Internationally acclaimed roots musicians Clive Barnes (Ireland) and Jeff Lang (Australia) combine forces this July for an eight-date tour around Ireland.

Clive Barnes is a familiar face on the roots music circuit and, over the last few years, has been steadily gaining a worldwide reputation as one of the finest lap slide and regular acoustic guitarists/songwriters on today’s scene.

With four critically acclaimed albums released to date; ‘Shine’, ‘Welcome To Farewell’, ‘Goldtooth Cinnamon’ and live-album ‘Live At The Spirit Store’, Barnes’ studio work has brought him much success in the United States, with ‘Welcome to Farewell’ winning Acoustic Guitar Magazine’s (USA) ‘Album of the Year Award 2002’.

More recently, he can be heard on Eric Bibb’s latest musical offering ‘Get On Board’, playing alongside nine-time Grammy Award-winning blues singer-songwriter, Bonnie Raitt. Clive’s talents as a guitarist have been employed by some of the most respected musicians working today, from Grammy-winning songwriter Jim Lauderdale to Nashville bluegrass flat picking legend Steve Kaufman.

With countless world tours, European Tours and festival appearances nationally and internationally, Clive has toured with the likes of David Crosby, Joe Ely, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Rodrigo y Gabriela, George Benson, Dr. John and The Holmes Brothers. Playing in front of huge crowds every night on the French Festival circuit with Eric Bibb, Clive shared the stage with some other heroes including blues legend Taj Mahal and Joe Cocker.

Audiences can look forward to performances of tracks like ‘Danville Girl’, ‘City Lights’ and ‘Dust’, intertwined with captivating stories, tales of past tours and performances, and the reminiscing of his travels worldwide.

Australian based musician Jeff Lang has earned international acclaim as a virtuosic guitarist, a dynamic songwriter and a “startlingly unique” live performer. Jeff has a back catalogue of 13 studio albums and has featured at major festivals and venues internationally for the past decade. His latest album, ‘Half Seas Over’ has just been released through ABC Music / Warner featuring the songs ‘Copper Mine’, ‘The Savannah Way’ and ‘The Vaults Of Lattanzo’ amongst nine other fantastic tracks.

Blending rock, roots, folk, blues, ballads, instrumentals, improvisations and a devastatingly high level of musicality, Jeff Lang is a singularly unique performer in our world. Over the past ten years, he has built an international reputation and loyal fan base with constant touring in the US, Europe and Australia. He is a favourite on the festival circuit and has enjoyed national airplay, rave reviews, multiple ARIA nominations and the respect of his peers around the world, touring with the likes of Bob Dylan, Ani Di Franco, Dr John, Loudon Wainwright III and countless others.

Long acclaimed as a superbly gifted guitarist, Lang is now gaining recognition as a master songwriter. “If there’s a craft involved”, says Lang, “it’s that I’m getting better at recognising when that moment of inspiration is taking hold. If you don’t act on it immediately, it’s like trying to catch lightning in a bottle.”

For the tour, Lang will be joined on stage by renowned Melbourne-based bassist Grant Cumerford.

Backed by new Irish agency My Music Artists International, the Clive Barnes & Jeff Lang tour hits Cyprus Avenue (Cork, July 9th), The Bailey (Enniscorthy, July 10th), Cleere’s Theatre (Kilkenny, July 11th), Dolan’s (Limerick, July 13th), Mick Murphy’s (Ballymore Eustace, July 14th), Barrys (Grange Co.Sligo, July 15th), The Crane (Galway, July 16th) and The Cherrytree (Dublin, July 17th).

Advance tickets for the tour are now available by contacting the any of the venues above. For more details on the Clive Barnes & Jeff Lang tour, and venue booking details, go to www.mymusicpr.com.