Michelberger Music moments

This past October, Damien took part in Michelberger Music, a special event where those invited participate in an independent, artist–driven, commercial–free collaborative musical gathering at the Michelberger Hotel and Funkhaus in Berlin.

Everyone only saw a fraction of what was happening simultaneously at Michelberger Music.

Thanks to a team of camera & recording people, some moment have been captured to share with others. See below for videos featuring Damien:

Head over to People Radio (link: Peoplerad.io), a direct link to the music of the fall week and all the music to come out of what has been started. It’s a constant stream of music by all the artists involved in at Michelberger Music from the rehearsal, the jam sessions, and the shows… no skipping, like an eternal sound carpet.

Photo: The Folk Circle at Funkhaus (Ft. Erlend Øye, Sam Amidon, Damien Rice, Justin Vernon, O, Ragnar Kjartansson)

Canciones de Cuna

“Canciones de Cuna” is the first album produced by the nonprofit organization Casa de la Cultura de la Calle. The organization, created by Gastón Pauls in 2004, provides vulnerable children with activities and art workshops such as theatre, music and visual arts. The album contains 17 songs co-written by children aged 7 to 21 who took part in the artistic proposals provided to them by the organization.

“The proposal was to write texts, songs, ideas and tales related to their dreams, the songs they remember being sung to them and those they would like to sing to their own children. Something simple, something short, a lullaby”, explains Nicolas Pauls, executive producer of the CD.

Damien was honored to be a part of the project, helping bring to life a poem called “Look At Me” by a young mother in Argentina named Nayeli A-Z.

Nayeli A-Z was 16 years old and lived together with her little son in the Eva Duarte Home of the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was there that she began to participate in the Workshops of Artistic Expression, Theater and Music at Casa de la Cultura de la Calle.

In 2009, the NGO invited all the children and young people participating in its Art Workshops to write about what they felt or what they would like to hear when they went to sleep. All of the lyrics were presented to a group of Argentine and international musicians summoned by Nicolás and Gastón Pauls to help create an album of Lullabies.

Two of Nayeli A-Z’s poems would go on to be transformed into songs: “No me llore tanto”, chosen by Ricardo Mollo and “Look at me”, selected by Fito Páez and Damien Rice.

For Nayeli A-Z, writing is a necessary expression that has accompanied her since the age of 9. To this day, she continues participating in the Projects of House of the Culture of the Street as a collaborator and author.

The album was first released in 2011 and is now available digitally:

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An homage to Leonard Cohen

Backstage in Cologne

Backstage, sound checked, doors opened – Köln

After show street show Pistoia, Italy

Thank you!

Thank you Soest, Cruilla Festival, and Cactus Festival! Also a massive congratulations to Portugal for winning the Euro Cup. Thank you for the wild street party in Porto last night!

Tickets still available for Lisbon!

Tickets still remain for Damien’s 13 July performance in Lisbon. More information here: http://bit.ly/29hBx1O

Latvia Sold Out!

Damien’s 3 July concert in Latvia is now sold out. Tickets for 4 July in Lithuania are 95% sold out – so just a few last tickets left remaining. Tickets available here: bit.ly/296do3w

A Thank You to Asia

Thank you for the shows in Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, and Tokyo. We loved it all and will be back to Asia as soon as we can.

GYDA opening for Damien this summer

GYDA (formally of the band múm) will be the opening act for several of Damien’s performances on his upcoming European tour: 03 July – Sigulda, Latvia
04 July – Vilnius, Lithuania
07 July – Soest, Netherlands
12 July – Porto, Portugal
13 July – Lisbon, Portugal
16 July – Pistoia, Italy
29 July – Istanbul, Turkey