Barrule 2013 studio album Released by Easy On The Record May 2013 It is not often that you see music from Isle of Man storming its way so forcefully though the Celtic folk world but it’s mostly certainly good to see. The band Barrule consists of three young men playing a variety of accordion and… Read more »
BARRULE www.barruletrio.com ***** From October last year, I’ve been bursting to tell you about a simply wonderful, fabulous album, simply overflowing with Manx music and hidden, rich culture, laden with shimmering fiddle, banjo, piano accordion, bouzouki and soaring, gritty vocals… the trouble is, Jamie Smith, the South Wales accordion wizard and prolific composer, had at… Read more »
Barrule ‘Barrule’ CD/DL Released 20th May 2013 An acoustic trio who are set to place that small island in the Irish Sea securely on the folk map, Barrule (or Baarool in the Manx Gaelic tongue which features in several of the songs on the album) give their name to their self titled debut album. Taking… Read more »
Barrule: Barrule (Wardfell Records) ANOTHER young band with an exciting sound is the trio from the Isle of Man called Barrule. Named after a legendary Manx mountain, the band comprises 19-year-old fiddle-player Tomas Callister, accordion player Jamie Smith (of Mabon) and Adam Rhodes on bouzouki. It’s an interesting acoustic blend and songs such as The… Read more »
Barrule Wardfell Records (55 mins) *** Barrule take their name from the second highest peak in the Isle of Man – home to the Celtic god Manannan Mac Lir, who is summoned in the second track of Tomás Callister, Adam Rhodes and Jamie Smith’s debut album. This follows ‘Mylecharaine’s March’, the tune that became the… Read more »
Barrule Wardfell Records, EOTRCD02 Barrule is the debut album from a trio called Barrule, three young men, all already at the top of their game. Jamie Smith (Mabon) on accordion, Tomas Callister on fiddle, and Adam Rhodes playing bouzouki. They are joined on this recording by other musicians from Marish, adding all kinds of colour… Read more »
Barrule Easy On The Records Wardfell Records, EOTR02, £13.99 **** Tomas Callister, Jamie Smith and Adam Rhodes (plus half a dozen guest musos) lead this innovative charge into the music of the Isle of Man, and can all play very, very well on fiddle, piano box and bouzouki. The album vocals are split between accordionist… Read more »
Barrule: Barrule EOTR, £13.99 * * * * This eponymously titled debut album from the young Manx trio of fiddler Tomás Callister, accordionist Jamie Smith and Adam Rhodes on bouzouki, plus guests, aims to elevate the profile of their island’s music. Players of conviction and passion, they make a fine job of it. Taking their… Read more »
Barrule **** Wardfell Records The Isle of Man may be the last untapped treasure-house of traditional music in the British Isles. Untapped until now, that is, for here are Barrule to change all that. That there aren’t other Manx bands but they’ve kept themselves a secret. Barrule are Jamie Smith and Adam Rhodes of Mabon… Read more »
Barrule Wardfell Records EOTRCD02 Douglas, the last frontier… well maybe not but there it sits in the middle of the Irish Sea and we haven’t been paying it enough attention. Apart from motor bikes, Christine Collister and an incoming radio bloke named Kershaw, the Isle of Man hasn’t exactly been on music’s radar. in a… Read more »