The Barley Boys

"The Test Pic"About the Barley Boys

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Michael Babick, singer, gui­tarist, and song­writer has been a pro­fes­sional musi­cian for over 25 years. His inspi­ra­tion for Celtic music comes from research­ing his lin­eage; trips to Ire­land solid­i­fied his sense of her­itage. The Bar­ley Boys have taken their live per­for­mances from the local pub scene to the fes­ti­val stages across the nation. The band has reached a new pres­ence in the Celtic music scene of today. The Bar­ley Boys have played such venues as The Beth­le­hem PA Celtic Clas­sic, The Long Island Irish Fes­ti­val, Irish 2000 Fes­ti­val in Alta­mont, NY and The New­port Irish Fes­ti­val in Rhode Island.

The Bar­ley Boys are:
Michael Babick: Accoustic & Elec­tric Gui­tars, Lead Vocal and Song­writ­ing.
Arty Artymiw: 5 String Elec­tric Vio­lin, Back­ground Vocal.
Michael Kur­man: Elec­tric Bass Gui­tar, Back­ground Vocal.
Andy Meyer: Drum Kit, Percussion.

The Bar­ley Boys play high energy orig­i­nal, tra­di­tional, and con­tem­po­rary Irish music; If the event calls for it, we also play Coun­try, Island, Rock, Bal­lads, Jazz, Blue­grass and Blues. We are a great wed­ding band and we also spe­cial­ize in Finnegan’s Wake Shows. The indi­vid­ual tal­ents of The Bar­ley Boys pow­er­ful drums, melodic bass, high energy fid­dle and inno­v­a­tive gui­tars all join together to form a new full and excit­ing sound.

The Barley Boys' Instruments

Photo by Car­rie Auerbach