The Cake Sale
Get the Cake Sale now:
Download: iTunes / Yep Roc Records (US/Canada)
| ROI | Play.com | Roadrecords | |
| NI/UK | Play.com | Amazon | HMV |
| US/Canada | Yep Roc Records | Amazon | Best Buy |
Praise for The Cake Sale
"The Cake Sale is not just the best 'charity' record we've heard in years, it's one of the best records of the year - *****" - The Irish Times
".that mythical beast, the consistently great charity record - ****" - Q
"Good cause just the icing on this 'Cake Sale'" - New York Daily News
Some Surprise Duet at the Meteor Awards
About The Cake Sale
The Cake Sale is a band featuring a loose and expansive collective of musicians and writers who have combined to create a 9-song CD of the same name on Oxfam Records. All profits will go to support Oxfam's Make Trade Fair campaign and our overseas programme work.
Songs on the album have been written by Dave Geraghty, Emm Gryner, Paul Noonan, Glen Hansard, Ollie Cole, Damien Rice, Conor Deasy and Matt Lunson.
Lead vocalists for the project include Lisa Hannigan, Nina Persson, Gary Lightbody, Gemma Hayes, Glen Hansard, Josh Ritter, Conor Deasy and Neil Hannon.
A host of other luminaries fill the roles of musicians.
The Cake Sale has reached double platinum status so far, it entered the charts at number 3 and was named one of the top ten albums of 2006 by Hotpress readers. The Cake Sale has received amazing reviews including being named the Irish Times CD of the week and awarded a whopping 5 stars by many music journalists. With the increasing success of The Cake Sale in Ireland there has been increasing interest in an international release from countries such as the U.S. and Australia.so watch this space!
See more about The Cake Sale at: www.thecakesale.com
Oxfam Ireland would like to thank:
Brian Crosby from Bell X1 - you dreamed this up and have worked tirelessly to turn it into a reality.
Dave O'Grady from Independent Records - you are a star
Dan and Liza at Friction PR - thanks for all the media coverage
Scott and Karl at Angry Design - for the brilliant CD cover and other artwork
Mrs Crosby - for all the work put into making and icing those yummy looking cakes
Dominic Phillips from Bell X1 - for helping us through the gruelling contracts
Paul and Annette from McCann Fitzgerald solicitors - for their pro-bono work.
The Cake Sale band: Rob Bochnik, Ollie Cole, Conor Deasy, Dave Geraghty, Emm Gryner, Lisa Hannigan, Neil Hannon, Glen Hansard, Gemma Hayes, Graham Hopkins, Kevin Horan, Colm Mac Ion Iomaire, Padraic McMahon, Gary Lightbody, Matt Lunson, Paul Noonan, Nina Persson, Dominic Phillips, Damien Rice, Ken Rice, Josh Ritter, Daniel Ryan, and Nick Seymour.
All at Road Records, Phil Hayes, Tanja Raab, David Gentle, Deirdre Costello, Ger Murphy, Mark Anders, Dave Tyler, Roger Bechirian, Donal McGuirk, Alison Rogers, Tony Hoffer, Nathan Larson, Paddy Dunning, John Hanley, Lucy Polden, Donchadh O Neill, Ken Allen, Kim Haughton, Aoife Woodlock, Steve Wall, Mike Hanrahan, Justin Dowling, Declan Rudden, Keith Johnson, Paul Mallon, Ben Barrett, Tara Richardson, Claire Leadbitter, Dave Turner, Frank Walshe, Natalie de Pace, Alan Cullivan, Michael Murphy, Darius Zekha, Petri Lunden, Johnny Davis, Niall Muckian, Dave Couse, Nick Kelly, Joe Wall, Fiachna O Broanain, Duke Special, Declan O Rourke, Toby Darling, Greg McAteer, Annika Johansson, Donal Scannall, Mark Carolan, Clan Crosby, Gavin Friday, Natalie Horton, Liz Kessler, Siobhan McCann, Johnny and Mary at the Mac Shop, John Walshe, Jeremy Westgate, Nicola McCutcheon, Danielle Harrison, Joe Doyle, Andy Knightley, Music Maker, Musician Inc and Bell X1.
We are really overwhelmed by the support we have received for this project. Your support will strengthen our global fight against poverty, suffering and injustice. Thank you.
Links
Listen on MySpace: www.myspace.com/thecakesale 
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