SERIOUS SAM BARRETT
close to home

limited to 500 copies with a free cdr. 'close to home' is a glorious recreation of the classic ragged country blues and bluegrass sounds from across the water but at the same time, it's firmly british. sam's from yorkshire, he's proud of it and he's steeped this record in the county that he loves. it's heartfelt and it's raw. it's not killed by over production and sounds like the kind of awesome contemporary roots music coming out of jas mathus' delta recording service. sam bashes classic tune after classic tune on stella his 12 string resonator, with passion and care. the original songs sit comfortably side by side with the covers. there's no lazy singer-songwriting or hiding behind 'alt' folktags.