The Barr Brothers live in concert.
ON TOUR

The Barr Brothers

23
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

80
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Based on 
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Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 23 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that The Barr Brothers is rated as a remarkable live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. The Barr Brothers concert reviews describe live shows and performances as elegant.

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Latest Release

Red Moth Solar Companion (May 7, 2020)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Montreal, Canada (2006 - present) (2006 – present) (2006 Рpresent)
Bio
The Barr Brothers is a Canadian folk quartet founded in Montreal, Quebec, consisting of Andrew and Brad Barr (of The Slip), Sarah Page and Andres Vial. Their first (and eponymous-titled) album was released in 2011.
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

The Concordian (Canada)

March 16, 2023
%
The mellow dynamic duo indie folk artist and band everyone wanted.

GetIntoThis (UK)

July 20, 2018
%
We were looking forward to The Barr Brothers return to Liverpool given their pedigree and the reviews we’ve caught since Harvest Sun announced their show.

Detroit Metro Times (USA)

December 8, 2017
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The Barr Brothers perform an intimate set at the Pike Room

Montreal Gazette (Canada)

July 8, 2017
%
The skilled folk and blues rockers were originally supposed to be joined on stage by Malian husband and wife duo Bassekou Kouyate and Amy Sacko, but at the last minute they were unable to make it across the Atlantic.

Exclaim (Canada)

October 23, 2016
90
%
Halifax Marquee Club, Halifax, Canada

Exclaim (Canada)

September 5, 2016
80
%
Agora des arts, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada

Montreal Gazette (Canada)

July 1, 2015
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There’s certainly a story to be more fully told about how and why two Brothers named Barr would come from Boston to Montreal to form a band with a harpist named Sarah Page, and how and why they would become big enough to headline the mid-Jazzfest Grand evenement on the Place des Festivals.

Past critic reviews published in

The Independent (UK), Glide Magazine (USA), Gig Junkies (UK), Birmingham Live (UK), Too Many Blogs (UK) and more

Image Credit

Levi Manchak [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons