Exciting news for those of you on the other side of the water: Barney's new album "The Inside Passage" will be released on March 1, 2010 in the UK. You can pre-order it now at Amazon.co.uk.

Album of the Year - Barney Bentall  The Inside Passage.
Producer of the Year - John Ellis  The Inside Passage.
Songwriter of the Year - Barney Bentall  Hold My Heart.
Country/Bluegrass Recording of the Year - Barney Bentall  The Inside Passage

The Grand Cariboo Opry with Barney Bentall & Guests will be LIVE at "The Cultch" in their newly renovated historic theatre on Friday,  November 27th, 2009.
 
Tickets are on sale NOW through The Cultch Box Office:
604.251.1363
http://www.thecultch.com/

Doors:  6 pm (check out the silent auction and nibble on tasty tapas by Potluck Catering)
Show:   7:30 pm

As many of you know, the Opry is an important annual fundraiser for the Potluck Café Society. Together your support for this event has benefited our community greatly and enabled Potluck to prepare and serve over 20,000 free, nutritious meals to Downtown Eastside residents.

See you at The Cultch!

Just posted "Hold My Heart", the first single from Barney's new album The Inside Passage, right here on MySpace!  The Inside Passage will be released on September 22 on True North Records; stay tuned for more announcements on tour dates and ordering information.

Barney Bentall, Murray McLauchlan, Catherine MacLellan and Nathan Rogers will be appearing in Eastern Canada this October as part of True North Records' "Canadian Songbook 2009" concert series. For more information and tickets, visit http://www.thecanadiansongbook.ca

Last fall, CBC Radio recorded the Grand Cariboo Opry performance, hosted by Barney Bentall, at St. James' Hall in Vancouver. Now you can listen to the whole concert online!

Barney, Tom Taylor and Shari Ulrich played their first show together as a Bluebird North songwriters' event at Bowen Island's Cates Hill Chapel in November 2007. They and the audience enjoyed it so much that they embarked on more shows together, returning to Cates Hill exactly one year later for what they now plan to make an annual event for Bowen Island. This time, they brought engineer Anthony Maki along to record the concert. The result is "Live at Cates Hill". An eclectic mix of the character, voices and songwriting from these three unique artists. Or as someone was heard to say - "two Canadian legends and the Number One Draft Pick."

Barney, Tom and Shari will be performing a CD release concert (and their first show in Vancouver) on Friday, May 29th at The Roundhouse, at the corner of Davie and Pacific. Show time is 8:00 pm, tickets are $20 at the door. For reservations and additional information write info@estherrecords.ca.

In support of the Grand Cariboo Opry this week, Barney will be making a few TV appearances.

First, catch Barney tomorrow morning on Global BC's morning news between 8 and 9 AM.

Next, Barney and guests from the Opry will be appearing on Urban Rush (Shaw Cable). Tune in to see them at any of these times:
Greater Vancouver airtimes: 5PM, 7PM, 11PM & 1 AM & NOON following day
Calgary airtimes: 8PM (MST) & 9AM the following day
Victoria airtimes: 5PM


CBC will also be recording the Nov 21 Opry for "Canada Live".

The Grand Cariboo Opry is THIS WEEKEND, Nov 21 and 22, at St. James Community Square, 3214 W 10th in Vancouver.

Tickets $39.95 at http://www.ticketweb.ca/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=26361 Doors open at 6:30 pm, shows start at 7:30 pm

If you're on Facebook, join the event page here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=44013279306

If you can't attend an Opry show in person, you can still enjoy the DVD - visit http://www.maplemusic.com/product.asp?dept%5Fid=4042&pf%5Fid=4040%2D02&lang=EN to order!