NEWS

Last updated Nov 6 2006

North American Release
I am delighted to announce that I have signed with Translation Loss Records for a North American release of "Song of a Thousand Birds". I really like their spirit and attitude towards music and the bands on their label. This will see the record available throughout the United States and Canada. They have great distribution so it should not be hard to get a copy in a store near you. Thanks to everyone for their patience in waiting for it to come out over there. The record comes out in early 2007 and I will be touring both the USA and Canada as soon as possible. I'm looking forward to playing for you and meeting new faces.

Oh, and for you Vinyl Junkies? Translation Loss also plan to release it on vinyl.

Diary
I have changed the diary to one I can update when I am out on the road. It's always nice to spell badly and massacre grammar when you are away. I promise to update it regularly from now on. Hand on heart!

Little Black Boat
After doing a show in Germany with cellist Kate Ellis doing some improvised pieces, we decided to turn it into a project called Little Black Boat. Hopefully we will take this on the road. You can check out some pieces on Myspace.

Update
There are shows for the rest of the year posted in the live shows section. I have posted a new video and will be posting up some video footage from some live shows too. I promise I will get some diary updates up soon. I am coming to the end of negotiating a North American release for early next year. So i will be seeing a lot of new faces next year when i come over to play. Writing continues for album two and

New Video
A new video of the recording of 'Leaves in the Autumn' is available in the music/video section

Podcast
You can listen to an interview with Declan on the O2 making waves Podcasting Ireland site

Irish Tour
Declan will be touring Ireland in June and July. Part of this will be supporting the wonderfull Julie Feeney

TV performance
Declan performed on RTE television's arts program " The View" on May23. You can check it out here (scroll to end of page) enjoy!

Read the Interview with Declan in Sunday Tribune here

Cellists, viola players and violinists...musicians all!
Declan is always looking for musicians to play with in different countries so if you are a serious musician and interested in playing some shows with Declan you can email
info[at]declandebarra.com

Irish Album Launch
"Song of a Thousand Birds" is released in Ireland March 31 through Gael Linn Distribution and Rogue Goat. Declan will be launching the album at Crawdaddy in Dublin on March 25th with the wonderful Julie Feeney supporting.

Apple Tree Radio single
The second single 'Apple Tree' has been released to Irish Radio. You can help Declan by requesting "Apple Tree' by email or text on the stations listed here.Apple tree has just been reviewed in the Irish Magazine Hotpress. You can read it in the reviews section.

2006 Shows
Some more European shows have been added for 2006. A full European tour is scheduled for early 2006 to coincide with the release of the cd in various countries. Declan is also hoping to tour Canada the U.S.A. and Australia later in 2006. Keep your eye on the tour page or subscribe to the mailing list to be updated with shows in your country.

Blackbird Song - Hotpress Magazine single of the fortnight!
You can read the review in the reviews section.

Online Release
At long last Declan's debut album is available online for purchase in the shop section. The album has full colour 12 page booklet printed on matt stock with artwork and handwritten lyrics by Declan. If you visit the music section you can download three mp3s for free or preview the whole album.

GERMAN SWISS AUSTRIAN RELEASE:
'Song of a thousand birds' will be released in February 2006 in Germany Switzerland & Austria through German label Decoder Records .

ALBUM UPDATE:
The artwork for 'Song of a Thousand Birds' has taken longer than expected and has delayed the online release till October 5. In the mean time there are some mp3s to whet your appetite in the music section.

Negotiations are underway for a releases in different countries early 2006. Declan will be hitting the road soon after.

SINGLE RELEASE:
'Blackbird song' will be released to radio here in Ireland on the 27th of August.

ANIMATED VIDEO:
An animation is in the works for the second radio single "Apple tree" due later in the year. It will be available from the Music/video section for download as soon as it's completed.