Seeking album reviews. ABSOLUTELY ORIGINAL, DEFIANT, JOYOUS.  Nigel Barker releases new album FIVE Indie Blues Rock

REVIEWS SO FAR………Nigel Barker’s musical output is simply amazing. I’m listening to a symphony. Each new song a new surprise, a new mood and it’s infectious. Barker is a true music connoisseur who does not hesitate to use anything and everything he has at his disposal to great stylistic effect. Such a fusion is seldom heard and in this clash of styles we come to musical moments that are inspired. Incredible results! It’s truly great, inspiring and absolutely original music. Check it out! Mladen Loncar SOUNDGUARDIAN.com Croatia

Nigel says: “I always knew album 5 would be a milestone. I knew it would take six months to make and it took six months to make. I knew it would contain some of my best music, and it did, and I knew I would make some breakthroughs with it, and I did. By the time you get to your fifth album you should know what you’re doing. You’ve got maybe forty five recordings behind you and by then you should be able to craft music exactly how you want it. It’s all in the detail and when the detail mounts up into something substantial then you know you’ve created something good. Deal with the small things and the whole looks after itself.

REVIEW: Gritty harmonica, fuzz guitars, a touch of the Velvet Underground. The album has beautiful production that bears a comparison with Lou Reed. It’s radio-friendly but experiments with all kinds of sounds. From ripping, distorted unexpected guitar solos to a large orchestra and the accelerator is pressed firmly to the floor at all times. You can’t really categorise the album, the diversity of the songs is too great. Walter Vanheuckelom CONCERTMONKEY.BE

Nigel says: You have to change the process of making music if you want to make something out of the ordinary. You have to exchange your normal methods of working for something different. I exchanged a conventional drum kit for clanging pieces of metal on many tracks and I also spent a huge amount of time working on string and piano arrangements as well as using sound effects and creating orchestral horn parts so that by the time it got to recording guitars, there was almost no room in the arrangement for them, which again meant I had to come up with something different.

REVIEW: Exciting intensity and presence throughout. Have you ever sat at a table with Lou Reed, Seasick Steve, Elliott Murphy, Calvin Russell, Johnny Dowd, John Trudell and Lee Clayton? Then rejoice because it’s all here on this album. It’s well produced, hard- hitting and down-to-Earth …and the life experience hits you as sharply as does his guitars. This record is something you really do not want to miss! This is more than 220 volts, so be careful not to burn your fingers. Johnny Andreassen BLUES NEWS NORWAY

Nigel says: MY STORY: Due to a car accident at the age of 23 while working at AIR Montserrat, I injured my hand and couldn’t play the guitar for nearly thirty years. A Harley Davidson with a heavy clutch lever brought my hand back to life seven years ago. So in many ways I am restoring the career I didn’t have…but thirty years late. Should I feel bitter about that?… Well no. I’ve adjusted to the fact, but it took time. I had some success writing screenplays and directing movies for a living but to be honest what I do now musically wouldn’t have been technically possible before 2004. That was when affordable recording software and vast libraries of virtual instruments became available on a laptop. So I am a child of my time!

The future? I’m looking forward to album six. Gonna do a few covers I think, and I’m making a list. It’s a pretty eccentric list so its taking some time to collect enough tracks to start, but as soon as that list is long enough I’ll get started. Tracks by Dorothy, Black Casino and The Ghost, Eric Johanson, and Damon Fowler are high on the list. Watch this space!

REVIEWS: Bluesy vocals with a nicely understated guitar. The writing and production are stunning. Just goes to show how rich we are in this country when it comes to talent. Outstanding. 10/10 INDEPENDENT MUSIC SHOWCASE

A different approach to the blues whilst still retaining a blues core that once you hear it has you hooked and that continues throughout the entire album, weaving and twisting in and out of blues and blues rock and some psychedelia..It’s unusual, uplifting…joyous.

Gets the blood pumping BLUES MATTERS

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