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Gemma Hayes New Single And Tour

27th Mar 2015

“An adventurer in sound” **** Mojo
“Spellbinding Irish singer runs her own race on dreamy fifth” Q
“That an artist such as this still only has an underground following is utterly astonishing”
Record Collector

Following the release of her acclaimed new album Bones + Longing, Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes has confirmed a UK & Ireland tour. Gemma’s new single Palomino will be released on 20th April, with a special limited edition 7 inch released for Record Store Day on 18th April. Gemma also contributes vocals to the upcoming single from Above & Beyond, Counting Down The Days.

So far in 2015 Gemma has been busy in Europe, where Bones + Longing has just been released, including TV and radio sessions in Paris and Berlin. This video clip of her and Joe Chester performing a version of Chris Izaak’s Wicked Game, previously a radio hit for Gemma in France, was filmed in the Chapel at the Centre Culture Irlandais especially the French fashion website MadMoizelle.com –
http://www.madmoizelle.com/gemma-hayes-wicked-game-acoustique-329677

Bones + Longing is out now
“An album that’s bound to form an intimate bond with its audience” 4/5 The Arts Desk
“An album of depth and texture, it repays time and attention; many will want to inhabit its hushed privacy” 8/10 Drowned In Sound

Gemma Hayes, UK & Eire Headline Tour:
May 14 The Globe, Cardiff
May 16 Leaf Café, Liverpool
May 17 Gorilla, Manchester
May 19 The Louisiana, Bristol
June 12 Electric Circus, Edinburgh
June 13 Óran Mór, Glasgow
June 27 Whelans, Dublin
June 28 Killarney Festival
July 10 Pound Arts Centre, Corsham.