Music Village Emmett Tinley of The Prayer Boat in Whelans on the 17th of March.
Emmett Tinley began his musical career with The Prayer Boat in the late '80s. The band hailed from County Wicklow and was started by Emmett on vocals and piano and his brother Patrick on guitar. The two brothers were inspired by the songwriting of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and The Blue Nile. The Prayer Boat took their name from an Indian festival where people send religious offerings in the form of candles and incense on small reed boats and float them down the River Ganges at night.
The Prayer Boat developed their sound around Emmett's brooding and soulful songs and soon found a cult audience in Dublin. The band started sending demos to record companies and was sought after by a number of big labels. The Prayer Boat eventually signed to RCA in 1989, and released their debut album, Oceanic Feeling in 1991. In the mid '90s, the band moved to Glasgow and signed to Almo Sounds. The band released the singles “Dark Green” and “Saved” to great critical acclaim in Ireland. The Prayer Boat followed the success of these singles with their second album, Polichinelle.
Polichinelle was recorded in Dublin and London with Dick Meaney who formerly worked with My Bloody Valentine and Beth Orton. Polichinelle featured such Prayer Boat favourites as “Soon The Stars Will Steer Me”, “In My Arms Again” and “Dead Flowers”. After the recording of the album, the band played at the South by Southwest festival and toured America in 2000.
Emmett Tinley has been very quite over the last few years, living and writing in Amsterdam, Denmark and New York. Last year he performed songs on the “Other Voice: Songs from a Room” series, aired on Network 2. 2004 should prove to be a busy year for Emmett Tinley. He has just completed his first solo album for Atlantic Records/Warners, USA.
The album was recorded in New York and was produced by Victor Van Vugt who formerly worked with P.J. Harvey, Beth Orton and Nick Cave. The as yet untitled album will be released in the US later this year. For this special St Patrick's Festival concert in Whelans, Emmett will feature songs from Oceanic Feeling, Polichinelle and songs from his new album.
Time: 8pm
Tickets : €13.50
Tickets available from Central Ticket Bureau, www.centralticketbureau.com
Whelans
26 Wexford St
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 (0) 1 4780766
