• The Unusual History of Ether Live on Air this evening! X
    We'll be playing live on Nova 100FM this evening! Tune in at 6pm Irish time to listen X
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    • Great 5 Star Review for The Unusual History of ETher in Danish Music Magazine GAFFA!! : ) X
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      Dansk/irsk americana på hjerteskærende smuk debut-ep
    • I'll be taking part in this next Friday 3rd February, should be pretty wild! See you there Copenhageners!! X
      Musketerfestival 2012 2-3-4 februar inviterer Kresten Osgood for 6. gang til Musketerfestival i København. Musterfestivalen er en årligt tilbagevendende musik og kunstbegivenhed hvor en helt ufattelig stor og bred vifte af kulturlivet samles under samme tag i 3 dage og undtrykker sig på kryds og tværs, for og med hi...nanden. Festivalen sted på Huset i Magstræde. Antallet af medvirkende har nået svimlende højder i år og musketerfestivalen har vokset sig til et uundværligt samlingspunkt på scenen. Musketertanken startede i 2005, hvor Kresten Osgood følte en stilstand og en håbløshed i dansk kulturliv. VKO regeringens kulturkamp var på sit højeste og Danmark havde brug for at se sine kunstnere stå i samlet flok og udtrykke sig. Osgood forfattede et manifest med sætninger som: -"Vi spiller for retten til kunstnerisk frihed, retten til ikke at passe ind, retten til at være os selv, retten til at stå for noget større og retten til ikke at blive forstået" - "Bevæbnet med god musik og sammenhold på tværs af alder, genrebetegnelser og karrierestatus står vi sammen som musikalske musketerer og skaber noget smukt og abstrakt. Vi vil synge og spille på livet løs. Ikke i protest, men i kærlighedens navn. Et budskab der transcenderer genrer, karrierer og alder." I 2012 er manifestet lagt væk. Danmark har forandret sig meget siden starten 2005 og det er også sket det at Musketerfestivalen har fået sit eget liv. Man kan sige at formålet med Musketerfestivalen i 2012 ER Musketerfestivalen. Effekten af den energi der frigives i løbet af de 3 dages maraton er uoverskuelig. Musketerfestivalen er i udgangspunkt en utopi. men ud af utopien springer kunsten. Listen over musketerer der har meldt deres ankomst er voksende for hver dag. Nedenfor er de bekræftede navne internationale special guest musketerer: Woodstock legenderne Karl Berger - cond., vibrafon, piano og Ingrid Seertso - vokal New Yorks Steven Bernstein - slidetrompet Den norske lysende trompetforandrer - Eivind Lønning forfattermusketerer: Lars Skinnebach, Lone Hørslev, Jeppe Brixvold, Ts Høeg, Stemmejernet, Peter Øvig Kudsen sangermusketerer: Benny Holst, Nanna Lüders, Marie Key, Søs Fenger, Søren Krogh, Solveig Sandnes, Maria Laurette Friis, Per Kristensen, Hans Thimes, Maria Køhnke, Marie Louise Munch, Kenneth Thordal, Kristoffer Munck Mortensen, Mads Mouritz, Marianne Søgaard, Disa, Morten Mosgaard, Alice Øvrige optrædende er: Henrik Bolberg, Håkon Berre, Marie Key, Jakob Munck, Jacob Anderskov,Nulle, Troels Nygaard, Ronni Leszcinszky, Dennis Orneborg, Henriette Løvdal, Moster Phonque (Sisse Hyllested), Stemmejernet, Iben Mondrup, Mads Hyhne, Morten Ærø, Fessor, Maria Køhnke, Joel Illerhag, Simon Spang Hansen, Michael Blicher, Niels Vincentz, Maria Faust, Adam Pultz Mehlbye, Bent Clausen, Claus Bøje, Michael Sunding, Marie Louise Munck, Peter Bruun, Morten Christian, Jonas Struck, Mark Solborg, Tomas Franck, Solveig Sandnes, Rasmus Ehlers, Kenneth Thordal, Espen Laub von Lillienskjold, Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg, Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø, Mads Lacour, Aske Drasbæk, Magnus Jochumsen, Vagn Olsson, Matias Wolf Andreasen, Mads Mouritz, Søren Gemmer, Per Larsen, Albert Raft Rasmussen, Ole Streenberg, Torben Kjær, Henrik Dyhrbye, Alice, Thomas Hass, Søren Bebe, Nikolaj Høi, Kjeld Lauritsen, Lars Skinnebach, Troels Bech, Jenno, Pierre Dørge, Irene Becker, Christian Kyhl, Nanna Lüders, Niclas Knudsen, Kasper Tranberg, Søren Kjærgaard, Eliel Lazo, Bent Clausen, Jakob Bro, Jonas Johansen, Ole Rømer, August Rosenbaum, Andreas Fryland, Vigga Bro, Erik Moseholm, Per Kristensen, Jeppe Brixvold, Nikolaj Holger Jensen, Lennart Ginman, Sture Ericsson, Kristoffer Munck Mortensen, Charlotte Halberg, ts Høeg, Kevin Brow, Mads Forsby, Anders Mehlgaard, Jakob Thorkild, Niels Løkkegaard, Lotte Anker, Claes Antonsen, Anders Fillipsen, Michael Nielsen, Rikke Lie Flensburg, Christian Ranck, Thomas Maintz, Francesco Bigoni, Martin Stender, David Besiakov, Jeppe Brixvold, Mathias Holm, Anders Holst, Jeppe Zeeberg, Ingimar Anderson, Martin Andersen, Kristian Tangvik, Lars Normand, Andreas Svendsen, Jens Lysdahl, Bo Jacobsen, Søs Fenger, Mikkel Ploug, Poul Weis, Andreas Brixen, Ryan Blotnick, Jeppe Højgaard, Ben Besiakov, Rasmus Kjær, Disa, Ole Mathiessen, Niels Nogel, Claus Højensgaard, Eske Nørrelykke, Soma Allpass, Jacob Christoffersen, Fredrik Lundin, Mik Schack, Jesper Thorn, Jan Kaspersen, Marianne Søgaard, Jonas Westergaard, Niels Davidsen, Søren Frost, Knud Andersen, Bjarne Roupe, Jørgen Teller, Carsten Skov, Mathias Landæus, Maj-brit Kramer, Gustaf Ljunggren, Carsten Landors, Lars Greve, Peter Skibsted, Jan Harbeck, Snøleoparden, Kim Kristensen, Anja Jacobsen, Peter Øvig Knudsen, Emil de Waal, Henrik Liebgott, Perry Steinbeck, Morten Moesgaard, Carl Bergstrøm Nielsen, Tømrerclaus. See More
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    • CD copies of both of my records are now back in stock! You can purchase them from my bandcamp page... XXX
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      ‎8 track album
    • Just discovered that one of my fave bands is named after a dildo from Naked Lunch:
      Steely Dan…. gotta love ‘em! Used to cover this song when I lived in Paris. Random. X
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      From the album Countdown to Ecstasy...
    • My 'other' band The Unusual History of Ether are playing the Project Arts Centre in Dublin on 30th January!!! You can buy tickets online now from the Project website - purchase before 23rd January to get 25% off! Cannot wait to get back to my old stomping ground!! XXX
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      The Unusual History of Ether is the songwriting partnership of Irish singer-songwriter Rebecca Collins and Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug. Joined on stage by bassist Jeppe Skovbakke and drummer Jeppe Gram they present a night of music from their first EP.
    • Hello Rebecca - will you play about newcastle atall?
      · Comment · December 21, 2011 at 3:21pm ·
        • Rebecca Collins Hi Conor, thanks for asking. You never know, I may pass through town sometime in the latter half of 2012 : ) If you recommend any venues in particular, let me know! Happy New Year! X
          December 30, 2011 at 1:14pm
        • Conor Macleod I reckon it needs to be on August bank holiday weekend, at the Cluny. :-)

          Your voice is absolutely lush.
          December 30, 2011 at 1:15pm
    • Happy Birthday to Patti Smith!! I'm so thankful this great woman is who she is, long may she live X
    • The first release by my other band The Unusual History of Ether is out today! You can listen on soundcloud and purchase on itunes and bandcamp. We are playing a release party tonight in Copenhagen. For more info visit www.facebook.com/theunusualhistoryofether Enjoy the music! X
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      The debut EP from Copenhagen-based band The Unusual History of Ether.
    • My talented friends at Gil & Stine have made a film!! It's called The Astronaut and it features some songs from my last solo album : ) That's the super talented Joachim Badenhorst going nuts on the saxophone by the way. X
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      This is an early, first look trailer of independent feature film The Astronaut. Shot in August 2011, in the Blue Mountains NSW, the film is currently in post...
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      • I'm in a band called The Unusual History of Ether and we are releasing our first EP on 15th December. Release party/performance in Copenhagen on 15th December. Free admission : ) We are very proud of this first recording...to hear more, find us online....X x X


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        The Unusual History of Ether - "Part One" EP Release Party @ Ideal Bar, Vega in Copenhagen. 15th December 2011.
      • Thanks to all who came down to Kind of Blue on Saturday, what a fun night! And there's nothing like an unexpected Erykah Badu cover to end a gig : ) X
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        • Solo performance at Kind of Blue in Copenhagen tomorrow night. Looking forward to it! See you there Danish friends Xxx
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