After thirty years Flook show no sign of letting-up in their brilliance, their dynamism, or their inventive flair.
What began in 1995 as a ground-breaking union of musicians and instruments, has continued as a unique musical offering through one live album, four studio albums and countless outstanding performances. A new recording is due for release in early 2025.
The band early on evolved an inimitable trademark sound and hold fast to their rightful reputation as exceptional musical innovators; the whistles and flutes of Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen, the guitar of Ed Boyd and the bodhran of John Joe Kelly weaving and spinning tunes rooted in tradition over precise acoustic grooves, with a rare blend of fiery technical brilliance, delicate ensemble interaction and a bold, adventurous musical imagination.
There is an ever present abundance of individual virtuosity amongst Flook’s four members, but there is also something wholly unique when this iconic Anglo-Irish band step on stage together, their playing always an intuitive, almost symbiotic, exchange between the various flutes, whistles, frets and skins.
An evening and a celebration you don’t want to miss out on.
Dates & Times
Derby Hall @ The Met
From £24 (inc fees)
Reviews
“An absolute powerhouse, a flute and whistle-led, eight-legged jig machine. Jigs, reels and waltzes whirl by. Each as glorious as the last, the musicianship as extraordinary, the mood never any less than euphoric”
FATEA Live Review, November 2023
“Never have I seen so many people so completely and utterly spellbound…the most magical of experiences”
The Irish Post
“Nothing short of transcendent… No other band sound like Flook and the new material has pushed them to new, exhilarating heights”
Songlines, July 2019
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