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The real reason I'm sending this eblast is to invite you to claim a pair of tickets to see the Irish-American all-star trad group Solas at City Winery tomorrow night, Feb. 7.

To claim email SOLAS to us and don't forget to include your details!

They have a new CD: "All These Years," which celebrates the band's 20 years together. The CD includes not only the current line-up of Seamus Egan, Winifred Horan, Mick McAuley, Eamon McElholm and vocalist Moira Smiley, it also includes previous singers Karan Casey, Deirdre Scanlan, Mairead Phelan, Niamh Varian Barry, and Noriana Kennedy, as well as early band members John Williams, John Doyle and Donal Clancy.


This album hasn't been released yet-- its radio add date is 2/15 (thank you for the clear one-sheet you guys!) but you should be able to pick it up at the show.

We did a piece on it when it was in Kickstarter-- you can read more about it there.
I don't want to miss it-- neither do you!

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. Its members have helped form the backbone of some of the greatest Irish groups of the decade.

Bassist Trevor Hutchinson was a key member of The Waterboys, and later he, with guitarist Donogh Hennessy, would form the dynamic rhythm section of The Sharon Shannon Band; Ed Boyd (Flook, Michael McGoldrick Band) has recently replaced Hennessy; Fiddler Sean Smyth is an All-Ireland champion who has played with Donal Lunny’s Coolfin; Kevin Crawford, considered to be among the finest flutists in Ireland played with the acclaimed traditional group Moving Cloud; and, piper Cillian Vallely of the famous Vallely artistic clan has performed with Riverdance and recently recorded with Bruce Springsteen. Folk Roots magazine has rightly termed them an “Irish music dream team.”

- See more at: http://highlineballroom.com/show/2015/12/14/lunasa-with-karan-casey/#sthash.iahUIwLX.dpuf

Bassist Trevor Hutchinson was a key member of The Waterboys, and later he, with guitarist Donogh Hennessy, would form the dynamic rhythm section of The Sharon Shannon Band; Ed Boyd (Flook, Michael McGoldrick Band) has recently replaced Hennessy; Fiddler Sean Smyth is an All-Ireland champion who has played with Donal Lunny’s Coolfin; Kevin Crawford, considered to be among the finest flutists in Ireland played with the acclaimed traditional group Moving Cloud; and, piper Cillian Vallely of the famous Vallely artistic clan has performed with Riverdance and recently recorded with Bruce Springsteen. Folk Roots magazine has rightly termed them an “Irish music dream team.”

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- See more at: http://highlineballroom.com/show/2015/12/14/lunasa-with-karan-casey/#sthash.iahUIwLX.dpuand remember to add your events to our calendar if you want them to be listed in our eblasts.