Stephen Barber

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2010 June 2010 - Barber arranged strings and played keyboards for one of Spain's icons, Ana Torroja. Producer, Andres Levin was spearheading the project at Pirate Studio in New York City. Looking forward to the cd hitting the stand in the Fall. Moroccan sintir player and vocalist, Hassan Hakmoun played and sang on a track that was really beautiful. Barber was tapped to go to Italy and arrange for Brazilian producer/songwriter Arto Lindsay. Concerts were performed by the Arturo Toscanini Orchestra in Parma, Lugo and Modena. July 2010 - Barber joined Trixie Whitley and the Band of Gypsies for the Ghent Jazz Festival in Belgium. The band members included Marc Anthony Thompson: keys (aka. Chocolate Genius), Marc Ribot: guitar, Mark Kelley: bass, Yuval Lion: drums and Mark Howard at the desk, mixing the show. Barber arranged 4 tunes for the Kiria String Quartet. August 2010 - Cucu Diamantes and Andres Levin are making a movie in Cuba with actor / director Jorge Perugorria. Barber ask been asked to score some the movie after proper edits are finished. September 2010 - Barber will be going to Rio, Brazil to work on his recording project with Arto Lindsay, as well as tracking additional material with Arto. Barber's album will feature 2 tracks in Spanish, 2 in Portugese and the rest in English. Collaborations include Rolling Stones background vocalist, Blondie Chaplin, Jennifer Warnes, Arto Lindsay, Cucu Diamantes, Sahara Smith and more.... Poet Kim Christoff and Barber collborated on 7 poems that will be recorded at the Church House in early September with coloratura, Cara Johnstone and pianist Carla McElhaney. May 2010 - Pianist for the duo REVEL, Carla McElhaney has an e-zine called "Passion in Action" on her website dedicated to music lovers. She can be found at carlamcelhaney.com that conducts interviews with a wide range of musicians. Barber was picked for the May issue. More to come on that front as it happens. May 2010 - Singer /songwriter Matt Morris has released a wonderful cd entitled, "When Everything Breaks Open" on Justin Timberlake's new label, TENNMAN RECORDS. The recording is produced by Charlie Sexton and Justin Timberlake is Executive Producer. Barber arranged the strings for the Tosca Strings and also with the Austin Symphony principal cellist, Douglas Harvey. This cd will NOT disappoint! April 2010 - The solo project "Fractals" has been completed and mastered at Sterling Sound early this month and is starting into the visual luge now with the graphics. New York's visonary artist, Rafael Vargas Suarez Universal will take the reign and shine his light on the cover art. If you want to see something fresh and profound, please GOOGLE him and go to his website. Bron in Mexico City his work renders beautiful murals, paintins and installation art from Aztec to high tech. April 2010 - Look out, Natalie Merchant has a new project out!! Stephen's arrangements will be found on the new Natalie Merchant's upcoming CD, "Leave Your Sleep" on the Nonsuch label. The release date is scheduled for mid April. This gorgeous cd will host 28 tracks with an enormous range of musical dialects.

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