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    Andy Irvine In Concert

    at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church

    June 18, 2008


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    Andy Irvine In Concert

    Irish musician extraordinaire Andy Irvine will bring his solo concert to Colorado Springs in June. Andy has often been hailed as "one of the legends of Irish music" and "a tradition in himself." Musician, singer and songwriter, Andy has maintained both personal integrity and highly individual performing skills thoughout his 40-year career. He occupies a unique place in the musical world, plying his trade as archetypal...

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    Irish musician extraordinaire Andy Irvine will bring his solo concert to Colorado Springs in June. Andy has often been hailed as "one of the legends of Irish music" and "a tradition in himself." Musician, singer and songwriter, Andy has maintained both personal integrity and highly individual performing skills thoughout his 40-year career. He occupies a unique place in the musical world, plying his trade as archetypal troubadour, with a solo show and wandering lifestyle that reflects his lifelong influence, Woody Guthrie. His repertoire spans Irish traditional songs, dextrous Balkan dance tunes, and a compelling canon of his own material that defies description. A co-founder of such influential Irish traditional music groups as Planxty and Patrick Street, Andy has been described as "Ireland's Woody Guthrie, with a philosopher's ear and a prophet's passionate voice" (Si Kahn). The San Francisco Examiner cited his genius in playing mandolin and bouzouki: "I have never heard such clarity of sound, such perfect and precise rhythmic variations or such brilliant melodic figures," while the Auckland Festival wrote, "His live solo performance was informative, witty, intense, full of a love for the music, which he transmitted to the audience with an honesty that only the truly committed can attain." Local traditional music group Ceol Ceili will open.


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    All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church

    730 N. Tejon Street
    Colorado Springs, CO 80903

    Full map and directions

    Admission Info:
    $15 in advance at Tejon St. Music, 330 N. Tejon St. $17 at the door


    General Day and Time Info:
    7 p.m.

    Phone: 719-634-2405


    Accessibility Info: Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.


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    • Event Name: Andy Irvine In Concert
      5 out of 5 stars rating "andy irvive in concert"
      Review posted by: Joe from memphis, tn usa, Jan 15, 2010

      one of, if not the best traveling musician of our time. His playing of the Irish Bouzouki, with the band Planxty has become a major part of Irish music history. See this man play, you will not be... Expand

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