Win A Copy Of Rory Gallagher Inspired Multi Format Crime Noir Package 'Kickback City'
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Written by Jon Stickler
This competition has now closed. Thanks to all those who entered. Congratulations to Glenn Higham, John Perry and Steven Oates!
If you like rock music, Crime Noir, Ian Rankin thrillers, Comic books and quality artwork , then this is really going to appeal to you! On October 28 2013, ‘Kickback City’, a unique immersive album inspired by the crime noir passion and music of Rory Gallagher, will see a release. Featuring a specially compiled album of Rory Gallagher’s best crime novel influenced music; the package also includes an exclusive new novella by Ian Rankin fully illustrated by graphic artist Timothy Truman. This unique immersive album also includes a special narration of the story by actor Aidan Quinn. To celebrate the release Stereoboard has 3 packages to give away to 3 lucky readers in our new competition below.
Inspired by Rory Gallagher’s passion for crime novels, ‘Kickback City’ is a creative collaboration combining the words of Ian Rankin, the illustrations of Timothy Truman and of course the music of Rory Gallagher. The result is a brand new kind of concept album – a must have for fans of Rory Gallagher, Ian Rankin, graphic novels and newcomers alike.
Throughout his life Rory Gallagher was a great fan of the crime noir genre and much of his work was inspired by the characters and themes found in the cult detective novels of authors such as Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. Examples of Rory’s best crime inspired material are central to the Kickback City album, providing the soundtrack to Ian Rankin’s newly created novella ‘The Lie Factory’. Rory’s lyrics and song titles are cleverly woven in to the story.
International award-winning novelist, Ian Rankin is a great fan of Rory’s work. He said:
“I was approached by Rory’s brother Donal Gallagher who asked if I knew that Rory was a big fan of crime fiction? And of course when you look at it, the songs, the lyrics and especially the titles: Kickback City, Continental Op (the title of a Dashiell Hammett book) it all makes sense. Donal mentioned that he was thinking of putting together an album of Rory’s songs that are to do with crime and thriller elements and asked if I wanted to get involved. It was great fun and writing the story for the Rory Gallagher album was just obvious to me. It would be noir, the classic Raymond Chandler or Philip Marlowe private eye.”
'Kickback City' will be packaged like a hardback book housing 3 audio discs, including an audio version of the book read by Hollywood Actor Aidan Quinn, the 44-page novella ‘The Lie Factory’ and four ‘crime scene’ postcards. As well as the crime inspired Rory Gallagher compilation album, the set also includes a collection of live ‘crime’ tracks - 'Kickback City Live' - recorded at the Cork Opera House, never before available as an audio release.
This competition has now closed. Thanks to all those who entered. Congratulations to Glenn Higham, John Perry and Steven Oates!
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Inspired by Rory Gallagher’s passion for crime novels, ‘Kickback City’ is a creative collaboration combining the words of Ian Rankin, the illustrations of Timothy Truman and of course the music of Rory Gallagher. The result is a brand new kind of concept album – a must have for fans of Rory Gallagher, Ian Rankin, graphic novels and newcomers alike.
