Luka Bloom – Thursday 16th October 2025

Luka Bloom is an artist without equal. Uncompromising in his pursuit of the craft of songwriting, he has amassed a huge catalog of material in his more than fifty years of penning songs. A keen observer of the world around him, and a masterful storyteller.

Having tread the boards of stages all over the globe, a lifetime of craft honing has given Luka Bloom from Newbridge a place on the music map. Luka comes from a family of singers and writers first going on tour with older brother, Christy Moore, in 1969. It was a tour of English folk clubs and he was fourteen years of age. That was a long time ago. Luka has since brought his songs to clubs, theatres, fesitivals, bars, arenas and dives all over the world. From McGanns in Boston to The Tivoli in Brisbane to Red Hot Club in Newbridge.

Its 1987, Barry Moore flew out to America and Luka Bloom came back. Singing his songs around the US, gigging with The Pogues, the Violent Femmes, The Dixie Chicks, Hothouse Flowers, The Cowboy Junkies.

He signed with Warner Music in Los Angeles, and made ‘Riverside’, ‘The Acoustic Motorbike’, and ‘Turf’.

Letter from Luka:

Dear friends,
23rd of May, 2025 is a special day.
I will release my 24th record on the day of my 70th Birthday.
There was a little doubt in 2024 that I would see my 70th year.
24 days in hospital, an open-heart operation in November ’24, has given me a second wind, and a new lease of life……
In the months before going to hospital, I wrote and recorded 11 songs and 2 instrumentals, in the hope that I would get to see my 70th year.
And so it is……
The record is called A SECOND WIND, and is dedicated to the surgeon, the doctors, the anaesthetist, the nurses who kept me alive last year.
And the family and friends who supported me during this time.
There will be some shows, when I am a little stronger.

A SECOND WIND can be ordered here at www.lukabloom.com
As usual, the first 500 CD copies will be signed.

Thank you, more than ever, thank you,
Luka

“The very embodiment of the folk singer, Luka Bloom has that deep sense of social justice with an uncanny ability to distil contemporary life into the pithiest and most alluring combinations of lyrics and melody lines. His voice is still as open and honest as it was over 30 years ago, and his guitar finds chord combinations that are all his own. Passion, playfulness and pause for thought: a hearty combination in any gig.” Siobhan Long, Irish Times.