The Cake Sale are a collective of mostly Irish musical artists including Swedish singer/songwriter Nina Persson of The Cardigans and Australian musician Nick Seymour of Crowded House.
The collective was formed by Brian Crosby of Bell X1. They came together in 2006 to release a self-titled album called The Cake Sale. The album was produced to raise money for the charity Oxfam Ireland and the Ireland Make Trade Fair campaign. It was released on 3 November 2006 in Ireland. The album was so successful that it was given an international release the following year; it was released on 10 September 2007 in the United Kingdom and on 16 October 2007 in the United States by the American indie label Yep Roc Records, which is based in North Carolina.
The Cake Sale is a 2006 charity album involving the collected works of a group of Irish and international musicians calling themselves The Cake Sale. The album features artists such as Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Rice, Josh Ritter, Glen Hansard, Neil Hannon, members of Bell X1 and Nina Persson of The Cardigans. These were brought together by Brian Crosby, a member of Bell X1 at the time. The album had sold 35,000 copies and raised over €250,000 in Ireland by November 2007. That month it was announced that the album would be released globally to increase donations. It peaked at #3 in the Irish Albums Chart, having spent eighteen weeks there.
Contributing artists in the collective included:
* David Geraghty - Bell X1
* Emm Gryner
* Paul Noonan - Bell X1
* Glen Hansard - The Frames, The Swell Season
* Ollie Cole - Turn
* Damien Rice
* Colm Mac Con Iomaire - The Frames
* Conor Deasy - The Thrills
* Matt Lunson
* Lisa Hannigan - former vocalist for Damien Rice
* Nina Persson - The Cardigans
* Gary Lightbody - Snow Patrol
* Gemma Hayes
* Rob Bochnik - The Frames
* Josh Ritter
* Neil Hannon - The Divine Comedy
* Graham Hopkins - Therapy?, The Frames
* Nick Seymour - Crowded House
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