In A Week: February 14 to 20, 2016

In A Week is our look back Hozier highlights and happenings from the previous week.

February 14 to 20, 2016


News

Hozier’s #FaceUpToDomesticViolence campaign has picked up momentum. The video for Cherry Wine, launched on Valentine’s Day starring Saoirse Ronan and Moe Dunford, recently passed 2 million views.

We prepared an update on the campaign and all that has happened since the launch on 11 February.

Campaign Update 2

All proceeds from the iTunes download of Cherry Wine go to help 22 charities around the world working to aid and support victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence. Visit hozier.com/cherrywine for download link and full list of charities and help resources.

Hozier’s Guitars complete coverage:

Update: Cherry Wine #FaceUpToDomesticViolence Campaign
A Word From Hozier on Cherry Wine
New Video for Cherry Wine Launched
Cherry Wine Single to Benefit Domestic Abuse Charities
Cherry Wine 2nd Anniversary Feature


Awards

Vote once every 24 hours for Hozier to win Song of the Year for Someone New at the Choice Music Prize awards. The event is 3 March at Vicar Street in Dublin.

Upcoming: The TPi Awards ceremony will be 22 February in London, when we’ll find out if 4 members of Hozier’s superb crew will take home some well deserved recognition.

TPi Awards


Appearances

Hozier’s had most of last week off from touring and media obligations. You can find his most recent interviews in our update on the Cherry Wine #FaceUpToDomesticViolence campaign, including this German interview from Berlin.


Gigs

Hozier returned to his headline tour after 2 weeks away. We’ve got the highlights from his show on 19 February in Berlin, Germany.

By Hellomyoldheart

We also published highlights from these recent shows:

4 February – Portsmouth, England – Stunning pro shots from this show.
5 February – Cardiff, Wales – “Is it Friday?” and a restart means “that’s how you know it’s live.”
6 February – Manchester, England – The last UK gig and a prank from Wyvern Lingo.

Gear junkies will like this article on the sound and lighting production equipment used on the Hozier Tour.


Life

We put together a Mega Throwback Thursday last week looking back in Hozier history for January 21 to February 18 over the span of 4 years! . #TBT

Behind the Scenes

Valentine’s Day

Hozier launched the new video for Cherry Wine on Valentine’s Day as part of his #FaceUpToDomesticViolence campaign.

#faceuptodomesticviolence www.hozier.com/cherrywine

A video posted by Andrew Hozier Byrne (@hozier) on

Alana’s new Aeropress set her heart aflutter. (Or maybe it was too much caffeine?)

A whole other kind of love #coffee #newtoy #valentines #bladeblood #aeropress 😍

A video posted by Alana Hart-Henderson. (@lanihendy) on

Rachael was home in Nashville with her Valentine.

Lorraine was coming up roses on Valentine’s Day.

Happy Valentine's Day people 😍😍😍😍

A photo posted by lorraine Barnes (@lorraine_barnes_) on

Mia found love in the everyday.

Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️ #valentinesday #happyvalentines #valentines #valentine

A photo posted by Mia Fitz Music (@miafitzmusic) on


Friends

Little Green Cars

Stevie Appleby has been producing a lot of art these days and posting snaps of his fantastic sketches and canvasses to his Twitter and Instagram.

There is nothing more terrifying

A photo posted by @stevieappleby on

The band announced their appearance on May 23 at DOT TO DOT Festival in Bristol and were in rehearsals last week.

"And then I hear Clair, Clair de Lune, playing in my head, puts me in the mood…" #rehearsals #littlegreencars

A video posted by Little Green Cars (@littlegreencarsofficial) on

Saint Sister

Morgan MacIntyre and Gemma Doherty played the IMRO Venue Awards and got high praise for their performance from IMROWhelan’s and Hot Press.

Wyvern Lingo

Karen, Saoirse and Caoimhe will be in Kilkenny on 8 April. You can catch them in Galway on 11 March at Roisin Dubh.

Zaska

Fans of Hozier’s early work will know Zaska. He released new music last week (get your free download of this track here), and if you look closely in the video, you’ll see Karen Cowley of Wyvern Lingo amongst the studio spectators. Karen and Hozier sang together with Max Zaska’s jazz-funk ensemble in 2012 and 2013.

Jess Kavanagh

Jess and Hozier go way back. She provided backing vocals at his performances in the summer of 2013 and on his first US dates in 2014. She has supported a long list of talented artists and has a few projects that are keeping her busy, including Barq. But it was this new video from Dublin rapper Lethal Dialect that made us swoon over her voice all over again (and we’re not alone.)

Ruby Amanfu

Ruby Amanfu was a backing vocalist in the autumn of 2014 on the Hozier tour. She’s also sung with Jack White and Alabama Shakes lead, Brittany Howard and is a friend of Rachael and the band. She was just announced for this year’s Newport Folk Fest lineup.

Stoneface Films

No Stoneface podcasts this week. But the lads were back recording on Friday, so look for new episodes next week.


Thanks to all of our contributors with special thanks to @literarypengke and @Megn0481.

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Featured image: Steffi Brungs 

Update: Cherry Wine #FaceUpToDomesticViolence Campaign
Cologne: February 21, 2016
2 Comments
  1. I really enjoyed this, I felt really involved catching up with all of these amazing creative peops and to see the development of Hozier so far, gosh that was amazing with Annie Lennox. Thankyou xxx

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