Soirée: Kevin Crawford, Colin Farrell and Patrick Doocey - Irish Trad

Soirée: Kevin Crawford, Colin Farrell and Patrick Doocey - Irish Trad

Kevin Crawford, Colin Farrell & Patrick Doocey, three members of Lúnasa - one of the most influential bands in the history of Irish Music, are heading to Australia in June to perform at National Celtic Festival in Portarlington, as well as a string of shows along the east coast.

Folk Roots magazine once called Lúnasa the “Irish music dream team”, and Australia is now going to be treated to three of its members exploring the acts music in a slightly more intimate approach - the classic pairing of flute and fiddle enhanced by one of Ireland’s finest guitar players today.

Lúnasa was born back in 1997 making their world-wide debut under the Lúnasa flag with a tour of Australia, the rest is history. Twenty years on this trio is making its debut in Australia, which also could be the start of another success story!

“…state-of-the-art Irish music as aggressively infectious as you’ll ever hear.” – Dirty Linen on Lúnasa (2000)

Don't miss this night of top shelf Irish trad. The opening night of their Australian/NZ tour at the Canberra Irish Club is set to be a roaring success.

Kevin Crawford

Born in Birmingham, England, Kevin Crawford’s early life was one long journey into Irish music and Co. Clare, to where he eventually moved while in his 20’s.

He was a founding member of Moving Cloud, the Clare-based band who recorded such critically acclaimed albums as Moving Cloud and Foxglove, and he has also recorded with Grianin, Raise the Rafters, Joe Derrane, Natalie Merchant, Susan McKeown and Sean Tyrrell. Kevin appears on the 1992 recording, The Maiden Voyage, recorded live at Peppers Bar, Feakle, Co. Clare, and appearson the 1994 recording, The Sanctuary Sessions, recorded live in Cruise’s Bar, Ennis, Co. Clare.

He now tours the world with Ireland’s cutting edge traditional band,Lúnasa, called by some the “Bothy Band of the 21st Century,” with eight ground-breaking albums to their credit: Lúnasa, Otherworld, The Merry Sisters of Fate, Redwood, The Kinnity Sessions, Sé, The Story So Far and La Nua. His latest project is the Teetotallers, a supergroup trio that also features Martin Hayes and John Doyle. A virtuoso flute player, Kevin has also recorded several solo albums including The ‘D’ Flute Album, In Good Company, On Common Ground, a duo recording with Lúnasa’s piper, Cillian Vallely, and his most recent, Carrying the Tune.

Colin Farrell

Born in Manchester, England, into a very musical family to parents from Co.Galway and Co.Cavan, Colin started playing the fiddle and tinwhistle from an early age and won numerous titles at the Fleadh Cheoil. He began playing with St. Malachy’s Ceili Band when he was 12 years old, and was a founding member of the band Ceile, with whom he recorded the album, Mancunian Way.

Since then, has made a name for himself performing and recording with an array of great musicians in Europe and the US, including such performers and groups as Flook, Grada, John Doyle, Tim O’Brien, Lúnasa, Karen Casey, the Elders, Project West, the Michael McGoldrick Band and Lunasa. Colin is also a composer whose tunes have been played and recorded by numerous bands and musicians. In 2005, Colin was awarded a Masters Degree in Music from Limerick University.

As a follow-up to his critically acclaimed debut album, On the Move, he has recently released his
second album Make A Note which was voted Instrumental album of the Year by Live Ireland

Patrick Doocey

An All-Ireland winning multi-instrumentalist, Patrick is quickly becoming one of the most in demand accompanists on the Irish music scene today. Predominately self-taught on guitar, Patrick’s exciting style on both nylon and steel string guitar combines influences from many genres.

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts and having lived in Foxford, County Mayo, Patrick now resides in New York City. His talents have brought him all over Europe, Asia, America and Africa.

His musical journey so far has seen him perform with artists such as Sharon Shannon, Liz Carroll, Lunasa, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Teada, Buille, Cathal Hayden, Karan Casey, Sean Kean