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Luka
Bloom
In concert
Riverbank Arts Centre Newbridge
Thursday 10th & Friday 11th April
8.00pm (Tickets €18 / €15)
Booking 045 448333
boxoffice@riverbank.ie
Luka Bloom is set to play two gigs at the Riverbank
Arts Centre in Newbridge (10th & 11th April), following
the release of his new album ‘Amsterdam’ on
March 28th. Recorded during a show in Holland just over one
year ago, the album
has been a labour of love for Luka and is one of the most
eagerly anticipated live albums this year.
Kevin Barry Moore was born on 23 May 1955, in Newbridge,
county Kildare. The youngest of six children he was born
into a very musical
family and started writing and honing his guitar playing
skills from a young age. He first took to the road at the
tender age of
14 on a tour of English folk clubs…that was back in
1969.
Barry has toured extensively in Europe and the US, and has
made his home in various locations along the way, including
Holland,
Washington and New York. It was while travelling to America
that he thought new country, why not a new name. And so some
35,000
feet above the Atlantic Luka Bloom was born. The name came
from Suzanne Vega’s song ‘Luka’ and James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’.
2001 saw Luka become an independent artist, launching his
own web site and revisiting his early years with the release
of ‘The
Barry Moore Years-- Earlier Works’. Luka is launching ‘Amsterdam’ on
his website one week before official release – check
www.lukabloom.com for further information.
Fans of Luka will tell you, a live gig with Luka Bloom is
not to be missed – and will not be easily forgotten!
Check out Luka’s website www.lukabloom.com
For further information,
please contact:
Catríona or Grainne
on
(045) 448314/5
or by e-mail at artscentre@riverbank.ie
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