2015

Vocals - Joanna Teters, Gabrielle Walter Clay, Rebekah Samarin
Keys - Niccolò Ielasi
Alto Sax - Ryan Greenfield
Electric Guitar - Balam Garcia
Acoustic Guitar - Joe Hicks
Bass Guitar - Joe Cleveland
Percussion - Daniel Feldman
Drums - Zach Mullings 

Mix - Danny Ji

Musical Director - Alain Mallet

Under African Skies (Paul Simon Cover) - Berklee Sting & Paul Simon Ensemble Autumn 2013

Just recently, after decades of oblivion, I came again across this little jewel written by Stephen Stills in 1969. And I could not resist giving it a try using a Huss&Dalton custom 00-SP. Tuning is D#, D#, D#, D#, D#, A#, D#.

4+20

Four and twenty years ago, I come into this life,
the son of a woman and a man who lived in strife.
He was tired of being poor
and he wasn't into selling door to door
and he worked like the devil to be more.

A different kind of poverty now upsets my soul
Night after sleepless night, I walk the floor and I want to know
why am I so alone?
Where is my woman can I bring her home?
Have I driven her away? Is she gone?

Morning comes to sunrise and I'm driven to my bed.
I see that it is empty and there's devils in my head.
I embrace the many colored beast.
I grow weary of the torment, can there be no peace?
And I catch myself just wishing that my life would simply cease.

4 and 20 (Stephen Stills)

'I Can't Love You Anymore' by Adam Barnes

Over the past few years, Oxford born singer/songwriter Adam Barnes has truly embodied the twenty-first century definition of a troubadour. In a bid to share his stirring songs of heartache with the world, the 23 year old singer has taken his music to the world, touring throughout Europe, across the USA and beyond, taking in many a sofa and floor along the way, and consistently wowing audiences en route. 

The release of his debut album 'The Land, the Sea & Everything Lost Beneath' last summer - a stunning and subtle collection of English-bred Americana - saw the world suddenly come to Adam, increasing his fanbase and extending his travels to further reaches of the globe. With an ever-expanding listenership, Adam's musical ambitions have in turn grown, as can be heard on the elegantly anthemic 'I Can't Love You Anymore', the lead single from his 'One Day We'll Be Fine' EP, released on Sept 27th via his own newly founded imprint Wild Native Records. 

The track - four minutes of raw, chest-beating indie-folk produced by rising producer Sam Winfield (Amber Run, Pixel Fix) - perfectly combines Barnes' pure, honeyed voice with clattering electric rhythms, Bon Iver-esque guitar lines, joyful harmonies, and a lyric brimming with honesty and integrity; it manages to be both intimate and seemingly capable of filling a stadium all at once. 

Lyrically inspired by the divorce of his parents in his late teens, writing the song was a cathartic experience for Barnes: "This is a song about my parents...towards the end of my late teens they split and it’s never really been something I’ve talked or written about before...but I had to, I know it's something so many people my age have lived through. 'I Can't Love You Anymore' is such a straight up sentence, but in that situation I guess it needs to be quite blunt."

Adam Barnes began his singer-song writing career in 2010 with early support slots for the likes of William Fitzsimmons and Slow Club in his hometown of Oxford. He has since released one EP ('Blisters') and one full-length album ('The Land, the Sea & Everything Lost Beneath"), both to critical acclaim throughout Europe, whilst his live performances have become renowned for their intimate intensity.

'One Day We'll Be Fine' is released by Wild Native Records on Sept 27th 2015

Oct 1st - The Old Fire Station, OXFORD
Oct 2nd - The Birdcage, NORWICH
Oct 3rd - Big Comfy Bookshop, COVENTRY
Oct 4th - Cafe Kino, BRISTOL
Oct 6th - Otherplace at The Basement, BRIGHTON
Oct 7th - The Social, LONDON
Oct 9th - Three Minute Theatre, MANCHESTER
Oct 10th - York House Concerts, YORK *SOLD OUT* 
Oct 11th - The Workmans Club, DUBLIN

www.adambarnesmusic.com
www.facebook.com/adambarnesmusic
www.twitter.com/mradambarnes

Under African Skies (Paul Simon Cover) - Berklee Sting & Paul Simon Ensemble Autumn 2013

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