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SUMMARY:RUNA in Concert
DESCRIPTION:General Admission  - $20\nSeniors (60) All Military & Stu
 dents w/IDs - $18\nDues paying members of TFAM - $15\n\nRUNA draws on 
 the diverse musical backgrounds of its band members and offers a conte
 mporary and refreshing approach to traditional and more recently compo
 sed Celtic material. Through their repertoire of both highly energetic
  and graceful, acoustic melodies, along with their fusion of music fro
 m Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and the United States, this vocal and ins
 trumental ensemble gives its arrangements of traditional songs and tun
 es a fresh sound.\n\nRUNA draws on the diverse musical backgrounds of 
 its band members and offers a contemporary and refreshing approach to 
 traditional and more recently composed Celtic material. Through their 
 repertoire of both highly energetic and graceful, acoustic melodies, a
 long with their fusion of music from Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and th
 e United States, this vocal and instrumental ensemble gives its arrang
 ements of traditional songs and tunes a fresh sound.\n“Best of all, 
 RUNA sounds like no one else.” \n        - - Travis Rogers, Jr.
 , Music Life and Times\n\nMembers of RUNA have played with Solas, Rive
 rdance, Slide, Clannad, Fiddlers’ Bid, Moya Brennan, Eileen Ivers, H
 azel O’Conner, Full Frontal Folk, Keith amp; Kristyn Getty, Barcó, 
 Téada, and the Guy Mendilow Band.\nRUNA consists of vocalist and step
 -dancer, Shannon Lambert-Ryan of Philadelphia, Dublin-born guitarist, 
 Fionán de Barra, Cheryl Prashker of Canada on percussion, Dave Curley
  on mandolin, vocals, bodhrán, and step-dancing, and Maggie Estes of 
 Kentucky on the fiddle. The band often performs with world-renowned, g
 uest musicians, including Ross Holmes (Mumford amp; Sons, Cadillac Sky
 , Chessboxer) on fiddle, Matt Mancuso (Cathie Ryan Band) on fiddle, an
 d Isaac Alderson (The Yanks, Comas) on the uilleann pipes, flutes, and
  whistles.\nRUNA was recently recognized on an international level in 
 the Irish Music Awards for 2013, winning Top Group (US, IRE, EU, UK) a
 nd Top Traditional Group in a Pub, Festival, Concert, and a nomination
  for Best Female Vocalist (2013, 2012), and in the 12th Annual Indepen
 dent Music Awards, winning both the fan ballot and judges’ votes for
  Best Song in the World Traditional Category for “Amhrán Mhuighinse
 ” (Somewhere Along the Road). The band won several awards at the 201
 0 Montgomery Buck Music Awards, including Best Entertaining Band, Best
  Folk Artist, Best Female Vocalist, and Best Album – “Jealousy”.
  Jim Allford of PA Music Scene writes, “The band is going to be reck
 oned with and I really feel they are Grammy bound within time.”\nRUN
 A recently released their third album, Somewhere Along the Road – ha
 iled by Irish Philadelphia as “an inspired group that has found its 
 voice, and its place, in the world of Irish music”.\n“For contempo
 rary Celtic music at its very best – do yourself a favor and check o
 ut RUNA.. brilliant!” Gene Shay, co-founder of the Philadelphia Fol
 k Festival; WXPN-FM\n\nFor more information visit https://vbnightlife.
 com/events/runa-in-concert
DTSTART:20150118T000000Z
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CATEGORIES:celtic, concert
LOCATION:Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library
WEBSITE:http://www.tidewateracoustic .org
URL:http://www.tidewateracoustic .org
CONTACT:757-626-3655
ORGANIZER:Tidewater Friends of Acoustic Music
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