From: owner-curiouser@smoe.org (curiouser) To: curiouser-digest@smoe.org Subject: curiouser V1 #18 Reply-To: curiouser@smoe.org Sender: owner-curiouser@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-curiouser@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-List-Info: http://www.io.com/~mcurry/curiouser.html curiouser Thursday, September 30 1999 Volume 01 : Number 018 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Susan McKeown & Lunasa in NYC [puppycakes ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 23:55:28 -0400 From: puppycakes Subject: Susan McKeown & Lunasa in NYC so it's between lafayette and bowery on 4th street. at least i was within a block! :P :P :P woj >Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 20:45:36 -0700 (PDT) >To: chanting@earthlink.net >From: Sheila-na-Gig Music >Subject: Susan McKeown & Lunasa in NYC > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SHEILA-NA-GIG ARTISTS IN >>>>>>>>>>>NYC<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > >This Saturday, Susan McKeown & the Chanting House, Irish traditional super >group Lunasa, singer songwriter Casey Neill, and others will perform at the >fantastic end-of-Summer event known as The New York City Oyster Festival. >Come down and see this great event, listen to excellent music, eat oysters >and drink Guinness to your hearts delight! > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>THE NYC OYSTER >FESTIVAL<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > >The 3rd Annual New York City Oyster Festival will be held on Saturday, >October 2, 1999. Inspired by the tradition of Ireland's Galway Oyster >Festival, the festival is a 1-day event, held in the heart of the Village >in New York City. The event hosts live music from 12-8pm, and is free to >the public. Attracting tens of thousands, the Festival is a benefit for The >Merchant's House Museum, a 19th century historic building, which operates >in partnership with the City of New York/Parks & Recreation. >The festival is located at 29 E. 4th Street in Manhattan, between Lafayette >and Bowery. >For information, call: 212-777-1089. > >MUSIC ARTISTS >12:00 noon Casey Neill >1:00 pm The Eileen Ivers Band >2:30 Susan McKeown & the Chanting House >4:00 Lúnasa >5:30 Kevin Brennan >7:00 The Paperboys > > >SPONSORS INCLUDE: >90.7 WFUV Radio >Guinness Import Company >Gotham Seafood >Tower Records >City of New York/Parks & Recreation > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>LUNASA RECORD LAUNCH<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > >GREEN LINNET RECORDS is hosting a special launch of a new recording by >Lunasa, for their US debut, "Otherworld". > >THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 at ARLENE GROCERY >95 Stanton Street, NYC (between Orchard & Ludlow) >6-8pm (212) 358-1633 > >THIS IS A FREE SHOW!!! > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > >About LUNASA........ > >Amongst the waves of Irish music to have come to America's shores, certain >groups stand out as remarkable. First came The Clancys with their Aran >sweaters and songs from the old country, followed by The Chieftains' pure >melodic strains. The 70's brought the legendary Bothy Band, and in the 80's >Altan rose with their own distinctive northern sound. Now a new group has >emerged in Ireland to take Irish music into the next millennium. > >That group is Lúnasa. > >Firmly rooted in the tradition, and with the blessings of the masters of >that tradition, Lúnasa (pronounced LOO-nasa) are poised for greatness. That >is already evidenced in their live performances worldwide and stellar >recording work. It is significant that Matt Molloy, the great flute player >and former member of The Bothy Band has remarked "they remind me of a group >I used to play with". Lúnasa are the inheritors of a great musical legacy. > >Lúnasa is Ireland's fastest rising new traditional band. In January 1999, >Lúnasa took >New England by storm during a 4 -day promotional tour of the Northeast, >laying the >groundwork for the release of their first studio recording, and subsequent >tours of the >U.S. and Canada. 'Folk with balls!' proclaimed a review of Lúnasa's >appearance at >The Blue Mountain Folk Festival in Australia. 'Not since The Bothy Band has >an audience > held its band in such awe and expressed its gratitude for their talent so >vehemently.' > >Not the 'newcomers' they may appear to be, the members of Lúnasa are, and >have been >for many years now, the backbone of many of the great Irish Super Groups of >our time. >It's only in this latest combination that they have pushed their own >considerable talents >to the fore: Sean Smyth - fiddle; Trevor Hutchinson - bass (formerly The >Waterboys), Donogh Hennessy - guitar (formerly The Sharon Shannon Band); >Kevin Crawford (of Moving Cloud) - flute; Cillian Vallely - pipes. > >Following the success of their second promotional tour of North America in >May 1999, >that took them across North America, through Alberta, California, and New >York, >Lúnasa signed a worldwide recording deal with Green Linnet Records. The >label will >release the group's brand new album, Otherworld, in October 1999. > > >THE ORIGIN OF LUNASA >The group takes its name from the ancient Irish god of light and genius, >Lúgh. Lúgh was unique for his mastery of all the arts, a master craftsman >not only as a harper but equally as skilled a warrior, poet, carpenter, >magician and physician. His achievements earned him a place at Tara, the >ancient seat of the Irish High Kings. As a musician he had the ability to >move the company at Tara to tears or to great joy. Lúgh's feast day is >celebrated on August 1st, and he is remembered in the Gaelic word for >August, Lúnasa. > >http://www.lunasa.ie > >************************************** > >Yours from.........Sheila-na-Gig Music, NYC > > > > > > > ------------------------------ End of curiouser V1 #18 ***********************