Ginger & Friends

Ginger has taken the unusual step of releasing a new solo track as part of a YouTube video.

The song, called Patience And Gratitude, will only be available as part of this video clip, and you can check it out here.

Subscribe to Ginger’s YouTube channel to ensure you don’t miss what will undoubtedly follow this first foray into film-making.

A download only charity compilation launches today to raise money for the relief efforts following the Earthquake in Haiti.

Upon arriving back in the UK a few weeks ago at Heathrow (and being a little too wrapped up in seemingly important things like whether the plane would land in the snow or if my train would be running) I was immediately greeted and numbed by the horrific and shocking news reports that followed after the Haiti Earthquake. As the magnitude of the disaster continues to grow by the day, I was very keen (like most people) to do ’something’.

Thus The Haiti Project – a charity download album – was born. Within a few days of sending emails and calls to my nearest and dearest friends an album quite literally ‘came together’.

The album is spearheaded by the anthemic debut track from The Sonic Graffiti, a new band from LA put together by Ginger, Billy Morrison, Michael Butler & Scott Lipps. The track entitled Mystery Number was recorded at Matt Sorum’s studio in August 2009 & was produced by the legendary Mike Clink.

I’d like to personally say a big thankyou to Ginger, Billy, Michael, Scott & Mike for donating this exclusive track, and allowing The Haiti Project to (hopefully) raise even more money.

http://www.facebook.com/thehaitiproject

The Haiti Project Tracklist:

1) The Sonic Graffiti – Mystery Number (Exclusive)
2) Eureka Machines – Being Good Is Ok, But Being Betters Better
3) Electric Six – Newark Airport Boogie
4) Jackdaw 4 – Jesus Wants My Soul Back
5) The Loyalties – Sofa Surfin’ UK (Acoustic)
6) Antiproduct – When We Find Love
7) The Organ Beats – Happy Birthday/Come On Home
8) The Wildhearts – Unbroken
9) Tragedy: All Metal Tribute To The Bee Gees – Nights On Broadway
10) Radio Dead Ones – Take It On Trust
11) Ricky Warwick – Love Owes
12) Brijitte West (Feat. Jesse Malin) – How To Be Good
13) Moi? – This Is All That I Wanted
14) Laika Dog – Piano Song
15) Sorry & The Sinatras – Riverside
16) Children of The Unicorn – Nightshark

The download album costs just £5 and is available from MusicGlue.

16 songs for £5!? Oh yes!

All of the proceeds will be donated directly to the ongoing relief efforts and you’ll end up with 16 great tracks. Good deal.

http://www.facebook.com/thehaitiproject

Ginger will be streaming the show in LA tonight at www.ustream.tv/channel/sunset-and-vine

Ginger is on at 10.15 LA time (6:15 am on Thurs UK time)

Ginger will be supporting Maria McKee on Friday 14 August in Österlen, Sweden.

Ginger recently covered Maria McKee as part of his Secret History Of Rock’n’ Roll series for Classic Rock, describing her as “…such a talent. Authentic, magical and quite unlike any other voice“.

The evening is billed as “A Very Special Night at the Countryside of Österlen” from 7pm – 11.30pm at Kulla Dansbana, Rörum, Österlen.

The line-up is:
Maria McKee
Ginger
Mikael Rickfors
Esther Rose Parkes
Maria Blom
Maria Anderberg

Ginger is returning to LA to play the Viper Room on the 26th August – Tickets are just $10 from TicketWeb

Support from: Modern Day Escape and Selah Sue

The band includes Billy Morrison, Scott Lipps & Michael Butler. Ginger is due on at 10pm. Expect more surprises and special guests!

The back-end of the Ginger & The Sonic Circus website has been upgraded. Everything should work the same as normal, but if you find any problems, please put a message on the forum to let us know.

A few things have changed – most notably the news section. For RSS feed users, there is a feed linked from the sidebar for the news. Also the sidebar has a month by month news archive.

Ginger will be streaming tonight’s rehearsal live from LA at midnight UK time, 4pm (PST), 7pm (EST) and 8am Japan

The link is http://www.ustream.tv/channel/SUNSET-AND-VINE

Should be fun.

Ginger has been confirmed to headline the one day Trash-Stock festival at Seven in Nottingham on Saturday 8th August.

“Ginger will be on stage at 10pm to play a set of songs from his extensive solo career. Tickets are still priced at just £10 advance – an absolute bargain to see Ginger, let alone the kick ass support line up which remains unchanged!”

The already-awesome line up includes:

New Generation Superstars
Drugdealer Cheerleader
Eureka Machines
Teenage Casket Company
Shush
Obsessive:Compulsive
Kitty Hudson
The High Society
Peep Show

Ginger will be playing a very special warm up show at the Asylum in Birmingham on 9th July before his mainstage appearance at this year’s Guilfest festival. Support comes from Sorry & The Sinatras and Tragedy.

Tickets available from We Got Tickets

Ginger and a very special band will be performing a Wildhearts set along with a few solo gems in Los Angeles at the Viper Room on 16th July, and then as special guests to the Toadies at El Rey on the 17th July

Playing in the band will Billy Morrison, Michael Butler & Scott Lipps

For more info visit The El Rey
Tickets for the Viper room
For tickets for the El Rey (Toadies)

Ginger says.. (from his Facebook)
I’m playing LA, Viper room July 16th, El Rey Theater July 17th… Solo shows playing tons of Wildhearts songs with Billy Morrison, Scott Lipps and Michael Butler. Expect guests, expect surprises.