NEWS
It's been five years since last time, but this summer West of Eden will finally play at Göteborgskalaset again. Hope to see you there! More details in the 'concert' section West of Eden's music is now available through GöteborgsPostens music shop: www.gp.se Rumour has it that Jenny has started the first ever West of Eden blog (in Swedish though...) at our MySpace site. Go check it out at www.myspace.com/westofedenband A review by Eskilstunakuriren (Jublande show med West of Eden) is now availible under "Reviews of Live performances by West of Eden" on the Press page. Click here to go directly to the page. A review by Ulricehamns tidning (West of Eden fick hela Folkets hus att gunga) is now availible under "Reviews of Live performances by West of Eden" on the Press page. Click here to go directly to the page. A new video is added under 'gallery'. It's (I still remeber) How to forget played together with Scandinavian Strings in Stenhammarsalen 15/4 2007. At 11.30 on wednesday February 20 Martin will be a guest on the radio show "Nilsson", Radio Sjuhärad 102,9. There will be probably be some talk about the upcoming "Irish Heartbeats"-show at Folkets Hus in Ulricehamn as well as some music from West of Eden. Don't miss it! West of Eden has just returned from a fantastic weekend in Glasgow!! Thanks to everyone who came to see our gig at the Celtic Connections festival. Hope to see you again next year :-) The coming month West of Eden will be playing "Irish Heartbeats"-shows together with Scandinavian Strings in Sweden as well as a concert at Kulturhuset Vingen with members of the Swedish National Orchestra. You'll find the dates in the 'concert' section. West of Eden are scheduled to play a showcase on the big festival Celtic Connections in Glasgow on January 26. The band will perform at the Exhibition Hall in the Glasgow Royal Concert Halls at 5 pm. Look under 'gallery' for a couple of video clips from "Irish Heartbeats" recorded at Dergårdsteatern in Lerum last November. West of Eden would like to wish all our fans a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!! West of Eden's christmas single "and then snow fell" has now been added to Radio P4 Riks Christmas playlist!!! Since both Celtic Christmas concerts in Hagakyrkan on December 15 were sold out, we are now releasing 30 extra tickets to each concert! They are only available through www.pusterviksbiljetter.com The songs on our new Christmas single "And then snow fell" are now available as downloads not only in our webshop, but also on iTunes West of Eden are now scheduled for a showcase at Celtic Connections in Glasgow. Watch this space for more info on where and when... The concert section is now updated. Lots of new concerts, including a performance of Celtic Christmas in Hyltebruk on Decemeber 16! The majority has spoken!! Santa is coming early this year!!! On September 29-30th you can listen exclusively to our newly recorded Christmas songs here on our website! Thanks for helping us decide! Yes, the rumours are true!
It was a very tight game, but in the end "And then snow fell" turned out to be the winner. Thank you everyone who helped us make the decision!
"And then snow fell" will be available some time early November, and can be purchased through our webshop.
When you've had a listen, please log on to our guestbook and let us know which one of the songs you think should be the opening track on our coming Christmas EP
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The Christmas songs that West of Eden recently have recorded will be performed live at two concerts in Hagakyrkan, Gothenburg on December 15:th.
The concerts will be called "Celtic Christmas", and West of Eden will share the stage with John McGlynn (from Anúna) and Haga Motettkör.
We hope to share this very special evening with you! Tickets can be purchased at www.pusterviksbiljetter.com or 031 - 731 88 80.
A warm welcome!
Answer the following three questions in our guestbook before September 1th:
1. In 2002 West of Eden recorded two songs by which famous rock band?
2. In which two West of Eden lyrics does "Darlington Hall" appear?
3 Which West of Eden album contains the most number of songs?
Good luck!
The winner will be announced in September.
See also <Press>, <Articles> for a full review and article of West of Eden's concert in Trollhättan, August -07.
The other two tracks ("And then snow fell" & "This Christmas)" are set for release some time before Christmas as a CD-single. Watch this space for more info..
You'll find them in the 'Gallery'-section.
Hope to see you again soon... :-)
"Irish heartbeats" is based around some of the most popular West of Eden songs in new exciting arrangements, but will also contain several traditional Irish tunes and songs as well as some Irish dancing.
The first performance will be in Partille (close to Gothenburg, Sweden) on September 30:th. More info to come...
Check out our February webshop offer (see 'tickets') for our concert together with The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Scandinavian Strings on 15th April.
On Sunday, 15th April at 7 p.m. (19.00) West of Eden will perform a selection of their finest songs in new exciting arrangements at Stenhammarsalen, Konserthuset (Göteborg).
If you're only gonna see one West of Eden concert this year, this is the one!
Tickets are available now through www.gso.se or 031-726 53 10 (students only 80 SEK). Don't miss out..
In a few day's time we are also launching our own webshop where it will be possible to buy our CD's, download songs, rarities, sheet music etc...
