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  • Genre: Celtic / Reggae / Ska

    Location Belfast, Ir

    Profile Views: 42670

    Last Login: 1/18/2013

    Member Since 7/5/2006

    Record Label Comhcheoil

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Formed initially to raise money for local Irish language schools, Breag have become one of the most refined and original of acts their kind. Over the last decade, having performed as far a field as Sri Lanka, Breag have developed a Celtic fusion never before heard. The first generation of urban Gaelic speakers in modern Belfast, their Gaelic heritage permeates through their lyrics and music. With Eastern European and Latin American traditional styles, branched with roots of reggae and ska, Br�ag give the listener, and inevitably the dancer, a unique musical experience... Br�ag have performed throughout Ireland, Europe and Asia, and have returned to the Basque country and Switzerland on numerous occasions. Having performed at the Sligo Arts Festival, Feile an Phobail and other festivals, Breag have twice shared a stage with the infamous Jamaican reggae outfit The Wailers, Sly & Robbie, Shane McGowan, Bad Manners, Steel Pulse, The Beat, Mano Negra, Neville Staple, Alabama 3, The Rubber Bandits, The Hothouse Flowers, Black 47, John Spillane, and Kila... Breag have made numerous television appearances on RTE, BBC, TG4 as well as performances on Sri Lankan, Basque and French television... Brag have released three albums first in 1995 with Jah Sa Jungal under their own label Comhcheoil. Not long after its release, Breag were approached by Outlet Records and consequently recorded their second album Gan Jah. Breag's latest album, An Peaca (sponsored by Foras na Gaeilge), was released in 2004 again on the Comhcheoil label. Performing on this recording is ex-Wailers, Natty Wailer... What people say: "Bi-lingually stretching the language to new, unimagined possibilities and welding it to new musical forms...though the weight of traditional Irish songs still lies hauntingly at the bedrock of their sound" (President of the Gaelic League).. "They have been compared to sounds such as the Gypsy Kings and Bob Marley and the Wailers but now stand alone and unique" (La).. "Irish Language rockers Breag are on a crest of a Caribbean wave. Their video for RTE directed by award winning Dearbhla Walsh, should be a collector's item" (Andersontown News).. For bookings and inquires contact Caoimhin on 44(0)7867875510 or breag11@gmail.com .. .... ..Breag................

  • Members

    Caoimhin Mac Giolla Cathain - Vocals / Mandolin / Melodica, Peadar O'Hanlon - Guitar, Nic Sadlier - Bass / Backing vocals, ..SESSION MUSICIANS.... Jarlath Mulholland - Saxophone, Peter Benson - Trumpet, Stephen Clarke - Saxophone, Chris Day - Trombone, Matthew Benson - Trombone, Nathaniel Wynters aka Natty Wailer - Keyboards

  • Influences

    The Wailers, Augustus Pablo, Thin Lizzy, The Clash, World Music, Irish Traditional and Gaelic song.

  • Sounds Like

    A Funky Reggae Party

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