Bua Chicago, Illinois
Bua is a quartet exploring the sounds of Chicago's early 20th Century Irish music scene. Coupling tunes with instrument pairings and songs in both the Irish and English languages with considerate arrangements, Bua lifts the life of this music out of the pages of Chief Francis O'Neill's seminal collection. The result is joyous music as wholly American as it is Irish. ... more
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