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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Ireland
- Active from
- 1955-05-23
folk
Discography
- Luka Bloom1988
- Riverside1990
- The Acoustic Motorbike1992
- Turf1994
- Salty Heaven1999
- Keeper of the Flame2000
- Between the Mountain and the Moon2001
- Before Sleep Comes2003
- Innocence2005
- Innocence2006
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- 71,014
- Total plays
- 924,059
Tags
singer-songwriteririshfolkacousticfolk rock
Luka Bloom (born 23 May 1955 as Barry Moore) is an accomplished Irish folk-rock singer-songwriter. He is also the younger brother of Irish folk singer Christy Moore. In order to avoid the pressure of being related to Christy Moore, Bloom adopted his pseudonym. "Luka" is taken from the title of Suzanne Vega's song "Luka" about child abuse and "Bloom" refers to the main character in James Joyce's Ulysses. Bloom is, however, very forthcoming about being Moore's brother and does not hide behind his
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Luka
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Newbridge
- Sibling
- Christy Moore
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.lukabloom.com
- Image
- Luka0707.jpg
- Work location
- Dublin
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- date of birth
- 1955-05-23
- birth name
- Kevin Barry Moore
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- social media followers
- 2653
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