Rea Garvey

Raymond Michael " Rea " Garvey ( May 3, 1973 in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland) is a singer, guitarist and frontman of the 2010 was dissolved German band Reamonn. He also works as a songwriter and singer getting back together with other musicians.

Biography

Rea Garvey grew up in the Irish town of Tralee on Seven Sisters. In 1998, he left Ireland and came to Germany. He initially worked as a roadie and t-shirt sellers at festivals. 1998, he sought by newspaper advertisement for a fellow band ( " singer looking for band album and tour "). A little later, Mike Gommeringer, Sebastian Padotzke, Uwe Bossert and Philipp Rauenbusch came together and formed the band Reamonn. Rea Garvey has been married since 2002 and lived with his wife and daughter, born in 2005, first in Berlin. Meanwhile, they are drawn to Hadamar near Limburg an der Lahn.

Rea Garvey was not only a singer of Reamonn, but sang, among others, the Jam & Spoon - hit Be Angeled. The cooperation was continued with the song Set Me Free.

In the show, Alive and Swinging Rea Garvey sang together with Xavier Naidoo, Sasha and Michael Mittermeier Meier classics from The Rat Pack. The gala was held in aid of Saving an Angel. This show will be continued since the end of 2011.

He is also active as a songwriter. He wrote, among others, the English text of the song Sweetest Poison by Nu Pagadi. He also composed the song Ready Steady Go, which was interpreted by Elli. Rea Garvey also worked together with the medieval metal band In Extremo and headed to the song Liam the Irish text in. 2005 Rea Garvey contributed for the soundtrack of the movie Barefoot in two songs. For one, it is a cover version of the Leonard Cohen classic Hallelujah, on the other hand the self-written song Walk with Me

In 2006 he recorded a version of the No. 1 hits All Good Things ( Come to an End ) together with Nelly Furtado. In 2007, he took along with Paul van Dyk on the title Let Go, which can be found on his 2007 album In Between erschienenem. In addition, you will find the song Anna & Ludo / Hold Me Now by him on the published 2007 soundtrack to Til Schweiger's film Keinohrhasen. In 2008 he promoted the Irish artist SJ McArdle within the project idea sounds, an initiative that has set itself the goal of sustainable, long-term, regardless of the commercial rules of the music market to build the next generation of musicians. With SJ McArdle, he recorded his song Turn the World, appears on the first idea sounds sampler.

In March 2010, he was next to the Jury President Stefan Raab and singer Joy Denalane jury member in the show Unser Star für Oslo, which examined the German contribution to the Euro Vision Song Contest 2010. In the same month he received at the Echo Awards 2010 in Berlin, an echo of his social commitment. In 2010, he also produced the title with Each Tear Mary J. Blige, which appeared on her album Stronger with Each Tear. In 2011 he took on the title along with ATB Running a Wrong Way, which is located on the 2011 released album Distant Earth. In September 2011, his first solo album Can not Stand the Silence has been released, which he produced with Andy Chatterley.

From November 2011 to February 2012 Garvey was seen as one of five coaches on the first season of the talent show The Voice of Germany, be sought in the singing coming talents. As a co- coach him was the British singer-songwriter Nerina Pallot aside. Also in the second season, he was seen as a coach and set with his protégé Nick Howard the winner.

Garvey is an ambassador of the launched in 2011, " Clearwater Project". In this project, water treatment facilities are provided for people in the Amazon in Ecuador, whose natural bases have been destroyed by the industry in search of oil and gas.

Discography

Albums

2012

Can not Stand the Silence - The Encore

Sales D: 200.000 (Platinum)

AT: 20.000 (Platinum)

Sales of " Can not Stand the Silence - The Encore " flow in the total sales with a.

Singles

Reamonn

Awards

• 2010: Echo: In the category of Honorary Echo for social engagement
• 2012: Radio Regenbogen Award: In the category of National Artist
• 2012: Diva: In the category Music Artist of the Year