A compilation of songs from moments in his life.
December 15, 2020
Australian based Northern Irish singer-songwriter, Ciaran Gribbin, is releasing a six-track EP ‘Moving Through Time’ on Friday, December 18, 2020. The EP is a compilation of songs which have been written during different periods of Gribbin’s life.
Ciaran Gribbin is a Grammy-nominated songwriter and performer who has worked with top-tier artists such as Madonna, U2, Paul McCartney, Snow Patrol, and Al Pacino. He received his Grammy nomination for co-writing Madonna’s hit, Celebration and has toured the world as the most recent singer of INXS.
This is the second EP release for Ciaran Gribbin, his last EP ‘My Killer My King’ was released in 2015 and in 2020 he has released three singles, ‘Hey Misery’, ‘Let’s Change the World’ and most recently ‘Victoria’.
The title track ‘Moving Through Time’ was co-written in 2016 with CJ Vanston, a Los Angeles based film composer, record producer, songwriter and keyboardist. CJ Vanston has worked with many artists including Prince, Barbara Streisand, Ringo Starr, Celine Dion, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker and Richard Marx. Yes, that’s him playing keys on the Richard Marx hit ‘Right Here Waiting for You’!
“I had the vision for the song ‘Moving Through Time’ to be based on the piano and all I had at the start of the session was the line ‘The day is slowly dissolving into a pink Venice sky’. Anyone who has watched the sunset over Venice Beach in California will know that pink sky very well.” said Gribbin. “The song is simply about taking stock of where I was at in life at that very moment on the beach. It hit me that life and time moves very quickly, things change and none of us can do anything about it.”
Northern Irish based producer, orchestral arranger and musician, Michael Keeney performs on and produced five of the tracks on the EP. Michael Keeney and Ciaran Gribbin have been writing, producing and performing music together for 20 years. In 2016 Michael Keeney flew to Australia from Northern Ireland to work on music with Ciaran Gribbin and some that music is on this new EP and some of that work will be released in 2021.
The onset of COVID-19 on the world has been tough for everyone and for Ciaran Gribbin it has meant a reduced travel schedule and the gift of time. Time to focus on music he wants to make, time to finish productions that have been sitting idle for years, time to be creative again and best of all time to release music and plan for the future. And the future looks extremely bright for Ciaran Gribbin with a consistent release schedule planned for 2021 including singles co-written with legendary songwriters such as Andrew Farriss, Pam Sheyne and many more.
Ciaran Gribbin has an upcoming show in Sydney, Friday 29 January at The Baroque Room, Katoomba.
‘Moving Through Time’ is out on Friday 18th December.
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