| Dublin-based Waterford Musician Added to the Prestigious EUROSONIC FESTIVAL |
| TOUR DATES DECLAN DE BARRA 2007 |
| "Throw Your Arms Around Me" |
| “Song of a Thousand Birds” |
DECLAN
DE BARRA Dublin-based Waterford Musician Added to the Prestigious EUROSONIC FESTIVAL ::: Joining THE CORONAS & FIGHT LIKE APES to represent Ireland ::: www.declandebarra.com ~ www.myspace.com/declandebarra |
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Dublin, Ireland — 15 Nov. 2008 — Organisers of the prestigious
Eurosonic festival have invited Irish singer Declan
de Barra to represent Ireland at the festival in Groningen
in January after they happened to catch one of his shows in the Netherlands.
Irish singer Declan de Barra is reaping the dividends from casting his net wide and touring constantly overseas. The organisers of Eurosonic happened to catch one of Declan's shows in the Netherlands and promptly invited him to play the prestigious festival in Groningen this January. de Barra has just released his second album "A Fire to scare the Sun" on Cargo throughout mainland Europe. An Irish release is planned for January 09. The album features Cora Venus Lunny, James Dunne from the RTE Symphony Orchestra, Mary Barneccutt from Vyvienne Long's Band and Brian Hogan from Kíla and is already drawing in Rave reviews around Europe. Other Irish acts selected to play are Fight Like Apes and the Coronas. Among the major European acts who have broken through as a result of the Eurosonic Festival are Magic Numbers, Peter Bjorn and John, Klaxons, Nouvelle Vague, Franz Ferdinand, Kaizers Orchestra, Ojos de Brujo, Mando Diao, Junior Senior, The Libertines, The Beatsteaks, Avril, Jose Gonzalez, The Concretes, Moneybrother, and many others. Press
photo here: http://declandebarra.com/old_press.html |
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Ireland ...
"Declan' s voice is the instrument 99% of this worlds bands will never learn to play. You can give me a piano or violin and Declan and I think I could live forever knowing it won't get better than that." |
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de Barra is one of the brightest lights to shine from the neo singer
& songwriter scene flourishing in Ireland. When his first solo album "Song of a Thousand Birds" was released, media literarily lavished praise on the man and his voice. In their attempts to categorize and define him they chose the cream of musicians to compare him with, from Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, Anthony and the Johnsons to Tim Buckley. And yet none of these comparisons even come close to succeed in describing the richness of his voice and the depth of his songs… Please read more about de Barra below - and please contact us if you are interested in booking Declan de Barra for your venue or festival. We will provide you with sound material and further information with great pleasure. For
a first impression you can also listen to Declan de Barra at Myspace
/ Declan
de Barra/or view video on Declan´s
website
MEDIA ABOUT DECLAN DE BARRA "Song of a Thousand Birds" is the dark highlight of the beginning of this year, an absolute must for every fan of singer/songwriter music from Nick Cave et al. and of Irish sounds. Phenomenal !" "The intensity of de Barra´s voice is breath taking, as is the musical mélange created from fragile, sparsely arranged acoustic folk with a lot of Celtic flavour." "It is one of the most captivating voices I have ever heard, deep and intensive, always powerful … Within this whole singer-songwriter-hype there are only a few candidates that truly convince me, because they come across honestly and uncontrived. Maybe it also impresses me that this man is living his art - probably in it's purest but also most volatile form " "Thanks to his voice and the intensity of his music critics have made comparisons with Jeff Buckley and Antony & The Johnsons. In contrast to those Declan de Barra has remained faithful to his roots... Success seems to interest him a lot less than the direct contact with his audience..." "A
passionate invoking, enthralling, defiant singer. One like this
does not come from pop academies or casting competitions. He sings
in the most individual way about subjects that burn his soul. TOUR DATES DECLAN DE BARRA 2007 Jan
11 DE - Freiburg - Venue: Freiburg Cultural Fair BOOKING NETWORK
Declan de Barra: We are looking
forward to talking with you or receiving a mail from you and will
provide you Website Declan
de Barra at Griot: http://www.griot.de/06biodeclandebarra.html Thank you in
advance - best wishes and kind regards, PS: Get more information about our programme on our website: GRIOT ONLINE More artists on tour 2007 Andy Narell
* Chiwoniso * Declan de Barra * Gcina Mhlophe * Goldfish * Hugh
Masekela * Inemo |
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week has been a great one for Declan de Barra. He
releases the third single "Throw Your Arms Around Me"
from his internationally critically aclaimed debut album "Song
of a Thousand Birds" and announces his signing with
American Indie label Translation Loss Records distributed
by Red/Sony North America. Declan has spent the year building up a solid following across Europe after signing up with the Griot Agency and gaining rave reviews for his debut album. Now he will take his unique voice across the water to The States and Canada with the release of "Song of a Thousand Birds" on CD and Vinyl.
TRANSLATION LOSS RECORDS SIGNS DECLAN DE BARRA Translation
Loss Records is extremely overjoyed to announce the signing of our
first overseas artist, Ireland's very ownsinger/songwriter, Declan
de Barra. Declan, who has been working as an independent musician
since the age of 18, has previously released records and toured
the world with his former outfits "Non Intentional Lifeform"
and "Clann Zu." His first band "NIL" was released
through You can hear select tracks from Declan de Barra's stunning debut "Song Of A Thousand Birds" here: www.myspace.com/translationlossrecords http://www.myspace.com/declandebarra You can also catch a live TV performance of the song "Throw your arms around me" from "Song Of A Thousand Birds" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9JnQh2IDhA
November 11 - GERMANY - Frankfurt Oder - Venue: Transvokale November 12 - POLAND - Poznan - Venue: Kisielice November 13 - POLAND - Katowice - Venue: Cogitatur November 14 - POLAND - Krakow - Venue: B-Side November 28 - GERMANY - Nürnberg - Venue: Karstadt Kulturcafé November 29 - NETHERLANDS - Tilburg - Venue: - 013 club (Supporting Woost) December 1 - NETHERLANDS - Nijmegen - Venue: - de Onderbroek December 2 - GERMANY - Gladbeck - Venue: Galleria December 3 - GERMANY - ESSEN - Venue: Kulturkirche (MORNING SHOW) December 3 - GERMANY - Gelsenkirchen - Venue: L.O.N. December 5 - GERMANY - Ingolstadt - Venue: Kleinkunstbühne Neue Welt December
12 - IRELAND - Dublin - Venue: Temple Bar Music Centre Jan 11 - GERMANY - Freiburg - Venue: Freiburg Cultural Fair |
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Declan
de Barra
“Song of a Thousand Birds” March 31st on Rogue Goat (Distributed By Gael Linn) Featuring the singles “Blackbird
Song” & “Apple Tree” |
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Album Launch "Song of a Thousand Birds" is released in Ireland March 31 on Rogue Goat (Distributed by Gael Linn). Declan will be launching the album at Crawdaddy in Dublin on March 25th with the CHOICE MUSIC PRIZE Winner Julie Feeney supporting. |
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