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The younger brother of influential Irish singer/songwriter Christy Moore, Barry Moore
had tired of being in his brother's shadow when he decided to relocate to the United
States in 1987. Re-christening himself Luka Bloom during the long airplane ride, he
took the first steps toward establishing his own reputation. A master interpreter,
Bloom has continued to balance original songs with reinventions of tunes by a
diverse range of songwriters. His reworking of LL Cool J's "I Need Love"
transformed the song from its hip-hop origins to a brogue-inflected folk tune.
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