great people at iTunes and at our label UFO, and all of you, for making The Guggenheim Grotto some of the happiest people on the planet at the moment.
Some more dates have been added to our U.S. Tour this August...
check out our upcoming shows for updates and details.
Thank you for all your emails and comments over the past few weeks... exciting times ahead, watch this space.
Thanks for listening.
iTunes Single of the Week
'Philosophia', the opening track from The Guggenheim Grotto's debut album '...Waltzing Alone' has been chosen as the iTunes Single of the Week for the week beginning April 17th.
The promotion is a huge honor as only one song out of the millions of tracks in the iTunes library is chosen each week and made available to download for free.
'Philosophia' will be featured on the main iTunes USA homepage, the music homepage and more.
Also... download
RingTones of our Songs directly to your phone.
Check with your Phone Company to find out how much they charge for the download, but as far as it goes from our end... this service is free.
If you're having difficulty or have any questions, technical or otherwise, check out the FAQ at
www.myxertones.com
The RingTones are all under 30 seconds long and are designed to loop back to the start in an attempt to deliver a constant stream of sound.
