Barry Hunt – Living In The Shadows

Midland based Barry Hunt – singer/songwriter, guitar teacher and a master of his craft with a Masters Degree in Song writing – has unleashed an album of his own songs (together with inspiration from Joe Bennett, Bex Cullen and Jan Jay) and this album – Living In The Shadows has been very well received by all who hear it. The album carries a mirage of genre and opens up with an full bodied up-tempo number – Left it Too Long – which gives a rocky uplifting start, the second track which is the title track couldn’t be any different and Chris Rea would have believed it was himself singing!  Bluesy guitar and Barry sings in a gravel voice enviable of Chris himself.  Piano with superb backing vocals from Barry’s daughter Chloe is a beautiful rhythmic number entitled There’s Nothing Here to See.  (Plenty to hear though!) Our Final Day is quite a mournful number, but a track that really stands out to me, as does The Road that Leads to You.  Blues, country, acoustic, rnr, contemporary, its all there.  12 delicious tracks and not a duff one amongst them!  Now that’s rare!

Barry has worked hard on this album, he has some songs left over and there will be another album out in the early part of 2011 which we are already looking forward to. An album that really is a must in anyone’s collection as it has so many different types of music on it, that you can leave it on your player all day and not get tired of it!  Give it a try! Go and see Barry live at a venue near you by keeping an eye on his website.

Jean Camp

Artist website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGM_DKTAQQjdXSa-7BVm2SQ


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