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November 20, 2012

Brisk sales spur additional Christmas shows for Barra MacNeils in Halifax and Glace Bay

(Halifax, NS) – Celebrating their 25 years in the music business, Cape Breton siblings the Barra MacNeils are adding new shows to their Christmas tour. A matinee has been added at the Savoy Theatre at 3 pm on Saturday December 22 and a matinee has been added at 4 pm at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium […]

August 22, 2012

Barra MacNeils with Nova Scotia LT. Governor

July 28, 2012

Barra MacNeils to headline 56th annual Broad Cove concert

Cape Breton Post BROAD COVE — The Barra MacNeils will headline one of the longest-running summertime traditions in Cape Breton this weekend. The 56th annual Broad Cove Scottish Concert is set to take place Sunday with a long list of the island’s most talented fiddlers, pipers, dancers and singers set to take the stage. The […]

July 14, 2012

CBC Canada Live July 11 concert 1: Barra MacNeils

Recorded at The World Trade & Convention Center in Halifax, NS. When it comes to getting an audience out of their seats and onto the dance floor, there are few bands better than The Barra MacNeils. This family band from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia has been touring the world for over twenty years with their […]

June 21, 2012

Barra MacNeils to play at Strathspey Place, Mabou

Cape Breton Post Mabou – Strathspey Place will welcome The Barra MacNeils to the stage this fall. The well-known family band, featuring siblings Stewart, Sheumas, Kyle, Lucy, Boyd and Ryan, will perform at the theatre in Mabou, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will go on sale Monday at 1 p.m. through the Strathspey Place […]

May 7, 2012

Music Monday 2012 unites Canadian students in coast-to-coast day of celebration.

Hundreds of thousands students fill the skies with song to celebrate music education Newswire SYDNEY, NS – Hundreds of thousands of students from cities and towns across Canada are uniting in song today to raise awareness about the importance of music education. On Music Monday, students and teachers take their music programs outdoors and into […]

April 22, 2012

Symphony Nova Scotia

Photos from our Symphony Nova Scotia recording. We had such a wonderful time doing this!

The Barra MacNeils celebrate 25 Years

By Dan McPeake, !earshot The Barra MacNeils have been Canada’s Celtic Ambassadors for 25 years and celebrate with the Symphony Orchestra. “It’s what we grew up with” states Stuart MacNeil, thinking back to the origins of the Barra MacNeils 25 years ago. MacNeil and his siblings, Lucy, Sheamus, and Kyle,have established themselves as Canada’s Celtic […]

April 21, 2012

Latest CD features the six C.B. siblings sharing 20 instruments, with SNS adding overdrive

Stephen Cooke, Halifax Herald CAPE BRETON’S BARRA MACNEILS are like an orchestra unto themselves, with its five brothers and one sister sharing 20 instruments between them, over a bass-and-drums rhythm section. Their sound is powerful to be sure, so imagine their fiery reels and poignant ballads amplified by Symphony Nova Scotia. It’s like James Cameron […]