Luka Bloom’s New Records
Luka Bloom is working on all kinds of projects right now.
1) Luka is writing away for the next solo record, and that will take at least a year before we get to listen to it. Worth the wait as ever.
2) The really big news though, is that Luka Bloom has been quietly working away since November 2005 on a very different project. It’s a collaboration with a musician and music programmer who lives in County Clare by the name of Simon O’Reilly.
Simon works all the hours god gives on his music, and when not doing that he surfs the sea below the Cliffs of Moher. I heard his record Tidelines last year and instantly wanted to work with him. For years now, I have been waiting to meet someone with whom I could collaborate like this; and I am really enjoying this process. However, because it is such a different project, I have decided to take a new approach to releasing it.We have on the website, a rough mix of one track for you all to hear. It’s called I Am A River (mp3), and is representative of the feel of the record, though there are some really different tracks also.
If enough of you like the sound of this one track, and are willing to buy your copy in advance - like immediately, this money would help finance the finishing of this record. If say, 1000 people were willing to buy the record for 20 euros; that 1000 people would receive a copy signed by Simon and me; and you would receive a bonus extra track for your gesture of good faith!
We expect to have the record ready for release by February 1st 2007. I hope you enjoy this one song, and really look forward to letting ye hear the whole record.
3) There will be an announcement regarding the DVD in a few weeks.
See Also:
• Luka Bloom videos
• Luka Bloom: Not Just An Irish Folk singer
• Luka Bloom and Christy Moore
Eolaí gan Fhéile:
Very nice. I wonder if he’ll pitch his “pay-in-advance” CD concept when he plays here next weekend?