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Lúnasa are an all-instrumental, acoustic group known for their exciting melodies and tunes, as well as their ability to combine the sounds of the fiddle, the flute, the uilleann pipes, the guitar, and the bass.
Named after Lughnasadh, an ancient Irish harvest festival, Lúnasa was started when Seán Smyth, Trevor Hutchinson, and Donogh Hennessy briefly toured through Scandinavia in 1996. Upon their return to Ireland, they teamed up with Michael McGoldrick and John McSherry to record a few tracks for what would be their first album. In 1997, Kevin Crawford joined the group.
In 1999, the group signed a three year contract with Green Linnet Records. After releasing three albums under the label, they terminated their contract.
In 2004, Donogh Hennessy left the group. He subsequently recorded an album as a duet with Pauline Scanlon - previously of the Sharon Shannon band - the culmination of a project entitled ‘Deora De’, an album comprising tunes and songs. He was eventually replaced by Paul Meehan.
The group tours for a majority of each year
Named after Lughnasadh, an ancient Irish harvest festival, Lúnasa was started when Seán Smyth, Trevor Hutchinson, and Donogh Hennessy briefly toured through Scandinavia in 1996. Upon their return to Ireland, they teamed up with Michael McGoldrick and John McSherry to record a few tracks for what would be their first album. In 1997, Kevin Crawford joined the group.
In 1999, the group signed a three year contract with Green Linnet Records. After releasing three albums under the label, they terminated their contract.
In 2004, Donogh Hennessy left the group. He subsequently recorded an album as a duet with Pauline Scanlon - previously of the Sharon Shannon band - the culmination of a project entitled ‘Deora De’, an album comprising tunes and songs. He was eventually replaced by Paul Meehan.
The group tours for a majority of each year
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Lá Nua
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henriquee_t88 wrote:
Otherworld gives me a "summer days in an irish village" sort of feeling. Except, well, having a song called "January Snows".
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DaddyPobbin wrote:
I quite like the yellow profile picture...just me?
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Halko wrote:
beautiful! <3
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lightvsdarkness wrote:
I met these guys at the Folk Festival in Richmond, Virginia. They are all really nice and their music is great! If you play flute, let them know and you'll get a warm welcome =]
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nathczar wrote:
Amazing stuff!
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Arturo_Grijalva wrote:
Genial
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Sequira_ wrote:
amazing
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DaddyPobbin wrote:
Eanáir is just perfect
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RafaelSky wrote:
Wonderful!
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henriquee_t88 wrote:
"the culmination of a project entitled ‘Deora De’, an album comprising tunes and songs" ORLY?
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acces23 wrote:
have to love them
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Mav17 wrote:
great concert in varese !! thanks Lunasa :D
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dbkrt wrote:
good stuff:)
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acces23 wrote:
awesomeness
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Mav17 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.it/event/1580714+L%C3%BAnasa Lunasa in concerto in Italy !
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lary_veel wrote:
Finally I found my soul
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redirishcrow wrote:
casu and Aiobhneas perfect and absent friends
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kthy_ wrote:
addicted
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macacoressonant wrote:
muito bom! very good!
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sir_ks wrote:
they have such beautiful songs
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Lunasa - Leckan Mor, Dublin 2009
Events
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Mar
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Lúnasa
Highline Ballroom, New York, United States
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May
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Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, United Kingdom
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News
L�NASA FINISH 2010 & THE DECADE ON A HIGH
24 Jan 2011 | from www.lunasa.ie/item/179
NAMED ‘PERFORMERS OF THE DECADE’ (liveireland.com)
FEATURED ARTISTS ON NATALIE MERCHANT’S HIT ALBUM
LEAVE YOUR SLEEP
CLOSING ACT OF CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL
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5 Mar 2010 | from www.lunasa.ie/item/179
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Recent Activity
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AkiDomca, loumarshall, loki22208 and 6 other people added Lúnasa to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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HIGHLINENYC added Lúnasa to the lineup of Lúnasa at Highline Ballroom. 14 days ago
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Zerophantomer, Nxng, pdruffel and 1 other person added Lúnasa to their libraries. last month
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yookyook added Lúnasa to the lineup of Lúnasa at Pollak Theatre at Monmouth University. last month
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tikimoof, lmchaves, danbroomer and 8 other people added Lúnasa to their libraries. last month
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ravagingmasses tagged Lúnasa with instrumental, irish, folk and one other tag. last month
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anthuriu tagged Lúnasa with ‘irish folk’. last month
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novanee, t00old4Punk and tretakt added Lúnasa to their libraries. last month
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monxton added Lúnasa to the lineup of Lúnasa at Turner Sims Concert Hall. last month
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