“THE BARRA MacNeils bring their family’s Cape Breton sound to the North Shore with a show at.
» the Centennial Theatre on Sunday, April 2.

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“THE. BARRA: MacNeils of
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia,
bring their. family brand of
Canadian-Celtic music to . the

Centennial Theatre in North —

Vancouver, 8 p.m. April 2.

“Steeped in the ways of step-
| dancing, celtic harp, . bodhran,
», accordion and. fiddle since they
“were children. joining in- at family
céilidhs (musical gatherings). The
Barre MacNeils were professional
* vets by the age of 10.”

The band is shooting fora fall
“release of its next album and _ will
*, tour the U.K.; Scolland and Ireland

in the fall as well.

The group's two most recent
dises, 7a Traditional . Albtn,
released last year on: PolyGram
Records .und 1993's Closer to
Paradise, also on PolyGram, show.
well the two stylistic streams of the
group.

The Traditional: Album is what
the tithe might imply, a Cape Breton
traditional fiddle fest.

Closer to Paradise pushes the
Toots musie further in the direction
of the mainstream,

Stewart MacNeil was on-line
Wednesday from Victoria, where
the group was playing.

Michael: East Coast music seems
to be doing well right now. What’s
your spin on this trend?

Stewart: “I suppose a big part of

it is that it is being promoted. The!

music has always been there. It's
packaged better and the artists are
really taking a lot of initiative.

“Is fair to say that a Jot of peo-
pie still just play for their own enter-
tainment.”

Michael: Is the ‘hind of music
heard on The Traditional Album
something that is still widely
heard and played back home?
Stewart: “Ya. A tot of is. music
that we heard growing up and lunes
we picked up along the way, Some

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of those tunes are contemporary

tunes written in traditional style.
“I's a living tradition, not some-

thing that comes out of a wax muse-

un.”

Michael: Can you share some of

the ‘challenges. and benefits of .

working closely with family?
Stewart: “It's. very hard to look at

that unbiased. 1 think considering

how much time we do spend togeth-

er we get along very weil, The .

music is the main focus. Our music

is staying interesting and the shows”

keep getting better and better. {t just
seems to make sense for us."

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