Flook is an Anglo-Irish band playing traditional-style instrumental music, although much is penned by the band themselves. Their music is typified by extremely fast, sometimes percussive, flute and whistle atop complex guitar and bodhrán rhythms. The band was formed in 1995, originally by Becky Morris, with three flute-playing friends Sarah Allen, Brian Finnegan and Michael McGoldrick, (who left in 1997 to join Capercaillie). The band was briefly known as Three Nations Flutes. In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael McGoldrick is a flute and tin whistle player. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Capercaillie is a Scottish folk band founded in the 1980s by Donald Shaw and fronted by Karen Matheson. ...

Flook's 10th anniversary tour for Folkworks, included a concert at the Purcell Room (on 7 November 2005) as part of a week of "Folk in the Fall" on London's South Bank and another at the extraordinary new Sage Gateshead concert hall on the south bank of the River Tyne on 10 November 2005. Their third studio album, "Haven", was released in October 2005. An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn, meaning (re)turning yearly; known in English since c1230) is a day that commemorates and/or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. ... The Purcell Room is a concert and performance venue which forms part of the South Bank Centre, one of central Londons leading cultural complexes. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the British city. ... The National Theatre is one of the collection of arts buildings that make up the South Bank Centre. ... The Sage viewed from central Newcastle The Sage Gateshead is a new centre for musical education and performance, located in Gateshead on the south bank of the River Tyne, in the north-east of England. ... The River Tyne can refer to two rivers in the United Kingdom: River Tyne, England River Tyne, Scotland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Haven can mean: A harbor A sanctuary Companies Pizza Haven, an Australian pizza chain Haven (Holidays), a company which runs a number of holiday parks in the United Kingdom and Europe Entertainment Haven (TNG episode), an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Haven (film), a 2004 motion picture directed...

At the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2006, Flook were awarded the award for Best Group. They also gave a short performance during the ceremony. The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards celebrate outstanding achievement during the previous year within the field of folk music. ...

Band members

• Sarah Allen plays flute, alto flute and accordion. She has also been a member of the Barely Works and Bigjig.
• Brian Finnegan plays wooden flutes and tin whistles. He has been a member of Upstairs in a Tent (originally Gan Ainm) and Maalstroom.
• Ed Boyd plays guitars and bouzouki. He is a former member of Red Ciel.
• John-Joe Kelly plays bodhrán and mandolin. He has also worked with Altan and Paul Brady and is much in demand as a session musician.

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Albums

• Flook! Live! (1996) Small CD 9405
• Flatfish (1999) Flatfish Records 002CD
• Rubai (2002) Flatfish Records 004CD
• Haven (2005) Flatfish Records 005CD

External links

• Flook
• Michael McGoldrick
• Interview with Brian Finnegan, 1999

Disambiguation

• Flook was also the title of a satirical cartoon strip by "Trog".
• Flook is the name of an indie nightclub in London, UK.
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