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The Comas
OriginBelgium
GenresIrish folk
Years active2003–present
MembersPhilip Masure
Sylvain Barou
Jackie Moran
Aidan Burke
Past members…/…
Website[1]

Comas is

Aidan Burke : fiddle
Sylvain Barou : uilleann pipes, wooden flutes, low whistles
Philip Masure : guitare, vocals
Jackie Moran : bodhran, percussion

Comas (which means Power in Irish Gaelic), is a group formed in 2003 by previously well known and recognised musiciens as "best flutist of his generation" (Dónal Lunny, about Sylvain Barou) ; Aiden Burke (the cousin of Kevin Burke has won over 20 All-Ireland championships on the fiddle.

Since 2003, they quickly became much acclaimed by specialized press, and by the public on the festivals they participate.

By the end of 2003 Comas had built up a sizable repution to be hailed in the press as: "The Revelation Of 2003" (S.Vandenberghe-NVFOLK) and as: "The best traditional band around"(Folkspot).

Discography

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Albums

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Year Title Label
2005 Comas B000BUYTWE
Year Title Label
2012 Charge Mad River Records

Philip Masure : guitare, vocals

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Although Philip plays a number of instruments, he is mostly known as a guitar player. He has specialised in open-tuning (DADGAD) and has played with a number of well-known bands including Orion, Laïs, Carlene Anglim (winner of the BBC2 Young Tradition Award), Mugar, Ambrozijn, The VRT-orcherstra, ...

Currently he is a member of Urban Trad (who came 2nd in the Eurovision in 2003) and performs with Helen Flaherty and the Liverpool based band Garva.

Philip is also in great demand as a guitar teacher and as a studio musician. He has been giving workshops all over Europe (Belgium, Ireland, Holland, France, Denmark,...)

Discography

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Band Title Label
Piccard & Masure Webbesnaren Wild Boar Music
Didier François & Philip Masure DUO Map Records
Eamon Coyne Liverpool Connection Aimless Productions
Urban Trad Kerua Universal Music
Helen Flaherty Oft Times I've Been Cheery Wild Boar Music
�?ishtlinn �?ist Linn Kissing Spell Ltd
Daithi Rua Beter the Devil You Know Daithi Rua
Máirtín Tom Sheáinín Bláth na h�?ige Cló Iar-Chonnachta
Poescafé Folk met poezelige pit Poescafé
Didier François & Alicantes Alicantes MAP Records
Jowan Mercks Amorroma Wild Boar Music
Gunter Bauweraerst Midwinter Wendel
Lunascape
Jos Dom & Didier François
Finglas
Jules Bitter
Red Hackle Pipe Band
Wooden Flute Obsession
Folk in Vlaanderen 2000
New Folk Wave 2
Folk in Vlaanderen 2002

Jackie Moran : bodhran, various percussion& vocals

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A nativeOriginally hailing from Thurles Co. Tipperary, Mr Moran has been firmly rooted in the Chicago Irish music scene since he was 14. A founding member of such popular performance groups as The Drovers, Wilding, The Otters and The Trinity Irish Dance Company, Mr. Moran has also performed live as well as recorded with some of the top Irish musicians in the world, including Liz Carroll, John Williams, John Doyle, Martin Hayes, Paddy Keenan, Dennis Cahill, Kevin Burke and Larry Nugent, among many others. Mr. Moran's percussive stylings have also found their way into a number of major motion pictures, including Backdraft, Blink, Traveller and The Road to Perdition. Since 2001, Mr. Moran and his wife Amy have been running Anam Mor, an Irish dance and music school in the Chicagoland area.


Discography

Band Title Label
The Drovers World of Monsters Tantrum Records
The Drovers Kill Mice Elf Tantrum Records
The Lupins Slob Tantrum Records
Kiltartan Road In the Deep Hearts Core Classic Digital Records
Lawrence Nugent Lawrence Nugent Shanachie Records
Lawrence Nugent Two for Two Shanachie Records
Michael Mason Angels of Fire Southport Records
Kim Robertson The Spiral Gate Narada Records
Kathleen Keane Kathleen Keane
Liz Carroll Lost in the Loop Green Linnet Records
Irish Music in Chicago compilation Big Chicago Records
Lawrence Nugent The Windy Gap Shanachie Records
Kim Robertson Dance to Your Shadow Narada Records
Anish Anish
Robbie Fulks Couples in Trouble Boondoggie Records
Liz Carroll Lake Effect Green Linnet Records
James Conway Mouth Box
The Drovers The Drovers Tantrum Records
Helen Flaherty Oft Times I've Been Cheery Alea Records
Kieran O'Hare & John Skelton Double Barrelled


Motion Picture Soundtracks

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Film Label
Backdraft
Blink Milan Records
Traveller Electra/Asylum Records
The Road to Perdition Universal Records