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How to introduce Serious Sam Barrett? It’s hard to top the Guardian’s summation:
“Old before his years country-folk fellow who mixes intricate John Fahey finger-picking with confessional tales of dirty old Leeds”
And that’s pretty bang-on the money. Serious Sam Barrett is carving out a niche for this blend of northern grit and Smokies-Appalachian banjo twang. It was Georgia Shackleton who introduced us to his music and suggested he’d be an ideal candidate for the 2027 Oak Folk season and that’s high praise indeed!
We can’t wait for this!
“The sustained brilliance of this playing is really something to behold.”
Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2
“There’s some real swagger to this”
Mark Radcliffe BBC Radio 2 Folk Show
“Songs that rattle with the ghosts of Appalachian folk, and southern blues, yet sound emphatically English.”
Uncut Magazine
“Excellent stripped back folk”
Maverick Magazine
“His well crafted original songs are accompanied by his own sparkling clawhammer banjo or dexterous 12 string guitar picking.”
Froots Magazine
“The continued health of the British folk tradition is safe in the hands of exponents such as Serious Sam Barrett.”
Folk Radio UK
“Barrett shows his deft touch in blending English literature, folk and American sound”
Americana UK
