Luka Bloom @ Botanique

Its 1987, Barry Moore flew out to America and Luka Bloom came back. Singing his songs around the US, gigging with The Pogues, the Violent Femmes, The Dixie Chicks, Hothouse Flowers, The Cowboy Junkies. He signed with Warner Music in Los Angeles, and made 'Riverside', 'The Acoustic Motorbike', and 'Turf'. He made Salty Heaven in Birr Co Offaly 1997. Luka read about Ani di Franco and her independent crusade to make her own music in her own way, in her own time, released by her own people. This concept excited him and he went about setting up his own independent way of working. In 2000 Luka recorded 'Keeper of the Flame', an album of eclectic covers by great artists. 2001 was a busy year for Luka, he created Big Sky Records and www.lukabloom.com and released 'The Barry Moore Years', an album of early songs written before 1987. In the same year Luka made 'Between the Mountain and the Moon', an album of new original songs. 2003, 'Amsterdam' was released - a live performance from a great night in the Carre Theatre in Amsterdam. In 2004 'Before Sleep Comes' was recorded, nine soft songs for insomniacs. Then came Innocence, a record released to celebrate Luka's 50th birthday. It was both written and recorded in his home in County Kildare. It's a very personal record, with a suitably intimate sound, featuring 11 new songs and one 21 year old gem, the City of Chicago. And now, here we are in February 2007, releasing a very new and very different piece of work. TRIBE is the result of a year long collaboration with Simon O'Reilly, a man who has spent the last 6 years creating original contemporary music in County Clare. Simon produced and co-wrote TRIBE.