Scottish born Phamie Gow is an award winning, multi-talented musician. Not only is she a renowned for her ground breaking performances as a harpist, she is also a talented singer, pianist, whistle player, accordionist, composer and producer! Phamie's unique rhythmic and exciting musical style have helped to challenge traditional perceptions of harp playing and through collaborations with a wide range of musicians and instruments she has maintained a vibrant fresh sound. Phamie has toured extensively around Europe, America and Canada, performing in festivals and distinguished concert halls including The Carnegie Hall in New York.

Phamie Gow in Concert - SCOTLAND (16th August)

Phamie will be giving a concert on the 16th of August at St Johns Church Edinburgh, Scotland. The concert starts at 7.30pm. The concert is programmed as part of the Festival of Spirituality and Peace and is coinciding with the International Edinburgh Festival.
Phamie will be performing with electric harp, solo piano, and singing. New material will also be included in her performance.
For tickets please contact:

https://www.hubtickets.co.uk/default.asp

Tickets £10 (£7)

Venue: 127.

You can also buy tickets at the box office at St Johns church.

"a definite rising British star" CLASSIC FM. 2008.

Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Number 6 on HMV Charts




Phamie's piano album 'Moments of Time' has reached number 6 on the top 10 chamber & instrumental classical charts for HMV. Tracks from the album are regularly on Classic FM (Rackwick Bay, War Song, Annandale). To buy sheet music please contact:

nigelgow@yahoo.co.uk

Phamie is also pleased to officially announce her new sponsors. Lyon and Healy Harps from Chicago.

Posted on Saturday, August 09, 2008

Reviews of La Vida Buena - The Good Life

Phamie's latest release La Vida Buena - The Good Life has recently been reviewed for The Scotsman, Scotland's national newspaper.

Young, exceptionally musically gifted and living in Barcelona, this young Borders woman was taught piano by virtuoso Ronald Stevenson, counts Philip Glass as a pal, and is one of Scotland's leading contemporary small harpists and composers. Here she plays a dozen of her pieces on the electro harp in moods mesmeric ? as in 'El Delfin' (The Dolphin) ? to her road movie 'Motorbike Blues', to the hand-clapped melody of 'Gypsy' from in Zaragoza. Strongly atmospheric and expressive.

20th July, 2008. Norman Charmers. The SCOTSMAN.

Posted on Friday, July 25, 2008

Month of June in Scotland - New CD release


The 18th of June was the date that Phamie officially released her 5th solo modern harp album, La Vida Buena - The Good Life. The event took place in The Coda Music Shop in Edinburgh, Scotland.

On the 21st Phamie performed Eden Court in Inverness for the Nos Ur song competition. For more information look at:

http://www.nos-ur.eu/

This is a new competition designed to create more interest in minority celtic languages such as Scots and Irish Gaelic. Phamie's self penned song ' Bu Tusa An Gaol a Bh'air M'aire' was chosen to go through to the finals of the competition. The words are by Aonghas MacNicol. You can vote online on the night for Phamie's song.

On the 28th there was a treat to see Phamie's new collaboration with the fantastic International flamenco guitarist Ricardo Garcia in Glasgow as part of The West End Festival.

Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2008

'War Song' taken from Moments of Time

As heard on Classic FM. Directed by Izu Troin.











directed by Iz? TROIN



2008 Phamie Gow productions



Posted on Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Rio de Janeiro and Valparaiso

Phamie recently performed in the International Harp Festival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. She was also invited to perform in Valparaiso, Chile where she also gave a number of live interviews for National Chilean Radio.

Here is a photo slide show that Phamie has put together (taken from her myspace) about her travels this May in Brazil and Chile.


Posted on Monday, May 26, 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