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Do not fret! The audio from yesterday’s interview and live performance on CBC’s Q is now available here. Enjoy, rinse and repeat.
Del will be on CBC’s Q tomorrow! Tune in at 10:00am to CBC Radio 1 or listen on-line at www.cbc.ca/radio.
Where did this guy come from? I’m sure there’s a story, or nine – nine songs of melody, everyday desperation and occasional arrivals of harmony. A Winnipegger, but home on the roam, the worn-in Barber will appeal to fans of Jim Cuddy or Justin Rutledge (though he’s less earnest than the latter and dustier than… Continue Reading
HEADWATERS finds Winnipeg’s wandering minstrel Del Barber expounding on the virtues of home, whether physically or spiritually. It’s especially apparent on “Soul of the Land That’s Mine” where he apologizes for constantly leaving his “home and native land.” On his third album in four years, the prolific Barber’s acoustically-dominated folk-roots is vibrant and joyous. His… Continue Reading
Since the release of his 2010 album, Love Songs for the Last 20, the momentum hasn’t slowed for hometown hero Del Barber. After snagging a Juno nomination and a couple of Western Canadian Music Awards — not to mention logging some 300 tour dates on the strength of that career-making release — the roots/country troubadour… Continue Reading
If Del Barber was born a few generations earlier, he would have been riding the rails. Part time employment would have kept him alive, but like so many of his influences and idols, traveling from town to town trading stories and chords with other folkies, and squeezing each and every drop from the fruit life… Continue Reading
Just before leaving for tour, Del gathered his legion of trusty musicians, sound engineers, and videographers to film a live rendition of “The Waitress.” Shot in a barn loft in Manitoba, we’re mighty proud.
It’s here. Recorded partly in Winnipeg and partly in Maine, Headwaters blends a traveler’s sense of place with a wanderer’s sense of time, simultaneously urgent and patient, measured and confident.