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Member Since: 25/01/2006
Band Website: www.theslaters.ca
Band Members: KEVIN MCNEILLY Guitar and Banjo SEAN MOORE Guitar and Mandolin DAVID MACANULTY Accordion and Percussion

Influences: Working class people's music of the New World.......Les musiques du monde, fait chez nous.
Sounds Like: Ronnie Drew, Stompin' Tom Connors, Flaco Jimenez, Richard Desjardins and Goran Bergovic sitting around a kitchen table with two 24's some time between St. Pat's and St. Jean. .................Cent singes avec cent instruments-sûr et certain que les resultats vont inquiéter, amuser et ravir.
Record Label: Kettledrum Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

PENGUIN EGGS REVIEW AUTUMN 2008

     The Slaters are Sean Moore (guitar and mandolin), Kevin McNeilly (guitar and banjo) and David Macanulty (accordion and percussion). They are based in Montréal and cut their te...
Posted by on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:27:00 GMT

EXCLAIM MAGAZINE REVIEW JUNE ’08

The SlatersFresh Pint By Rachel SandersCeltic fiddle joins Tex-Mex accordion for a lively dust-up on this debut album from Montreal trio the Slaters. And when the banjo and steel guitar turn up, an al...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:27:00 GMT

MONTREAL GAZETTE REVIEW APRIL 9 '08

The SlatersFresh PintKettledrumThe Slaters are a guitar- and accordion-based trio from Montreal who have absorbed and blended Celtic, Tex-Mex, klezmer and other folk styles with more than just a hint ...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:23:00 GMT