The Cake Sale

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The Cake Sale
OriginIreland
Years active2006 (2006)–2008 (2008)
LabelsOxfam Publishing, Yep Roc (US)
Past members
Website thecakesale.com

The Cake Sale was a collective of mostly Irish musical artists, with Swedish singer-songwriter Nina Persson of the Cardigans and Australian musician Nick Seymour of Crowded House.

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The collective was formed in 2006 by Brian Crosby, formerly of Bell X1. The group released a self-titled album that year, with sales proceeds going to Oxfam Ireland's Make Trade Fair campaign. The record's success in Ireland led to an international release the following year, coming out on 10 September 2007 in the UK and on 16 October 2007 in the US, where it was published by Yep Roc Records.

Album details

The Cake Sale was recorded by a group of Irish and international musicians organised by Brian Crosby to raise funds for the charity Oxfam Ireland's Make Trade Fair campaign. [1] Proceeds from the album's sales were added to the charity's "unrestricted fund" to support projects in ten African countries, including Tanzania, Malawi, Uganda, and Sudan. [1] Crosby has said that the album's success "completely exceeded expectations", with the artists initially hoping it would go Gold just to cover their costs. [1] Worldwide rights were negotiated and a label, Oxfam Publishing, was established to administer the royalties. [1] Oxfam Ireland had little experience in such dealings and left it to the musicians to negotiate the project. [1] High sales of the record at home led to it being released digitally in the UK on 10 September and in the US, on Yep Roc Records, on 16 October 2007. [1]

"Some Surprise"

The song "Some Surprise", a duet between singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan and Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody, written by Bell X1 frontman Paul Noonan, was featured on an episode of the US medical drama television series Grey's Anatomy , after which it was made available to download on iTunes. [2] [3] The song was also performed live by the duo for the first and only time at the 2008 Meteor Awards. [4] [5]

Contributors

Contributing artists in the collective have included:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sweet charity as Cake Sale goes global". The Irish Times . 29 June 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2009.[ dead link ]
  2. ↑ "The Cake Sale's "Some Surprise" featured this week on Grey's Anatomy". Yep Roc Records. 20 November 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "Grey's Anatomy gets an Irish flavour". RTÉ. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2009.[ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Gary Lightbody Surprise". BBC Northern Ireland. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2008.
  5. ↑ "Watch Meteor Ireland Music Awards on RTÉ.ie". RTÉ. 19 February 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2009.[ dead link ]
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