Archive artist of the fortnight: David Gray

We couldn't help it. So taken are we by David Gray's masterpiece of a new album that we've dug out some of the really special moments!

The Hot Press Newsdesk, 01 Sep 2005

Gray pride, 1994
A full 11 years ago, a relatively unknown David Gray released his debut album, A Century Ends. He played Whelan's. We reported on it. Read this interview on who Lorraine Freeney describes as "a one-man bullshit-free zone".

The second coming of David Gray - interview, 2000
Wowza, this one's a big one. Our man on the scene reports from New York, Boston, London and Dublin to see how Gray's quest for world domination is going. Better than the time he toured there before, apparently: "It was really depressing. We arrived at one venue and there was a huge sign outside: 'TONITE: Barbecue Ribs - sold out. David Gray - 8 o'clock.' When you're less of a draw than barbecue ribs, you've got to ask yourself some serious questions!"

Live review, 2001
Paul Nolan, formerly a sceptic, gives his opinion of the man live at the Olympia. "An undeniably superb performer", he comes out saying.

'Made Up My Mind' single review, 1994
Aaaall the way back in 1994, and David's still got favourable reviews from us. "May his flame burn long and bright" is the verdict.

'Flesh' album review, 1994
...And the album it comes from is given the thumbs up as well...

White Ladder album review, 1998
Here it is - the all-important review of the seminal White Ladder. So did we get it wrong or did we spot its genius? Find out here...

A sort of homecoming, 2000
With Mr Gray's sold-out concert at The Point, Dublin, being one of those rare spine-tingling shows you remember for years to come, friend and journalist Niall Stanage gives a personal account of they epic journey that took David from the realms of the unknown to number one in the album charts.

The People's Choice - interview, 1999
This time David is playing Galway's Big Beat festival, Ireland's discovered his brilliance but everyone else is yet to. Makes for interesting reading...

Live review, 2003
David Gray headlines the main stage at Wittness, back when there still was a Wittness. "A characteristically enthusiastic performance that goes over very well", Paul Nolan reports.

The Hot Press Newsdesk

Villagers & Jape are also part of the Olympia line-up.

2010-02-01 - News

Ahead of his O2 appearance on December 19, David Gray tells us about his favourite instrument - the majestic Steinway Model D grand piano.

2009-12-04 - News

The follow-up to Draw The Line is already being assembled!

2009-11-23 - News

David Gray has revealed to Hot Press that he's already working on a new album which will probably be called Foundling.

2009-11-23 - News

He's got Regina Spektor riding shotgun with him.

2009-10-02 - News

At last, a brighter shade of Gray.

2009-08-31 - REVIEW

There's also new material to be heard.

2009-05-12 - News

Always guaranteed a rapturous reception on Irish shores, David Gray meets his people.

2007-11-30 - Interview

A Thousand Miles Behind sees David Gray paying tribute to the songs that have inspired him, and is very much a return to basics musically.

2007-10-03 - REVIEW

Christy Moore and David Gray have both announced extra concert dates this winter.

2007-10-01 - News

David Gray has announced a stadium show in Dublin this November.

2007-09-14 - News

David Gray has released a 12-track collection of live covers recorded between 2001 and 2007.

2007-09-07 - News

It’s the end on an era for David Gray as he parts company with his longtime drummer and “stalwart companion” Craig “Clune” McClune.

2007-07-05 - News

30th Anniversary Retrospective: To mark Hot Press’ anniversary issue, David Gray embarks on a ramble down memory lane.

2007-06-27 - Interview

It took Gray a few songs, but by mid-set the singer-songwriter and his two-man acoustic band had moved into their flow, helped hugely by a pivotally-placed ‘Babylon’, to which the audience gave great song.

2007-05-17 - REVIEW

David Gray fans pining for their hero will be thrilled to hear that he’s Ireland-bound in May.

2007-03-16 - News

It’s been a long, hot, muggy day, but Galway’s weather still won’t piss or get off the pot. A short, sharp shower would actually be extremely welcome, but the heavily pregnant clouds just tease with the prospect of rain. On the plus side, the evening skies over the Fisheries Field are appropriately shaded for the musical night ahead (sorry, but it’s an unbreakable rule of music journalism that every David Gray live review must contain at least one pun on his surname).

2006-07-27 - REVIEW

David Gray on music, football, James Blunt, Babyshambles and his new musical direction... or not.

2006-07-20 - Interview

He may have started out as the classic underdog, but David Gray has gone on to become one of the most successful songwriters of his generation

2006-06-07 - Interview

Fans of Bell X1 and David Gray are in for a treat as they lead the line up for the Galway Arts Festival.

2006-05-04 - News

As exclusively revealed last month in Hot Press, March 31 sees David Gray unleashing his Live In Slow Motion DVD.

2006-03-15 - News

The headline acts have been announced for this year’s Live At The Marquee gigs - and we can exclusively reveal them here!

2006-02-28 - News

To transform the intimacy of his records into an entertainment show is some task, but one which Ireland’s favourite Welshman has improved on as the years go on, simply because more material equals rich pickings: those less suited to shared appreciation can be dropped.

2005-12-02 - REVIEW

2005 keeps getting better for the honorary Irishman as he gets ready for two dates at the Point Depot

2005-11-07 - News

David Gray’s seventh studio album is called Life In Slow Motion. As someone who hasn’t ever fully understood the appeal of his music, that’s exactly what his concert experience felt like.

2005-09-22 - REVIEW

Fresh from conquering both the UK and Irish charts with his new album, Life In Slow Motion, David Gray is set for a double dose of Dublin.

2005-09-19 - News

He's already scheduled a December date in Dublin, but now our favourite Welshman's making over to the north too.

2005-09-08 - News

No longer the angry young man who heralded A Century Ends, nor the underdog troubadour we took to our hearts and our homes with White Ladder, the David Gray of 2005 is something like a phenomenon.

2005-09-05 - REVIEW

Sharp suits, a global fan base, his own luxury recording studio - David Gray has certainly come a long way. On the eve of the release of his latest album, he talks about the dark side of success and explains why he wants to leave the singer-songwriter tag behind

2005-08-31 - Interview

With his September 18 visit to the Olympia selling-out in nanoseconds, Hot Press cover star David Gray has announced a somewhat bigger Dublin date at the Point Theatre.

2005-08-24 - News

Are you ready for another massive David Gray hit that gets rotated to death by every mid-afternoon DJ on the planet? Well, we’re quite sure you’re going to be hearing a lot of ‘The One I Love’ when it hits the airwaves later this August. Instantly catchy (if suspiciously like Paul Brady) and featuring one of David’s most uplifting choruses to date, this power-ballad has the potential to be even bigger than ‘Babylon’ was back in 2000.

2005-08-17 - REVIEW

Here’s something to get your head nodding wildly - David Gray is coming to Dublin in support of his new album which we reckon is going to be massive.

2005-07-28 - News

As forecast in the last issue of Hot Press, David Gray has announced an autumnal initimate show at the Dublin Olympia.

2005-07-18 - News

With a new single set for release in August, David Gray makes his return to the live circuit

2005-06-24 - News

"Gray is his usual head-shaking, good-spirited self"

2003-07-15 - REVIEW

For the person in the eye of the storm, massive success can involve a titanic struggle. Especially when, as you’re trying to keep your bearings, ordinary life jumps up to punch you in the teeth. Now, after death, birth, fatigue, grief, joy and the "mindfuck" that is "the tidal wave of success," it is time, says David Gray, to get back to the music. and – whisper it – maybe even have a little holiday.

2003-07-10 - Interview

"I don't know whether they're going to replace No Disco with something equally interesting or, as is depressingly often the case, a duller, watered-down version": as one of the artists who benefitted from exposure on No Disco, DAVID GRAY offers this tribute to the show’s pioneering spirit. A Hot Press exclusive

2003-04-14 - Interview

Not the most challenging or exciting show ever – but tonight was a celebration of the triumph

2002-11-28 - REVIEW

First there was the bad shit then the mad shit – the biggest-selling album in Irish history, an international hit and a record you hear “in every shoe shop”. So, having climbed the white ladder to phenomenal success, how does David Gray follow that?

2002-11-20 - Interview

The result is a reflective, elegiac, extremely personal study of love and loss, measuring the yawning absences of bereavement, and testing the fortitude of the relationships which tether us at our most bereft

2002-11-05 - REVIEW

Chris Martin picks up copies of David Gray's new album and buys a round in HMV Grafton St

2002-10-25 - News

Ireland gets world-premiere first dibs on David Gray's new album, A New Day At Midnight, when it's released here a full 4 days ahead of the rest of the planet on October 24th. At midnight of course

2002-10-21 - News

After the phenomenal success of White Ladder, David Gray reveals the tracklisting for his much anticipated follow up release

2002-10-03 - News

How David Gray - whose follow-up to the planet-conqueringly successful Whilte Ladder is due out in eight weeks - beat the how-the-hell-do-you-follow-White-Ladder blues

2002-09-09 - News

Hot Press has it on unimpeachable authority that David Gray will be returning to Ireland in November for shows at the Dublin Point and Belfast Odyssey.

2002-04-04 - News

David Gray is an undeniably superb performer. His passion for his music is overpowering.

2001-10-25 - REVIEW

given the choice, I’d prefer to see him in front of a comfortable-sized crowd, but due to his immense popularity, grander things are called for these days. .

2001-08-02 - REVIEW

Cynics may see this album as a stop-gap release designed simply to fill the void back home, while David Gray sets out to break America with White Ladder.

2000-06-08 - REVIEW

This is a passionate, honest, evocative and beautiful album. Buy it

1998-10-28 - REVIEW

David Gray: “Flesh” (Hut)

1994-09-07 - REVIEW

‘Made Up My Mind’ is a further reiteration of Gray’s refusal to compromise his sadness and humanity

1994-08-24 - REVIEW

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