Folk Night with Damien Barber

Raised in Norfolk and heavily influenced by such earlier Norfolk singers as Walter Pardon and Peter Bellamy, Damien is a stylish and distinctive singer, either a Capella or accompanied on guitar or English concertina. Though he has lived in West Yorkshire for over 20 years he retains a strong East Anglian identity.

Damien was 5 years old he was first taken to The Orchard Garden’s Folk Club in North Walsham, Norfolk where his family lived and where he began to absorb the styles and sounds of local singers such as Tony Hall, Peter Bellamy and most notable of all Walter Pardon. Walter was one of the last great Traditional singers of the region and, along with his weekly visits to the folk club, Damien was fortunate to listen to, and play with, Walter a number of times at his home before his passing in 1996.

“He plays a hell of a concertina and he’s got all
the signs of be”

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