Flook on a Roll

Flook have been around for a while. It was 1995 in fact when they first started playing together. Brian Finnegan, Micheal McGoldrick and Sarah Allen sowed the seeds of that first lineup adding Ed Boyd on guitar and naming the band at the end of a series of shows under the name Three Nations Flutes. I had seen Sarah many times in the wonderful Barely Works and had even sat in the corner clutching my guitar in fear at session where Ed Boyd was playing. I also had seen Michael McGoldrick many many times so the core of the band were familiar to me. Yet the first time I caught them live they still blew me away. This was something new and special and was as exciting as any music I had heard in many a year. Michael eventually left the band and John Joe Kelly was drafted as a full time member to provide the bands backbone.

The great thing is not only have the band stayed fresh but have evolved into an even more energetic music machine.

Their last album Rubai was a huge success last year receiving great critical acclaim and included guests like the wonderful Rory McLeod. It was named best CD os 2002 by Folkworld and was at number one in Irish Music Magazine's Dublin chart in October of that year.
It was also nominated as Album of the Year in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards





The band are playing a couple of dates in the UK this month which are

Friday 12th
SCOTLAND
Edinburgh - Queen's Hall - 0131 6683456
http://www.queenshalledinburgh.co.uk/

Saturday 13th
Whitby - Pavilion Theatre - 01947 604855/603475
www.whitbymusicport.com

Then in January they are playing the wonderful Celtic Connections in Glasgow. (more on that in JigTime next week) then its off to the good old USA.
Here are the dates for tthe US tour. I needed an excuse to go to New Mexico and now I have one.
Thursday 22nd - Saturday 31st
USA - New Mexico

Thursday 22nd
Las Cruces - New Mexico State University
Friday 23rd
Socorro - New Mexico Tech Performing Arts Series
Saturday 24th
Farmington - San Juan College
Sunday 25th
Alamosa - Colorado
Tuesday 27th
Tucumcari - Quay Council for Arts & Humanities
Wednesday 28th
Santa Fe - Lensic Performing Art Center
Thursday 29th
Albuquerque - South Broadway Cultural Center / Kimo Theater
Friday 30th
Alamagordo - Flickinger Center for Performing Arts
Saturday 31st
Silver City - Mimbres Region Arts Council

For more details visit the band's own website at http://www.flook.co.uk