Celtic band Lúnasa to play Corvallis show
Celtic music lovers will have a rare opportunity to hear Ireland’s all-star quintet Lúnasa perform in Corvallis at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, at the Majestic Theatre.
“We like to think it’s because Corvallis has a reputation of being wildly enthusiastic about Celtic music, but it doesn’t hurt that we happen to be halfway between the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, two mainstays of the West Coast concert circuit,” said local organizer Jennifer Parke of the Corvallis Folklore Society.
Lúnasa is one of the most sought-after bands on the international Celtic music scene. The band’s inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves are steering Irish acoustic music into surprising new territory.
“This is the hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet,” raved a review in The New York Times.
Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lúnasa is indeed a gathering of some of the top musical talents in Ireland including bassist Trevor Hutchinson (a key member of The Waterboys), fiddler Sean Smyth (an All-Ireland champion who has played with Coolfin), Kevin Crawford, considered to be among the finest flautists in Ireland (formerly with Moving Cloud), uilleann piper Cillian Vallely (pipes soloist in the Broadway production of “Riverdance”) and Paul Meehan, guitarist and banjo player formerly with the Karan Casey Band.
Tickets are $20 for Corvallis Folklore Society members and $22 nonmembers at the door. Seniors, youth and advance tickets get a $2 discount. Tickets available at Grass Roots Books & Music, and Winestyles (cash or check) or through the Majestic Theatre box office ($2 surchage for credit cards).
The band just released their eighth CD, “Lá Nua” (Irish for “New Day”). See a video of the band and hear samples of their music at www.lunasa.ie.
— The Entertainer
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“We like to think it’s because Corvallis has a reputation of being wildly enthusiastic about Celtic music, but it doesn’t hurt that we happen to be halfway between the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, two mainstays of the West Coast concert circuit,” said local organizer Jennifer Parke of the Corvallis Folklore Society.
Lúnasa is one of the most sought-after bands on the international Celtic music scene. The band’s inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves are steering Irish acoustic music into surprising new territory.
“This is the hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet,” raved a review in The New York Times.
Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lúnasa is indeed a gathering of some of the top musical talents in Ireland including bassist Trevor Hutchinson (a key member of The Waterboys), fiddler Sean Smyth (an All-Ireland champion who has played with Coolfin), Kevin Crawford, considered to be among the finest flautists in Ireland (formerly with Moving Cloud), uilleann piper Cillian Vallely (pipes soloist in the Broadway production of “Riverdance”) and Paul Meehan, guitarist and banjo player formerly with the Karan Casey Band.
Tickets are $20 for Corvallis Folklore Society members and $22 nonmembers at the door. Seniors, youth and advance tickets get a $2 discount. Tickets available at Grass Roots Books & Music, and Winestyles (cash or check) or through the Majestic Theatre box office ($2 surchage for credit cards).
The band just released their eighth CD, “Lá Nua” (Irish for “New Day”). See a video of the band and hear samples of their music at www.lunasa.ie.
— The Entertainer
Box Office:
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