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DECEMBER 2022

EASTERN BANK LOBBY SERIES:
MIKE CASANO QUARTET

WED, DEC 07 I 7:30PM
$15
Featuring Mike Casano, George Garzone, Jay Azzolina, Dave Zinno.
This is jazz “Super Group” comprised of Northeast Jazz
heavyweights! Their appearance at the Spire is highly anticipated.
Expect an exciting night of high energy jazz! Not to be missed!

TD BANK LOBBY SERIES:
ALISA AMADOR
THU, DEC 08 I 7:30PM
$15
The winner of the 2022 NPR Tiny Desk Contest, Alisa Amador’s
music is a synthesis of the many styles she’s voraciously absorbed:
rock, jazz, funk and alternative folk, all wrapped in the spirit of the
Latin music she grew up with. NPR’s Cyrena Touros calls her “a
pitch-perfect rendition of my wildest dreams.” Alisa’s soulful
singing, poetically incisive lyrics, and syncopated rhythms are likely
to make you cry, laugh, and dance all within one set. Alisa released
her debut EP, Narratives, in 2021.

LUNASA: CHRISTMAS FROM IRELAND
WITH DAVE CURLEY
FRI, DEC 09 I 8PM
$35
Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish
god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lúnasa is indeed a gathering of
some of the top musical talents in Ireland. Its members have
helped form the backbone of some of the greatest Irish groups of
the decade.
Bassist Trevor Hutchinson was a key member of The Waterboys,
and later he, with guitarist Donogh Hennessy, would form the
dynamic rhythm section of The Sharon Shannon Band; Ed Boyd
(Flook, Michael McGoldrick Band) has recently replaced
Hennessy; Fiddler Sean Smyth is an All-Ireland champion who
has played with Donal Lunny’s Coolfin; Kevin Crawford,
considered to be among the finest flutists in Ireland played with
the acclaimed traditional group Moving Cloud; and, piper Cillian
Vallely of the famous Vallely artistic clan has performed with
Riverdance and recently recorded with Bruce Springsteen. Folk
Roots magazine has rightly termed them an “Irish music dream
team.”
DAVE CURLEY
Dave Curley, a multi-instrumentalist, singer and dancer from Corofin, Co. Galway, has been making big
waves in the Irish music scene in Ireland, Europe and the USA in the last number of years. After graduating
from the University of Limerick’s groundbreaking Irish Music and Dance programme with a 1st class
honours, Dave became a creative member of award-winning bands SLIDE and RUNA. He also regularly
performs with Grammy Award winner Moya Brennan of Clannad.

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