25th October 2016 

With BEOGA, Aoife Scott Band, Aodán Coyne & Teresa Horgan & Matt Griffin

Take advantage of our combined ticket to obtain the best seats and to taste a fabulous buffet of Irish specialists from 18.00 in our restaurant La Coquille!
Tickets available at www.coque.lu
Entrance from: 18:30

 
BEOGA • New wave trad

The quintet known as Beoga has become a true institution and one of the most important groups to have been produced on the “Green Island”. At the turn of the millennium, it triggered a musical revolution with its innovative style, giving a new interpretation to traditional Irish folk music and catapulting it to an exciting future. The group recognised that, in the era of the World Wide Web, ethnic music could no longer hide in its shell. Performers must also familiarise themselves with other styles of music from around the world and integrate them in their own musical vocabulary. No sooner said than done. Beoga created a musical language which has inspired hundreds of other Celtic groups to start out on exciting voyages to discover world music. As a pioneer, the group has been invited to the largest music festivals around the world, and been showered with prizes and awards. It has made the headlines in magazines and performed in the most prestigious concert venues. Its way of musical arrangement can be called “new wave trad”, which you might also call a “return to the future”.

 
Aoife Scott Band • A keen voice for social justice

The young lady belongs to the Irish folk dynasty, the Black Family. Her aunt is Mary Black and her mother Francis Black. Songs were a part of her family’s everyday life. Awareness of the role played by a folk singer in society, and the tasks arising from this, has also been maintained. Aoife aims to be the voice of the people. She knows the extent to which the population suffered from the banking crisis and that the crisis did not fall from the skies above the Green Island. It was the elite of her own country who made mistakes and who must assume a large degree of responsibility. Aoife is one of the rare artists to make this link today and to include it in her programme. In Ireland, she is frequently called “a keen voice of social justice”.

 

The beauty of simplicity

Aodán Coyne has been at centre stage of the Irish folk scene over recent years, as a vocalist and guitarist in the group “Socks in the Frying Pan”. Last year, the artist released an impressive solo album, entitled “If we only knew”, containing a successful mix of his own and traditional songs.

 

Heading for Folk heaven

Teresa Horgan is known as the voice of the major groups FullSet and The Outside Track. The guitarist and arranger Matt Griffin has accompanied more than one great name in Irish folk music and has already left his mark on the IFF with the group Niamh Ni Charra. With the album “Brightest Sky Blue”, they immediately hit the stars. The Irish folk magazine Tradconnect is not the only one to enthuse: “ ... outstanding arrangements of old and new songs ... “ and “ ... a delicious portion of folk paradise on this album.”