Adrian Bohm presents LUKA BLOOM
Luka Bloom kicks off new album tour in Australia
Celebrated Irish singer-songwriter, Luka Bloom, will begin his new album tour
in Australia for the first time in March 2005. Luka is keen to share new music with his Australian
fans first off this time round, making amends to one of his favourite countries for having to cancel his
early 2004 tour due to a stubborn throat condition.
It was this very diversion, however, which resulted in a rich and reflective
vein of mid year songwriting for Luka, leading to November recording
sessions in his very living room, complete with top-notch musicians and
recording equipment. The result is one of Luka Bloom's most resonant
collections of song, the new album, Innocence, out through
Shock Records in February 2005.......
Audiences are guaranteed an uplifting and different night of music from Luka
Bloom on his Innocence tour. Luka's focus has shifted. He still electrifies
all in his company, but the rock inspired performer has given way to the man
who puts the song, the words, the meaning and the heart first. Where it
deserves to be.
www.abpresents.com.au/Luka_2004.htm
themusic.com.au - In Music & Media
Christie Eliezer's Festival & Tour Guide
LUKA BLOOM
Luka Bloom kicks off new album tour in Australia for Adrian Bohm Presents, with a stopover at the East Coast
Blues & Roots Music Festival. Bloom is apparently keen to share new music with his Australian fans
first off this time round, making amends to one of his favourite countries for having to cancel his early 2004
tour due to a stubborn throat condition.
He says: "I really love coming to Australia, and I certainly owe you one, so I'm coming straight over to start
the album tour this time. I think there's a deep empathy between Australians and the Irish, something hard
to define but probably evident within our similar, self-effacing sense of humour. I do always feel at home in Australia.
"With the Innocence album, I feel really happy with the songs, and love
singing them. It's quite a different studio record for me. Rather than emphasizing, say, the guitar sound, the songs
and words are very much the focus which captures where I'm at and my feeling towards songwriting these days."
www.themusic.com.au
Melbourne Events - This Month in Melbourne
Luka Bloom FREE at Readings Hawthorn
Fri 11 March 2005 - 6:00 pm
Readings Hawthorn, 701 Glenferrie Rd Hawthorn.
In addition to his Australian concert dates, Luka Bloom is performing FREE
and live instore at Readings Hawthorn. Enquiries/Reservations please call 9819 1917
A regular visitor to Australia, Luka Bloom is a contemporary Irish singer-songwriter whose live performances have helped
him create a large and loyal audience. Here to promote his new album Innocence,
this is a rare chance to see, meet and hear a star of the folk scene up close.
Luka will perform songs from Innocence, an album that builds on his previous offerings to deliver a work that no
longer relies on just vocals and guitar, but demonstrates his maturing talents as a singer and songwriter.
An uplifting experience for the soul.
www.thatsmelbourne.com.au
www.readings.com.au
Sunday March 13 - Fly By Night Club, Perth
Saturday March 19 - Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, Adelaide
Well-loved Irish folkie makes his annual pilgrimage to Oz.
Luka Bloom has released scores of his own albums, but in Australia he is best loved for his live
performances. Indeed, the Irish singer-songwriter is so popular is here that he can tour annually
at large-scale venues, despite the fact he no longer has the backing of an international record company.
The story starts in County Kildare, 1955, when one Barry Moore is born into a family of musicians
(including brother Christy Moore). A well-loved folk singer until tendonitis made him abandon the
finger-picking style, Barry played with a post-punk band (Red Square) and as a solo artist in countless
Irish pubs before moving to New York in 1987. On the plane trip over, he christened himself Luka Bloom
(Luka refers to the Suzanne Vega song of the same name, and Bloom to James
Joyce's Ulyssess), and thus began a new phase in his career.
Residencies at New York venues like Dylans and The Red Lion saw Luka hone his craft. Although
folk remains his musical touchstone, Luka has proven to be a talented interpreter of other genres:
a memorable cover of LL Cool J's I Need Love appeared on his 1992 album The Acoustic Motorbike.
Expect Luka's trademark astute lyrics and soulful vocals as he returns yet again.
Ramon Lobato - CitySearch, December 2004
www.perth.citysearch.com.au
www.adelaide.citysearch.com.au
Sunday March 20 - Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
Celebrated Irish singer-songwriter, Luka Bloom, will begin his new album tour
in Australia for the first time in March 2005 for Adrian Bohm Presents
with a national string of dates including here in Melbourne.
Luka is keen to share new music with his Australian fans first off this time
round, making amends to one of his favourite countries for having to cancel
his early 2004 tour due to a stubborn throat condition.
It was this very diversion, however, which resulted in a rich and reflective
vein of mid year songwriting for Luka, leading to November recording
sessions in his very living room, complete with top-notch musicians and
recording equipment. The result is one of Luka Bloom's most resonant
collections of song is his new album, Innocence.
www.ticketmaster.com.au/eventprofiles
Monday March 21 - Prince Of Wales - Prince Bandroom, Melbourne
Luka Bloom with Monique Brumby.
Seated tickets $55 plus booking fee (limited, available at Ticketmaster 7 or phonebook).
Standing tickets $45 plus booking fee. Tickets on sale now from Ticketmaster 7, Prince Public Bar (standing only),
phonebook on 03 9536 1168 or book online here.
Doors open 7pm. - Luka Bloom on stage at 8.45pm.
www.princebandroom.com.au
Beat Magazine - Hot Talk - Issue # 953 - 16.03.2005
BLOOMING AGAIN
Luka Bloom's show at the Athenaeum Theatre this Sunday March 20 has been seeling so well that he
will perform a second show in Melbourne, at the Prince Of Wales this coming Monday March 21.
www.beat.com.au
Brisbane News Magazine - Issue 23 March 2005
Luka Bloom: The intense Irishman brings his acoustic guitar and all those rich folk tunes to Brisbane, with
support from Monique Brumby. Thursday (Mar 24), The Tivoli, ph: 3852 1711.
www.brisbanenews.com.au/diary.htm
Sunday March 20 - Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
Wednesday March 23 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Thursday March 24 - The Tivoli, Brisbane
Luka Bloom
Perennial tour from doe-eyed Irish troubadour comes between Sleep and Innocence.
Irish romantic Luka Bloom has had a snoozy time since his last visit here in
2003. A recurring tendonitis problem led him to make a softly strummed
Spanish guitar album called Before Sleep Comes. Its success, he says, "blew
my mind", and another album, Innocence, is already in the can. "My only
disappointment", he reckons, "was not getting to Australia."
..... He'd started out as Barry Moore, but borrowed a new name
from Suzanne Vega and James Joyce to distance himself from the shadow of his
celebrated big brother Christy, of Planxty fame.
As fate (and nepotism) would have it, Bloom guested on that legendary
folk-rock band's reunion dates in December of last year. As always, though,
he returns to Australia armed only with his booming 12-string guitar, a
voice of pure silk and a winning way with the ladies.
Michael Dwyer - Fairfax Digital, January 2005
melbourne.citysearch.com.au
sydney.citysearch.com.au
brisbane.citysearch.com.au
Wednesday March 23 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney
Thursday March 24 - The Tivoli, Brisbane
Celebrated Irish singer-songwriter, Luka Bloom, will begin his new album
tour in Australia for the first time in March 2005 for Adrian Bohm Presents
with a national string of dates in Sydney and Brisbane.....
Luka says: "I really love coming to Australia, and I certainly owe you one,
so I'm coming straight over to start the album tour this time. I think
there's a deep empathy between Australians and the Irish, something hard to
define but probably evident within our similar, self-effacing sense of
humour. I do always feel at home in Australia.
With the Innocence album, I feel really happy with the songs,
and love singing them. It's quite a different studio record for me. Rather than
emphasizing, say, the guitar sound, the songs and words are very much the
focus which captures where I'm at and my feeling towards songwriting these days."
With a critically acclaimed back catalog of songwriting, Luka Bloom is an
inspired and inspiring live performer. His concert arsenal includes both
tender and dynamic original material and a surprisingly eclectic selection
of other people's material; songs loved by Luka........
Audiences are guaranteed an uplifting and different night of music from Luka
Bloom on his Innocence tour. He still electrifies
all in his company, but the rock inspired performer has given way to the man
who puts the song, the words, the meaning and the heart first. Where it deserves to be.
premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=LUKABLOO05
Easter Weekend 24-28 March 2005
East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, Byron Bay
A big hit with Australian audiences over the years, Luka Bloom is set to
light up hearts in Byron Bay in 2005. With a critically acclaimed back
catalogue of songwriting, Luka Bloom is an inspired and inspiring live
performer. His concert arsenal includes both tender and dynamic original
material and a surprisingly eclectic selection of other people's material;
songs loved by Luka. As one Australian reviewer said: "Luka is a solo
performer whose trademark is his thunderous and exhilarating acoustic guitar
playing, his fine voice and his warm and passionate delivery."
First Round Artists 2005: Michael Franti and Spearhead - Kasey Chambers - The Frames - The Whitlams -
Desmond Dekker - Janis Ian - Eric Bibb - Anne McCue - Luka Bloom and many more
www.bluesfest.com.au
7news on Seven - December 2, 2004
Stars announced for blues festival
Bo Diddley, Janis Ian, Luka Bloom and George Thorogood will lead the international
contingent at the 2005 East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival.
Locals to perform at the annual festival include Kasey Chambers, The Whitlams and The Cat Empire.
The East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival, which is in its 16th year, runs over the Easter long weekend
from March 24 to 28 at Byron Bay's Red Devil Park.
"This festival is about having an amazing time in the most idyllic setting on earth," festival director Peter Noble said....
The festival has been nominated in the category of Music Festival Of The Year in the 2004 Pollstar Concert Industry Awards held in North America annually.
The awards will be announced in Hollywood in February with other festivals in the same category including Glastonbury and Montreaux....
The East Coast Blues and Roots Music Festival attracts around 70,000 people each year.
Set on five hectares, the festival will offer more than music with an international food fair, eclectic market and craft stores, street theatre and fairs....
www.seven.com.au/news/topstories
Tuesday March 29 - The Basement, Sydney
LUKA BLOOM (IR)
With a critically acclaimed back catalogue of song writing, Luka Bloom is an
inspired and inspiring live performer. His concert arsenal includes both
tender and dynamic original material and a surprisingly eclectic selection
of other people's material; songs loved by Luka. As one Australian reviewer
said : 'Luka is a solo performer whose trademark is his thunderous and
exhilarating acoustic guitar playing, his fine voice and his warm and
passionate delivery.'
www.thebasement.com.au