Barde - Barde [full album]
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- Barde were a folk group from Montreal formed in 1973, playing mostly Celtic reels and jigs. Their debut, self-titled album was released in 1977 and it's truly a masterpiece of Celtic folk music!
Side A
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Jack McCann (Jack McCann, the Battle of Aughrim) - 00:00
Julia Delaney (Le reel de la sorcière)- 03:09
L’île noire (the Trowie burn, the Dark island)- 05:58
La queue de l'hirondelle (Whelan's jig, the Swallow's tail, Coleman's cross) - 09:47
Le violon accordé comme une viole - 13:08
Fanny Power - 15:31
Side B
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La gigue de George Brabazon - 19:08
Les Trois hommes noirs - 20:50
La suite du Cap Breton (the Skye gathering march, the Boy's lament for his dragon, Angus Rankin)- 26:23
Banshee (the Boy in the gap, the Banshee, the Music in the glen)- 29:57
P stands for Paddy - 34:00
What a fantastic group it was! Quel groupe fantastique des années 70! J'étais leur fan inconditionnel. Je les écoute toujours aujourd'hui, en 2018.
First heard Barde in concert in Mayo Yukon in 1979(?). Then got one of the last albums in Whitehorse. The best Irish music I've ever heard.
This album was on permanent rotation in the van when my brother Stan and I were touring all over North America back in the day. I'm a little shocked to be reminded there were only 6 guys in the band, They always looked and sounded like more on stage. One of the best live acts I have ever seen, and we became friends with the lads, and brothers on the road, as they were on the same insane, doomed trajectory we were on...trying to make a living playing acoustic music in the 70's The 4th cut, where I believe it is Chris Crilly singing in Irish Gaelic (?) was the object of a brutal parody in the van, where the three of us, me, Stan and the bass player, David Eadie sang random German army orders and phrases to that lovely tune. We thought it was hilariously funny...but we, of course, were drunk as farts. Wonderful to hear this on a cold afternoon.
Can't believe Garnet Rogers commented on this post and no one picked up on it. My connect-the-dots of traditional music has come full circle on this UA-cam page. Love it
Hi Garnet, I'm enjoying a "modern day" style of reading Night Drive, which means stopping to listen to musicians you talk about every few pages. So, here I am at chapter 43 listening for the first time to Barde.
Thanks for the introduction,
Kathleen (the last twin standing)
"me, Stan and the bass player, David Eadie sang random German army orders and phrases to that lovely tune." Please tell me you have a recording of that somewhere!
Garnet's book brought me here too!
A lovely tale, thanks
Quel beau souvenir. 😀😀😀 A cette époque c'était la musique traditionnelle du Québec et nous savons tous l'importance qu'a eu la musique irlandaise dans notre culture. C'était mon mon groupe folklorique préféré par la qualité de sa musique. J'ai tellement écouté ce disque que je l'ai usé.
I was 14 when I heard this great band the first time. I come from a family of generations of Cape Breton Scottish musicians and dancers. My father was a fiddler and I took up the pipes like my mother's people did for many generations. It was the first time I heard music from other Celtic traditions and it still thrills me to hear this record. So, to the band members, thanks for a whole lifetime of joy and inspiration from your music. Nice interpretation of The Skye Gathering by the way.
What a delight to know that our music touched so many people. Folks might want to know that we have re-released the first two albums ('Barde' & 'Images') on I-Tunes, Amazon and dozens of other download sites. It took us over thirty years to get around to it but anyway... I don't know who Spyes23 is or why he/she thought of publishing our music on You Tube, but I suppose the more there is, the more there is. Get yer dancin' shoes on then! In case you're wondering the photo accompanying this post is my grandfather, Jack McCann, after whom I named the first reel I ever wrote...the first track on this album. He was the engineer on merchant vessels sailing out of Belfast Ireland during the second world war. It is his fiddle that I play.
It's so lovely to hear from you Chris! I actually bought this LP a few years ago not knowing what to expect, and I absolutely fell in love with it! It is one of my favorite LP's, and since I couldn't find it anywhere on UA-cam I felt I had to share it. (The LP is even signed by you and the rest of the band!) I hope that now that it's been re-released, it's okay for it to stay on here? I'm glad to hear you've re-released the album, it deserves more recognition, so I hope that with the re-release it will reach a new audience.
And thanks for the information, the first track is actually one of my favorites, it's nice to know the story behind it! I've even sort-of figured out how to play it, but not nearly as good as on the LP!
Thank you for your comment, and of course - the music!
Oh, and by the way - which one are you on the front cover?
Spyes23
Hi again. No that's fine. All publicity is good. I'm the grinning idiot fourth from the left, back row with his arm up on the window frame. I either hadn't yet caught the facial hair thing, or had perhaps outgrown it. That picture was taken in Victoriaville or somewhere like that during one of those interminable winter tours circa 1977. Good luck with Jack McCann. Most people who play it play it better than I do. Rodney MacDonald recorded a nice version on his CD "Dancer's Delight." I caught his act one night in Cape Breton somewhere and he played it as part of a set. When I congratulated him on his rendition he nearly fell off the stage. "You made Jack McCann?!" "I did," says I.
"&%$$###@$#" says he, "around here everyone thinks it's an American traditional tune. An you're going to put me in jail, I'm sure, 'cos I just put that tune on my new CD. Oh %$&^#$#$!" Shortly after that, Rodney became premier of Novs Scotia. Good thing I didn't put him in jail. Folk music makes the rounds in strange ways. Keep playing.
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Haha! That's great!! Must have been a pleasant surprise hearing your tune on stage! I'll be sure to check out his version. And yes - that's the way folk music gets around, one guy hears a tune, plays it, then another guy hears that, plays a slightly different version.. I guess if it didn't get around like that it wouldn't be known as folk music!
Do you still play? Does Barde have any plans for doing some shows for old-time's sake?
Anyways, I'm sure this album was a blast to record, the album cover makes it clear that you guys were having a good time doing what you were doing!
Spyes23
I'm afraid there won't be any more Barde shows. We did a few in the late 90s in Québec with my son Kieran on bodhrán. Sadly, we lost Toby Cinnsealach in 2009, Ed Moore has proven hard to find and the rest of us are fairly scattered around Canada from PEI (Richard) to Montreal (Elliot) and Vancouver (Pierre). I'm in the country near Montreal, mostly teaching, but playing and composing also. But there are tens of thousands of Celtic bandits (yourself included) from Trá Lí to Tasmania to Tuktoyaktuk to Tajikistan who are keeping the 'rigs and jeels' alive and well and that ought to take care of things for a while. Good luck.
The first time I saw Barde live was at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1978. Saturday night main stage, the place was packed back as far as you could see. The sound system was already cranked up as the first fiddle tune came from the huge speakers. Instantly thousands of people were on their feet, dancing. I've loaned my two precious records out many times, and always got them back. They were and still are one of my biggest musical influences. Awesome music!
At that same festival were Stan Rogers, Norman Blake, Valdy, Ken Bloom, Bryan Bowers, Dave Van Ronk, Fred Penner and Heather Bishop, among others. It was a magical weekend.
They were even better at the afternoon stages. As a boy of 11 I followed them everywhere and developed a lifelong love of Folk Music. Still remember Valdy just showing up unannounced with a guitar at our bonfire one night in what became overflow. A magical weekend indeed.
Cette musique fait remonter en moi toutes sortes d'émotions. Mes ancêtres Irlandais sont arrivés ici, au Québec, il y a 200 ans, en 1820. La famille s'est francisée avec les générations, mais l'Irlande ne fut et ne sera jamais oubliée.
Only thing better than this would be concert footage showing the amazing devoted fans that got on their feet for every song. Great memories of Vancouver in the early 80's where I first caught this amazing band.
OMG ! I got flashbacks from my youth rummaging my dad's record collection. This was always a favorite of mine. It made me reconnect with my Irish roots.
This is one of my all-time favourite albums of any genre! When I was a kid, I'd spend hours and hours learning to play these on my guitar. Thanks Chris and others for the soundtrack to some of the best memories I have. My girlfriend introduced me to you, and so ... i had to marry her.
MERCI TELLEMENT pour ça! Je le cherche depuis si longtemps
J’ai acheté ce disque emblématique, dans un magasin de disques usagés sur la Rue St-Denis, à Montréal,
en 1980. Ce qui m’a donné la piqûre pour la Musique Irlandaise...40 ans plus tard, ainsi que plusieurs milliers des disques ( Irlandais ) de plus...j’écoute toujours Barde et ce, toujours avec le même plaisir... Alain O’Brien
Yeah, I was a premmie back in the '70s, and so many of us followers of Guru Maharaji were fans of Barde - not many albums as full of the joy and verve as those guys. And it was the first time we'd really listened to the Celtic sound, I believe. And now I'm a piano teacher and I can see the interest in the students in this music. It calls to certain souls, all right.
You played a benefit for us at Greenpeace McGill/Montreal in ‘75 which gave us a tremendous boost and introduced me to Celtic music to boot. Forever thankful for your generosity and your collective spirit.
More frank than the French, more angelic than the English, more cultivated than the Celts, more intense than the Irish -- what delicacy and passion you guys put down on these tracks! Whenever I hear it, I want to fight and cry and dance and burst with how much life matters. Whatever nexus of culture there was in mid-1970s Montreal, you captured it. A timeless masterpiece.
I wore my copy of this album out, playing it round the clock; and I have been missing it ever since. SO happy to hear it again!
Highly recommend anyone who is interested in Canadian music, whether Canadian or not, to check out Barde on iTunes, Amazon etc. Their two albums were classic offerings in that era, up there with Stan Rogers, Kensington Market, Syrinx, David Essig, Willie P. Bennet, David Wiffen, Fraser & Debolt and many others.
I heard Barde at the Winnipeg Folk Festival as a girl in the 70's and then again a bit later at the Manitoba Theatre Warehouse. My father bought the albums and I grew up on these wonderful tunes and airs, and learned all the lyrics by heart in English and French. In my later teens, I taught myself to play the tin whistle, transfering the fancy fingering I'd learned playing the highland bagpipes. In my mid-twenties, broke and living in Toronto, I took my whistle out to the street corner and collected change in exchange for music - much of it was Barde's music. I hadn't taken the trouble to learn the names of any of the tracks when I was kid, so there I was playing songs without having any idea what their names were. I've looked periodically for Barde's music online, but only had success when I searched in French. I'm so delighted to be reacquainted with my old friends. The phrasing, harmony, bridges, and arrangements are beautiful and striking - truly unique. Many of the arrangements on the Barde albums are still my favourites to this day.
Same for me both shows. My friend professional saxophonist Bill S. first became a true multi-instrumentalist playing tin whistle along to this LP. The Winnipeg Theatre Warehouse show because downtown the tire dump by the Norwood Bridge on the way there caught fire and we could see the black inky smoke rising for about 5 miles from the south end of the city. but we made it on time! a great show!
The tears will come....having known you fellows when all of this fine playing was happening the first time around remains one of the joys of my life. Thank you for all of it. It’s funny what’s missing here....the sound of the crowds erupting in a roar at the end of a piece, and the sight of them leaping to their feet.
Just ran across this comment PPVC, thanks for your always kind words. Yes, there's nothing like playing for crowds as the sun sets and the magic starts to take hold.
My father is from Quebec and I spent my whole childhood in BC listening to this. I have been looking for a cd or album of this for many, many years as the only copy my father had was a 8-track. I am so happy you have been able to re-release this. Your music holds such special place in my heart. Thank you!!
I still have this album. A classic. I saw Barde play at the Ottawa Folk Festival in the 1970s.
I remember wandering around Old Montreal in 1976 one fine summer Saturday night before the Olympics and heard some Celtic music coming from inside a pub. The windows were open, but since the place was packed to the rafters, I couldn't get in. I remember standing outside and thinking "Shit...they're good" and stayed to listen to a few songs. However, since no-one was leaving, I had to stay outside. I ended up in another place that night, listening to a guy on a stool with an acoustic guitar singing Beatles music in French...a boisterous group of Quebecois sat down at my table and we sang and drank into the wee hours. It was a magical night. A year or two later, I bought the album, and I've listened to it so many times in the intervening years, but I've always wondered if it was Barde on the stage.
That was probably us all right. That summer was our first on the pub circuit in Montreal. Just about nobody else was playing Celtic music in these parts at that time. I'm kicking myself for forgetting the name of the pub on Sherbrooke Street not far from McGill. Thanks for listening.
OMD ça fait des années que je cherche Barde, cette musique envoûtante qui a bercée mon adolescence!! j'adoreeeee je veux un CD!
Enfin retrouvé après 35 ans.
well..all i can say is..ThankYou..et Merci....I grew up in PEI's Evangeline region,,& we had this blessed album growing up...a superb mix of celtic & acadian musical blend..in my ears anyway...& i never thought i'd find this gem..But I did!!!!..Thank You for bringing back to me precious memories
First time finding this. Really enjoyed listening. Great album. Reminds me of Boys of the Lough / The Bothy Band with a bit of Alan Stivell
Thanks for sharing ☀️
Sure, that's who influenced us -- among others.
Thanks for sharing this album.
It is for albums like this that I thank God for having 4 elder siblings. For they played such an eclectic array, inviting me always. This lp is a rainy southern night in Ontario cottage country to me. The pure wonder of how sweet life can be. And that's what I thank God the most for.
I've listened to (and have) many celtic albums, but this is the gold standard. Just bought it on iTunes.
A magnificent traditional band based out of Canada. I was lucky enough to see them way back, at convocation hall at the University of Toronto. I was blown away by how talented they were. I love traditional celtic music. My grandad played the banjo and I might add, that he was brilliant at it. He's the one I have to thank for introducing me to this great music, as well as my best friend's dad. My friend's dad was Irish you see, so what other music would you expect me to know about. LOL.
i am live and born in Brasil but i love celtic music this album is very good
I just bought this vinyl in mint condition today also.I enjoy it but have a friend who us an awesome celtic fiddler and hope he still plays vinyl.
I bought this album back in the '70s at the local Zellers store, and have treasured it ever since; so glad that you posted Barde's music so that everyone can (re)discover them; one of the best Celtic groups you've never heard of.
This is wonderful music! Loved this album from the first time I heard it, over 30 years ago. No gimmicks, no "modern twist", no electric instruments, just pure unadulterated traditional music. Thank you for putting this on UA-cam!
Lost and found again after decades of searching. Thank you so much.
Saw this band in TO back in the 70s. An amazing group. Thanks for bringing them into my life once again.
I did as well Robin. They were brilliant live. It's a shame that they no longer exist as a band and I believe that Toby has passed away now. Great Celtic musicians.
Merci, cet album, je le cherche depuis longtemps! J'avais tellement aimé ce groupe que je m'étais acheté cet album immédiatement après avoir entendu les musiciens une première fois à la Place Royale dans le Vieux-Québec. C'était en 1977!
I found your album as a kid, at the used record store in a small town in BC in the late 70s, and played it til it was nothing but scratches. It helped keep me alive :) many thanks.
I had this album in the 70's and played it so often it must have worn out. I'm delighted to find in again on UA-cam.
Thank you so much for putting this up here. I've waited 30 years for this. God bless you!
It's comments like this that keep me going :) You're very welcome, enjoy!
Had this on vinyl when it first came out lent it out never seen ii again thanks for uploading it .pure magic
I just found this on vinyl for a dollar earlier today
@Spyes23 - Thank you so much for adding Barde to UA-cam. Listening to this as a child and playing it every time I go back home. Now I can listen to it wherever I am!!!
Barde - Barde [full album]
J'écoutais cela, je dansais sur cela à 18ans ! 👍🙂Merci ! 👍🙂
Moi aussi! À la Place Royale, à Québec!
This is gorgeous music. Bring it back!
just wonderful , that is real music !
I love Irish traditional music, I guess that's because i was raised with this music...being of irish background. Anyway, I discovered this band back in the 70's and fell in love with them. They're an excellent band. Being Canadian...well French Canadian is a bonus, seeing that I'm Canadian too.
Thank you so much for uploading this! I have been searching many, many moons for this hard to find...um. I can't find the word... gem is not strong enough for something that strums inside me like this album...
One of the first albums to get me "hooked" on Irish music, and the singing was really lovely. Thanks for making it available again and for letting us hear Toby Kinsella (RIP) once more.
So glad to hear I can download you on I-Tunes etc. now. I was always in fear that my much played cassette tape of Barde would wear out!
Un des meilleurs album au monde pour moi.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this upload. I have been searching for almost 30 years for the album I lost in the 90"s. My introduction to their music was when I lived in Montreal in the 70's.
It's my pleasure! This album is definitely a favorite, I'm glad to share it!
Did you see them live back then?
My 23 - month old twin girls have listened to this album every night to go to sleep since they were born. Beautiful and calming to listen to!
Found this album today in a second-hand store in Montréal for 1$ !
I've also been looking for years and years. Thank you!
Super bon, ça fait longtemps ... Merci! :)
Wow! Super! Content d'avoir retrouvé ça!
Great sound quality.
so nice
Whole album! Thank you, thank you!!!
whole album, whole heart!
Wow
superbe performence
+Chris Crilly (Not hyperlinking; must be because I'm a holdout from Google+) How nice to see your name on here. I believe you played solo at a ReginaFF in the 1970s and perhaps then as a young teen I didn't know you were in Barde, or perhaps that was next to be. We had both of the albums in our family home and although I recently had to send away for the first LP from a vinyl-locating site, I still retained Images from my 1978 purchase; they have been in my heart and soul ever since. I play them all the time. There was an Irish session here the other day (not the highest skill level) and the Barde albums have been on even heavier play at home ever since ... . Nothing like trying to keep up on one's own pennywhistle or mandolin (no, I can't, not quite). I guess I am just blabbing but if I have a message here it is that of the versions of jigs or reels you share with other bands, such as Bothy Band or Planxty or The Chieftains, I think you hold your own and offer a worthy different setting. "Fanny Poer," for example, has the lovely voice of [whoever sings that (Cinnsealac? Pierre You?)], where others' editions are purely instrumental; "Kid on the Mtn" I think it is [EDiT: nope: "Le moineau raconteur"] has the quick punctuation of the strummed guiitar in the middle (or one of the pieces does--it's too early to play the LPs loud again right now); "Julia Delaney" offers the accordion (was surprised that in addition to the fine fingerstyle guitar Pierre Guérin offers, he also plays that and concertina). And Barde had the additional pleasures of the Frano-Celtic input such as songs such as A la claire fontaine, the fantastic double fiddle power of you and Selick. In short, the band offered so much! If a person were to one day hold a Celtic fest, would you be able to attend? Some years ago I was surprised to see Pierre here--after 30 years I have no idea how I recognised him.
+fingling8 I (we) love to hear of festivals of Celtic music. Sorry it took this long to reply. Best, Chris
comme sur l'arbre les oiseaux s'passent de mots.
Spyes, Please, could you possibly put the names of the musicians in the header? For something as old as this, it is the respectful thing to do... The musicians deserve it.
Amei
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Got thirsty for a guinness all of a sudden.
Looking for the music to the Skye Gathering March
try this Paul: thesession.org/tunes/18235
Oh My God...Definitely some of the best 2 albums of the genre' !!! My ex and I listened to constantly in the 80's. a friend asked about "the Cuckoo" and I just googled it. I have a version I made here too ua-cam.com/video/MLGQmfpsJe4/v-deo.html Praise to whoever posted these wonderfulalbums!!
reference
salut Pierre Guerin je veux te rejoindre