PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release - 09 February 2016
Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny’s Mozaik at the Hawk’s Well
Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny’s Mozaik will perform at the Hawk’s Well on Sunday 12th of October at
8pm.
Mozaik are Andy Irvine (Ireland), Nikola Parov (Hungary), Bruce Molsky (USA), Dónal Lunny (Ireland
and Japan) and Rens van der Zalm (Holland & Australia). Mozaik was started by Andy Irvine a few
years ago. Since then the band has played at many of the world’s major festivals and concert halls in
Australia, Japan, USA, Ireland, Italy and the UK, (Vicar Street, National Concert Hall, Cork Opera
House, Olympia Theatre notably).
The music is a fiery fusion of Irish, Balkan, and American Old Time music. Each member of the band
has recorded extensively during their musical careers – Nikola solo and with numerous Balkan bands
in Hungary; Bruce with solo albums and collaborations with Pete Seeger, Martin Hayes, Bill Frisell
and many others; Dónal with bands ranging from Planxty and The Bothy Band to Moving Hearts, and
more than 100 albums that he has produced and played on for other artists; Andy with Sweeney’s
Men, Planxty and Patrick Street, solo and with Paul Brady; Rens has also recorded with Andy, and
many Dutch bands like Wolverlei and Fungus.
Between them the band plays over 20 instruments with Nikola covering a bewildering range of East
European instruments that many people will never have seen before. Even Mozaik’s new studio
album “Changing Trains” was recorded and mixed in four different countries! It brings this unique
combination of musical genres to a new high.
“This was glorious music that raised spirits, roofs and not a few pulses along the way.
Yet another magnificent musical detour that unleashed our imaginations and our energies, free to
roam where passports and language barriers hold no sway.”
-
Siobhan Long, The Irish Times
MOZAIK is truly a World Music band
Genre
World | Celtic | Traditional
Line Up: First envisaged by venerable vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Andy Irvine (Planxty, Patrick
Street), Mozaik is the ultimate global string band, a truly international ensemble, who can not only
perform music from a wide array of cultures but interweave their myriad influences into an entirely
new sound. Mozaik moves effortlessly from Celtic to old-time to Eastern European music, with
intricate string arrangements complementing Andy and Bruce's vocals.
The line-up boasts musicians as versatile and eclectic as the music created between them, whose
traditions and styles are distinct yet blend beautifully to form a cohesive work of art. Longtime fans
from Irvine's Planxty days will be aware that he has been experimenting with Eastern European
melodies and rhythms for a long time now, which is a style he incorporates magnificently into this
band.
ANDY IRVINE:
vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica
DONAL LUNNY:
backing vocals, bouzouki, guitar, bodhran
BRUCE MOLSKY:
vocals, fiddle, 5-string banjo
NIKOLA PAROV:
gadulka, gaida, kaval, tin whistle, clarinet, guitar, kalimba
RENS van der ZALM:
backing vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar
Mozaik are appearing in the Hawk’s Well, Sligo on Sunday 12th October. Tickets €20/18conc. are
available from the Box Office on 071 916 1518 or www.hawkswell.com
ENDS
For further information contact Maeve McGowan, Marketing Manager, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo,
maeve@hawkswell.com 071 916 1518