Author: Tiger

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-28

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    Having heard I was visiting, Berlin appears to have closed their Reichstag and numerous public buildings. Les enfoirés! # For a limited period, 15% Christmas discounts on CDs from our online store. Discount code: NOLLAIG. http://music.tigercooke.com # Today we drove to DeBarra's, ate chowder, played, drank coffee, ate sambos, & arrived back in Dublin @…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-21

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    Getting Cowen to open the new Dublin airport terminal (presumably to cope with the mass emigration he created) was pure solid gold. # RT @gorgeouscolours: #ff @elecwhipcrack @booshette @stripeyjumper @nialler9 @tigercooke @barrygruff @solar_bears # Sick of reading "we all got carried away". Being ritually ignored does not make us culpable. To quote Colm Meaney, take…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14

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    Excellent news. Been waiting for that. RT @DavidCleary: Good for Dublin; http://bit.ly/dt8c0W # Extremely gusty in Dublin. Can only imagine what it's like on the West/North coasts. Tabhair aire! Mind yourselves! # 1st "fuck-head" on BBC News? RT @porksmith: Student bloke just interviewed on BBC news with 'fuck' written on his face. Is that a…

  • Out Of Reach on The View

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    We’ve had some nice reviews come in from the Sunday Business Post and some nice words from RTE Radio 1 and Newstalk, as well as the various interviews cropping up around the place. More to come. In other news we performed on The View a few weeks back on RTE television here in Ireland. It’s…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-07

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    Posted a new video: "Out Of Reach" http://soc.li/AS7QL4Z # Off to collect posters that DO include the gig date this time. Progress! # If one more person calls me easy listening, I'll introduce them to the Glasgow kiss. Easy listening… as opposed to difficult listening. # Tiger Cooke has a show coming up on 2010-11-02…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-31

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    I think my sarcasm re: festival submissions has been misinterpreted as support. O, for a sarcastic punctuation mark! # RT @stranded_aoife: so you want to be a music manager in the digital age eh? easy, right…. http://bit.ly/bINrxV Hilarious, sad and true. # Glenn Tilbrook on rerecording Squeeze songs. RT @guardianmusic: How Squeeze seized the keys…

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-24

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    Seems like as good a day as any to release an album. Let it be so. Fingertips Of The Silversmith – Tiger Cooke… is out now. # Wow. Familiar. "because these were our instructions. I'm just a soldier, you just carry out orders" http://bit.ly/bQTpwJ #RachelCorrie # RT @goldenplec: News: REVIEW: Tiger Cooke – Fingertips of…

  • Arena – RTE Radio 1

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    RTE Radio One’s ARENA show welcomed me for a chat and a few tunes last week.  You can download their podcasts here.  Here’s the interview with Sean Rocks : [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/6204643?secret_token=s-Qi9ho”]

  • Out Of Reach – HotPress Review

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    TIGER COOKE – OUT OF REACH “Bearing absolutely no similarities to the Gabrielle super smash of the same name. ‘Out Of Reach’ is a charming alloy of soul and folk that’s certain to go down a treat with fans of Van Morrison’s jazz man days. File under yum.” HotPress – Wed, 20th Oct 2010

  • Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-17

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    Tried a quick nap before show tonight. Local militia throwing black cat bangers out in the streets. Sounds like the IDF in Gaza outside. # That's either a wide angled lens or a the largest cigar I've ever seen http://bit.ly/apWB5Q # A load of new Irish dates added to the website. (http://bit.ly/cwvDo1) More to follow……