REVIEWS

THE CHICAGO IRISH-AMERICAN NEWS

Beoga is from Northern Ireland and is a stunning band. Super vocals, a terrific staccato beat to the rhythm with a real sense of style and wit. This is a major, major band to be reckoned with. On several occasions during the early listens, we actually found ourselves laughing out loud to some of the musical inventiveness on tunes. Power and nuance, humor, talent aplenty. Get ready for a long run for Beoga.

HOT PRESS

Top class musicianship, great taste in material and a wonderful ebullience that comes through loud and clear... spine-tingling. Niamh Dunne is the perfect addition to the existing four-piece lineup... bouncy original tunes from most of the members, in glorious arrangements featuring guest appearances on several tracks from the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, no less. NINE POINT FIVE/TEN

IRISH TIMES

Beoga follow up their blistering 2004 debut, A Lovely Madness, with an even more high-spirited collection... such kite-flying celebration is a rare thing of beauty. ****
IRISH ECHO

“...a heady, virtually head-spinning sonic blend stamping Beoga as perhaps the most audacious Irish band rooted in trad today. For finesse, fire, and flirtatious fun, this album is an overflowing treat, and among Irish bands launched in this new millennium, Beoga joins Grada as two of the most promising to watch.”

IRISH MUSIC MAGAZINE

In Beoga the Irish music world gained another prodigy, a term not lightly used nor given without credit... the band whose debut album carried the torch for experimentalists don’t look as if they are going to stop there. Mischief is definitely a coming of age... the miracle-dust must have been sprinkled by the bucketful during recording with the finished article already emerging as a contender for album of the year. The twelve tracks (Mischief, Kick’n The Box, Factory Girl, Jazzy Wilbur, Ryan’s Air, Dirty Work, Trolleyed, A Delicate Thing, Mickey The Pipes, Please Don’t Talk, Cu Chullain’s Despair and Another Journey) are a homage to the talented five-piece. Hard work and smart moves are the order of the day for soon to be supergroup Beoga...

THE CELTIC CONNECTION
When Beoga released their first album "A Lovely Madness" in 2002, it became my favorite album of the year. Beoga are now back with "Mischief" and I'm delighted to say that this new release is as good as, and dare I say it--even better than the first. "Mischief" is well on the way to being my favorite album for 2007.