Barra McAllister
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Genre: Acoustic / Experimental / Folk
Location Dublin, Dublin, IE
Profile Views: 24952
Last Login: 3/2/2011
Member Since 1/19/2007
Website ..<a href="http://www.maploco.com/view.php?id=15
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..Barra was born in Portmarnock Co. Dublin in 1982, after attending school there, he Studied traditional music performance while on the ceoltoir course. He also studied sound, arrangement,music technology, and composition. During the course of his school life Barra was taught the tin whistle by piper Tommy Martin and moved onto the flute aged 14.From then on he was taught by Majella O' Byrne and hasn't looked back since... ..Barra has won numerous competitions throughout his life including county, provincial and all Ireland titles in both solo, ceili band and group, and has also toured England, Scotland, and the United States with Ceoltas Ceoltoiri Eireann. He also teaches/taught Flute, tin whistle, ceilidh bands and groups for Cluain Tarbh.At 17 Barra moved to Co. Clare where he formed a band called Bruadar with piper Micheal O' Connell, and Banjo/ guitar/piano player Karol Lynch.The band recorded and toured the album, but the call of his hometown was too much to ignore and he returned to Dublin at the age of 19. .. .. He is the musical director of the Clasac touring Irish dance group, and travels to many C.I.O.F.F sponsered festivals working in France and China with the group this year alone... .. .. .. .. .. .... .. Barra has travelled extensively with many other performers and bands including Electric Ceili (Brossela festival,Brussels) and Trostan (Vjylandi folk festival, Estonia). He also plays with singer Damien Dempsey, supporting Bob Dylan in Pearce stadium Galway, among other concerts.He is currently involved in starting a new band with Eoghan and Aoife Scott, Michelle O Brien and Conor Lyons with an album due for completion in the next 3-4 months. He is also working on a collaboration with Long time friend and partners in crime Andy Leighton, James Riley and Tony(bodhran) Quinn. .............. ......Myspace Profile Editor/Generator...... .."tradtronik"...... .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.. -
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Plays regularly with Andy Leighton, James Riley, Tony Bodhran and is starting a new band featuring Eoghan and Aoife Scott, Michelle O Brien and Conor Lyons. -
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Matt Molloy, Seamus Ennis, Mick McGoldrick, Kornog, Luke Kelly, Francis Ford Coppella, Sean Keane,Ryan Adams, Damien Dempsey, Bill Hicks, Bob Marley, Richard Pryor, "Beat" Takeshi, Tom Waits,Barry Kerr, Faithless, Ian Brown, Dick Gaughan, Conal O' Grada, Arctic Monkeys, Bothy Band, Curtis Mayfield, Shakti, John Martin,Groove Armada, Led Zepplin, Guns N' Roses, Kereouac,Shit that you can't change,Shit that you can change,Yussef Islam(don't know if that's how you spell Cat Stevens! My apologies!), History,Aviator Sunglasses,Cream, Bob Dylan, The Band, Crosby Stills and Nash, blowing hot and cold and THE NEW BAND. -
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10 of 166Moreyour hornpipes are fab! one of my fav dances :-)
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Enjoying your site !
From bardic roots
Ash Mandrake, entering the folk scene in 2011
With hats, double neck guitar, loop machine and medieval mischief
Please enjoy. Ash :o)
Enjoying your site !
From bardic roots
Ash Mandrake, entering the folk scene in 2011
With hats, double neck guitar, loop machine and medieval mischief
Please enjoy. Ash :o)
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After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on MySpace...
Poem cum song 5 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my Blog for details):
STATE TO STATE
(TUNE:
C F G F
C F G F
C F G F
C F G F
F G F C
F G F C
F G F C
C F F F)
From Sydney Town,
In uni. break,
I drove out west
To earnings make
Onion picking,
On the fields
Of Echuca,
That year’s yields.
After day’s work,
From Y.H.A.,
A group of us
Would not delay
To walk on down
To the dirt rim
Of the Murray,
For a cool swim.
On one such day,
I do declare,
Some three of us
Had a big dare
To swim across,
From state to state,
The wide Murray -
I took the bait.
Yes, foolishly,
I took the bait -
A choice that I
Would come to hate,
For I almost
Did drown that date,
Making the swim
From state to state.
(C) David Franks 2003