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    "Andy Irvine has been one of Ireland's most creative talents for over 20   
   years". Boston Globe   
      
   "The Noam Chomsky of Irish Balladry chisels out a new motherlode of sung   
   literature. A bloody masterpiece". Irish Times   
      
   "Andy Irvine is Ireland's Woody Guthrie, with a philosopher's ear and a   
   prophet's passionate voice. He is also a stunning singer and instrumentalist   
   who weaves melody and texture, harmony and rhythm, into a rich tapestry of   
   present and past". Si Kahn   
      
   "Andy is one of the most creative and talented people it has ever been my   
   privilege to work with. Great company, superb singer, genius of a musician,   
   truly original songwriter and an inspiration to all of us - what more could   
   anyone ask?". Dick Gaughan   
      
   Andy Irvine has been hailed as "a tradition in himself". Musician, singer   
   and songwriter, Andy has maintained both personal integrity and highly   
   individual performing skills throughout his 40-year career. From Sweeney's   
   Men in the mid sixties to the enormous success of Planxty in the 70s, to the   
   Irish super group of the 80s - Patrick Street. Andy has been a world music   
   pioneer and icon for traditional music and musicians.   
      
   He has enjoyed long term collaborations with the likes of Christy Moore,   
   Donal Lunny, Liam O'Flynn, Paul Brady, Kevin Burke etc.   
      
   Andy will be accompanied by Rens Van der Zalm, Dutch multi instrumentalist   
   from their world music band Mozaik.   
      
   Rens van der Zalm is a musician of multiple talents: he is not only a   
   skilled guitarist, but is equally accomplished on the violin, mandolin,   
   keyboards, accordion and whistle. Rens' instrumental skills are combined   
   with an ability to apply his expertise to a wide variety of musical styles.   
      
   Born in Rotterdam, Holland, Rens was classically trained in violin and piano   
   from an early age and later studied guitar at the Rotterdam Conservatory of   
   Music. His professional career was forged in the folk clubs of Holland,   
   Belgium and the UK. As a member of the acclaimed Dutch folk bads Fungus and   
   Wolverei, Rens toured throughout Europe.   
      
   With his versatility of musicianship, Rens has played as a guest artist with   
   many bands, covering a wide range of repertoire from folk, to jazz to   
   classical.   
      
   In 1968 Rens and Andy crossed paths in eastern Europe, where Andy was   
   exploring traditional Balkan music. He and Rens became friends and vowed to   
   get together again some time to play music. "Some time" proved to be more   
   than twenty years later.   
      
   In 1991, their paths crossed again and Andy Irvine invited Rens to play on   
   his album "Rude Awakening" and the next year on an album of Bulgarian and   
   Macedonian music called "East Wind," produced by Bill Whelan, who later   
   wrote the score to Riverdance. In 1995 Rens, Andy and Hungarian musician   
   Nikola Parov had a very successful tour of the States as the "East Wind   
   Trio."   
      
   Since then, Rens has backed up Andy on European tours several times, while   
   still pursuing his own endeavors in Holland. His mastery of many instruments   
   has made him one of the most sought-after session musicians in Holland.   
   There he serves as the anchorman for well-established popular bands, and   
   more recently he has become active in live theater.   
      
   In March of 2002, Andy drafted his favorite musicians to join him in his   
   "dream band" for a tour of Australia. Called Mozaik, this group reunited the   
   East Wind Trio of Andy, Rens and Nikola, and also included Irish traditional   
   musician Donal Lunny and American old-time fiddler Bruce Molsky. Mozaik's   
   debut at Australia's National Folk Festival was a huge success. Tied up as   
   they both are with their respective careers, Rens and Andy's personal and   
   musical friendship has become so compelling that Rens regularly reserves   
   time to accompany Andy in the studio and on tour.   
      
   At the Bendigo Folk Club Friday 11 January,  Under the Grandstand, Queen   
   Elizabeth Oval View Street Bendigo, from 8 pm. Admission is $22 and $18 for   
   members and concesssion.   
      
   Tickets available at Discography 32 High St Bendigo 3550 (03) 5443 4111   
      
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