Singer/Songwriters presents :

Jamie Barnes

CD (2003), CD (2005)

Silber Rec. Jamie Barnes : The Fallen Acrobat (US,2003)***°

I am not often interested in reviewing any singer-songwriter if not showing some kind of intimacy. Jamie recorded his songs in his bedroom, over a years span of collecting these songs. Still arranged and well recorded it has the advantage of studio work as well as the well protected conception of the inspiration. Some of these arrangements on their own are even pretty nice to discover, like the pretty handpercussion on “Anyway..”. These arrangements fit just perfectly with all song expressions. This is pretty, laid-back songwriting, with little thoughts/meditations on life to think over before going to sleep. Some touches of thumbpiano gives the music some less specified aspect of a lullaby. A nice debut !

The album was recommended to me by Nathan from Rivulets (-who's work by the way is reviewed at next page-).

Soundfile : "Matthew" Info : http://www.silbermedia.com/jamiebarnes/

Other reviews : http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=107399385525930

& http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/b/barnesjamie-fallen.shtml

Interview : http://www.autresdirections.net/pages/webzine/itw/itwbarnes1_english.html

Italian review : http://www.musicboom.it/mostra_recensioni.php?Unico=20031216183113

New of Jamie album is reviewed at http://singersong.homestead.com/newsingers-6.html

Silber Rec.Jamie Barnes : Honey from the Ribcage (US,2005)***°'

Here Jamie Barnes comes really close in vocal style to Rivulets. It’s a beautiful and sad voice, with its innocence and loneliness. He accompanies his music with acoustic guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel, melodica, sitar, tabla, ocarina, music box, drums, with the music giving the songs an extra delicate sweetness. On “White Owl” Will Cummins plays E-bow guitar. A part of the sadness, if I can dig it out well, comes forth from “a black lung”, the wrong medicine and the memory loss it caused and all struggles that came with it. Never the less the singing is from a calm perspective, and the voice itself is detached with clarity. A beautiful document.

Audio : "Snow Angel", "Pearly Gate & Son Pest Control", "Three Suns"

Intro : http://www.silbermedia.com/jamiebarnes/

Info : http://www.silbermedia.com/presstools/silber036.pdf

Homepage : www.jamiebarnes.net/ & http://www.myspace.com/jamiebarnes

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