Ol' Danny Barnes

Video of Overdue from e-town with Nick Forster

Here is s a video from the recent E-Town performances. On "Overdue," Barnes is joined by Nick Forster (Hot Rize) on bass.

eTown webisode 130 - Danny Barnes - "Overdue" from eTown on Vimeo.

New track 'One' currently on nationallly syndicated Acoustic Café

'One' from Danny Barnes' latest release 'Rocket' is currently featured on the Acoustic Café.

The track appears on Segment 5 for the week of 11/14/11-11/20/11 in show #879, alongside Peter Gabriel, Dawes, Bruce Springsteen, Ani Difranco, and Glen Campbell (among others.) View the entire playlist and listen to it from the acafe.com website.

Barnes will be on ETOWN two weeks in a row starting next week

Danny Barnes will be featured on etown.org for two consecutive weeks along with Cake and Eliza Gilkyson.

Show #1146 aires on November 16, 2011 and show #1147 airs on November 23. Be sure to tune in starting next week at this link.

Video Interview with Lingua Musica

New album 'Rocket' available for pre-order

We are excited to announce the release of Danny's new album, 'Rocket', on November 8th! Pre-order NOW (click here) to win a custom Danny Barnes model Bishline banjo, a n Estes E-Kit Rocket, a skateboard with Danny Barnes custom artwork, an old-school cassette boom box, t-shirt with album themed artwork, and more! The album is available in three configurations ('Rocket'- Studio/CD, 'Angel'- Solo Acoustic Banjo w Vocals/CD, and 'Poison'- Demos/Cassette).

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Danny Barnes on NPR Mountain Stage

mountain stage 2 Phot credit: Brian Blauser/Mountain Stage

Danny Barnes appeared on Mountain Stage last February (2010.) The episode is scheduled for distribution on affiliate stations on January 28, 2011. For a complete list of stations and airtimes, please check here:

http://www.mountainstage.org/mtnstageaffiliates.aspx

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Barnes Unveils the Barnjo at Horning's Hideout

Danny Barnes unveiled his new, custom-made banjo / electric guitar hybrid at the Northwest String Summit in North Plains, Oregon last weekend.

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Danny on New Herbie Hancock Album

We are thrilled to announce Danny’s appearance on Herbie Hancock’s new concept album, ‘The Imagine Project’. Danny performs on “Tomorrow Never Knows”, which features guest vocals by Dave Matthews. Other artists include Anousha Shankar, Jeff Beck, John Legend, The Chieftans, Seal, India Arie, Pink, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Chaka Khan, K’Naan, Pink, James Morrison, Wayne Shorter, and Lisa Hannigan.

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Listen to Barnes with DMB at Bonnaroo

Click here to listen to Danny perform three songs with Dave Matthews Band this past weekend at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN.

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