Donovan's Blog
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Donovan at MIDEM 2009
Another eclectic MIDEM musical mix
Psychedelic folk legend Donovan will be presenting a seclection of songs from his latest release, a DVD retrospective called Sunshine Superman -- The Journey Of Donovan (SPV) at a show in the Salle Mediterranee on Monday January 19, at 20.30. The following night the singer/songwriter will be appearing at the Pschent Party alongside Variety Lab. Donovan sang on the track Is This The Last Time? that features on the LP Team Up! (Pschent).
Donovan performs at MIDEM 2009 on Monday January 19 -- 20.30-21.15 at the Salle Mediterranee, Palais des Festivals.
http://www.midem.net/index.php?pid=676&id=52
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Donovan on New Variety Lab Album
Current mood:
Donovan appears on the new Variety Lab album on the song "Is This the Last Time?".
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Info: Spotted a few years ago on various Hôtel Costes compilations with the track "London In The Rain", Variety Lab are back today with "Team Up!", a 12-track record composed with the help of a number of outstanding artists. Over a period of three years, Thierry Bellia's demos have passed into the hands of friends and musicians whose music he enjoys very much. Among those, let's just name David Bartholomé, the lead-singer with Belgian band Sharko, and also both Jérôme Didelot (Orwell) and Alexandre Longo (Cascadeur), ever so faithfull. Kidsaredead frontman Vincent Mougel also steps into this electro-pop laboratory and sings "Sodapop Confusion" , the first single taken from this album, on which a sample of Janette's famous "Porque Te Vas" can be heard. The range of featurings on "Team Up!" is wide. Nearly all the tracks here are sung by different artists. Thus we have first the mythical folk legend Donovan, then Yael Naim and Lisa Kékaula from the American band The Bellrays. The amazing David Bartholomé brings his own punchy tone of voice into this crazed project on which one can cross former Kas Product singer Mona Soyoc and Canadian singer Lily Frost.
« I was delighted to be asked to join Variety Lab on their project. I heard the song and knew it was influenced in part by my own music. I flew into Paris to record. I helped to re-work the song and had great fun with the band. It’s a cool track and I am pleased to present this first single with Variety Lab. It’s a funny lyric and I brought out the humour with one of my quirky accents that I use when I take on the character in a song. It’s a perfect new pop record to dance and meet a new friend or lover.“ - Donovan
http://www.myspace.com/varietylab
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Public Meetings and Concerts
For all my fans in Ireland and the UK a Unique opportunity to attend concerts which I will be giving together with a talk and presentation by Award winning Film Maker and artist David Lynch as part of the David Lynch Foundation programme to bring the benefits of Transcendental Meditation to our schools and young people.
Watch out also for my New DVD Donovan Live in LA Filmed at the Kodak Theatre Los Angeles Earlier this year which goes on sale in October in the UK.Public Meetings and Concerts
Dublin October 20th 2007 8PM
Venue to be confirmed
Belfast October 21st 2007 2 PM
Venue: Queens Arts Festival Elmwood Hall
London October 23rd 9PM
British Film Institute, Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London October 24th 8:30PM
University of London, Logan Hall
20 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AL
Edinburgh October 25th 8:30PM
Venue to be confirmedGlasgow October 26th 8:30PM
Venue to be confirmed
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SXSW 2007
Current mood:
Here are a few photos of Donovan from SXSW 2007 held in Austin, Texas.happy
Photos courtesy peermusic.
hey now we ready for to to come on out and PLAY