We've been working with Saving J since their first single release, Bus Stop in 2006. Subsequently, we also worked on the music video for Kick Off as well as providing artwork for their releases of Valentine, Indication Street, Kick Off, Everybody and debut album This City Street.

Saving J - Kick Off

The opening track from Clive Barnes' fourth studio album, The Ghost Country, released September 11th 2009 on Leander Records.

The Ghost Country is the sound of Clive Barnes at the top of his game as a vocalist, guitarist and songwriter.

His fourth studio album, The Ghost Country elevates Barnes to a truly unique sound having forged his style and delivery over years of touring the US and Europe with the likes of Eric Bibb, Taj Mahal, Jeff Beck, Alison Krauss, Seasick Steve, The Blind Boys of Alabama and many more.

As a musician, Barnes is highly regarded as one of the finest performers on the roots circuit, a reputation solidified by the lyrical and songwriting prowess on this new collection of songs. From the rip-roaring banjo-fuelled opener of Shotgun Grin to the big sky foreboding title track of the album, right through to the closing track of Borderlines, this recording is populated with stories of characters running and returning, longing and dreaming, down on their luck and finally finding peace, characters so thick with realism you could feel them move right through you.

Out of the studio and onto the stage, Barnes is not to be missed as a live performer for this is where the sheer raw honesty and energy is each track comes to life. RTE’s Harry Guiren noted in a review of Clive Barnes performing at Vicar Street, Dublin, “Clive is a guitarist who can make one acoustic sound like six. Barnes transported the entire, hushed venue across the Atlantic to where the paths taken by the Delta Blues, Tom Waits and Bruce Springsteen all led to his own special territory.”

The Ghost Country is available to buy now in all good record stores and online via iTunes, Amazon, eMusic and CliveBarnesMusic.com. 

Clive Barnes - Shotgun Grin

The second single release from Dublin-based rock quartet, Von Bizmark. Address The Silence is the band's follow up to 2009's acclaimed release of London. The single is officially released on Friday April 9th 2010.

Von Bizmark - Address The Silence

Von Bizmark performing Turning Red live on Beat 102-103FM for Rob O'Connor's Irish Beats. Original broadcast date Sunday April 18th 2010.

Von Bizmark - Turning Red (Radio)

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