Barr Bros. Massey Hall review (06.20.14)

The Barr Brothers - Kisses From Chelsea

 


The Barr Brothers perform "Kisses From Chelsea" from their self-titled debut album live at the National Arts Centre's 4th Stage theatre (Ottawa, ON) on Saturday March 3rd, 2012.


Brad Barr interview (Church of the Redeemer 04.10.10)

This interview was conducted after a truly religious performance by fellow Rhode Island natives The Low Anthem which held the audience in a quiet thrall. Brad and I had caught up a bit, loaded out their gear and stopped to chat in the cloister of the church behind the pulpit beneath a giant stained glass figuring the long Road to Emmaus.

LB: Tell me about your new member?

BB: Andy (Andres Riel) is an amazing guy.

LB: Where did you meet him?

BB: I met him about 3 or 4 years ago at a jam session at Barfly he was playing bebop... we were just talking about you...

LB: ...Bad shit...

BB: ...He was playing wicked piano in the bar he was playing bebop almost like Count Basie style comping, I loved how he accompanied everyone who was soloing, his solos were good, but he’d really accompany everyone really well that was what really got me.

LB: And you have an ear for that obviously.

BB: Almost a year went by and I needed to record a piano piece so he has a studio, I used his studio, he came to a show that night and he told me if I ever needed someone to play in the band he would love to, so I took him on it.

LB: You finally went with Barr Bros. I think that makes a lot of sense. These guys the Avett Brothers are doing quite well with the brother thing. And these guys the Felice Brothers who I thought were underground New York subway musicians until they popped up on the fucking undercard of Dave Matthews tour.

BB: No shit?

LB: Yeah seriously so just stick with the brothers thing it seems to be some sort of trend in modern music.

BB: Haha, It seemed like you know we were trying to come up with names for what we do (superlittle, Berithen Berio) and there’s alot of different situations we play in.

LB: There’s fraternalism too, it’s at the core of what you do.

BB: And it was too lonely to just be ‘Brad Barr’ cause I’m writing all the songs but Andrew’s been with me every step.

LB: It’s clearly a group.

BB: He’s been making his, he’s been making decisions about how the music comes out- more he actually called The Low Anthem to see if they had a spot on this tour.

LB: And I guess you guys are back next week opening for someone at the Horseshoe.

BB: Plants and Animals

LB: Okay well why don’t we wrap this up here and we’ll catch up there.