An artist with a huge catalogue of material will play a gig in Tipperary

 Clonmel World Music is delighted to bring the great Irish artist Luka Bloom to town.

Luka will play Raheen House in Clonmel on Thursday October 16. Doors open at 7pm.Special guest will be Sabrina Dinan.

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Luka Bloom is an artist without equal. Uncompromising in his pursuit of the craft of songwriting, he has amassed a huge catalogue of material in his more than fifty years of penning songs. A keen observer of the world around him, and a masterful storyteller.

Having tread the boards of stages all over the globe, a lifetime of craft honing has given Luka Bloom from Newbridge a place on the music map. Luka comes from a family of singers and writers first going on tour with older brother, Christy Moore, in 1969.

It was a tour of English folk clubs and he was fourteen years of age. That was a long time ago. Luka has since brought his songs to clubs, theatres, festivals, bars, arenas and dives all over the world. From McGanns in Boston to The Tivoli in Brisbane to Red Hot Club in Newbridge.

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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.
Luka has recently undergone major open heart surgery, and is back on the road again.