I first got  into playing music in my early 20's playing bass in cover bands and original bands. After attending many hard rock concerts, I felt the need to get into writing my own songs. I taught myself some guitar, built a home studio and that’s when the real journey began. I have been recording my own music for about 30 years, improving my song writing process over the years with help from jamming with some fine musicians. I also completed a course in “The Recording Connection Bachelors Program” for audio recording. I have some of my songs on the usual streaming platforms as well as Bandcamp, Reverbnation, Soundcloud, N1M, Etc.
I recently retired from a long career in the auto repair industry as a service advisor and managing repair shops. I am now able to spend more time on my passion; writing and recording music and creating music videos to go with them.

"One of the most inventive minds in pop music today." - Louder Than War

"File in the buried treasure bin alongside XTC, Robyn Hitchcock, Julian Cope and The Bevis Frond." - Stewart Lee, The Sunday Times

"Anton Barbeau is a true contemporary psychedelic pop guru. A tireless artist with more than 20 albums published, he was born in Sacramento and currently resides in Berlin. In these years he has worked with members of XTC, Bevis Frond, Cake and The Soft Boys. His music combines psychedelia and luminous pop in the best tradition of Syd Barrett , Beatles , Robyn Hitchcock and Julian Cope ." 

"Cerebral, memorable, melodic but also adventurous and inventive." - Monolith Cocktail

Anton Barbeau is one of the most insanely talented and creative people currently making music in the undercurrents in the world of music. - babysue

"If you like the cosmic rock, and love to dive into the lyrics of the songs but do not get you a trip as space, Anton Barbeau is ideal to feed your mind and awaken your next poet Beatlesque."

"Anton Barbeau is simply a genius bursting with melody, whimsy, beauty and weirdness." - Clive Dee

"Prolific, pretentious, precocious, intelligent, quirky, nasal, amusing, annoying to some, pop genius to others, and never ever boring—this, my friends, is the cumulative description of northern California's musical auteur Anton Barbeau." 
—PopMatters

"He's a genius like Julian Cope" - Johnny Normal

Adriana's second studio album, Let Out The Dark, is released on 24th March 2017 on her own Ragged Road label.

In 2011, Adriana released her debut album "Never Coming Home" on her own label Ragged Road.  "Never Coming Home" was the last full length album to be recorded at Glasgow's legendary Park Lane Studios, where such artists as The Proclaimers, Texas, Paolo Nutini, and many others have recorded.  Adriana co-produced the album with Love and Money's Paul McGeechan, and it featured guest performances from Capercaillie's Donald Shaw and David Scott from the Pearlfishers.

In 2012, she was invited to join Joan Armatrading's "Local Talent" initiative.  Joan invited up and coming artists from across the UK to perform as the opening acts for each show on her Starlight Tour.  Adriana was scheduled to perform at the Norwich show which, although a bit of a stretch when it came to being local, was a huge success and gained Adriana a whole new set of fans at the other end of the country!

Adriana was invited to join Joan Armatrading again when she returned to the UK as part of her 2014-15 World Tour.  She supported at four shows in Scotland, and re-joined the tour in March 2015 when Joan returned to play a further four Scottish gigs, in Arbroath, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Along the way, she has gained the support of legendary music impresario Alan McGee, having performed at two of his curated shows to date, with more in the planning.  She has also performed with many other great artists - Dar Williams, Kim Richey, Eddi Reader, Boo Hewerdine, Black, Midge Ure, to name a few.

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