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The Barra MacNeils are a Canadian musical group from Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. The founding members of the group are siblings Sheumas, Kyle, Stewart, and Lucy MacNeil. [1] [2] In 2005, two additional brothers, Ryan and Boyd, joined the band. The Scottish island of Barra is the ancestral home of Clan MacNeil.
The song was later adopted as part of the regular repertoire of folk groups like Cockersdale (England), The Clark Family Group which includes Timothy Jeffery Clark, Simon Clark, Noah Clark and Sophia Clark (Bridgewater, Nova Scotia) and The Barra MacNeils (Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia).
Nationalistic and patriotic songs; National anthem "O Canada" ... This is a list of bands from Canada. ... The Barra MacNeils (1980–) Barrage (1996–2012)
Rita MacNeil CM ONS (May 28, 1944 – April 16, 2013) was a Canadian singer and songwriter from the community of Big Pond on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island.Her biggest hit, "Flying On Your Own", was a crossover Top 40 hit in 1987 and was covered by Anne Murray the following year, although she had hits on the country and adult contemporary charts throughout her career.
1993 – The Barra MacNeils on their album Closer to Paradise, #23 Canadian charts, [30] and Let Loose (1996, #65 UK as a single, and on the album Rollercoaster). [ 31 ] 2012 – Tedeschi Trucks Band did a live version on their album Everybody's Talkin' .
1995: The Barra MacNeils, on their album The Question, reached #50 in the Canadian AC charts [22] 1996: Belinda Carlisle, on her album A Woman and a Man; 2000: Dennis Locorriere, on his album Out of the Dark (as the singer for Dr. Hook, he performed on the original version of the song) 2005: Bobby Bare, on his album The Moon Was Blue
The music of Canada's Maritime provinces has included many artists from both the traditional and pop genres, and is mostly European in origin. The traditional genre is dominated by the music brought to the region by the European settlers, the most well known of which are the Scots & Irish celtic and Acadian traditions.
Kevin Breit is a Canadian musician. Breit has collaborated in numerous bands, and recorded solo albums on his own Poverty Playlist label, and Stony Plain Records. He is also known for session work on Grammy award winning albums by musicians such as Cassandra Wilson and Norah Jones.