we’ve performed at various splendid occasions including: 
live on resonance (104.4fm), coastal waters (brighton and hove radio) and bbc jazz on 3; album launch @the others n16; club integral @the grosvenor; several gigs at the improvised music concert series @shoreditch church; concert celebrating female artists’ contribution to improvised music 09, spontanno!; thirsty fish festival 08; the others; boat ting; london new wind festival (yes) ‘09 and ‘10; freedom of the city festival of radical and improvised music; mopomoso concerts at the vortex; 176 gallery (kentish town); jazz rumours at cross kings; 2:13 club; ‘new year, new sounds’ @bac; flim flam at ryan’s bar; oxford improvisers club, the others, have recorded several times for 2:13tv and our recordings have been used for theatre nomad’s youtube ‘bleu.’

IMPROVISATION            PERFORMING        RECORDING                 barrel on myspaceImprovisation.htmlPerforming.htmlRecording.htmlhttp://www.myspace.com/barrellingshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1shapeimage_1_link_2shapeimage_1_link_3
BARREL
alison blunt - violin     ivor kallin - violin and viola     hannah marshall - ‘cello another review of a live gig
LOOK NO FURTHER!
vile scrapings, sublime strummings, obnoxious pluckings and joyful splutterings r us

the proof is in the pudding and a foretaste is at your fingertips
‘BARREL unwrapped’ 2:13tv christmas special ‘10
encore noisette for 2:13 tv episode ‘sex and death’ watch and hear here
a main course meal from freedom of the city festival, ’07: barrel’s set

NEWS!
a selection of BARREL live recordings is now available! released with the illustrious EMANEM label









http://www.youtube.com/user/TwothirteenTV#p/u/2/CjfKcrbBWBUhttp://www.youtube.com/user/TwothirteenTV#p/u/7/OdTLrpNtax4BARREL_files/01%20BARREL%20at%20FOTC%2007%20compressed%201.mp3http://www.emanemdisc.com/E5020.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3
review of our first gig
Gratuitous Abuse album reviews

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 in all about jazz www.allaboutjazz.com

Sunday Times 21.11.11

featured release in jazzreview, december 2011 http://jimmy2hats.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/barrel-gratuitous-abuse/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=40823&recommended=1BARREL_files/Grat%20Abuse%20album%20review,%20Sunday%20Times%2021.11.11.pdfhttp://www.jazzreview.com/reviews/latest-cd-track-reviews/item/28821-gastaritacomcastnet.htmlshapeimage_6_link_0shapeimage_6_link_1shapeimage_6_link_2shapeimage_6_link_3
Gratuitous Abuse - available directly by request or from EMANEM (click on the cover for the link) and from all good record stores : )