MOZAIK USA Tour underway

MOZAIK, Andy's pan-cultural string band has just hit the road in the
USA, with their brand new CD "Live from the Powerhouse." The band
includes Andy Irvine, Bruce Molsky, Rens
van der Zalm (multi-instrumentalist and Andy's long-time touring
partner), Nikola Parov (hungarian piper/multi-instrumentalist) and
Scottish guitarist Tony McManus, who is substituting for Donal Lunny
on this tour. Their music is a cross-cultural mix of traditional and original tunes and songs from Ireland, America and Eastern Europe that will knock your socks off.

The new CD is slated for general release on April 6 on Compass Records
label, but you can get it at any of the gigs on their tour, or you can
order it online at Chivalry Music for $14 + shipping. Orders will ship
on April 3.
Sound clips from the album are posted on Andy's web site:
www.andyirvine.com

Here is the remaining tour schedule for MOZAIK:
April 1 Satalla, NYC   www.satalla.com
April 2 Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis www.thecedar.org
April 6 The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI www.a2ark.org
April 8 The Triple Door, Seattle, WA www.thetripledoor.net
April 9 Leopold Theatre, Bellingham WA
April 10 Community Center, Folsom CA
April 11 Kuumbwa, Santa Cruz CA www.kuumbwajazz.org

Upcoming Tours: (More details will be added to the web calendar as I
get them: www.andyirvine.com/calendar.html)

April: Andy and Rens in Germany and Switzerland
The schedule so far:

Fri. 16 April Freyung – Schloss WolfsteinSat
Sat 17 April Cobblers Irish Pub, Schusterhäusl 1, 82110
       Germering.089 8944 6159 concerts@cobblers.de
Sun. 18th April Kirchheimbolanden – Zum weissen Ross
Mon 19th April   Herne - Die Sonne
Tue 20th April Giessen - Irish Pub
Wed 21 April Neustadt. Schloss Landestrost
Fri 23 April Hattingen – VHS
Sat 24th. Salzhemmendorf – Ratskeller
Sun 25 April Luechow – Harry's Farm
Tue 27 April Hamburg –
Wed 28th. Ansbach – Kammerspiele
Thur 29 April Tuebingen, Sudhaus
Fri 30 April Geislingen – Union-Celebration
Sat 1 Mai   Schoeftland/Switzerland – Gasthaus zum Ochsen


May: Andy and Rens in the USA -- SPECIAL double-billing shows with
Niamh Parsons and Graham Dunne!!
Andy and Niamh have a long-standing admiration for each others' music
and it worked out that their tour schedules coincided this year, so
they will get to do several shows together in May.


May 7 West Hartford CT,
University Of Hartford Wilde Auditorium, 7:30pm,
ph:800 274 8587 or 860 768 4228,
double bill with Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne

May 8 Lexington MA, First Baptist Church,
1580 Massachusetts Avenue, 8 pm,
Music for Robin, 781 862 7837, www.music-for-robin.org
double bill with Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne   

May 9 Cumberland RI, Blackstone River Theatre, 7 pm
549 Broad St., 401 725 9272,
www.riverfolk.org
double bill with Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne   

May 10 - 11 Workshop and concert, www.AcousticMusic.org Guilford CT
Monday evening: bouzouki workshop with Andy
Tuesday concert with Andy & Rens, both at Acoustic Music in Guilford

May 13 The Iron Horse, Northampton MA
http://www.iheg.com/iron_horse_main.asp
Double bill with Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne

May 14 Center for Celtic Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Friday concert with Andy & Rens, Saturday morning bouzouki, song and
fiddle workshops

May 15 - Folklore Village, Dodgeville WI (tentative)
www.folklorevillage.org

May 16 Chicago IL, Old Town School of Folk Music, phone: 773-728-6000,
http://www.oldtownschool.org
double bill with Niamh Parsons & Graham Dunne

August/September: Andy solo in the UK

Keep checking the calendar for updates. www.andyirvine.com


Planxty Reunion

A few concert photos are posted here: www.andyirvine.com/planxty

A live CD and DVD of the concerts will be released later this year, and the lads are considering doing some more gigs in Ireland next January.

-Kate Akers
parachute packer