Lucie Azconaga of Varo at Folk Alliance
b'Varo are Lucie Azconaga and Consuelo Nerea Breschi, a fiddle and vocal duo who perform traditional Irish songs and tunes with arrangement influences from the baroque and classical traditions. 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. As they release their eponymous debut album, Lucie writes for Culture about their musical journey. They met about 5 years ago in Dublin after moving from France and Italy, sitting beside each other at a session in The Cobblestone pub, in Smithfield. This place became a second home for both of them from the day they arrived, and it still is. They became instant friends and decided that they wanted to play music together.'