Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 7:30 pm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lúnasa
"The hottest Irish acoustic band on the planet." - Irish Voice "State-of-the-art Irish music as aggressively infectious as you'll ever hear." - Dirty Linen At Crossroads Music, 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue (in Calvary Church). Tickets are $20 suggested, $30 if you can, $10 if you can't, $5 under 12. Tickets and more information at http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org. Buying your tickets online costs you no more, helps our cash flow, and reduces lines at the entrance and crowding in the lobby. Since 1997, Lúnasa has become one of the most sought-after bands on the international Irish music scene with inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves redefining Irish music by going right to the heart of its rhythms. With its distinctive use of the upright acoustic bass - brought front and center by Trevor Hutchinson's remarkable playing - teamed with Paul Hennessey's percussive guitar, the group seeks out the essential heartbeat of a tune. "There are lots of great melodies in Irish music but often people don't hear the rhythms underneath," says fiddler and founding member Sean Smyth. "We try to relate the swing or energy out of the music, using new rhythms, letting each instrument add its own unique layer. We'll play the same tune over and over searching for the groove, exploring it. We let the music find its pulse." The result is a sound that, though distinctly Irish in flavor, touches on jazz and other improvisational music forms. Tickets and more information at http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org. Buying your tickets online costs you no more, helps our cash flow, and reduces lines at the entrance and crowding in the lobby. Upcoming events --------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, October 22: Brian McNeill Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and founding member of the legendary Battlefield Band "In an unrivalled position at the top of the league... Scotland's most meaningful contemporary songwriter" - Edinburgh Scotsman Saturday, November 20: To be announced Saturday, December 4, 2010: Eateleh: A Life in Klezmer Elaine Hoffman Watts, Susan Lankin Watts and Friends "A 3rd-generation klezmer, the mother of a next generation of klezmorim, and a raucous, wonderful storyteller. The Philly sound in full force and dance-compelling splendor." - Ari Davidow Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 pm: To be announced Supporters --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crossroads Music is in part supported by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and the Samuel S. Fels Fund. This project is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), its regional arts funding partnership. State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administred in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
