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bohola

Irish music’s newest “supergroup” The Irish Herald 

             The Celtic Music Association is proud to bring the Irish-American band bohola to Des Moines for their second appearance, featuring new band member vocalist Kat Eggleston and their second album on Shanachie Records titled “4”.  They will be performing on Saturday November 13, 2004 at the Des Moines Playhouse 831 42nd Street, Des Moines, Iowa.  The Celtic Music Association has been proudly sponsoring and promoting Celtic music and cultural events in Des Moines for the past twelve years.

Irish music's accordion virtuoso Jimmy Keane along with fiddler extraordinaire Sean Cleland, remarkable vocalist/dordan player Pat Broaders , and stunning vocalist Kat Eggleston comprise bohola, Irish music's newest "supergroup" as penned by The Irish Herald. bohola play a driving, muscular and yet very emotive style of Irish music with deep roots in the 'pure drop' tradition, which has been forged with the raw and gritty urbanized musical vernacular of the Irish-American experience.

bohola's debut album on Shanachie Records is championed by the Irish Voice as "one of the most impressive debut recordings ever by an Irish traditional music group." The Courier News added, "Though most of the tunes bohola plays are well over 150 years old, the music comes across more vibrant than the moribund sounds of much of today's alternative rock. Their sound comes from the Irish version of jam sessions, but bohola puts the noodling of many current jam bands (Dave Matthews, among others) to shame."

The Irish Echo captured the essence of bohola when it reviewed their self-titled release on Shanachie Records. "The sum here is greater than the parts, and egos are subordinate to both execution and effect. With essentially just box, fiddle, bouzouki, and voice, bohola have crafted an album of intricate, nearly invisible latticework, relying not on gimmickry but on imagination and vision. What a welcome concept: muse imbuing music."

"a group whose instrumental virtuosity, strong vocals and stunning arrangements place them at the leading edge of today's traditional music scene. Their new Shanachie disc is one of the most impressive debut recordings ever made by an Irish traditional music group in America." The Irish Voice

“The Grateful Dead of traditional music.”  Musical Traditions

“Traditionally rooted and plays with the technical and musical mastery of jazz musicians and the reckless abandon of improvisational rockers” Pitch Weekly

“The next great Irish band to rise from American soil” Boston Herald

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