Track 6 from Barry's 2018 album 'A Bright Ray of Sunshine'.

"I tried for a long time to describe the wind that blew in the desert in South Australia; this song is as close as I will get."

Desert Wind

Track 1 from Barry's 2018 album 'A Bright Ray of Sunshine'.

Borderland

Track 2 from Barry's 2018 album 'A Bright Ray of Sunshine'

"In the early 1800s the British navy used Ascension Island as a base for patrolling the West African coast for slave traders. Often sailors fell ill with fever and were put ashore to the beautiful 'Comfort Cove' where many of them died; the sailors soon renamed it 'Comfortless Cove', a name it retains to this day. The song explores the places where we search for comfort at the worst of times."

Comfortless Cove

Track 4 from Barry's 2018 album 'A Bright Ray of Sunshine'.

Train To Anywhere

Track 7 from Barry's 2018 album 'A Bright Ray of Sunshine'.

"Off Shetland in July 1881 a sudden northerly gale blew up with most of the fishing fleet at sea. Many of these open boats, or sixareens, were wrecked and their crews drowned; the north of Yell, and the village of Gloup in particular, were devastated. The characters in the song are inspired by real people: Margaret Henry of North Sandwick was 5 months pregnant when her husband, the skipper of the 'Ann Jessie' was lost. Her son, John Nisbet Henry, was 5 months old."

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