Kila

Biography

Instantly acclaimed as the revelation at the 1993 Festival Interceltique in Lorient, France, Irish folk ensemble Kíla was formed six years previously by Colm Mac Con Iomaire (fiddle), Rónán Ó Snodaigh (vocals, bodhrán, percussion), Rossa Ó Snodaigh (whistles, bodhrán, bones, guitar, percussion), Eoin Dillon (uillean pipes, whistles, percussion, vocals), Karl Oldum (bass) and Dave Odlum (guitar), with Colm Ó Snodaigh (flute, whistles, vocals) joining in 1988. Kíla was started as a school band as a result of being offered the chance to play a youth music festival in Germany. From then on the members elected to stay together, making their recording debut on Iomaire’s Gaelic language solo debut in 1990. A six-track summary of their live set followed a year later, by which time they had decided to put other careers on hold to pursue Kíla as a full-time occupation, although Iomaire and Dave Odlum...

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