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Friday, November 18, 2011

The Barr Brothers - "Sarah Through the Wall"

I heard an interview with these guys on CBC, and it was an interesting story. Originally from Providence, Rhode Island, Brad and Andrew Barr grew up playing music together, and in 2004 formed the band 'The Slip' (whose excellent "Children of December" is one of my all-time favorite tunes and is featured on Mixtape 5). They moved to Montreal. In Brad's first apartment in his new city he shared a wall with a harpist, Sarah Page, whom he could hear practicing through the wall. He started aping some of the tunes that he could hear, and eventually mustered up the nerve to knock on her door and offer to play some accompaniment to her classically based stuff. A musical relationship was formed, which eventually lead to the formation of a new band "The Barr Brothers", with brothers Brad and Andrew Barr, Sarah, and drummer Andres Vial. They joked in the interview about the logistical difficulties of touring with a several hundred pound harp. Their debut self-titled album was released back in September.

It doesn't contain this one though. "Sarah Through the Wall". Enjoy.

THE BARR BROTHERS - Sarah Through The Wall from Mitch Fillion (southernsouls.ca) on Vimeo.