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Genres: Folk, Celtic, Tradimodern

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Having celebrated their tenth anniversary in November 2005, Flook are delighted to announce that they have won the coveted BEST GROUP award at the BBC Folk Awards 2006. A second award has also just been announced; their new album, Haven, has been voted Instrumental Album of the Year in LiveIreland.com's Livies. Flook really are taking the world by storm, and their relentless touring continues to spread the word.

Though their first release, Flook! Live! (1997), was already heralded as "the ultimate modern flute album" by The Irish Times, Flook only properly burst onto the international music scene with the release of their debut studio album, “Flatfish”, in 1999. This album introduced master bodhran player John Joe Kelly to Flook's line up of flutists Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen and guitarist Ed Boyd. Flatfish was hailed as "stunning", "remarkable" and "little short of miraculous", but it was Flook's live performances that really captured the hearts of those who watched and listened; the rapport between these four musicians, the sheer enjoyment they developed in playing together, was commented on by audiences and critics alike. "Rubai", released in 2002 and nominated for BBC Folk Album of the Year, was universally applauded by both journalists and fellow musicians and cemented Flook's reputation as one of the most exciting and innovative bands to emerge from the English/Irish folk scene. There is no shortage of virtuosity amongst the members of Flook, but the unique impact of this band stems from the wholly intuitive, almost symbiotic, exchange between the various flutes, frets and skins. Having travelled far and wide across the globe, Flook continue to hone their eclectic blend of traditionally rooted tunes with contemporary beats, and their popularity continues to grow.
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Rubai

Between the 2000 release of Flatfish, Flook’s first studio recording, and their World Village debut, Rubai, the band enjoyed some great adventures all over the world. Rubai (a four-line poem in perfect rhyme, full of music, rhythm and breath) kind of tells the story of that journeying and growing up, through their tune writing and the music collected along the way. The virtuosity of the band is remarkable, here backed up by guest performers on bass, fiddle, trombone and percussion. After listening to the disc, you’ll be surprised to discover that most of the (all instrumental) tracks are not traditional tunes - a remarkable tribute to Flook’s songwriting skills. Rubai is a beautifully packaged and excellently produced CD which will appeal to any lover of Celtic music.

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	Title	Length	Sample
	Pod - Baldy Hollow	1:38
	Pod - The Empty Pod	3:19
	Ballybrolly Jigs - The North Star / The Ghost of Ballybrolly / Mulineira de Santalla d'Ozcos	4:26
	Beehive - The Beehive / Poon Hill / Vladimir's Steamboat	5:03
	Glass Polska	4:25
	G.D.'S - Hooper's Loop	0:46
	G.D.'S - Pressed for Time	3:54
	Granny - Granny in the Attic	2:32
	Granny - Blue Ball / The False Proof	3:37
	Rosbeg - Suaimhneas Intinne	2:42
	Rosbeg - Rosbeg	2:10
	Larry - Kalamantinos	1:30
	Larry - Larry Get Out of the Bin / Elzic's Farewell	3:27
	Natterjack - Ramnee Ceilidh / Natterjack's Reel / Conl�gh's Big Day	4:47
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