Hopping to the Music: Lúnasa and "The Cullybacky Hop"

Today's random tune, The Cullybacky Hop, is a song by Irish band Lúnasa. Lúnasa is named after an ancient harvest festival, and they primarily play Irish traditional music. The band was pieced out of musicians that played in support of original band member Sean Smyth's solo tour in the mid-1990s. Their first album was a live album with recordings from the band's initial tour, and was critically acclaimed. The group has released seven studio albums, one live album, and has been featured on various artist compilations of Irish music. The Cullybacky Hop can be found on their 2006 album Sé.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BAnasa_(band)

About a Lighthouse: Lúnasa and "Loophead"

Loophead, a tune by Irish band Lúnasa, is our song for today. Lúnasa is named after an ancient harvest festival, and they primarily play Irish traditional music. The band was pieced out of musicians that played in support of original band member Sean Smyth's solo tour in the mid-1990s. Their first album was a live album with recordings from the band's initial tour, and was critically acclaimed. The group has released seven studio albums, one live album, and has been featured on various artist compilations of Irish music. Loophead can be found on their 2006 album Sé, and consists of three reels called Bolton Street, The Millstream and Loophead Lighthouse.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BAnasa_(band)

Reel Climb: Lúnasa and "Temple Hill"

Our random tune for today, Temple Hill, comes to us from Lúnasa, an Irish band named after an ancient harvest festival. Playing primarily Irish traditional music, the band was pieced out of musicians that played in support of original band member Sean Smyth's solo tour in the mid-1990s. Their first album was a live album with recordings from the band's initial tour, and was critically acclaimed. The group has released seven studio albums, one live album, and has been featured on various artist compilations of Irish music. Temple Hill can be found on their 2003 album Redwood, and consists of three reels called Patrick Conneely's, Johnny McIljohn's and Temple Hill.

Listen to songs like this and more on the KUNM Global Music Show every Monday night from 10 pm - 1 am Mountain Standard Time. Live streaming, program information and the two-week digital archive can be found at http://www.kunm.org.

Floating: Lúnasa and "Boy in the Boat"

Celtic band Lúnasa brings us the song of the day - Boy in the Boat. Calling itself "the hottest Irish acoustic group on the planet," Lúnasa is named after an ancient harvest festival and began in 1997 when a group of musicians traveled together through Scandinavia. The group tours a majority of each year, and has toured extensively through Europe, the Americas and Asia. Boy in the Boat can be found on their 2006 album Sé.