The High Bar Gang Sails Again!
Hi everyone! The High Bar Gang is super excited to be sailing over to play the 2024 Vancouver Island Music Festival (July 12 to 14), and we hope you’ll come […]
Hi everyone! The High Bar Gang is super excited to be sailing over to play the 2024 Vancouver Island Music Festival (July 12 to 14), and we hope you’ll come […]
Vocal harmony is key to the band’s sound, and the blend of Shari Ulrich, Wendy Bird and Kirby Barber along with guitarist Barney Bentall and banjo player Dave Barber is simply stunning. Supported by Rob Becker on bass, and Colin Nairne on guitar and mandolin, the band’s repertoire stays firmly rooted in the golden age of bluegrass music with songs by the likes of Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers and Del McCoury.
Highlights for the High Bar Gang include opening for Canadian music icons Blue Rodeo at Vancouver’s Malkin Bowl, and the many sold out shows they have played throughout Western Canada, including the prestigious Cedar Creek Winery Concert series and the Raven’s Cry Theatre in Sechelt. From the Brackendale Art Gallery and Victoria’s famous Butchart Gardens to Vancouver’s International Jazz Festival and San Francisco’s legendary Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, the band has built a solid reputation for their wonderfully upbeat brand of bluegrass and stories.
In 2013 the band signed a record deal with True North Records resulting in the release of their debut recording “Lost and Undone: A Gospel Bluegrass Companion”. Along with extensive airplay in Europe as well as North America, the album garnered several award nominations in 2014 including a Juno Award nomination in the ‘Contemporary Christian/Gospel’ category as well as a Western Canadian Music Award nod in the ‘Spiritual’ category. The High Bar Gang went on to be nominated for three Canadian Folk Music Awards and won for Best Vocal Group.
The summer of 2015 saw the band return to performing with appearances at Vancouver Island Musicfest, Harrison Festival, West Vancouver’s Harmony Arts Festival and the Toronto 2015 Panam Games.
In early 2016 the band finished their sophomore recording ‘Someday the Heart will Trouble the Mind’ with engineer Dave Meszaros at Watershed Productions in Vancouver. Also released on True North Records the album was nominated for a Juno Award in the Traditional Roots Album of the Year. The band played several shows in 2016 including the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver and a sold out return engagement at the Raven’s Cry Theatre.
West Vancouver Memorial Library, October 2015
Make sure you check out our Vancouver bluegrass friends:
HBG Music Company
Contact: Colin Nairne
Email: management@highbargang.com
Phone: (604) 603-8761
Rob Wright
The Feldman Agency
wright@feldman-agency.com
(604) 375-5945
Email: promotions@highbargang.com