Barleyjuice

Barleyjuice's first recording titled, strangely enough, "Barleyjuice" was steeped in traditional bagpipe and Celtic vocal songs, but by their second album, "Another Round," more than half of the material was original. Encouraged with numerous comparisons to Shane MacGowan and the Pogues, Tom Waits, Ronnie Drew, the Rolling Stones, even Monty Python, they continued to add their own original tunes as well as trad favorites, and the result has been phenomenal. Their tongue-in-cheek element delights audiences thoroughly, thanks in large to the musical prowess with which the witty material is presented. The six members pilot a barrage of instruments - guitar, fiddle, accordion, bagpipes, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, banjo, tinwhistle, piano, bass and drums. In the past year, Barleyjuice released a third album, Six Yanks, and stretched their avid fanbase across America and into Europe with the help of such fan sites as MySpace, and a seamless live show. 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.

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