Lúnasa Brings the Sound of Ireland to the Islands

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Nick Yee (dj mr.nick)

Published March 8, 2016 at 3:57 PM HST

The Hawaiian Islands are getting a taste of Ireland this week.

For more than nineteen-years, Lúnasa has been one of Ireland’s most visible musical exports. Their music blends traditional Celtic instruments like fiddles and tin whistles with a non-traditional rhythm section of double bass and guitar. During their three island tour they’re joined onstage by bluegrass artist Tim O’Brien who will add a feel of Americana to their sound. Kevin Crawford plays flute and tin whistle in the band.

Lúnasa performs tonight at the Kahilu Theater in Waimea at 7.
Then on Wednesday at the UH Hilo Performing Arts Center at 7:30, and on Thursday at O‘ahu’sHawai‘i Theater at 7:30.

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Nick Yee (dj mr.nick)

Nick Yee’s passion for music developed at an early age, as he collected jazz and rock records pulled from dusty locations while growing up in both Southern California and Honolulu. In college he started DJing around Honolulu, playing Jazz and Bossa Nova sets at various lounges and clubs under the name dj mr.nick. He started to incorporate Downtempo, House and Breaks into his sets as his popularity grew, eventually getting DJ residences at different Chinatown locations. To this day, he is a fixture in the Honolulu underground club scene, where his live sets are famous for being able to link musical and cultural boundaries, starting mellow and building the audience into a frenzy while steering free of mainstream clichés.

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