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Traditional music maestro Donal Lunny hardly has a moment to himself at the minute. Barely had the curtain dropped on Wednsday night's sell- out National Concert Hall show than he was beating a path to Dublin Airport for a long-haul US tour.
Donal's manager, Ross Fitzsimmons, didn't have much time to spare either but managed to shed some light on their non-stop itinerary following the performance. Lunny and his band, Coolfin, top the bill at the prestigious World Of Music and Dance Festival (WOMAD to its friends) in Seattle next week. In fact, Lunney has landed the eminent job of master of ceremonies for the event's final day extravaganza which will see him take to the stage with Joan Baez, roots revialists Joan Armatrading and Armenian woodwind maestro Djavan Gaspargan. However WOMAD founder and world music innovator Peter Gabriel won't be attending. We can only presume that the former Genesis singer dug out some of his old recordings and slipped into a profound stupor midway through a 220-minute guitar solo.
