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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.
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.
Lucy MacNeil, Angels Whisper; Maggie's Wake, Maggie's Wake; Solidaridad Tango, Distancia; Miles Zurawell, Far Afield; Producer Pushing the Boundaries Vincent Appelby — Marie Onile, Les mots, l'élan et la chance; David Boulanger — La Bottine Souriante, Domino! Jason Burnstick and Nadia Burnstick — Burnstick, Made of Sin
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Performers have included Rita MacNeil, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, This Hour Has 22 Minutes' Cathy Jones, Lorne Elliot, and the Barra-MacNeils. The company has also produced more than 45 mainstage shows, along with a score of Atlantic-themed dinner theatres, musical revues, and other performance events and playwriting/reading workshops.
However, according to a 1962 decree by the Lord Lyon, the chiefs of MacNeil of Barra are chiefs of the whole name of MacNeil by Scots law [1] until such time as the MacNeils of Colonsay acquire a Chief of their own. The last Clan Chief of the Clan McNeill of Colonsay was Alexander Malcolm McNeill who was born in New Zealand in 1899 and ...
The Barra MacNeils, singing group; John Beardman, abstract painter; Kate Beaton, webcomic artist from Mabou, winner of the 2009 Doug Wright Award for "Best Emerging Talent" Nathan Bishop, singer-songwriter from Celtae; Kay Boutilier, singer, perhaps better known as "My Name is Kay"