Archive June 2012

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Announcement Bap is now at Number 6 in American chart!

Bap Kennedy's album "The Sailor's Revenge" (produced by Mark Knopfler) has now gone to Number 6 in the American Roots chart. 

Mojo 4* review for "The Sailor's Revenge"

 "consistently impressive" ....

Bap Kennedy's album "The Sailor's Revenge" has received a 4 star review from influential music magazine Mojo

 

Into The Arms Of Love Video Competition (answers)

Bap Kennedy's video competition to win 2 tickets to Bap At The Barge (Belfast) and a bottle of champagne has now closed. The winner has been announced as Mick McAstocker. Entrants were required to identify the people who appeared on a video of "Into The Arms Of Love". Answers have been posted on Youtube

Into The Arms Of Love is a song written by Bap Kennedy and produced by Mark Knopfler. It was recorded in British Grove Studio in 2011 at the same time as Bap's latest album "The Sailor's Revenge" (produced by Mark Knopfler) was recorded. Into The Arms of Love features on the bonus disc which is included in the Deluxe Edition of The Sailor's Revenge. 

Bap at the Barge - All dates sold out

 Bap Kennedy's run of dates at The Barge, Belfast comes to an end on Saturday 30 Jun 2012 before he heads off to play in Europe and America.  All dates have sold out well in advance. 

Announcement The Celtic "Blood On The Tracks"

Bap Kennedy's new album "The Sailor's Revenge" which just been released in the USA has been described by influential music magazine No Depression as "the Celtic Blood On The Tracks" - a reference to Bob Dylan's highly acclaimed album from '75 and ranked #16 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.


Announcement Bap At The Barge (Belfast) - LIMITED TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

 Bap Kennedy will be finishing his run of sold out performances at The Belfast Barge with a full band performance on 30 June 2012 before heading to Europe & America later in the year.        Limited tickets are now available - click here. 

 

Bap Kennedy on BBC Radio Ulster

Bap Kennedy will be live on BBC Radio Ulster today, 15 Jun 2012. On the Gerry Anderson show (10.30 - 12.00) with Anthony Toner & Ben Glover  

Bap Kennedy "Into The Arms Of Love" competition

We are currently running a competition to win 2 tickets to Bap At The Barge (Belfast) on 30 June plus a bottle of champagne.

To be in with a chance of winning watch "Into The Arms Of Love" video and see how many people you can correctly name.

Send your answers to info@bapkennedy.com (an alternative prize of Bap's entire back catalogue is on offer eg if you live outside N. Ireland).

‘Into The Arms Of Love’ is included on the deluxe version of Bap’s latest album ‘The Sailor’s Revenge’ which is available now from Propermusic.com, Amazon.co.uk andiTunes (standard version with ‘Into The Arms Of Love’ bonus track). Fans in America can order the album on iTunes and Amazon.com.
 

Pittsburgh Daily News highly commends The Sailor's Revenge

Bap Kennedy's album "The Sailor's Revenge" continues to receive excellent reviews following its recent American release. Pittsburgh Daily News "In Tune" has awarded it 4 stars.

"Irish singer/songwriter perfectly melds the folk traditions of both his homeland and America on the mesmerising new album "The Sailor's Revenge" Under the steady hand of producer Mark Knopfler, Kennedy has crafted one of the best albums of his distinguished career. There's not a bad song to be found among the 11 gathered here, with Kennedy especially effective on "Shimnavale", "Jimmy Sanchez", "Lonely No More", "Please Return To Jesus", "The Beauty Of You" and "Celtic Sea"

Highly recommended (JS)

 

Announcement - As Bap turns 50 this month, we wish him all the best with "The Sailor's Revenge"

 

Bap Kennedy's new album The Sailor’s Revenge has now been officially released in America. The Sailor’s Revenge is the outcome of a creative collaboration between Bap & Mark Knopfler. All songs on the album have been written by Bap. The album was recorded at Mark’s studio, with Mark playing guitar on 6 of the 11 tracks and also singing some backing vocals. It is rare for Mark to produce for another artist, but he has been closely involved with The Sailor’s Revenge from start to finish. Between Bap and Mark they carefully selected, from a large batch of new Bap songs, a collection that fitted the theme of the album.

The Sailor’s Revenge is being released by Proper America and features various members of Mark’s band as well as top drawer session musicians such as Jerry Douglas and Ian Thomas.