Barrie at Schubas, 5/18/22 Back in 2018, a few of Barrie’s first singles began to creep up out of the woodwork. They were eventually passed around with enough word-of-mouth fervor, that the five-piece was able to put out a full-length debut only a year later. Almost simultaneously, Happy to Be Here , one of the best albums of 2019, alienated the purists who would swear only by the initial demos, and the band didn’t last much longer. Only a few months after its release, Barrie became the solo project of singer-songwriter Barrie Lindsay, who retreated from Brooklyn to Maine as the pandemic unfurled. It was there that Lindsay fell in love with Gabby’s World’s, Gabby Smith and also where Lindsay’s father’s cancer worsened. The dichotomy of Smith’s entrance and Lindsay’s father’s death provided the basis for almost every song on Barbara , Barrie’s newest album. Barbara , against all odds, is a success, and one that felt more than warranted when Lindsay brought her show to Schubas Tavern...
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