Anthony Gibney – Standing in the Darkness

Not to be confused with the standard singer armed with an acoustic guitar, Anthony goes beyond this theory playing different guitar styles combined with soulful lyrics. Performances vary from intimate solo acoustic sessions and full on rock shows, to alternative and eclectic shows which have seen accompaniment from congas, clarinet and violin. He is backed by The Durrty Stopouts who consist of Ross Nelson on bass and John Murphy on drums and percussion.
Anthony released a single “STANDING IN THE DARKNESS” in May 2008. It spent 4 weeks in the top 10 on the www.downloadmusic.ie charts. His debut single “Ritual” was featured on the compilation CD: Oven Songs which was distributed with the April 2007 edition of Totally Dublin.
To date, Anthony has shared the stage with Dave Geraghty (Bell x1), Kieron Black and The Amazing Few, Matt Lunsun and Steve Wall to name but a few. He has received considerable amounts of airplay stretching as far as Boston, USA. In April 2006, Anthony was filmed performing one of his songs by an Irish television crew for a series about Irish songwriters, which was aired in November 2006 on RTE 2.
He supported the amazing Irish Singer/Songwriter Nick Kelly on Irish tour in October 2008. During March and April of 2009 he played lead guitar for Simon Fagan’s Irish tour as well as recording guitar for his Hired and Fired EP.

Aside from his own material, Anthony has also performed and recorded with other artists such as Lisa McLaughlin, Brian McGovern and Mags Buckley to name but a few. He has supported many acts including The Goo Goo Dolls, Something Happens and Jaymay.

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