'Undercover'

Like much of Haye’s second album, The Roads Don’t Love You, ‘Undercover’ is bland and distinctly average. The sense of intimacy, and indeed the delicate nature of Haye’s songwriting, which made Night On My Side so special is lost amid the bigger production. Often ‘Undercover’ sounds dead and lifeless; Hayes’ vocals, less subtle than before, lack honesty, with the previous sexiness to her phrasing now sounding forced. Dull.

Like much of Haye’s second album, The Roads Don’t Love You, ‘Undercover’ is bland and distinctly average. The sense of intimacy, and indeed the delicate nature of Haye’s songwriting, which made Night On My Side so special is lost amid the bigger production. Often ‘Undercover’ sounds dead and lifeless; Hayes’ vocals, less subtle than before, lack honesty, with the previous sexiness to her phrasing now sounding forced. Dull.

Gemma Hayes is one of the acts invited to kick off a year of festivities to celebrate Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday next year

2010-12-08

The singer will perform a special acoustic show this month

2010-11-01

2009-12-19

Tomorrow night's show will feature Gemma Hayes, Jape, Paddy Casey, Mundy, Duckworth Lewis Method, Lir, Villagers, Jerry Fish and more, all performing songs by their musical heroes.

2010-03-04

She's also had a song snapped up by One Tree Hill.

2010-02-15

Gemma Hayes is set to play what has been described as "an intimate acoustic show", at Crawdaddy, in Dublin, in December.

2009-11-04

The Irish vocalist will play an intimate acoustic set on Friday 4 December.

2009-11-03

Fresh from supporting Joe Jackson on tour in the US, Gemma Hayes has just confirmed a set of Irish dates for November and December

2008-10-21

Following a busy autumn on tour around the US, Gemma Hayes has lined-up a date in Dublin this December.

2008-10-01

Gemma Hayes adds two post Electric Picnic dates in Ireland before jetting off on her UK tour.

2008-07-29

Tipp songstress Gemma Hayes and Limerick's Giveamanakick are just two of a rake of new acts added to the bill for Cork's free Indie-Pendence festival.

2008-06-18

As Gemma Hayes steps back into the fray with her long-awaited third album, Hot Press arranges for her to have a tete-a-tete with long-time collaborator Dave Odlum.

2008-06-06

As an admirer of Hayes' new album, I’d been hoping for a more mellow and subdued performance, but she was playing with a full band. And it didn’t really work.

2008-05-09

Tipperary Songbird blossoms on long-awaited comeback – eventually

2008-04-30

Gemma Hayes has given us a sneak peek at her new album, with cover artwork and a full tracklisting.

2008-04-04

Gemma Hayes ends her Los Angeles exile next month.

2008-03-06

The long wait for the new Gemma Hayes album is almost over...

2007-11-15

“Holy Shit!” Not the words you might expect to hear from the usually quietly-spoken Ballyporeen beauty. But that was precisely her reaction to the rapturous reception she received from a packed to the gills Vicar St. for what, I’m reliably told, was her biggest solo headliner to date.

2006-02-27

Irish singer/songwriter Gemma Hayes is to play a one-off date in Dublin next year.

2005-12-08

2005-11-15

In a slightly unfathomable move, the lead single from Hayes’s second album makes its appearance a couple of weeks after that record’s release, by which point it will have become clear that the singer has managed to sidestep that difficult second album problem with aplomb. All of which leaves ‘Happy Sad’ a bit redundant and most probably with little chance of troubling the upper reaches of the charts. Record company tactics aside, though, this is a lovely, warm and fuzzy song that moves the Hayes sound forward, if not in giant leaps.

2005-10-28

Following the success of her Mercury-prize nominated debut album, Gemma Hayes was struck down suddenly with writer's block. Her artistic recovery was a long, painful process, taking her from a sleepy Kerry village to downtown L.A.

2005-10-26

2005-10-19

Seeing as she’s got a new single and album on the way, Gemma Hayes is going to be playing a few domestic shows to celebrate.

2005-09-06

Gemma Hayes returns to Dublin on October 19 for a see-the-whites-of-their-eyes show in Whelan’s.

2005-08-17

She’s been a regular festival goer since she first attended Féile at the age of 14. Gemma Hayes waxes lyrical on the joys of those sprawling, big days out

2003-07-09

...and on the strength of the amazing reviews she's been getting Stateside - not least from Billboard and the Village Voice - Gemma Hayes' American career is set to run and run

2003-06-26

2003-05-09

2002-10-11

The Hayes live experience is nothing less than first class

2002-09-27

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