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Brewed in Ireland and distilled in Australia the Barleyshakes are a Celtic band with worldly influences who combine intense energy, beautiful harmony and driving dance rhythms in their live performances. They are loved for their blend of traditional and original material, and their uplifting and joyous approach to live performance. The Shakes skillfully blend their “bent” Irish sound with country rock and many other styles in their fast paced songs and instrumentals. Using fiddles, banjo, flutes, bass, drums, guitar, mandolin, and vocals, the Shakes are a collaboration of Irish and Australian performers. Vocalist and guitarist Alan Kelly is from Dublin and sings traditional and original songs in the Irish language aswell as English and French. Alan has recorded as a bodhran soloist for the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. Fiddler Kristin Kelly was the long time strings teacher for the Tablelands and a member of Patterson’s Curse Bush band before teaming up with members of the Czech