Chayka – Carrying On

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Chayka are a 6-piece out fit mostly from Kildare. They have been creating music together since the late nineties in some guise or another. Their current moniker, Chayka, was adopted in early 2007 when Orlaith Gilcreest, a multi instrumentalist and vocalist joined the band.

Since then, they continued on to record a limited run E.P. “Looking for an Enemy” and were subsequently offered a Record Contract in November 2008 from a well respected Danish Label, which they turned down.

More recently, frontman Stevie Byrne departed but was seamlessly replaced by his younger brother Johnny. The current line-up, Johnny Byrne; Riccardo Panza; Sean de Burca; Jonny Kelly; Ken Richmond & Orlaith Gilcreest are busy in 2009, self producing their debut long player. It promises to be a soulful encounter infused with the natural varying influences that a 6 piece provides.