Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny's Mozaik
| Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny's Mozaik | |
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| Origin | Ireland, Bulgaria/Hungary, Netherlands, United States |
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| Years active | 2002–present day |
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| Website | andyirvine |
| Members |
Andy Irvine Dónal Lunny Bruce Molsky Nikola Parov Rens van der Zalm |
Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny's Mozaik [a.k.a. as Mozaik] is a multicultural folk band consisting of Irish musicians Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny, American fiddler Bruce Molsky, Bulgaro-Hungarian multi-instrumentalist Nikola Parov (Zsaratnok, the Riverdance band) and Dutch multi-instrumentalist Rens van der Zalm (Fungus, Wolverei). Their repertoire includes selections of Irvine's own compositions,Irish traditional songs,Southeastern European/Balkan folk music, and Molsky's Old-timey songs and Appalachian fiddling.
Since their collaboration began in 2002, they have toured Australia, Europe, USA and Japan with great success.
In a 2005 interview, Irvine stated:
But now I have a new band called Mozaik. Not the M-o-s-a-i-c version of 1985 but the M-o-z-a-i-k version, and it's kind of exciting.
In the winter of 1984, Irvine gathered a collection of musicians from throughout Europe and formed 'Mosaic', with a final line-up including Irvine himself, Dónal Lunny along with his former Moving Hearts associate, uilleann piper Declan Masterson, Danish bassist and singer Lissa Ladefoged, Dutch guitarist and singer Hans Theessink, and Hungarian singer Márta Sebestyén from Muzsikás.
Their first public gig was in Budapest on 12 July 1985, followed by a further two gigs in Hungary and an appearance at the Dranouter festival in Belgium in early August, prior to their English tour. Their seventh gig was billed at the Southport Arts Center, which Chris Hardwick of Folk Roots reviewed with the following introduction: "Every once in a while the folk scene throws up a new permutation in which exceptionally gifted individuals come together to produce something so innovative and exhilarating that it goes way beyond the sum of the parts".
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