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Solas

Since forming in 1996, Solas (the Irish word for 'light') has been loudly proclaimed as the most popular & exciting Celtic band ever to emerge from the United States. The Wall Street Journal has raved, 'Solas has electrified crowds everywhere it has played; it's an Irish traditional band bearing all the marks of greatness' and The Philadelphia Inquirer enthused that Solas makes 'mind-blowing Irish folk music, maybe the world's best.' The internationally acclaimed supergroup performs traditional Irish music as well as anyone alive or departed, pens powerful originals and covers contemporary material in a variety of genres. Celebrating the recent release of their 10th CD, 'The Turning Tide' on Compass Records, the Solas sound today is anchored by founding members, the astonishing multiple All-Ireland Champion on four different instruments, Seamus Egan on flute, banjo, mandolin, whistle, guitar and bodhran and the fiery fiddler Winifred Horan. a;ong with accordion and concertina player Mick McAuley, singer Niamh Varian Barry and guitarist Eamon McElholm. For more, visit www.solasmusic.com.