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Colcannon has developed a distinctive, inventive, and contemporary musical style while still keeping in firm touch with the heart and essence of traditional Irish music. Colcannon’s concerts are renowned for their energy, for singer/frontman Mick Bolger’s irrepressible sense of humor and sly wit, and, of course, for the music; music that expresses flights of joy, deep sorrows, and an unquenchable zest for life. The band formed in 1984 in Boulder Colorado, USA, and their reputation has grown steadily over the years with the release of six fine CDs on the Oxford Road Records label. The group's first three albums were produced by bluegrass/folk legend Tim O'Brien, and their most recent release, Corvus, spent three months in the Top Ten on the National Celtic Radio Charts in the U.S. The Emmy®-award winning PBS special, "Colcannon in Concert," filmed at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in 1993, has aired nationwide.  Colcannon has also been part of many collaborative projects- they were featured on John McEuen's soundtrack for the television mini-series "The Wild West", as well as on the Western Heritage Award winning album of the same name and The Nashville Network Television special "The Music of the Wild West". Recently, the group has provided music for an audio project "Secrets of the World- The Good People" featuring Irish master storyteller and folklorist Eddie Lenihan. Other recent projects include the development of 'Lusanna' a work for Colcannon and chamber orchestra, written by Colcannon bassist Mike Fitzmaurice, with text and lyrics in Irish and English by vocalist Mick Bolger. 'Lusanna' will premiere in the fall of 2002. Earlier collaborations with orchestra featured Fitzmaurice's 'The Red Kite', a three movement concerto for Colcannon and orchestra, as well as symphonic arrangements of some of Colcannon's original compositions.   Colcannon’s appeal crosses lines of age, gender and ethnic background;  For while the musical focus is on the beautiful wealth of traditional Irish music-  all acoustic instrumentation, traditional as well as original tunes and songs, with some of the songs in Mick’s native Irish language- Colcannon’s true message is the story of the resilient and joyous human spirit.Mick Bolger-vocals, bodhran;Mike Fitzmaurice- acoustic bass, guitars;Rod Garnett, flutes;Jean Bolger- fiddle;Brian Mullins- mandolin, bouzouki, guitar, flute.