2009 Press
David Gray is perhaps better known by his head dancing and the album White Ladder, which my dad played over and over when I was growing up. But as he prepared to unleash his new recording, Draw The Line on the public, I caught up with David to find out what he’d been up to during his break.
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For most artists, releasing three consecutive No. 1 albums in the UK would be reassuring. For David Gray, however, such good fortune was more a reason to be wary. "I don't trust security very much," he says, disdain in his voice. "It breeds complacency."
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State finds itself in the wedged – think a can of sardines, in a vice, at the bottom of the ocean – but infectiously merry confines of Bruxelles off Grafton Street. Pints of the peaty black stuff are meandering their way into our hands and gradually making the usually on-the-ball State feel all fluffy and warm.
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The old adage goes that Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was the career of English singer-songwriter David Gray. For those of you whipper snappers out there who aren’t familiar with his story, Gray started out in the early 90s releasing 3 full length albums and several EPs that were all critical successes, but commercially failed to make much of an impact.
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By Lisa JonesSeptember 18, 2009WalesOnline.co.ukAWARD-WINNING musician David Gray has hit out at the record industry for spawning a host of “sensitive singer-songwriters” in the wake of his
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The singer-songwriter talks about the edgier sound of his new album - and why he's not to blame for James Blunt.
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David Gray wants it to be known that he is not responsible for James Blunt or anyone else filling up the pop charts with acoustic guitars, introspective lyrics and mournful melodies.
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David Gray has been talking to Mirror.co.uk about his new album Draw The Line which is out this week - and revealed his music is often played in the most unusual places.
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On the day his new album, Draw the Line, was released, David Gray began a short run of UK shows with a workmanlike performance. Four years on from his previous album, the Manchester-born singer and songwriter, now 41, has acquired a new band and record label, but has stuck with the same tight suit and hard-man haircut.
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IT was a typically Paisley kind of welcome for the singer.
David Gray had opened his low-key acoustic tour with what he hoped would be an intimate concert featuring stripped-down versions of his best-known songs.
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Old wobbly-head is back with his songwriting as strong in places as it was circa White Ladder, the album that brought him to the attention of those living outside Ireland (where WL is still the biggest selling record of all time).
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LIKE a cat who got the cream only to find itself allergic to dairy produce, David Gray strived for fame for three unsuccessful albums, but when it came with 1998's White Ladder, he instantly recoiled.
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Like a who got the cream only to find itself allergic to dairy produce, David Gray strived for fame for three unsuccessful albums, but when it came with 1998’s White Ladder, he instantly recoiled.
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David Gray has a lot to get off his chest.
He wants the world to know in no uncertain terms that he has found his musical mojo, that fame makes you paranoid, that the music business is finished and that the masses need not bear the guilt of global warming. Among other things.
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DAVID GRAY took a pop at OASIS when he became the latest star to play Biz Session.
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DAVID GRAY took a pop at OASIS when he became the latest star to play a Biz Session.
After acoustic performances of Babylon, Fugitive and Draw The Line, the wobbly-headed singer said: "I saw Oasis at Glastonbury years ago and it was a total non-event.
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David Gray has sold 12million albums in Britain so far this decade, more than any other solo singer bar Dido and Robbie.
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Establishing himself as a byword for MOR melancholy with his 2000 breakthrough album White Ladder, singer-songwriter David Gray has struggled to maintain even that meagre cultural currency in the face of younger, prettier, more MOR rivals.
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Brimming with images of death and decay, hammers beating on walls and lovers "veering down into the murky deep", David Gray's seventh album should be an edgy and adventurous treat but that monotonous voice of his flattens everything out.
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Establishing himself as a byword for MOR melancholy with his 2000 breakthrough album White Ladder, singer-songwriter David Gray has struggled to maintain even that meagre cultural currency in the face of younger, prettier, more MOR rivals.
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The troubadour is talking up his first album of new tracks in four years as a creative rebirth. While there are no surprises here at all (unless you count Gray comparing himself to a jackdaw — on Jackdaw), there’s a certain back-to-basics warmth to back up his claim.
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David Gray’s seventh album “Life in Slow Motion” climbed all the way into the top 20 of Billboard’s 200 chart back in 2005. David told Billboard that he decided to try something different on his new and soon to be released record “Draw the Line”
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Singer-songwriter David Gray believes he is in the midst of a transformation. Lest you doubt him, the title of his latest proper release, the surly pose gracing the cover of said album, and the overhauling of his band seem to indicate that the man means business.
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The troubadour is talking up his first album of new tracks in four years as a creative rebirth. While there are no surprises here at all (unless you count Gray comparing himself to a jackdaw — on Jackdaw), there’s a certain back-to-basics warmth to back up his claim.
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Gray is back now with the “Fugitive” single ahead of the late-September drop of his new seventh release, Draw the Line. About this “Fugitive,” well, he’s melodic as ever. The song’s damn catchy, and his trademark raspy howl remains in fine form.
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It's taken David Gray four years to follow up Life in Slow Motion, and frankly, you have to wonder what's been holding him up, as these 11 pleasant, predictable songs represent no great development or deviation from the course of his previous work.
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Words you never expected David Gray to sing: "Here we are, butt naked". It's the only moment on his first album since 2005 that makes you do a double take.
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IT took the world quite a while to discover the musical genius of David Gray.
The British balladeer released his first album in 1993 but it wasn’t until 2000’s White Ladder that we all paid attention.
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My Parents... moved from Manchester to Solva, a fishing villiage in Pembrokeshire, where they started a company called Cottage Clothes.
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‘FUGITIVE’ APPREHENDS NO. 1: David Gray’s fourth No. 1 on Triple A (viewable on billboard.biz), “Fugitive,” completes his first set of back-to-back leaders. “You’re the World to Me” ruled for eight weeks in 2007-08.
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David Gray returns to first principles on his new LP, Draw the Line, and reconnects with his soul
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Making his new album nearly gave Mr Wobble Head an ulcer. Happily he's come back fighting.
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? Not necessarily. Sometimes all it takes is a little rebuilding, a little rearranging and a few new parts here and there to turn something good into something great.
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? Not necessarily. Sometimes all it takes is a little rebuilding, a little rearranging and a few new parts here and there to turn something good into something great.
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David Gray is in the middle of the relentless promotional activity that precedes every big new album. He just got back home from one trip last night. This morning, he talks to me. By lunchtime, he must be at the airport, on his way to America. “Shaking the world’s hand” is how he describes it.
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THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: David Gray went from being a struggling songwriter to making the best-selling album in Irish history, only to be blamed for spawning a generation of bland balladeers. A decade later, he's ditched most of his band, kept hold of his self-awareness and 'is looking the world in the eye' he tells FIONA McCANN
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David Gray was the latest act to wow the crowds in picturesque Thetford Forest on a glorious summer evening in Suffolk. He played all the hits and regaled everyone with banter, including the shock admission that he's not God-like.
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The sky darkened and the air chilled, but there was a lot of warmth in the crowd as David Gray approached the end of his 90 minute set.
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David Gray -- the missing man of soulful acoustic pop! It's been five years since your last album. We were starting to wonder what had happened to you.
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Fans of David Gray (and/or any Grey's Anatomy singer/songwritery music), take note: He's finally got a new album on the way. Due in September, Draw the Line is his first record since 2005's Life in Slow Motion.
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After a four year break, British singer-songwriter David Gray is set to return September 22 with "Draw The Line," his first set of all new songs since 2005's "Life In Slow Motion."
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David Gray has revealed details of his forthcoming studio album, 'Draw The Line'.
The follow-up to 2005's 'Life In Slow Motion' is due out in the US on September 22.
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Despite worldwide sales of 12 million albums and two consecutive Top 20 releases in the U.S., David Gray went for "a complete overhaul" on his upcoming seventh studio set, "Draw the Line."
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