Dublin-based trad duo Varo, have released their debut self-titled album January 23rd and are receiving glowing reviews:

“[Varo]…. weave together baroque, medieval, folk and trad influences with gorgeous aplomb…”
8.5 stars – Hot Press

“The delicious austerity of the baroque intertwined with an immersion in the current Dublin traditional and folk music scene underscore this fine debut…”
4/5 stars – Irish Times

They will be performing in The Sound House on Friday the 28th of February, as part of their Irish/UK album launch tour.

Varo are Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi, a fiddle and vocal duo based in Dublin who perform traditional Irish songs and tunes with arrangement influences from the baroque and classical traditions, weaving around the melodies with harmonies, drones and countermelody.

Lucie, from France, and Consuelo, from Italy, met in 2015 after moving to Dublin to pursue their love for Irish traditional music, and immediately started a fruitful collaboration. They travelled to Ireland along different musical paths, Lucie from jazz, classical music, and French folk, Consuelo from Irish trad, folk, and world music.

Lucie and Consuelo have been involved in various other projects, such as Landless, Lisa O' Neill's Band, Ye Vagabonds, The Morning Tree, Alasourse, The Nomadic Piano Project.

Their self-titled debut album ‘VARO’ is out now [January 23rd, 2020]. Listen/buy at: https://varodublin.bandcamp.com/album/varo