There is a hungry ghost waiting for me
Should I take for granted, I am free now...
To smell the amarillo,
dream beneath some tree
Wait for the daffodil,
I am free now...
Luka Bloom |
The Busker
Movie World Premiere on Sat, December 2, 2006
The screening will take place at the Cyrus W. Irish Auditorium,
50 French Street, Lowell, MA 01852. General Admission $10.00.
The movie plot:
A white cop is acquitted of shooting an unarmed black man.
Violence erupts and the city is overcome with riots. Sirens echo
through the streets. Fires rip through businesses and homes. One
man is killed. Seamus O'Mallie, a 13 year-old white boy, watches
as his father is shot to death outside his home.
Months later, it's the Christmas season. While busking (street
performing for money) with his violin on Boston streets, Seamus
meets two strangers who will change his life. Ruby is a precocious
and sympathetic black girl with whom he falls in love. Oliver, an
older music instructor, becomes a father figure who presents him
with an opportunity to get off the streets and pursue a dream in
London. Now, Seamus must choose between his present feelings
and a promise for his future.
more info :: www.thebuskerthemovie.com
'The Busker' Soundtrack
01. Katie McD - The Stranger
02. Marina Bousa - Days go By
03. Echo - Twisted Glen
04. Nicky Sanders - Journey Through Ireland
05. Ms. Pigeon - Give a kiss to Ruby
06. Cormac Breatnach - Sporting Paddy and Adele
07. Aine Minogue - Merry xmas jig
08. Hothouse Flowers - Feel like Living
09. The Walls - To the Bright and Shining Sun
10. Kila - Andy's Bar
11. Aine Minogue - Greensleeves
12. Kila - The hour before dawn
13. Pushstars - Small town geek
14. Luka Bloom - Innocence
15. Electric City - Distant shores
16. Paddy Saul - Undone
17. Marina Bousa - Where are we now
Listen to sound samples >
www.thebuskerthemovie.com/soundtrack.htm |
29 & 30 Dec 2001 - Tara Television
29 December at 6.25 pm, repeat on 30 December at 10.30 am
www.taratv.net/content/2%20whats%20on/whatson.html
Bringing It All Back Home
Bringing It All Back Home features many of Ireland's most influential and renowned traditional and folk musicians and takes
a look at the development of Ireland's music traditions.
Luka Bloom & Eileen Ivers
You Couldn't Have Come At A Better Time |
Christy Moore & Luka Bloom
play a very special concert together in the intimacy of
The Shelter @ Vicar St on Dec. 19th., 2001
www.vicarstreet.com
Christy Moore & Luka Bloom at The Shelter
Photo by Gerry Ryan
Christy Moore's TV series
CHRISTY MOORE UNCOVERED on R.T.E.
Welcome To The Cabaret
21 October 2001 - Part 2
www.rte.ie/tv/christymoore/prog2.html
Christy is joined by Jimmy Faulkner, Johnny Duhan, his son Andy and his nephews Conor Byrne and Gavin
Moore and he listens as his brother Luka Bloom sings Gabriel,
one of his own songs.
www.rte.ie
CHRISTY MOORE UNCOVERED brings us an artist in top form,
performing his best work, and giving us insights into his music and his character.
IrishMusicMail.com > The Complete RTE TV Series (Video & DVD)
Pal Video - European PAL Format Only
DVD - Region 2 DVD - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East (inc. Egypt)
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25 September 2001 - LUKA BLOOM - Live from Dublin
www.lukabloom.com/audio_video.html
(video & audio only)
Luka's song Colourblind is available for downloading.
"...as a mark of sympathy and support to the people of Washington and New York;
and as a tribute to the great people worldwide, whose love and courage sustains us..." |
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'Luka Bloom' by Merrilyn Simmons
...We've just come from the concert hall
and seen my very favourite bard,
a man of such rare spirit yeah,
Luka Bloom, Luka Bloom... |
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Merrilyn Simmons is a singer/songwriter from Melbourne, Australia.
'Earthbound' is her debut album and the thirteen songs are all originals.
Merrilyn picked up the Australian Songwriters Award (1998/99) for the album.
"I'm a Luka Bloom fan and this was written straight after his 1998 concert at the Melbourne Concert Hall.
Being the obsessive fan I am, I was totally excited and on a high. The song reflects on this concert and
an earlier concert in 1996 in St Kilda where I actually managed to catch his flowers. You can imagine
the state I was in. My partner had to lead me gently by the hand in the right direction.
It's all a bit of fun really this song, but definitely a tribute.
I think Luka Bloom is fantastic. Love his voice, guitar, songs, spirtituality, banter, and his live
shows are always loaded with feeling. He connects with people."
Merrilyn Simmons
March 2002 |
The Nits - Alankomaat Tour (1998)
by Dennis Versteeg
www.nitsfans.org/dennis/tours/alankomaat.htm
'Letter To E' - This quiet song was written for the wedding of Henk's Swiss friend Eric Facon...
The performance at Dutch radio program 'Twee Meter Sessies' was in first not very special, but after some talking with
another guest of the program, Luka Bloom, they decided to play the song again, this time together with Bloom. The version
that was the result was excellent, with the Nits playing the song they always do, but with Luka Bloom adding some moody
guitar sounds and whispered girl's names (that ended with an A!). Very cool to hear.
'Letter To E' by the Nits with Luka Bloom
Twee Meter Sessie - 28.06.1998 - [5:24 mins]
A unique collaboration between Nits and Luka Bloom.
Both were present to record a Twee Meter Sessie for the radio
and they decided to do one song together.
Luka Bloom added backing vocals and some atmospheric guitar to this song.
NITS-Files download page > nits-files.dieperink.ch/index.php |
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Luka Bloom as a name may have more of a literary ring to it than
most, certainly more so than those tough, American sounding
names in the '50s or the present day heavy metal acts whose stage
names too often sound like bodily functions. Allegedly, "Luka Bloom"
is the quasi-Joycean product of the marriage between a Suzanne
Vega song and the character in Ulysses.
