The Barbaras // Barna Howard (full band) // Floating Easements

https://ohmygodbarbara.bandcamp.com/album/oh-my-god-barbara-2
The Barbaras is the collaboration between sisters Weezy and Sallie Ford. Inspired by the old fashioned harmonies of classiccountry and doo wop.. Mark Robertson (bass) engineered their record at Doe Bay Resort on Orcas island, with instrumentation by Jeff Munger (lead guitar), Buddy Weeks (drums), Jamie Owens ( pedal steel).

http://www.barnahoward.com
BARNA HOWARD was born and raised in a quintessential Midwest town. His youth in Eureka, Missouri was pure Americana – the sort of childhood that inspired E.T.-era Spielberg – baseball cards in his bicycle spokes, flying freely down Main Street and through neighbors’ backyards.

However, much of Barna’s story is not unique to his hometown, and, like most of small town America, Eureka has lost some of that charm over time. Main Street has changed, kids don’t run around quite so carelessly, and in an almost laughably cruel twist, his childhood home was knocked down in favor of a Walmart parking lot.

After high school, Howard moved north to study animation in one cold and windy city and then east for love in another. Years later, he blindly followed two friends to the Northwest, crossing the Rockies for the first time, in search of inspiration, opportunity and a fresh start.

Barna’s self-titled debut chronicled these moves as he struggled with the contrast between his small town upbringing and these big city wanderings. The album was met with critical acclaim and underground success, partly thanks to an opportunely placed song in the hit indie film, Drinking Buddies. One critic even likened him to some “lost genius of the 60s.”