Celtic Music & Arts Festival - San Francisco
Saturday, 11 March 2000
I'll Walk Beside You
Exploring The Blue
Holy Ground
Ciara
Forgiveness
Blackberry Time
Water Ballerina
Make You Feel My Love
I'm A Bogman
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Sunny Sailor Boy
The Acoustic Motorbike
Black Is The Colour
I Need Love
You Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time
Bad
Dancing Queen
Just My Imagination
The Fertile Rock
Not only had Luka Bloom arrived in Denver's Lower Downtown (Lodo) neighborhood,
he had a new release to promote on an American tour for the first time in several years.
Fans formed a long queue outside the Soiled Dove long before the doors opened in
order to sit as close as possible to the stage to watch and hear this almost-legend
of an Irish artist....
Bloom's performances personify human emotions - be they pain or joy - and evoke
pathos to purge the audience and allow is members to start anew and leave feeling,
as Bloom sang in his fifth encore, that 'the man is alive'. While it's often a long time
between live appearances (or perhaps because of that time lag), a Luka Bloom concert
is to be savored. His Denver fans, hungry for his voice, guitar work and wit, did just that.
Exploring The Blue
Gone To Pablo
Blackberry Time
Ciara
Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
Sanas
Keeper Of The Flame
Make You Feel My Love
Wishing On A Star
I'm A Bogman
Golden Feather
No Surprises
Sunny Sailor Boy
The Acoustic Motorbike
Rescue Mission
You Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time
Holy Ground
Bad
Dancing Queen
I Need Love
The Fertile Rock
Gabriel
Music Preview: Celtic singer Luka Bloom makes his way back from a major-label exile
The first and only time Luka Bloom played Pittsburgh, in 1992, it was a beautiful summer evening and the big doors
of Rosebud were thrown open to the night air. He paced the stage like a fighter staring down the audience and
pounding away at an acoustic guitar so laden with effect it sounded like an orchestra on stage.
Dreams In America
Gone To Pablo
Holy Ground
Ciara
Forgiveness
Sanas
Water Ballerina
Wishing On A Star
Make You Feel My Love
I'm A Bogman
Golden Feather
Sunny Sailor Boy
The Acoustic Motorbike
Exploring The Blue
I Need Love
Rescue Mission
You Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time
Ram's Head Tavern - Annapolis
Tuesday, 28 March 2000
Silvery Moon (a cappella)
Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
Blackberry Time
The Hungry Ghost
Ciara
Make You Feel My Love
Wishing On A Star
I'm A Bogman
Golden Feather
Urge For Going
Sunny Sailor Boy
Dreams In America
Gone To Pablo
Rescue Mission
Forgiveness
Holy Ground
The Barns at Wolf Trap - Vienna
Wednesday, 29 March 2000
Diamond Mountain
The Hungry Ghost
Ciara
Dreams In America
Gone To Pablo
Make You Feel My Love
Wishing On A Star
I'm A Bogman
Golden Feather
No Surprises
Sunny Sailor Boy
The Acoustic Motorbike
You Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time
Exploring The Blue
Forgiveness
Holy Ground
Bad
Dancing Queen
Just My Imagination
The Fertile Rock
Gabriel
Dreams In America
Gone To Pablo
Rescue Mission
I Need Love
The Hungry Ghost
Ciara
Blackberry Time
Make You Feel My Love
Keeper Of The Flame
I'm A Bogman
Golden Feather
No Surprises
Sunny Sailor Boy
The Acoustic Motorbike
You Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time
Forgiveness
Holy Ground
The Fertile Rock
Bad
Dancing Queen
Just My Imagination
Delirious
Gabriel
I'll Walk Beside You
Dreams In America
I Need Love
Exploring The Blue
Rescue Mission
The Hungry Ghost
Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
Blackberry Time
Diamond Mountain
Make You Feel My Love
Wishing On A Star
Keeper Of The Flame
I'm A Bogman
Golden Feather
No Surprises
Sunny Sailor Boy
The Acoustic Motorbike
Forgiveness
Holy Ground
Ciara
Bad
Dancing Queen
You Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time
The Fertile Rock
Urge For Going
Love Is A Monsoon
I Need Love
Natural Mystic
Blackberry Time
The Hungry Ghost
Don't Be So Hard On Yourself
Sanas Water Ballerina
Make You Feel My Love
Wishing On A Star
I'm A Bogman
Golden Feather
No Surprises
Sunny Sailor Boy
The Acoustic Motorbike
Forgiveness
Holy Ground
Ciara
The Fertile Rock
Bad
Dancing Queen
Just My Imagination
You Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time
Black Is The Colour
Delirious
Urge For Going