Today, Gemma Hayes shares a live version of her single ‘Feed The Flames’, featuring some of Ireland’s top musicians: Lisa Hannigan, Caimin Gilmore, Cormac Curran, Brendan Doherty and Sam Killeen.
‘Feed the Flames’ follows Gemma’s exceptional single ‘High & Low’, the first new material from the award-winning songwriter in nearly a decade. The song garnered widespread airplay on the likes of BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio London, BBC Radio Ulster, RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ lyric fm, Newstalk, Dublin’s 98fm, Cork’s Red FM and more. This month, Gemma’s incredible Fanning at Whelan’s set aired on Virgin Media One Television. The Business Post praised Gemma as “a songwriter whose work pivots between serious life experiences and an indie folk/rock style influenced as much by Nick Drake as My Bloody Valentine”.
Gemma Hayes’ debut album Night On My Side was released in 2002, for which she won Best Female Artist at the Hot Press Awards and a Mercury Prize nomination. Since then, she has released four critically acclaimed studio albums and a limited-edition live album.
Gemma is constantly in demand for film and tv placements – she recently contributed to the soundtrack of the film adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s Greyhound of a Girl. Her version of Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’, recorded for the US TV series Pretty Little Liars, now has over 24 million streams on Spotify alone.
Gemma Hayes – 2024 Irish Tour Dates
12th April – Watergate Theatre – Kilkenny
19th April – Gleneagle INEC – Killarney, Kerry
20th April – Dolan’s – Limerick
21st April – Cyprus Avenue – Cork
27th April – Roisin Dubh – Galway
10th May – RCC – Letterkenny, Donegal
18th May – Vicar Street – Dublin
19th May – Spirit Store – Dundalk, Louth
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