Album Notes

Ireland’s #1 instrumental traditional music legends, Lúnasa celebrate the arrival of a new decade
with Lá Nua (Irish for ‘new day’). After a 4-year hiatus from the studio, this highly-anticipated album
came out of extensive rehearsal and recording on location in the beautiful Cooley mountains in the
northeast of Ireland. This environment, rich in the history and culture of ancient Ireland, inspired
much of the creativity and new writing on the recording. Lúnasa are world-renowned for their
inventive arrangements and bass-driven grooves along with the use the traditional instrumentation of
pipes, fiddle and flute. The band is one of the featured collaborators on Natalie Merchant’s
forthcoming album “Leave Your Sleep”.