Een wonderschone exploratie naar de liefde, het poëtische songschrijven en de Ierse muziek.
Love from Ireland is een sfeervolle theatervoorstelling over liefde in tijden van verwarring. Over grillige paden, onverwachte afslagen en de poëzie van het verdwalen. In een wereld die in brand staat vraagt Frank Blueka zich af: “Waar is de liefde in de harten van de mensen gebleven?”. Frank Blueka weeft zijn eigen songs moeiteloos samen met het muzikale erfgoed van zijn Ierse helden. Van U2 tot Luka Bloom en Rory Gallagher, van Clannad tot the Dubliners en The Cranberries – klassiekers klinken naast nieuwe parels uit Blueka’s eigen repertoire, doordrenkt met Keltische echo’s. Een voorstelling als een filmische droom. Naar Ierland. Naar binnen. Naar de liefde. Verrassend, spannend en altijd die warme stem, die het publiek raakt en nieuwsgierig maakt…
Frank Blueka is born in an almost celtic part of the Netherlands in the North. He’s a cross-over songwriter whose soul-stirring songs have won the hearts of music lovers. His songs connect with listeners on a deep level. These songs effortlessly carry you to a state of introspection and reflection with their unique fusion of acoustic guitar, rock elements, modern soundscapes and expressive vocals.
Since Frank Blueka combines his creative acoustic style with soulful beats, the interest in Frank’s songs grows across all ages, people types and countries. He seems to touch something universal. The essence of his songs gets wider and wider. Since the collaboration with producer Raymond van der Vechte there has been an interesting deepening. The two combine Frank Blueka’s acoustic sound with beats and a spherical flow. This creates an almost cinematic broadening. The only musical condition for Frank is that songs can also be performed live with one instrument as accompaniment. This leads to beautiful “unplugged” versions.
Frank Blueka is inspired by songwriters such as Ben Howard, Ray Lamontagne, the Irish Luka Bloom by bands like Stereophonics and Radiohead and by a modern colleague as Lewis Capaldi. “I always want to renew myself in performance and inspiration and yet also build a stable own style. In this field of contradictions I find my way as a Songwriter. And…. I sometimes just get lost in my own ideas. But that makes it human, says Frank.
Frank finds inspiration for his lyrics in mystical stories, dreams, love and just everyday worries. Supplemented in his own words: “Feelings of love, desire, anger, humor, sadness… can suddenly find a place in a song. I never know exactly how that process works for me. Sometimes a song is created very quickly, sometimes it takes a long time musically planing and sanding. Just like a sculptor can do. Or a painter who mixes his own colours. It is the fragments of emotions and experiences that together form a whole within a song. When that feeling of a whole becomes strong, then I know that a song is almost finished…”.