Sundilla Presenting Irish Band Runa on Friday, 2018-Feb-2

Runa (www.runamusic.com)

Below is from Sundilla, a mostly-Americana series in Auburn. At the end of the post is a great-sounding and expensive-looking video. Here's a link to a short clip from a live performance that also sounds really good. -PMc

Let's start with a trivia question: what have Kate Campbell, Act of Congress, and Randall Bramblett done that nobody else has accomplished? Answer: bring more people into the Auburn Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for a concert than Runa (website) did the last time they were here. (Caveat: we only started keeping attendance records in 2002.)

That's just one reason we're so happy that Runa is returning. Runa is quickly gaining recognition as one of Irish music's new "super-groups", and they'll be reminding us why on Friday, February 2. Showtime at the AUUF is 7:30, admission at the door will be $15, advance tickets are just $12 and can be found at Spicer's Music, Blooming Colors, and online at www.sundillamusic.com. Employees of Auburn University and Auburn-Montgomery can pay just $12 at the door. Free coffee, tea, water and food will be available for all, and attendees are invited to bring whatever food or beverage they prefer.

Runa has been enchanting audiences by pushing the boundaries of Irish folk music, since their formation in 2008. Interweaving the haunting melodies and exuberant tunes of Ireland and Scotland with the lush harmonies and intoxicating rhythms of bluegrass, flamenco, blues, jazz, they offer a thrilling and redefining take on traditional music.

The group has been honored internationally, winning Top Group and Top Traditional Group in the Irish Music Awards and an Independent Music Award for Best World/Traditional Song.

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