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On Sunday, March 16, 2014, Lucia Comnes was one of the 3 featured Bay Area fiddle players to be featured in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Datebook/96-Hours cover article by Sam Whiting – “In Bay Area Jams, Fiddles Reign Supreme.’
Read the full article here –
http://www.sfgate.com/music/article/At-Bay-Area-jams-fiddles-reign-supreme-5315897.php

“Lucia is a songwriter and violinist with a singular voice releasing acoustic music set in an atmospheric, captivating landscape. People have commented that her recordings are a hip, Americana version of Fleetwood Mac.” – Jeffrey Wood, Producer

“When your ancestral soul reaches with outstretched hand across an endless ocean while your American feet sit on firm soil, listen to Lucia Comnes.” – Christine Carina, fan

Little man jumps out of his seat!

Lucia Comnes, violinist

On the way had a great review in the San Francisco Chronicle Datebook section.

Solas and other musical groups have done the traditional Irish folk song “Calling Home the Calves” (Aililiu Na Gamhna), but Lucia Comnes has taken it to a higher level, using her singular voice and two instruments from the Indian subcontinent – bansuri flute and shruti box – to create a goose-bumpy tableau of nature and memory. “Calling Home the Calves” is one of numerous delights on Comnes’ new album, “On the Way,” which takes songs from across borders – Read more…


“As a perfect compliment to these two outward looking Irish musicians, San Francisco native gem, Lucia Comnes uses her exquisite voice and lilting fiddle to interpret songs from not only Ireland but also
Turkey, Bulgaria and Macedonia to name a few.”

The Irish Herald, San Francisco, July 2011
For full article:
http://www.colmoriain.com/various/IrishHerald-July2011-SyncopathsOMaonlai.pdf

“In addition to the Black Brothers… the San Francisco Irish Festival presents the luminous vocalist Lucia Comnes at Maggie McGarry’s Irish Pub in San Francisco on Sunday…”

San Jose Mercury News, March 12, 2009
For the full article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_11887642?nclick_check=1