{"id":129458,"date":"2024-03-27T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcmusicreview.com\/staging\/?p=129458"},"modified":"2024-03-27T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T14:11:11","slug":"sam-barber-is-razor-sharp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcmusicreview.com\/staging\/sam-barber-is-razor-sharp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Barber Is Razor Sharp"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday, March 22nd, The Atlantis<\/strong> hosted rapidly rising country music star Sam Barbe<\/strong>r<\/strong>, a 20-year-old with the sensitivity, emotional honesty, and vocal range of a seasoned veteran of the genre. He played his 16-song set to a sold out and eager crowd.<\/p>\n

\"Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n

Elliot Greer<\/strong> opened over the weekend, one of the five stops he joined Barber on during the Till I Return Tou<\/em>r. The audience showed up and packed the house early to see Greer perform some of his hits as well as his newer songs like the recently released \u201cGold,\u201d which dropped the day of the show. Despite standing room only, you could hear the standing ovation if you closed your eyes as he finished one of the first live performances of the new song, his first release in a year he noted. A one-two punch, his lyrics are frighteningly bare and his magnetic voice flawlessly undulates between an emotional quaver to a painful howl. During his song \u201cUndertone,\u201d about the lingering presence of someone no longer in your life, you wonder \u201cwho hurt you\u201d as he cries out \u201cIt\u2019s like you\u2019re there\u2019 It\u2019s like you know\/ You\u2019re always an undertone\/In my cologne\/ In every stranger I bring home\/ An undertone.\u201d Ouch. Check him out while he\u2019s still one of those cool undiscovered artists that you can say you knew when.<\/p>\n

\"Elliott<\/span><\/p>\n

Elliott Greer<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam Barber. Kid Wonder. At 20 years old, he can access the longing, fear, desire, and optimism that people two and three times his age still struggle to define and capture in their own lives. Barber first came onstage solo to perform \u201cMillion Eyes\u201d, the title track to his recent EP release of the same name. As the band joined him onstage, between the overalls, hiking and cowboy boots and bandanas and baseball caps, Barber and the band brought a piece of rural Missouri to the bustling DC streets that night. <\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/span><\/p>\n

Sam Barber – Million Eyes<\/p>\n

There is no question as to why Sam Barber is gaining so much success in so little time. The trail of authenticity that he leaves behind is ever-present. Starting with his persona through his lyrics and finishing with his voice, there is nothing that Barber doesn\u2019t touch that isn\u2019t 100% who he is. His voice is a mix between polite and poignant as he quietly begins the story only to end it with fierce hope in the future or painful memories. His cover of Canadian duo Dani and Lizzy\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cDancing in the Sky\u201d is an original in every regard because of what he brings to the already heavy lyrics. Barber immediately sets us loose from the top of the roller coaster at 100mph with no build up when he opens his new arrangement with his soulful cry \u201cAnd I hope you\u2019re dancing in the sky\/ And I hope you\u2019re singing in the angel\u2019s choir.\u201d And that\u2019s what he is so naturally gifted at: propelling us into those moments in life that we hide from. <\/p>\n

\"Sam<\/span><\/p>\n

As a crescendo to the evening like a pressure valve finally bursting, the crowd was itching to sing along to \u201cStraight and Narrow,\u201d the first song Barber wrote and what has ignited his budding stardom. There is no substitute for watching Sam Barber roar \u201cWhen they’re chasing you down with an old bloodhound\/ And you’re running through the fields for your life\/<\/p>\n

You gotta get up son I know they’re gunnin for ya.\u201d After leaving the stage and hearing the packed house chant \u201cone more song,\u201d Barber and the band returned for the tour\u2019s namesake track \u201cTill I Return.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Having only first posted to TikTok<\/strong><\/a> in 2021 when he was 18, the same age as his idol Tyler Childers <\/strong>when he released Bottles and Bibles<\/em> as he notes in a Billboard interview, his meteoric rise on the charts and among fans is rapidly accelerating. Barber released his first EP, Million Eyes<\/em>, with Lockeland Springs<\/strong>\/Atlantic Records<\/strong> in the fall of 2023 and is on tour<\/a> late into 2024 between the Till I Return Tour<\/em> and festival appearances. Saddle up and let Sam take you for a ride. <\/p>\n

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Enjoy photos by our photographer Batya Levy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Sam Barber<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elliot Greer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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To learn more about Sam Barber<\/strong>, please see the following web resources:<\/p>\n