Gillian Grassie

Mumbai Shows & Press

// February 10th, 2010 // No Comments » // Music, News, Performances, Press

Just wanted to let you know about a couple performances happening this week in Bombay. Both are collaborations with incredibly talented artists.

First up, tonight I’ll be joining Ranjit Barot on stage at Blue Frog.

Friday, I’ll be performing with Indian fusion band Mithaavin as a part of the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival.

(Details on the SHOWS page)

The Bombay Elektrik Project gigs at Cafe Goa got some nice coverage in the blogosphere. Check out what folks had to say at desictritics, indiecision, and the Mumbai Mirror.

Gillian to perform for Bombay Elektrik Project Jan 20th

// January 18th, 2010 // No Comments » // Cool Stuff, Performances, Travel, Uncategorized

Very pleased to have been included in this event!

The Bombay Elektrik Project in association with UTV World Movies is hosting an evening of film and music at Cafe Goa in Bandra on Wednesday, January 20th.

Featuring performances by yours truly and Mumbai’s own Dischordian (nominated Most Promising Indie band of the Year by India’s leading indie-music blog, indiecision.com), followed by a screening of La Femme Nikita (yes, really), the night is sure to be an overload of awesome. And it’s free!

Come on the early side to enjoy Cafe Goa’s yummy food and martinis.

January 20: Mumbai, India
Bombay Elektrik Project & UTV World Movies present
Gillian Grassie & Dischordian
8:30 – 11:30 PM / FREE
Cafe Goa
Agnelo House
Off St. John de Baptist Road
near Mount Mary Steps
Bandra

First German Review!

// November 27th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Cool Stuff, Music, News, Performances, Travel

Many thanks to Das Consortium, the wonderful Musikkneipe in Hamburg/Harburg who hosted me for my last performance in Germany. It was a totally lovely evening playing for you all and I’m completely blown away by these very kind words from the venue:

“Diese Frau ist wirklich Megaklasse. Die Kombination aus filigran gespielter Harfe zu einer Stimme, die sich mit weltklass Stars vergleichen lässt, und einer Titelauswahl, die einem jeden Zuhörer den Mund vor Staunen offen stehen lässt. Musik zu Versinken in seinen schönsten und/oder auch emotional einfühlsamsten Gedanken. Brillant! Danke.”

Can’t wait until our paths cross again (and I promise I’ll have worked more on my German by then)…

Vielen Dank,

Gillian

Le Tennessee video

// October 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // Music, Performances, Travel

Here’s a video of “The Mark” from soundcheck at Le Tennessee Jazz Bar in Paris. Thanks for the link, James!

Zach and Jim’s songs can be found here.

Brotherly Love in the City of Lights

// September 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Music, Performances, Travel

I managed to squeeze in a show here before I leave for Berlin – and it’s got an ALL PHILLY line-up! Jim Boggia and Zach Djanikian will be joining me for an evening of music in the Latin Quarter (6eme).

If you’re free Tuesday night and in the city of lights, drop by the Tennessee Jazz Bar around 9 PM. I’m hoping to finish some new material over the weekend and test-drive some songs!

Details here and on the Shows page:

September 29th: Paris, France
Tennessee Jazz Club
12 Rue André Mazet
75006 Paris
9 PM (21h)

I’ll miss this town for many reasons, including the fact that THIS happens twice a week:

pari_roller

What you’re watching are several thousand Parisian rollerbladers taking over the streets of Paris Friday night. It’d kind of like that bicycle takeover in Philly, only these guys get an official police escort to help divert traffic – twice a week! If you ever plan on visiting Paris with your rollerblades, visit Pari-Roller.com for the scoop. Suggested listening: Adrien Reju’s rendition of “Brand New Key” from her album A Million Hearts.

XPN Fest ‘09 highlights

// August 29th, 2009 // No Comments » // Music, Performances

It happened a while ago, I know, but I was so thrilled to be a part of this year’s XPoNential Music Festival that I just wanted to post a quick, belated note about the experience. In my defense, I played the festival Sunday, packed like mad on Monday, and hopped on a plane for France Tuesday morning. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind ever since then getting settled abroad, but before I tell you my stories of Paris and Lorient and Normandy, I wanted to share some of my personal highlights from the Festival.

audience view of the Marina Stage

First off, the band sounded just fantastic and I was so proud to be sharing the stage with such fine musicians. Ross Bellenoit, Matt Scarano, Ryan Kuhns and I have been working together as a quartet for nearly a year now and I was very sorry to have to leave my Idling Ferraris behind, but very proud of how far we’ve come as a group. I sorely miss their support and creativity when I play over here, but am excited to come back with a bunch of new songs to throw at them when I get back!

There was some exceptional, above-and-beyond fan lovin’ that took place at the festival. Francesca and Erika had me do sharpie body-art (see photo documentation). Special thanks also goes out to Adam, Dorothy, and Elliot – the cool kids from Lancaster who chatted a while and made me feel like a million bucks.

Erika getting inked!

I was just delighted that my longtime harp teacher and dear friend, Janet Witman, was able to make my last State-side performance, and was tickled later to see someone tweeted about the shout-out moment.

There are some more pictures up on my flickr account if you’re interested, and Bekah Larson also wrote a very nice review of the performance for the XPN All About the Music Blog, which you should check out here.

Thanks to everyone who came out and tuned in to share this very special afternoon with me!

Set List: July 26th, Wiggins Park, Camden Waterfront, NJ
Pulse
Silken String
Summer
The Canonization of Margot Price
No Answer
The Mark
August

Frencesca

XPoNential Music Festival 2009

// June 25th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // News, Performances

My last performance before I head abroad for my grand Watson adventure will be at the XPoNential Music Festival on Sunday, July 26th. I’ll have my full band with me and the festival’s line-up includes Aimee Mann, Guster, Yeasayer, Peter Bjorn and John, The Annuals, The Low Anthem, Matt Duke, Shemekia Copeland, Sharon Little, The Hold Steady, John Gorka, and many, many more. You can see the complete line-up and buy tickets (single day or weekend passes) online. The performance will also be broadcast live on XPN’s radio frequencies and on www.xpn.org.

In an effort to become more technologically tuned-in, I’ve also finally joined the Twitter bandwagon. If you’d like to follow me, just go to www.twitter.com/gilliangrassie.

NBC 10! Show Performance

// June 19th, 2009 // No Comments » // News, Performances

If you missed the airing, have no fear – the link is below. Thanks to all my friends on Myspace and Facebook for picking a “winner”

Watch the performance online!

Gillian to perform on NBC 10! Show 6/18

// June 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // Performances, Press

The wonderful folks at NBC have asked me to join them for the 10! show on Thursday, June 18th. Tune in at 11 AM (tricky, tricky…) on channel 10 or watch the segment online.

The band and I will be performing just ONE song, and picking favorite songs is like picking favorite children… so I thought I’d let you decide! Cast your vote for the song you’d most like to hear from Serpentine by commenting on Myspace or Facebook by Tuesday (shall we say midnight?) and then tune in to see what song got the most votes.

Groovy?

Much Love,
Gillian

P.S. You can still get a free song by joining the mailing list at gilliangrassie.fanbridge.com. Just look for the link in your confirmation e-mail. This will be the best way to keep updated on my travels in the coming year.

Live on XPN’s Folk Show with host Gene Shay TONIGHT!

// March 22nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Performances, Press

Gene Shay will be featuring me again on the XPN Folk Show! Tune
in from 8 PM – 11 PM TONIGHT to hear a live, in-studio performance and
interview to discuss my Watson fellowship.  The full band will be joining me on air – that’s Ross Bellenoit (guitar), Ryan Kuhns (upright bass), and Matt Scarano (drums)!

XPN is available on the following radio frequencies and worldwide at www.xpn.org:

* WXPN 88.5 FM in the greater Philadelphia/South Jersey area
* 104.9 FM in the Lehigh Valley
* 90.5 FM Worton/Baltimore
* 88.7 FM Lancaster/York
* 99.7 FM Harrisburg
* WXPN is also available worldwide via streaming audio.