American Troubadour
Multiple Award Winning Singer-Songwriter
Internationally
known American recording artist and multiple award-winning songwriter
with numerous radio hits throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and
Japan. Winner of the German Music Prizes for, “Song of the Year 2011” (That Girl Who Sang Johnny Cash), "Album of the Year 2012“ (The Crooked Road) and "Singer of the Year-2013”.
In
May 2022, Barry released his 22nd album of original songs. In 2021,
he released 7 albums including a series of four volumes titled
“Diamonds In The Rough”. In 2018 he released a "Gals and Guys - The
Duet Album" which features 12 duets with award-winning singers Marty
Wolfe, Jolina Carl, Danah Heiser, and Gitty Bauersfeld from Germany,
Vivian Searcy from Sweden, Danielle Poot from The Netherlands, the late
Ann Pascoe from New Zealand, Micheal Lonstar from Poland and Daniel T.
Coates and Doug Adkins from the US.
In 2022, Barry released six
albums of original songs, with included two folk opera albums with a
social issue theme. Also included in the six is his 20th album “Bluegrass from the Crooked Road" is a compilation of 18 Bluegrass styled song that he has written and
recorded. Along with the albums Stolen Dreams, Someone In Colorado and
Diamond’s in the Rough Volume Four, he completed a busy year of writing
and recording.
In
January 2023 he released a unique album titled “My Friends-My Songs”. A
collection of 17 various country artists from the US and Europe lending
their voices to the original tracks of songs Barry has written and
previously recorded. The
album Family Tree is the story of his ancestors immigration to
America. In November, he released Better Life as another 12 songs
collection of original country songs.
Barry grew up in the foothills of the mysticalBlue
Ridge Mountains in Virginia and has been serenading crowds around the
world with his special brand of original music and other favorites as
well for over 49 years. In his fourth decade of songwriting and
performing, his repertoire includes more than 900 songs from 450
different recording artists, spanning from music's roots to those songs
of today in genres of Americana, Country, Irish Folk, Rockabilly,
Classic Rock, Swing, and R&B, in addition to over 200 original
songs.
In his 27rd year of performing as a solo artist based in
Germany, he has opened shows for 5-time Grammy Winner and Tejano Music
Legend “Flaco Jimenez”, Grammy-winning Tejano Band “Los Texmaniacs”,
die-hard Honky Tonker “Dale Watson” and Canadian’s Best Known Bluegrass
Group “The Goods”.
Highly skilled, innovative guitar player and a
walking encyclopedia of songs, his interpretation make every song his
own with style and respect for the legends.
Maintaining the
tradition of the Troubadour, he’s armed with a ringing acoustic guitar
and strong voice to entertain crowds from 1 to 1000 or more.
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