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Albatross Flies Again!!

Aug 23, 2010

Albatross – that three-piece power blues band whose motto was “tour, tour, tour” and who played every major concert hall and festival across Europe in the early ‘90’s is reuniting for a one-off concert. This very special concert will take place on Sunday 3rd October in De Gouden Leeuw, Dongen.

For a lot of people across mainland Europe, the ‘classic’ Albatross line-up was Barry Mc Cabe (lead guitar & vocals), Ramblin’ Rudy (bass guitar & backing vocals) and Cederic Leonardi (drums). This was the line-up that toured non-stop all over Europe and the one that introduced the music of Albatross to a lot of people. They were the only group in the history of recorded music to release all their music live – “For Fans Only [Live in Sweden]”, “C’est La Vie [Live in France]” & “Everybody’s Got The Blues [Live in Norway]”.

Go to the 'tourdates' section of this site for all the details for the show. This is your unique chance to catch Albatross live one more time.

Barry's music - soundtrack to a film!!

Jun 14, 2010

Some of Barry's music will be used in an Irish film that is currently in production. It is being backed financially by RTE (Irish national TV & Radio Co.) and Filmbase (a not-for-profit resource centre that administers a number of film and documentary award schemes). See Barry's blog for more info.

The world premiere of "Dead Load" will take place in Galway on Friday the 9th of July. "Dead Load" has officially been selected to screen in competition at the 2010 Galway Film Fleadh. The festival which takes place from July 6th to 11th is one of Europe's finest. "Dead Load" will screen as part of the Irish Short Film programme at the Town Hall Theatre in Galway on Friday the 9th of July starting at 10am. Tickets are available at the festival box office which can be reached on (091) 569777

Strasbourg Show Sold out - extra show added!!!!

Mar 16, 2010

The show in Strasbourg on St. Patrick's Day is sold out!!!!

An extra show has been added the evening before to accommodate those who could no longer get tickets for the St. Patrick's Day show.

The Acoustic Album - voted No. 1 recently!!

Feb 9, 2010

"The Acoustic Album" was voted No. 1 in the international section of bluesforum.com recently. Their members voted it their favourite album released in 2009. Not bad for an album that wasn't even officially released at the time.

In response to the many inquiries and requests we received to make the album generally available, we are happy to report that the album is now available via CD Baby - in physical and digital formats (including individual tracks). Click on the 'buy the CD' button to be taken to the CD Baby site. They handle our credit card sales. It is also available via iTunes. Just click on the iTunes button listed underneath the album. If you wish to order using PayPal then just click on the PayPal button.You can click on the album cover over to the right to preview the tracks.

If you have any questions or special needs then drop us a mail at info@barrymccabe.com and we'll be happy to help you.

Happy New Year!!

Jan 7, 2010

Happy New Year everyone! Here's hoping it will be a good one for everybody. We've decided to start uploading more issues of the old Spotlight magazine (time allowing), concentrating primarily on Pat Egan's rock column. It's to give you all a snapshot of what the Irish rock scene was like in those days. We've just uploaded November 1st 1973.