Jamie Barnes

歌手最为独立唱作人，Jamie用他的音乐充分表现出了lo-fi的精神，即要制作出一张温暖动人的唱片，一间造价不菲，设备齐全的录音室并不是一个必要条件，细腻的情感和娓娓动听的旋律才是不可或缺的首要因素。The Recalibrated Heart已经是他的第三张专辑了，而他也依旧坚持在自己的公寓录制每一首歌，演奏每一件乐器，用自己的方式给疲惫的都市人讲述一个个平静遥远的故事。

作品介绍：中文名称：The Recalibrated Heart
发行时间：2006年10月24日
专辑歌手：Jamie Barnes
地区：美国
语言：英语
专辑类型：Indie/Folk
唱片公司：Pink Bullet
曲目:
01. Vampire Movie
02. Conflict Diamond
03. Song for the Mofa Seven
04. Hell's Adopted Mile
05. Glory Days
06. Don't Turn My Love Down
07. Noelle, Noelle
08. Violet Morning
09. Day That Cuts Till Dawn
10. Harp of the Fool
专辑名称：Honey from the Ribcage
专辑歌手：Jamie Barnes
专辑语种：英语
专辑类型：Indie Pop/Folk/Alternative
发行时间: 2005年05月10日
地区: 美国
专辑介绍：
Jamie 的第二张专辑Honey from the Ribcage采用了更多的管弦乐编曲，并更加有个人风格。歌词内容主要是关注个人的恐惧、情感，以及生命中的事件等。比如第一首歌Second Guess My Own是关于Jamie罹患长期性失忆症，而Red Prescription则是关于他与导致他失忆的处方药搏斗的事。整张专辑中，恶魔、天使、生物，以及颜色都是一件事或另一件事的象征。
Jamie Barnes' sophomore effort is a pleasant listen that shows once again that one-man bands can be pretty detailed things these days, given home-recording capabilities. The list of instruments played is as long as one's arm, but the key needs to be whether or not it's all worth something in the end. On balance, it is, though Honey from the Ribcage is more contemplative than in your face, often creating an easy feeling not all that far removed from, say, Dan Fogelberg -- but if that doesn't raise hackles automatically, then there's nothing to fear. As it is, Barnes has more on his mind than reflections on masculinity during the Carter Administration, with songs touching on Biblical themes (the album title refers to the story of Samson) and questions of spirituality slowly, gently unfolding across the course of 40 minutes. Barnes' warm, softly yearning voice is instantly calming, an instrument in its own right that suggests lazy hours on a porch during a warm spring evening. That he can tackle the kind of subjects and language almost more familiar from the rampages of the Swans or Nick Cave's extremities on gentler songs like "Three Suns" and make it work is well to his credit. The album's only guest, Will Cummings, adds some great organ and harmonies on "Red Prescription," but Barnes' harmonies with himself stand up just fine elsewhere. Musically, Barnes' attention to detail often comes to the fore unexpectedly -- consider how the echo and what sounds initially like soft trumpet during the break on "Snow Angel" add a cascading depth to a strong song. The jauntier swing of "Pearly Gate & Son Pest Control" -- which has an absolutely brilliant title and perversely humorous lyrical conceit in addressing unsettling subject matter about sin and a vengeful deity -- shows yet another side to this surprisingly complex album.
专辑曲目:
01. Second Guess My Own
02. Snow Angel
03. Red Prescription
04. Pearly Gate & Son Pest Control
05. Three Suns
06. The Sword That Divides
07. Black Lung
08. Oil Rig
09. All These Things Are So
10. White Owl