Iconic trad-fusion band KLA return with Raise the Road, a bombastic album of their latest songs and tunes
featuring collaborations with BANDCAMP an 8 piece brass band, arranged by trombonist Paul Frost. The first single
from the new album is Disco Pig, also released on 9th May 2025. Raise the Road will be available exclusively on June
6th 2025 on CD from Crashed Records.
Kla, are known for their exhilarating live performances. The new album Raise the Road, featuring the Paul Frost
Brass Band, captures all the energy of a live Kla performance. Paul Frosts arrangements have fused funk, mambo
and New Orleans jazz with Klas contemporary compositions. This addition to Klas already outstanding repertoire
will have listeners electrified by the fusion of the brass bands funky blasts and Klas intoxicating rhythmic sound.
Speaking about the new album Rossa Snodaigh said: This album breaks new ground, not only for Kla but for Trad
in general.
With a career spanning over five decades, 20 releases, and collaborations with esteemed musicians such as U2,
Ronnie Wood (The Rolling Stones), Sinad O Connor, The Dubliners, Shane McGowan, Glen Hansard and Donal Lunny.
The new album Raise the Road reflects the imagination, reinvention and the creative genius that Kla are known for.
Recent performances of this material have had audiences enthralled, enchanted and dancing with abandon.