Ireland's hottest new traditional band, Lúnasa, have been making a name for themselves with almost non-stop world touring and acclaimed albums like their 1999 recording, Otherworld (Green Linnet), named best traditional Irish album by both the Irish Voice and Irish Echo newspapers, and their most recent, The Merry Sisters of Fate, named Celtic Album of the Year by San Francisco's Association for Independent Music. The members of Lúnasa have been the backbone of many of the great Irish groups of our time, but in this new combination Trevor Hutchinson (formerly of The Waterboys) on bass, Donogh Hennessy (formerly of The Sharon Shannon Band) on guitar, Kevin Crawford (formerly of Moving Cloud) on flute, Sean Smyth (formerly of Donal Lunny's Coolfin) on fiddle, and Cillian Vallely on pipes get the chance to place their own considerable talents at the fore. Lúnasa takes its name from Lugh, the ancient Irish god of light and genius, who was able to move the company at Tara either to tears, or to great joy, with his music-they will surely do no less for the company at the Freight!