Beoga
Fri, Feb 27th, 2009 7:30 PM 928-600-1365 The Orpheum www.livingtraditionspresentations.com
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Sat,
Feb 28th, 2009 8 pm Berger Performing Arts Center www.inconcerttucson.com/pages/calendar.htm Advance tickets $20; $18 seniors over 60 Tickets at Antigone Books or the Folk Shop with no fee. |
Sun. Mar 1st, 2009 7:00 PM Trinity Presbyterian Church 928-771-1218. |
Tue. Mar 3, 2009 7:30 PM Fiddler's Dream 602-997-9795 |
Beoga (Irish word for ‘lively’)
are a five-piece traditional band based in County Antrim, Ireland. The
band was drawn together after ‘jamming’ in a ferocious session
at the All-Ireland Fleadh in
The group’s 2007 release Mischief’ received excellent reviews across the board, including a phenomenal 9.5/10 rating from Hot Press. The album is tipped by Irish Music Magazine and US based ‘The Celtic Connection’, among others, as a contender for 2007 album of the year. The Chicago American Times proclaims “super vocals, a terrific staccato beat to the rhythm, with a real sense of style and wit. This is a major band to be reckoned with.” The Irish Echo describes Beoga as “perhaps the most audacious band today” ranking them with Irish group Grada, as the two most promising bands launched in the new millennium. Beoaga has played at the Boston, Kansas and Milwaukee Irish Festivals, the Guinness Irish Christmas tour of Austria, the Irish Folk Festival tour of Germany along with Solas and Kevin Burke, and the Irish Unplugged Tour of Holland with the Fureys and Davey Arthur. In September 2007, Beoga performed live with the BBC Orchestra to a television audience of millions as part of the prestigious ‘Last night of the Proms’ Advance tickets $20; $18 seniors over 60 available at
www.inconcerttucson.com,
Antigone Books and the Folk Shop Video Clips
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August
2002. Their unique sound features the twin duelling accordions of Seán
Óg Graham and Damian McKee, along with four times All-Ireland bodhrán
champion Eamon Murray and pianist Liam Bradley. In 2005, Beoga were nominated
by Irish Music Magazine for the best traditional newcomer’s award.
With the addition of one of Ireland’s premier young singers, Niamh
Dunne, Beoga are confirming their reputation as one of the most exciting
acts to emerge from Ireland in recent years.
The
bedrock of Beoga’s music lies firmly within the Irish tradition,
but they are not afraid to incorporate other genres’ nuances into
their music. From bluesy riffs to Astor Piazzola-style jazz, to a raunchy
New Orleans jamboree vibe, their music always returns to a wonderfully
bouncy traditional sound. With a repertoire of fresh self-penned tunes
and inventive arrangements, their debut album 'a lovely madness' earned
9/10 in Ireland’s Hot Press music magazine and was one of the Top
Trad/Folk Albums of the year.