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The new Voices & Harps CD "Affinity" is being released worldwide in June 2013.
It features four newly written songs, traditional songs and a cover of the Christopher Cross hit 'Sailing'

Review of Affinity
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Live information 2013
2nd - 12th April Voices & Harps tour of the Netherlands www.moyabrennan.com
www.voicesandharps.com
19th - 21st April

Tionól - Irish music festival
St. Louis, Missouri

www.tionol.org
24th April Joe's Pub, New York City
With Ashley Davis
www.daisyrings.com
8th June

Instore performance at Celtic  Note music shop

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18th June

Steeple Sessions, Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
Voices & Harps concert with Moya Brennan

www.steeplesessions.com
21th - 23rd June Voices & Harps workshop weekend
Gaoth Dobhair, Co. Donegal
www.voicesandharps.com
30th June - 5th July An Chúirt Chruitireachta - Festival of Irish Harp
An Grianán, Termonfechin, Co Louth
www.cairdenacruite.com
18-21 July Somerset Harp Festival
NJ, USA
www.somersetharpfest.com
2nd August Harp Festival,
Viggiano, Italy
 
20th - 26th August Beyond Breaking Glass with Hazel O'Connor
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
www.hazeloconnorofficial.com
30th August - 1st September Kansas City Irish Fest with Ashley Davis
www.daisyrings.com
5th October Barcó - The De Barra Brothers live
O'Carolan Harp Festival, Nobber, Co. Meath
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New website up and run!
Trad Irish Music.com
Cormac DeBarra has been nominated for an IMA Award in the following categories:

Top Harpist

Review »» Tarraing Téad / Pulling Strings - Cormac De Barra & Máire Breatnach
Irish Times 27th August 2010
" Although Máire has collaborated closely with Cormac De Barra on her last CD, Cranna Ceoil , this is the pair’s first recording as a duo. A finely spun tribute to our rich harping tradition, from the finesse of the opener, Planxty Sudley or Carolan’s Dowry, to the pinprick precision of Miss Hamilton, composed by 18th-century Kerry composer Cornelius Lyons, Pulling Strings is a celebration of the magic that can flow between harp and fiddle and viola, with ample space between the notes for the melodies to find full expression. There’s a depth of interpretation here that will surely lure its share of new listeners to the music. Fionán de Barra contributes occasional subtle guitar accompaniment, but this album soars on the energy of harp and viola, richly arranged."
4 Stars - Siobhán Long, The Irish Times, 27/08/2010 »»more detail


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Music
Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra / Voices & Harps
© BEO Records 2011
1. My Match Is A Makin' (Tá Mo Chleamhnas á Dhéanamh)
2. She Moved Through The Fair
3. An Seanduine Dóite
4. Casadh Mo Chroí
5. Crann Úll
6. Carolan's Concerto
7. Longing To See You
8. Bean Dubh a' Ghleanna
9. Táim Breoite Go Leor
10. Go Brách
11. The Streets Of Derry
12. Hobknobs**** (iTunes Bonus Track)
Maire Breatnach & Cormac De Barra / Pulling Strings
© Máire Breatnach & Cormac De Barra 2010
1. Planxty Sudley
2. The Orphan, Paddy in London & The Rolling Wave
3. Mrs Bermingham
4. An Chúil Duibh Réidh
5. The Musical Priest & Major Harrison's Fedora
6. Eleanor Plunkett
7. Henry MacDermott Roe
8. Miss Hamilton
9. Moran's Return
10. Sliabh na mBan
11. Molly Nic Ailpín
12. The Swaggering Jig,Drops of Brandy & Hardiman the Fiddler
Karin Leitner & Cormac de Barra / Music of Great Irish Houses
© Karin Leitner & Cormac de Barra 2007
1. The Humours of Tuaimgréine
2. Down by the Sally Gardens
3. Brian Boru's March
4. O'Carolans Draught
5. Mrs Cole
6. O'Carolan's Concerto
7. Siciliano
8. Tabhair dom do Lámh
9. Lascia che pianga
10. Limericks Lament
11. Little Fountain
12. Sicilienne
13. Madame Maxwell
14. O' Carolan's Cottage
Anne-Marie O'Farrell - Cormac DeBarra/ Double Strung
© --- --- 2005
1. George Brabazon & Planxty Hewlett
2. Recuerdos de la Alhambra
3. An dTiocfaidh Tú Abhaile Liom? & Port Chúil Aodha
4. Passacaglia for Two Harps
5. The Humours of Ballyconnell & The Graf Spey
6. Caisleán Uí Néill
7. Song of the Chanter & Allistrum’s March
8. The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
9. Chanson dans la Nuit
10.Miss MacDermott & Lady Gethin
11.The Gander in the Pratie Hole & The Queen of the Rushes
12.Farewell to Music
13. The Tailor’s Twist and The Spey in Spate
Cormac DeBarra / Barcó / © Cormac De Barra 2003
1. Hob Knobs
2. George Brabazon/Planxty Hewlett
3. Madam Cole
4. Do Chuirfinnse Féin
5. Sgt. Early's Dream
6. Colliers Set
7. Mr. O'Connor
8. Gander in the Pratie Hole/Queen of the Rushes
9. Slán le Ceol
10.Úna Bhán
11.Monaghan Jig
12.Booterstown Manoeuvres
13. Custard Cream Set
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