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Ciúnas’ live performances have been described by Irish music fans as a potent brew “as strong as Irish Coffee“, stimulating, inspirational and intoxicating.

The name, as the group’s front man Eddie McLachlan says, means “to move through silence“. It is also the word most often heard called out in Irish pubs when the music is about to begin.

Irish music light as morning mist, fresh as a west wind, smooth as moss on stone, a mixture of ethereal sounds and throbbing rhythms (Jigs, Reels, Polkas, Slow Airs, original songs and more…).

The three Austrian members of the group Peter Aschenbrenner, Regina Schabasser and Sonja McLachlan, all fiercely proud of their Celtic roots perform regularly since 1997 with Dubliner Eddie McLachlan at festivals, in concert halls, pubs and occasionally, private events

While the above description of the group still holds, here the latest news:

Stop press: Spring 2009 – The band has undergone a radical sex change or rather its two former female members Regina and Sonja have become Toni and Michael.

On a more serious note, Toni Burger violinist from Bad Aussee (a Celtic stronghold in the High Alps) is a master of all styles. At long last the violin sound the group needed.
Michael Hecht from Freiburg in Germany is a doyenne on the bass – six string or double-bass – an inspiring addition to the band.