Barleyjuice on tap at the Carroll Arts Center
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Get ready to Sham-ROCK!!! The “juice” will be flowing as the high energy Celtic-Rock band Barleyjuice returns to the stage of the Carroll Arts Center for two live concerts on Friday March 9 and Saturday March 10 at 8 pm.
Barleyjuice are a beloved bunch of hooligans who were born out of Rock and Roll, reared on British Invasion, Country Western and Progressive Rock, and landed somewhere in the North Channel with a penchant for all things Celtic. Kyf Brewer, Keith “Swanny” Swanson, Shelley Weiss, Eric Worthington, and Gregor Schroeder welcome you to their playground of musical misbehavior. Kilts may be the preferred dress, but bagpipes, fiddle, accordion, mandolin, bouzouki, whistle, piano, harmonica, bass and drums cover them nicely even when they turn up naked!
Ireland has been called the land of “happy war songs” and “sad love songs,” and no one sings and celebrates this irony more than Barleyjuice, one of the most beloved Celtic bands in the Country. Barleyjuice’s first recording was steeped in traditional bagpipe and Celtic singing songs. By their second album, “Another Round,” Swanson and Brewer had written more than half of the material. Encouraged with numerous comparisons to Shane MacGowan & the Pogues, Tom Waits, Ronnie Drew, the Rolling Stones, even Monty Python, they staved on with their own original tunes as well as traditional favorites. Their tongue-in-cheek element delights audiences thoroughly, in addition to, as Brewer notes, making it difficult for them to sing properly. In 2006, Barleyjuice released a third album, “Six Yanks,” and stretched their avid fan base across America and into Europe. Celticradio.net listeners voted “What’s Up Yours?” Song of the Year for 2005. In 2006, “Six Yanks” made #14 on Paddy Rock Radio’s Top Twenty short list (paddyrock.com), and “Whiskey To The Sea” was listener-voted ShowStopper Track on CelticFolkPod.com’s last show of the year.
Tickets are $25 for Adults and $23 for CCAC Members, Seniors 60+ and Students 18 & Under. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.CarrollCountyArtsCouncil.org or by calling 410/848-7272. The Carroll Arts Center is located in a restored art deco movie theatre in downtown Westminster at 91 West Main Street.
May 22, 2012 | 