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Solas
Celtic / Folk

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   Solas: General Info
Member Since8/19/2007
Band Websitewww.solasmusic.com
Sounds LikeNEW SOLAS ALBUM - OUT NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really smallest
Record LabelCompass
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jun 25 2009 8:00P
Carnegie Hall Dunfermine
Jun 26 2009 8:00P
Dent Folk Festival Dent
Jun 27 2009 8:00P
Glastonbury Festival Glastonbury
Aug 8 2009 8:00P
Minnesota Irish Festival St. Paul, Minnesota
Aug 9 2009 8:00P
Minnesota Irish Festival St. Paul, Minnesota
Sep 17 2009 8:00P
Infinity Hall Norfolk, Connecticut
Sep 19 2009 8:00P
Michigan Irish Festival Muskegon, Michigan
Sep 20 2009 8:00P
Michigan Irish Festival Muskegon, Michigan
Dec 5 2009 8:00P
Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
Miami University Hamilton Paris Auditorium Hamilton, Ohio
Mar 6 2010 8:00P
Stephens Performing Arts Center - Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho
Mar 13 2010 8:00P
Colonial Theater Keene, New Hampshire
Mar 14 2010 8:00P
The Music Hall Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Mar 18 2010 8:00P
Blackrock Center for the Performing Arts Germantown, Maryland

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   About Solas
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End Code To Apply Top Banner Since its birth in 1996, Solas has been loudly proclaimed as the most popular, influential, and exciting Celtic band to ever emerge from the United States. Even before the release of its first Shanachie CD, the Boston Herald trumpeted the quartet as "the first truly great Irish band to arise from America," and the Irish Echo ranked Solas among the "most exciting bands anywhere in the world." Since then, the praise has only grown louder. The Philadelphia Inquirer said they make "mind-blowing Irish folk music, maybe the world's best." The New York Times praised their "unbridled vitality", the Washington Post dubbed them one of the "world's finest Celtic-folk ensembles" and the Austin American-Statesman called them "the standard by which contemporary Celtic groups are judged."

Solas is virtually unique in the new territory it has opened up for Celtic music. It has performed at all the major Celtic and folk festivals, including Philadelphia, Edmonton, the legendary National Folk Festival, and Milwaukee's Irish fest; but also at Telluride Bluegrass Festival, and the chamber music summer series at Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It has performed at Symphony Hall, Wolf Trap, the Ford Amphitheater, and Queens Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland. In New York City, where the band was based in its early years, it has played at the legendary Bottom Line folk club, but also at vaunted classical venues Town Hall and Symphony Space. The Solas sound today is anchored by founders Seamus Egan, who plays flute, tenor banjo, mandolin, whistle, guitar and bodhran, and fiddler Winifred Horan. They are two of the most respected—and imitated—musicians anywhere in acoustic music. Mick McAuley from Kilkenny plays accordion and concertina; Eamon McElholm from Tyrone plays guitar and keyboards. Solas has emerged as the most exciting band in traditional Irish music. The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine says, "Seamus Egan and Solas make mind-blowing Irish folk music, maybe the world's best," while the Los Angeles Times says, "Solas offers a compellingly original, strikingly contemporary view of traditional Celtic sounds." Although Solas can play undiluted traditional Irish music as well as anyone alive or departed, they are always varying the mix of fire tested tradition and contemporary sensibility with an ease and naturalness that is as astonishing as their overwhelming musicianship. As a result, they transcend musical genres into the realm of pure musical expression that only a relative handful of musicians attain. The internationally acclaimed supergroup has not only captured the hearts and ears of Irish music fans, but fans all around the globe with their blend of Celtic traditional, folk and country melodies, bluesy sometimes jazz-inspired improvisations and global rhythms. Solas has built a fanbase that includes the likes of Bela Fleck, Emmylou Harris and the much sought-after rap producer Timbaland who surprisingly sampled the band on his radio hit "All Yall." Their latest release is a live CD and DVD called "Reunion" (Compass Records) which celebrates the bands tenth anniversary. Ten years and still going strong!!!

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Solas's Friends Comments
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Wide Range





Jun 18 2009 7:09 AM


http://WWW.WIDERANGE.DE
The Flatland Ramblers





Jun 23 2009 5:44 PM

Thanks for the add! Best wishes from Iowa,
The flatland Ramblers
Tom Acton





Jun 23 2009 9:09 PM

Fantastic playing.

Tom Acton

Dublin
Mark Medlock Support IRELAND





Jun 23 2009 9:13 PM


      thx 4 the add
Fotos mit Glitzer bearbeiten



Ruby Jane





Jun 26 2009 5:16 PM

Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too!
Ruby Jane
The Heavy Beat





Jun 17 2009 3:39 PM

 
celtic rock & punk fanzine and radio station





Jun 11 2009 7:49 PM



Logo Festivalradio


Logo Shamrock-Castle

We're preparing new shows, don't hesitate to contact us, if you want your music to be included and albums reviewed!

Have a good time!
tony jego





Jun 12 2009 7:56 AM

Hi Solas!
Hop to see you in France!
Love your last Cd!
By
Tony
La Musgaña





Jun 14 2009 6:09 PM

Gracias Winnie !!!

You are the best !!!


Nobody Knows





Jun 15 2009 6:03 PM




Lara Bello





Jun 16 2009 10:24 AM

LaRa BeLLo nEw ALbuM !!!


... nuevo disco....


... coming soon....

prontito!


stay tunned!


hecho con amor... with love


y kisses! and besitos !!
SHANNON





Jun 9 2009 10:49 AM


Dino





Jun 10 2009 10:18 PM

Hi Eamon, if i don't see you before Glasto have a good one, and tell us all about it when you get back. Might catch you in ,McCanns before you hit the road??
Masami Yoshihara





Jun 2 2009 4:50 AM

Thank you for the add!
Morlisneul





May 25 2009 9:11 PM

Didgi





May 28 2009 6:58 PM

Thanks for the add. Awesome music
Festival Granitos Folk - FOTOS 2009 ONLINE!





May 26 2009 2:38 PM

Solas e amigos ! Tudo bem?
É com enorme prazer que vos convido a estarem presentes na 6ª Edição do FESTIVAL GRANITOS FOLK!

Já se encontram disponíveis os bilhetes para o festival a acontecer já de 11 a 13 Junho! Passem a palavra!

Visitem o nosso novo profile actualizado: www.myspace.com/festivalgranitosfolk

Fica o cartaz:
FESTIVAL GRANITOS FOLK 2009

Ficam as fotografias da última edição:



Fica o resumo do programa:

Dia 11, quinta-feira
Palácio / Concha acústica
21h30
TOQUES DO CARAMULO (PT)
23h00
AMSTERDAM KLEZMER BAND (Holanda)

Dia 12, sexta-feira
Palácio / Concha acústica
21h30
MELECH MECHAYA (PT)
23h00
DJAL (França)

Palácio - Palco Jardim
22h30
TUTTIS CATRAPUTTIS
18h00
BAILEBÚRDIA

Dia 13, sábado
Palácio / Palco Jardim
18h00
MOSCA TOSCA
21h30
OS DIVERTIDOS
Grupo de Zé Pereiras

Palácio / Concha Acústica
21h45
TANIRA (PT)
23h15
STYGIENS (IT)
Morlisneul





May 25 2009 9:09 PM

C'est un plaisir de vous compter parmi nos amis !
Key 273





May 25 2009 9:13 PM

Thanks a lot for your add!
Great music and great band, we hope you also like our Demo.

Greetings from Spain!
ed a.k.a. GaelicStormer





May 25 2009 2:08 PM

Came by to say hi...Ed



PRAKASH - OF E.SUSSEX & THE WORLD





May 14 2009 1:23 PM

Greetings

It was such a pleasure to see you all.

Let me share the experience from my camera.

SOLAS- Irish Cultural Center,Hammersmith, 12.05.2009

David Franks: Walkabouts Verse


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May 22 2009 7:45 PM

(Hi: enjoyed my visit.) 

After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace... 

Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse
(please see my blog): 
WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN 

Once drove an old sedan, up north, 
From a place in Sydney to Cairns; 
Then to Kuranda I went forth, 
By train, to look without set plans.

I browsed through the trendy market, 
With fresh fruits of tropical kind; 
Walked to the creek through lush thicket - 
Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.

I dined in a scenic cafe; 
Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, 
Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, 
You go walkabout with your pen.” 

Request or question, I don’t know -
Assured voices, elderly men.
That’s now several years ago, 
And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.

(C) David Franks 2003
Celtara





May 20 2009 4:54 AM

Hope you're having a great time touring England. We just watched your anniversary concert Dvd. Great show! So nice to see you playing with all the alumni again.
Baal Tinne





May 18 2009 9:52 PM

Hello Solas!

Thank you for your friendship.
Make sure to check out tracks from our new album on our myspace page:

Baal Tinne - The
Clearing
UPWAVE





May 13 2009 5:11 PM

Thank you kindly. 返事ありがとうございます。
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