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<p style="line-height: 16px; padding-top: 0pt;" class="paragraph_style_1">Gren Bartley sits on the edge of the ever growing link between English and American folk music. He explores the whole range from traditional English songs to the darkest American blues ballads. Add to this his impressive songwriting with "a depth and insight of someone twice his age" and you will find an artist that is sure to be an important contributor to the roots scene for many years to come.
<p style="line-height: 16px;" class="paragraph_style_1"> Gren's live act is his strongest asset. His guitar playing is "effortlessly astonishing" and his lyrics serve perfectly to accompany the audience through the spectrum of musical landscapes he visits. But it is his soft yet absorbing voice that provides the thread of continuity throughout the set. He has toured all over the UK and is quickly building a core of fans wherever he goes. Catch him now... quick.
<p style="line-height: 16px;" class="paragraph_style_1">His solo album "Carry Her Safe":
<p style="line-height: 16px;" class="paragraph_style_1"> <em>"With a glorious serrated edge, Gren Bartley's "Carry Her Safe" features some great guitar and banjo picking. It's an album of strong heartfelt songs and some great musical interludes, not just instrumentals dotted around the album, but as solos, introductions and finishes to the songs with a vocal element. There is the spirit of the troubadour about it, particularly when the harmonica kicks in. You can imagine Gren and co hitching a lift at a truck stop trying to get to the next gig. Artists like this seem to be a dying breed."</em> - FATEA
<p style="line-height: 16px;" class="paragraph_style_1">Gren Bartley is touring relentlessly as he believes it is on the stage that the real music happens. No two gigs the same, and with such a large repertoire of original and traditional songs, it is no wonder that he is drawing such high regard.
<p style="line-height: 16px;" class="paragraph_style_2"><em>"A phenomenal young guitarist and singer.... This chap is definitely going to </em><em>set the acoustic world alight"</em> - The Real Music Club
<p style="line-height: 16px;" class="paragraph_style_2"><em>"Beautiful, beautiful playing"</em> - BBC Radio
<p style="line-height: 16px;" class="paragraph_style_2"><em>"Very accomplished guitar playing.... fabulous drive to the music. </em><em>Lovely to listen to - great stuff."</em> - John Kirkpatrick
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