Sam Barber, Grails & Burns Burly west: Sound Check

by Andrew Bonieskie | AMERICANA & BLUES, ELECTRONIC & EXPERIMENTAL, FESTIVALS & PARTIES, MUSIC, ROCK & INDIE, VENUE NEWS

A wild and varied week it will be, with concert goers having to pick their sound of choice this weekend. Down on the Friday Cheers stage comes a rotation of country and folk artists headlined by the increasingly popular sound of Sam Barber, backed up by Jake Kohn and...

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