12/06/2010 - 20:45
Scène du Lac
Luka Bloom
Irish Folk Roots / Ireland
Irish folk star Luka Bloom has been playing live since the age of 14 - or for over 40 years. Some eleven studio albums later, Bloom remains a dynamic live performer as well as a superb songwriter, brilliant interpreter and accomplished guitarist.
Online music bible All Music Guide puts it best: "Luka Bloom has a well-deserved reputation as one of Ireland's most gifted singer/songwriters, but he has also ranked among the most gifted cover artists in contemporary music."
Born Barry Moore, the younger brother of Irish folk legend Christy Moore, he changed his name to Luka Bloom in 1987 and the definitive Riverside album followed in 1990. Returning to Dublin in 1991, he released The Acoustic Motorbike which included the definitive cover of LL Cool J's I Need Love. Rolling Stone declared: "the prospect of a folksy Irish rocker covering a rap ballad may seem strange, but experimenting with different forms is precisely what keeps established traditions vital."
By the mid-1990s Luka was a festival favourite across Europe and his 1995 album Salty Heaven was widely regarded as his best work to date with the Irish Times calling it "not just a wonderful album but an album filled with wonder. And that is a real accomplishment."
His 2000 album Keeper of the Flame showcased his remarkable interpretive skills with covers of Radiohead's No Surprises, The Cure's In Between Days and Abba's Dancing Queen.
A collection of new songs of his own, Between the Mountains and the Moon, followed in 2002 before his first live album Amsterdam was released in 2003, showcasing Bloom's accomplished stagecraft.
His Innocence album from 2005 was another triumph showing him in "that rarefied world of songwriters who stubbornly eke out a living away from the limelight while creating great art"(All Music Guide). Tribe and Eleven Songs followed as well as a greatest hits collection in 2007. His latest collection Dreams in America, released this year, is a reflection of his time in the US.
Online music bible All Music Guide puts it best: "Luka Bloom has a well-deserved reputation as one of Ireland's most gifted singer/songwriters, but he has also ranked among the most gifted cover artists in contemporary music."
Born Barry Moore, the younger brother of Irish folk legend Christy Moore, he changed his name to Luka Bloom in 1987 and the definitive Riverside album followed in 1990. Returning to Dublin in 1991, he released The Acoustic Motorbike which included the definitive cover of LL Cool J's I Need Love. Rolling Stone declared: "the prospect of a folksy Irish rocker covering a rap ballad may seem strange, but experimenting with different forms is precisely what keeps established traditions vital."
By the mid-1990s Luka was a festival favourite across Europe and his 1995 album Salty Heaven was widely regarded as his best work to date with the Irish Times calling it "not just a wonderful album but an album filled with wonder. And that is a real accomplishment."
His 2000 album Keeper of the Flame showcased his remarkable interpretive skills with covers of Radiohead's No Surprises, The Cure's In Between Days and Abba's Dancing Queen.
A collection of new songs of his own, Between the Mountains and the Moon, followed in 2002 before his first live album Amsterdam was released in 2003, showcasing Bloom's accomplished stagecraft.
His Innocence album from 2005 was another triumph showing him in "that rarefied world of songwriters who stubbornly eke out a living away from the limelight while creating great art"(All Music Guide). Tribe and Eleven Songs followed as well as a greatest hits collection in 2007. His latest collection Dreams in America, released this year, is a reflection of his time in the US.
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