Phamie Gow, award winning young Scottish composer and multi-instrumentalist performs and plays the modern lever harp (acoustic and electric), piano, accordion, whistle and sings. Phamie writes and produces music for films, theatres and dance companies, and has collaborated and worked with artists of the calibre of Philip Glass (USA), Marisa Monte (Brasil), Carlos Núñez (Spain), Alan Stivell (France) and Ashley MacIsaac (Canada). Phamie has toured extensively as a solo artist and with her band around Europe, the Americas, Canada, and performs in International festivals and concert halls around the world such as The Carnegie Hall, NYC. To date has she released 4 solo self produced/penned albums which have been featured on many International radio stations including ABC, Classic FM and BBC Radio 3.

Release of La Vida Buena - The Good Life

Phamie is releasing and touring her latest CD La Vida Buena - The Good Life. The CD compiles all her original compositions written and recorded on the electric harp. The compositions were composed while she lived in Spain last year.
For more information: mail@phamiegow.com

Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008

Live internet radio interview from France

Log into:

www.divergence-fr.org

for a live radio interview featuring Phamie and her music at 19.00pm French time (6pm UK).

Posted on Monday, April 14, 2008

New Myspace for 'Moments of Time'

Phamie now has a new myspace for her project 'Moments of Time'.
The address is:

www.myspace.com/phamiegow_moments

Also to listen to more of Phamie's music:

www.myspace.com/phamiegow

Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008

''Modern celtic harp masterclass and concert''. France.

Phamie will be conducting a full day masterclass for the modern celtic harp. The date will be the 5th of April in Montpellier, the South of France. The day will end with a concert.
For more information about times and prices please contact: mail@phamiegow.com

Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Phamie guests with Band of Horses

A week later, having met Band of Horses at The Carnegie Hall gig in NYC, she was asked to guest with them playing electric harp at the ABC venue in Glasgow, Scotland. 2 weeks later, she performed with them in Paris.


Guesting with Band of Horses. ABC, Glasgow. 2008



Guesting with Band of Horses, La Maroquinerie, Paris. 2008.

Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The Carnegie Hall NYC- The Annual Tibet Benefit Concert

Phamie had a brilliant evening performing in The Carnegie Hall, NYC on the 13th of February, 2008. The event was a benefit concert to raise money for the projects in enhancing peoples awareness of the Tibetan cultures and traditions.

Phamie performed ''Dancing Hands'' centre stage and with the Patti Smith backing band. She also collaborated with the other artists on stage including Ashley MacIaac from Canada, Marisa Monte from Brazil, Nawang Khechog from Tibet and an all artist participation at the end of the night with Ray Davies of The Kinks, UK. Philip Glass was the creative musical director who Phamie also played with whilst on stage with Marisa Monte. Here are some photos of the special evening. Other artists included Sufjan Stevens, Band of Horses, and Tom Verlaine. Phamie also had the great pleasure of meeting Robert A F Thurman (Uma Thurman's father) who is the founder of The Tibet House establishment in New York City.


Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2008

Classic FM and BBC Radio 3








Phamie's piano solo CD Moments of Time is regularily featured on Classic FM and Radio 3, The Late Junction. Phamie was described as:

''A definite rising British star!'' Classic FM.

Her CD has also been chosen for being on their list of Classic album recommendations.

http://www.classicfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=526091

For purchasing a copy, please email: mail@phamiegow.com or visit any major store (HMV).

'Rackwick Bay' taken from Moments of Time, as heard on Classic FM.
"a definate rising British star", Classc FM


Posted on Saturday, February 16, 2008

The Night Afore with Ashley MacIsaac. EDINBURGH



Phamie had the great pleasure of being a guest with the world's best fiddler Ashley MacIsaac (Canada). The performance was held (30/12/07) as part of the 'Night Afore' Gigs in front of the thousands of people that filled George street, Edinburgh (the capital city of Scotland) to celebrate the night before Hogmanay, and the New Year. Here are some photos of the event.

Posted on Monday, December 31, 2007

Live interview with Phamie in Spanish on Aires Celtas Radio

Click on the link below to hear a live interview with Phamie in Spanish on Aires Celtas, plus some tracks from Dancing Hands.

http://www.airesceltas.com/noticiasproximo.htm

Posted on Monday, November 12, 2007

Phamie on the Live with Regis and Kelly Show presented by Kelly and Vince Vaughan

Phamie performed with the fastest dancer in the world, James Devine, on the Regis and Kelly show presented by Kelly herself and Vince Vaughan. Phamie is performing in Broadway, New York City at present in the show James Devine's Tapeire. Here is the link to watch the performance.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1155295679/bclid1213922331/bctid1300129883

Posted on Sunday, November 11, 2007

Quotes from the Tour of North America

Phamie is sponsored by Lyon and Healy Harps, Chicago












"In Gow's capable hands, her electrified harp easily shifts between heavy metal and ethereal celestial music." 14th October. 2007. The Globe and Mail. Canada.

"Award-winning harpist Phamie Gow was astounding to listen to as she
created sounds with the harp one would swear was three or four
different instruments." SooToday.com. Canada. 24th October. 2007

"harpist Phamie Gow demonstrates that one can tease the angelic strings until they sound like the whine of a sitar".
MSN Entertainment News. New York.USA. 12th November. 2007

"Gow, brings elegance to the form with her easy strokes of the electric harp." Washington Square News. USA. 16th November. 2007.

Posted on Thursday, October 25, 2007

Phamie in Irun (and guesting with Carlos Nunez)



Phamie had a lovely time performing in the Bidasoa Folk Festival in the Pays Vasco.
Here is a photo of the concert in action. On the same evening, Phamie was asked to guest with the fantastic Galician piper, Carlos Núñez. (Pictured here after the concert, www.carlosnunez.com). Check out the following links (in Spanish) for reviews and articles:

http://www.diariovasco.com/20070825/cultura/phamie-carlos-nunez-tambores-20070825.html

http://www.diariovasco.com/20070804/bidasoa/carlos-nunez-cabeza-cartel-20070804.html

Posted on Thursday, September 20, 2007

Live Radio interview launching Moments of Time

In Barcelona recently, Phamie was interviewed live for the promotion of Moments of Time, her new release, which wias officially be released on the 10th of August, at 6pm in Coda Music Shop, Edinburgh, The Mound.
Click here to download and here interview (in Spanish) plus 2 compositions from the album, Rackwick Bay and Un jour de Caroline.

Click to 46.00 mins to begin the live interview:

http://www.nosolojazz.contrabanda.org/

"played with great skill and expressive musicality, these dozen, often simple, pieces are laced with emotion, lyricism and an underlying sense of peace." SCOTLAND on SUNDAY

Posted on Thursday, August 09, 2007

Phamie live in Buenos Aires

Video footage from Phamie's solo performance in El Auditorium del Belgrano, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. April 2007.

Posted on Thursday, June 07, 2007

Music for a movie

Phamie`s self penned composition Dancing Hands is going to be used in a spanish movie called `Making Of`. She will be in the studio in Spain re recording different versions for the movie before her tour of South America!

Posted on Monday, April 09, 2007

The Thistle and the Lotus

Phamie attended the premier of the film The Thistle and the Lotus showed at the Edinburgh Film house. The film was about the Dalai Lama`s visit to Scotland in 2004. Phamie and her music (The Stone Dance of the Chameleon) was featured in the film. Phamie was chosen to perform for the 2,500 people in the Usher hall and His Holiness himself.

Phamie also accompanied the lovely child singer Amy Moar who sang, The Why of a Miracle. They both recorded a single of this track in 2004, and all the procedes have gone to charity, being orphans in India, and the Friends of Midlothian children charity which supports children with disabilities. On the day of the visit of His Holiness, Amy was blessed by HH after they performed the song as a surprise for him at the end of his speaches.

Posted on Monday, December 04, 2006