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****NEWS  FLASH*****  Alan’s song Between the Green and the Blue has been selected as a finalist in two categories of the Queensland Music Awards to be held on August 16th at the Old Museum in Brisbane.

**** ANOTHER NEWS FLASH*****

WE WON FIRST PRIZE IN THE WORLD MUSIC CATEGORY.

Latest youtube links

Live at Neurem Creek  Sep 2010

Song  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLc_724iuAw

A few tunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXrCjxVKv_E

Live in a caravan in Oldcastle, Bandwagon TV that is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oteCkY0deL8

Live in Noosa, Australia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvURCmVlcik

try  www.myspace.com/barleyshakes 

Up and coming concerts include Australia 2011

 

              FRIDAY JULY 15th  Joe’s Waterhole, Eumundi, 8pm

                       with The Cheap Fakes, Dan Lyons, and Jay Bishoff

                              East Coast Originals fundraiser concert  only $20

                                  Aug 7th Peregian Originals, 2pm

                             Aug 20th 6 pm    BUSH DANCE     Noosa Pengari Steiner School

Aug 27th  Harrigan’s, Calypso Bay, Jacob’s Well, Qld  

 

Sep 9 -11    NEUREM CREEK FESTIVAL

SEP 25   NAMBOUR ORIGINALS 1st anniversary concert 4pm

Sep 30th  the  UPFRONT CLUB , Maleny.

Oct   28th    THE  SOUNDLOUNGE, Currumbin, Gold Coast. With L’il Fi Doors 7.30pm

Oct 30th  QUEENS STREET MALL , Brisbane from 12 noon

 

NOVEMBER 5th  The J. Noosa.

With a host of stars for the J’s  5th Birthday celebration.

Times to follow

 

 

 Alan and Kristin have just returned from 3 months overseas where they had some fantastic reunion concerts with Alan Doherty, Mark Heffernan and Dave Hingerty of the old Irish Barleyshakes line from 10 years ago. They also travelled around mainland Europe making music in France, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Prague and the UK. Back to the hard old slog here in Sunny Queensland where Alan is working on his second album of indie stuff which he says is heavily influenced by the Ocean, and of course surfing. All other members are mad busy experimenting with lots of exciting musical projects.

Erin Sulman is also drumming for the Lamplights and the infamous  Aussie Boogaloo  covers band.

Steve Cook continues to work with Tolca Mor and in duo format with Alan. Steve aslo tours Australian Schools regularly for Musica Viva. And also runs the Malent cleltic Winter School.

Kristin Kelly is on her 7th year running a very succesful strings program at the Noosa Pengari Steiner school as well as performing with Alan in the duo project,”Ku Rua” who only just released their debut CD. Kristin has also just joined the Meridian grid, a highly experimental sextet of virtuoso instrumentalists bound on a collision course with improvisation along to Kineasology tuning forks!

Belinda Ford continues to teach an extensive music program at Villa Nova school in Brisbane, and has a new Brisbane based Celtic trio in the works.

Alan continues his run of solo shows using a looping device, bodhran, djembae, guitar, a Koscillator synth, he also has launched a new band for his more rock influenced compositions.The Debut album is in the mixing stages as we type.

Also a new project called AK with young a gifted Brisbane metal drummer Ty Skinner is in the works.

 

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  1. jenni eden April 1st, 2011 7:38 am

    Hi to you all,
    Just come back from Pt Fairy Folk Festival. What a great festival it is. Have to tell you how much I enjoyed seeing you perform, in fact I went twice and bought your last CD. Enjoyed festival so much have booked accommodation for next year. Hope to see you again soon. I live in a beautiful coastal town called Victor Harbor which is in South Australia.

    All the best to you, keep on playing.

  2. Alan April 11th, 2011 1:58 am

    Thanks for coming to see us Jenni Eden, love the sound of your name, and Victor Harbour deserves a visit and a few tunes form the Barleyshakes. We love prt Fairy Festival and will jump at the chance to go back.

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