MEMPHIS MUSIC HALL OF FAME! 

On Thursday, November 1st, a band I've been a member of for nearly eighteen years will be inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Memphis, Tennessee. I first played with this band in January of 2001 in Winnipeg, Canada, and I've played with them across the US, Canada and Europe. I'll be so proud to watch the three surviving original members, Gary Talley, Bill Cunningham and John Evans accept this well-deserved accolade. 

Other inductees this year are: 

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BANFF CENTRE 

This Thursday night, September 21, at 7:30PM, I'll be performing at The Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta, Canada. It's part of the Banff Centre's Arts Program and I'm honored they asked me to be a part of it. 

https://www.banffcentre.ca/events/open-concert-featuring-barry-walsh/20170921/1930

 

SILENCIO REVIEW - AllMusic.com 

Review by Thom Jurek:

Nashville's Barry Walsh spent decades as a go-to pianist iconic musicians pursued when they wanted the best. How many other piano men can claim Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, and Alex Chilton on their résumés? But that's only one part of a fascinating story. Walsh is not only a hell of a pianist, but a fine composer as well. In his work one can hear the modernism of Erik Satie, the line-blurring jazz pianism of Paul Bley and Keith Jarrett, classical minimalists (Reich and Glass), and…

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INTERVIEW WITH BARRY AND GRETCHEN PETERS 

Here's an interview my wife Gretchen and I did with music journalist Jeff Miller for his Flashpointarts.org website. It's in two parts.

Part One: 

http://www.flashpointarts.org/featured/gretchen-peters-and-barry-walsh/

Part Two:

http://www.flashpointarts.org/featured/gretchen-peters-and-barry-walsh-part-2/

OBAMACARE! 

Those of you who know me know I've been a supporter of the ACA since day one. I jumped at the chance to share my story in a public forum on this very important subject. The link to the piece is here.

SADIE AND THE HOTHEADS! 

I'm honored that I've been invited to join Elizabeth McGovern's band Sadie And The Hotheads for their first US tour. I'll be replacing my friend, the great keyboardist Nick Lacey, who had a prior commitment and could not make these US dates. The dates are listed on my tour page, but I'll list the whole tour here:

USA TOUR DATES
December
9- Annapolis, MD - Ram's Head On Stage
10- Albany, NY - Sawyer Theatre @ Empire State Plaza PAC
12- Norfolk, CT - Infinity Hall Norfolk

13- Pawtucket, RI - The Met
14- Hartford…

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LETTER TO A YOUNG ARTIST 

Recently, my wife wrote a post for CD Baby that's received a lot of attention. I think it's such great advice for young artists I want to post it in its entirety. Here's Gretchen Peters:

[This post, written by Gretchen Peters, is part of a series of letters from established artists to young musicians. Gretchen is a Nashville-based recording artist and Grammy-nominated songwriter. She's released a number of great solo albums, and also composed hits for Martina McBride, Faith Hill, Etta James, Trisha

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FIRST-EVER ALL IRELAND TOUR! 

So excited to be doing a first-ever tour of (only) Ireland next month with Gretchen Peters. We're playing a total of nine dates in Eire, and then returning home. Here's our Belfast friend Jim Heaney's web site with two of the dates that he's promoting.

Saturday 19th October - Island Arts Centre in Lisburn

Thursday 24th October - Flowerfield Arts Centre in Portstewart.

The rest of the shows are on my Tour Page. Come have a Guinness with us!