Bréag

SEEKING

Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Electronic Music, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Mandolin, Other, Piano, Steel guitar, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.

ABOUT

Over the last 20 years, having performed as far a field as Sri Lanka, Bréag have developed a Celtic fusion never before heard. The first generation of urban Gaelic speakers in modern Belfast, their Gaelic heritage permeates through their lyrics and music. With Eastern European and Latin American traditional styles, branched with roots of Reggae and Ska, Bréag give the listener, and inevitably the dancer, a unique musical experience.
Bréag have performed throughout Ireland, Europe and Asia, and have returned to the Basque country and Switzerland on numerous occasions. Having performed at the Sligo Arts Festival, Féile an Phobail and other festivals, Bréag have twice shared a stage with the infamous Jamaican reggae outfit The Wailers, as well as Shane McGowan, Sly & Robbie, Bad Manners, Steel Pulse, The Beat, Mano Negra, Neville Staple, The Alabama 3, Lee Thompson, The Rubber Bandits, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Black 47, John Spillane, Kila and many more.
Bréag have made numerous television appearances on RTE, BBC, TG4 as well as performances on Sri Lankan, Basque and French television.
Bréag have released 3 albums first in 1995 with Jah Sa Jungal under their own label Comhcheoil. Not long after its release, Bréag were approached by Outlet Records and consequently recorded their second album Gan Jah. Bréag's latest album, An Peaca, mastered by Robyn Robins, former member of Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, was released in 2004. Performing on this recording is ex-Wailers keyboardist, Nathaniel Wynters.
What people say: "Bi-lingually stretching the language to new, unimagined possibilities and welding it to new musical forms...though the weight of traditional Irish songs still lies hauntingly at the bedrock of their sound" (President of the Gaelic League)
"They have been compared to sounds such as the Gypsy Kings and Bob Marley and the Wailers but now stand alone and unique" (Lá)
"Irish Language rockers Bréag are on a crest of a Caribbean wave. Their video for RTE directed by award winning Dearbhla Walsh, should be a collector's item" (Andersontown News)