The Barr Brothers Old Mythologies - Official Video Released

Remember that time when videos were the defacto standard for promoting bands and getting music played on music video channels like MTV and MuchMusic?  Remember the time even before that when we had Friday Night Videos and the Canadian version called "Good Rockin' Tonight" with Terry David Mulligan hosting?  In the age of YouTube, we now see musicians producing videos for a much smaller production fee, with a much higher quality and value.  The equipment, technology and talent resources available seems to make it much easier and to pull off.  A band IP doesn't need to pay a network to play their video anymore.  They can simply produce a music video and upload it to YouTube for free.

The Barr Brothers just released a video for one of their songs from their eponymous album on YouTube.  Enjoy.

Barr Brothers at NAC in Ottawa [3 Videos]

Kisses From Chelsea 

Video from Ollie

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Barr Brothers Get Extended By Horns, Winds and Strings

What is so wonderful about the Barr Brothers music is that it starts out so simple.  They songs can be arranged on one guitar, a trio, and probably extended an endless array of musicians.  The first two vids are an example of single guitar solo version by Brad, the second is the Barr Brothers arrangement for 4 instruments, and the final example is one showing what their gorgeous songs can sound like with 8 musicians.

Brad Barr Solo: Ooh Belle

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The Barr Brothers to Play David Letterman

The Barr Brothers have sent a little bit of wonderful news via email regarding their upcoming gig on the Late Show with David Letterman and subsequent tourdates as well which you'll find after the jump.

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Bonne année / Happy New Year to all!

Thanks to everyone who came out to our shows and picked up our album in 2011.  We feel really fortunate to have played for such inspiring audiences at just about every stop. Since we officially released our debut album in September, the response has completely exceeded any expectations we may or may not have had.  We're looking forward to heading back out on the road for many more shows and adventures.

​ We're starting 2012 out with some exciting news.  First, we'll be performing on Late Night with David Letterman this Thursday, January 5th at 11:35pm.  Brad and Andrew's mom, Nancy Verde Barr, was on Letterman 25 years ago, as Julia Child's assistant when she prepared a hamburger for Dave, which he ate raw because the power went off on the stove (not our mom's fault - click here to watch!).  Hopefully he'll remember.

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Strombo to feature Barr Brothers in Christmas Special

from Cbc.ca

Christmas can be a lonely time of year - especially for Mrs. Claus. While her husband is off delivering gifts, what's an abandoned wife to do? The Barr Brothers have a thought: Mrs. Claus could spend the evening with someone else...

This performance is from our Holiday Music Special - catch the whole thing, including performances from Down With Webster, Paul Anka, Coeur de Pirate, Adam Cohen and lots more, tonight (December 23rd) at 11:05 pm, and again on Christmas Day at 11:00 pm.

Merry Xmas from the Barr Brothers

Barr Brothers on CBC Radio

The Barr Brothers are happy to announce the premiere airing of a project called Rendez-Vous that they embarked on back in chilly December with their wonderful friend and collaborator Marie-Pierre Arthur. This is a meeting of two musicians from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, who come together to create and perform in a spirit of sharing and exploration. Be prepared to hear Marie-Pierre Arthur's song Le Vent m'appelle par mon prénom, spun with even more magic and The Barr Brothers Cloud (for Lhasa) translated beautifully into French and interpreted by Marie-Pierre Arthur.

Tune-in : Friday, May 13th TOMORROW!

@ 3:30pm - Radio 2 Drive - 93.5 FM in Montreal or online at http://www.cbc.ca/listen/index.html
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@ 4:30pm - Espace Musique - 100,7 FM in Montreal or online www.radio-canada.ca/espacemusique

Make sure to check www.radio-canada.ca/espacemusique for live footage of the session starting on Friday, May 13th as well.

Check out their next show - The Barr Brothers : June 3rd @ Cabaret Mile-End  http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190280561018681

Next live show for Marie-Pierre Arthur : June 15th @ L'Astral with Albin de la Simone and Sasha Toorop at FrancoFolies de Montreal

Barr Brothers Live Video on Routes: Montreal

 Brad and Andrew Barr

The Barr Brothers recently played an intimate live show in Montreal for CBC's Routes.  Here is the CBC recording of the rare and wonderful event.

The Barr Brothers Brad and Andrew, are the core of the well-respected Boston rock outfit The Slip. For the past 2 years they have been sucked up into the Montreal musical community. Brad Barr has a growing rep as one of this city's tightest guitarists, while brother Andrew can create excitement on the drums a la Keith Moon. Montreal harpist Sarah Pagé adds a rich harmonic layer as well as much intriguing electronic processing. The multi-instrumentalist Andreas Vial fills out the band with an assortment of keyboards and bass instruments.

Elizabeth Powell is the leader of Canadian cult heroes Land of Talk and together they produced one of the most memorable of Routes Montreal's concerts. There is a sense that the Barr Brothers band is on a mission, Brad says, " I'm going to keep plugging away, keep writing, and I have a studio here in Montreal that I'm at every day. I'm just going to try to keep one upping myself I guess.'

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The Barr Brothers - Old Mythologies

Sweet video of the Barr Brothers live in Burlington, VT.