Rich Barnard

Rich Barnard was born the year the King died. After trying his hand at rock 'n' roll for a while, it soon became clear that he was not going to be a successor to the Elvis throne. But during a baffling year at art school and a brief and even more baffling career with a stockbroker, his guitar refused to leave him alone, so Rich moved to London to show all the other singer-songwriters how it ought to be done.

Having toured extensively around London, Rich has played to appreciative and often fully conscious audiences. Constantly honing his guitar style and haircut, he has appeared on bills alongside the likes of Polly Paulusma and Tom McRae. His performances have been described as 'unmissably special' and 'smashing' by people who hadn't even been paid to say so, but were probably on the guest list.

His self-produced debut CD STFU, released in 2006, features eleven of Rich's finest songs. Recorded in an Old Street penthouse on a strict diet of Vimto and Frazzles, it features the talents of the Elysian Quartet (Killa Kela), Mal Darwen (Praying For The Rain) and Andy Waterworth (Ben & Jason, London Elektricity).

Listening to STFU should tell you everything else you need to know, but extraneous facts can be gleaned from Rich's mother.