Since hitting the live music scene Roland Michael Barrett has been waking up audiences with a unique impassioned vocal quality that is a welcoming relief to patrons. He covers songs in a way that will surely take you on a nostalgic journey no matter what your age. A versatile artist playing at fine resorts, casinos or pubs, weddings and vigils, or coffee shops and community events where he has played for crowds of 35000 (on Canada Day)
Rolands larger past performances have been super sized through A-list musicians who share the same desire to have a dynamic effect on the audience covering artists such as Bruce Springsteen, The Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox Twenty, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Steve Earle, Van Morrison, Cat Stevens, as well as tradiional bands such as The Dubliners, Waterboys, Irish Rovers, The Pogues...and many many more. To date, Rolands journey playing live music has been pretty much an effortless ride. - Roland - "I absolutely love playing every single event and find myself constantly fed by the smiles of Pleased happy listeners"
Roland has garnered much praise for his original music and on request had started working on his CD but was plagued by vocal issues. He is set to continue work on the album in March and hopes to see it completed by 2013. Rolands easy going nature make him a pleasure to work with and he has always been invited back, doing as many as 70 shows at the same venue in one year alone. Most recently he has been playing at the Great canadian Casino, The Weight West Rsort, The Penny Farthing pub, The Black Rock Resort
