Luka Bloom in Irish Festival

Irish performer, Luka Bloom, is all over the papers at the moment. Word from the Irish Laois-Nationalist of Portlaoise in Ireland where Luka Bloom just played a multi-cultural festival of music, song and dance:

Luka Bloom brought his uniqueness to the stage with inspiring messages and songs. He quoted from his song that was inspired by Nelson Mandela: It is not the darkness that we are afraid of but the light that shines within us He also sang about an Algerian man who made wooden boxes and now lives in Galway after fleeing his home country.

Luka Blows Kilkenny Audience Away is the headline from a nice article in the Kilkenny Advertiser, which says Luka:

played a selection from his new album Innocence which was just released in America on Wednesday last. He told the riveted audience that he was very excited that one year after the album had been released in Ireland - it was finally released in the US.
Luka sang a number of beautiful tracks from Innocence including Primavera, Gypsy Music, City of Chicago, Thank You For Bringing me here and Innocence.
All of his songs were accompanied by anecdotes about his inspiration for the words. Fans in Cleeres were mesmerised by his vocals and his expert guitar playing on the tiny stage.

And saving the best Bloom article ’til last, Irish musician, Luka Bloom explains the inspiration behind his 10th album release, Innocence is the headline in The Connection Newspapers in Virginia in advance of Luka’s US tour beginning this coming week:

I picked up the guitar when I was 9 years old and it was this incredible feeling of deja-vu. I can distinctly remember the moment I held my first guitar. By the time I was 12, I was writing songs. Whatever little bit of sadness or sorrow was within me, I would articulate it through song. By the time I was 15 I was singing my own songs in bars near where I lived. It’s all I’ve ever done. I’ve never earned one penny anywhere in my life from anything other than just writing songs. I’m 50 years old now so it’s something to be happy about

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