The Guggenheim Grotto
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Over the past three years Mick Lynch and Kevin May of pop/folk act The Guggenheim Grotto have touched U.S. and U.K. audiences in a way the duo couldn’t have imagined. TGG released …Waltzing Alone in the U.S. on United For Opportunity on September 26, 2006, and in November of that year embarked on its first U.S. national tour. TGG’s sophomore record, Happy The Man, made its digital debut at No. 1 on the U.S. iTunes Folk Chart in October 2008. It boasts the band’s same signature mix of timeless, multi-instrumental pop/folk, but offers a greater maturity and a higher sense of self-consciousness while delving into more sampling and electronic techniques.
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Promoting their eagerly awaited 2nd Album ‘HAPPY THE MAN’, released on September 5th 2008 in Ireland, Dublin based 'The Guggenheim Grotto' play their last Irish dates of 2008 before heading Stateside.
Their critically acclaimed debut Album '...Waltzing Alone' kept them busy touring the U.S. for most of 2006-2007 with songs from the Album featuring on many top rating U.S. TV Shows including Men In Trees, Brothers and Sisters, Six Degrees, One Tree Hill and award winning independent movie 'The Education of Charlie Banks'.
Irish radio hit 'Told You So' featured on the Starbucks Compilation CD 'Across the Pond', a handpicked compilation of the 'Best and Brightest' also featuring Amy Winehouse, Damien Rice, KT Tunstall, Corinne Bailey Rae, Lilly Allen, Paulo Nutini and the The Fratelli’s.
'Philosophia', the opening track from '...Waltzing Alone' made iTunes 'Single of the Week', introducing the band to a wider audience and culminating in '...Waltzing Alone' climbing to the No.1 position on the iTunes Folk Chart in the U.S.
Still fresh from their phenomenal success in the U.S. and with a new Album of songs, The Guggenheim Grotto pair their hauntingly beautiful vocal harmonies with classical and contemporary instruments, creating a mix of Pop, Rock and Folk which keep audiences coming back again and again.
