Tom McShane » gigs

Duke Special Support

tom — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 08:41:02 +0000

I’ll be playing a show with legend, Duke Special tonight at Sandino’s in Derry.

Come along!

Tom

Record Store Day In-Store at Head Belfast Saturday 16th April

tom — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:26:39 +0000

From Head/AU…

HEAD Records (Best Irish Independent Store 2011) in association with AU presents:

RECORD STORE DAY!

Head invites you all to come and celebrate Record Store Day with us. We’ll be selling limited edition vinyl from 9am and in the afternoon some of the most exciting bands and DJs that the city has to offer will be taking over the store from 12:00-5:30pm

THE ANSWER (ACOUSTIC SET)
SEA PINKS
THIRD MAN THEME
TOM MCSHANE
MORNING CLAWS
CHARLES HURTS

In between each band we’ll have VINYL ONLY DJ SETS from:

SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER
JONNY TIERNAN (AU)
JOE LINDSAY
LYNDON STEPHENS
KENNY MURDOCH

This is not to be missed, so make sure to get yourself down early!

Scratch My Music Performance at Oh Yeah

tom — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 08:10:33 +0000

Hi all! I’ll be performing at the latest Scratch My Music event in the Oh Yeah music centre on Gordon St tonight (Tuesday 12th April). The idea behind Scratch My Music is that songwriters/bands perform a selection of songs with an interview between each song to explore their song writing process. The guest interviewer on Tuesday will be one of my oldest and dearest friend, Rigsy O’Reilly (ATL). Questions will come also from the audience.

To say I’m nervous about this is an understatement but as with most things in life that terrify me, I think it’s best to embrace the challenge. With that in mind, if there are any of my songs you would like explored at the event, please email me and I’ll try to add them to the set list.

The event will be preceded by a Demo Doctor session, where young artists will have a chance to have their demos critiqued by a panel of industry professionals.

The event will take place in the Oh Yeah Cafe between 19.00 & 21.00. It’d be really nice to see some friendly faces.

Imprintthisonyourmind Presents… #1

tom — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:52:02 +0000

Mr Matt Hazley, the man responsible for the ace podcast series, Imprintthisonyourmind, now invites you the first Imprint gig. Join myself, the wonderful Isobel Anderson and the excellent Farriers for tunes and such at the Black Box Cafe, Hill St Belfast from 8pm this Saturday. Admission is free.

If you missed my Imprint session from last year you can check it out here.

See you there!

Tom

NINA NASTASIA SUPPORT

tom — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:07:18 +0000

I’m so excited to announce that I’ll be supporting the wonderful Nina Nastasia when she visits Belfast early next month. Like many of you, it was the late John Peel who brought her music into my life. The first of her songs I heard was That’s All There Is from The Blackened Air which Peel played on his show some time in the early 2000s. That album holds a high place in my top ten albums of all time (though as I write, I’m listening to her latest, Outlaster on shiny 180 gram vinyl and it’s right up there with her finest work).

For me, having the chance to perform with Ms Nastasia is as big a deal as it would be to open for any of my other heroes and I’ll probably get seriously nervous and and more than a little starstruck. Considering the regard in which I hold her music, it seems somehow hard to believe that I’ll be in the same room as her, and that the room will be upstairs in Auntie Annies seems seriously surreal. My talents will look meagre and silly aside hers, but I don’t really care about that. Besides, most singers-who-wrtite-songs would be in the same boat.

I strongly recommend you come along. Artists of this calibre are few in number to begin with and to get to see one perform in such an intimate setting is a rare treat.

Oh by the way, I covered That’s All There Is for an ATL session back in 2007 which is still online over here.

NINA NASTASIA w/Tom McShane
Auntie Annies, Dublin Rd, Belfast
9th December
8.30pm
£9

Album Recording Today!

tom — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 08:12:02 +0000

Okay folks,

So the day has finally arrived! My next album will be recorded today in two completely live sessions at 2pm & 7pm at the Oh Yeah Building, Belfast. To say I’m excited would be an understatement. This will the the culmination of so much hard work by a great many talented people:

Nick Fitzsimons: Drums
Marty Timlin: Upright Bass
Conor Scullion: Piano and Organ
Linley Hamilton: Trumpet
Angie McCrisken-O’Reilly: 1st Violin
Michael McMullan: 2nd Violin
Zarah Fleming: Cello
Ciara O’Neill: Vocals
Hornby: Guitar & Vocals
Amy McGarrigle: Vocals & Glockenspiel
Rich Dale: Vocals
Ben McAuley: Vocals

Rocky O’Reilly: Producer
Ben McAuley: Engineer
Barrett Lahey: Engineer
Lee McMahon: Monitors

Come along and help us make something special.

Album Recording Sessions: TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

tom — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 21:01:17 +0000

I’m very pleased to report that the Trans 2010 Festival Programme was launced today and the tickets for my Album Recording Sessions are now available from the Waterfront and Ulster Hall Box Offices. Click here for more details.

Just a reminder that the recordings will take place at the Oh Yeah Building on 3rd July and you can attend either the 2pm session or the 7pm session. Tickets cost £9 which includes entry to your chosen session and advance purchase of the completed album which will be sent to you as soon as mixing, mastering and pressing are completed. You will be credited in the liner notes and your copy of the album will be personalised by me.

One more reminder, tickets for these events are strictly limited so get ‘em while you can!

Tom

AU Magazine Interview

tom — Tue, 25 May 2010 10:04:19 +0000

Here’s an interview with Chris Jones of AU Magazine about the Album Recording Sessions on 3rd July.

I explain in a little more detail the plan for the day and the thought processes behind the slightly unconventional recording method.

Tom

Sunday Service, Black Box Cafe 18/04/2010

tom — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 21:20:18 +0000

Hey folks,

Just letting you know I’ll be playing the Sunday Service show in the Black Box Cafe this Sunday. I’ll be performing a few songs before and after the audio of a few historic speeches are played. Should be interesting!

It kicks off at 5pm and admintion is free!

Tom McShane: Album Recording Sessions

tom — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 21:29:16 +0000

Tom McShane: Album Recording Sessions

In Association with Trans & Oh Yeah

This summer, Belfast based singer/songwriter Tom McShane & producer Rocky O’Reilly (Start Together Studio) throw open the doors and invite fans to witness first hand and take part in the creation of Tom’s next record. Fear not though; this will not be the repetitive and laboured process of endless over-dubs and recording trickery. This instead will be a dynamic and exciting live performance modelled on old school recording techniques of the ’50s & ’60s.

Two open-studio recording sessions will be held on July 3rd. During each of these sessions the album will be performed in its entirety with each song being performed only once per session. The best take of each song will be selected for the final cut of the record.

The recording will be facilitated by the Oh Yeah Music Centre, the creative hub at the heart of Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter. Recording will take place across various rooms with Oh Yeah’s main exhibition/performance space becoming an extension of the Start Together studio space, also based in the Oh Yeah building.

Tickets for this event are strictly limited. The ticket price not only admits fans to one of the recording sessions for this special one-off event but also includes a pre-order of the finished album which will be mailed to them as soon as the album has been mixed, mastered and pressed. Each ticket holder will be credited in the liner notes and receive special individual copy that will display their name.

Become part of the discussion that shapes the development of this record by joining Tom’s mailing list to have your say in everything from album art to the album’s title and receive demo versions of the album’s tracks as pre-production progresses.

Oh Yeah Building, Gordon Street, Belfast

Saturday 3rd July 2010

Session One 14:00

Session Two 19:00

Ticket price per Session (inc. album pre-sale): £9

Tickets available through the Waterfront Box Office