Folk Rock Archives - The Grog Shop

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Barns Courtney
Fri, Apr 17 Show: 8:30 pm (Doors: 7:30 pm)
$31.36 Buy Tickets

Friday, April 17 

Barns Courtney at Grog Shop

Doors 7:30 PM | Show 8:30 PM
ALL AGES
$25 advance / $29.50 day of show
+ $3 at the door if under 21

Barns Courtney has lived through more industry upheaval than most artists survive — A&Rs disappearing, catalogs sold off, years stuck in dead-end contracts — yet he’s still standing. Signed at 19, reduced to sofa-surfing and odd jobs, he clawed his way back when Bradley Cooper hand-picked his voice for Burnt, just as his DIY single Glitter & Gold — recorded in an abandoned care home with filing cabinets for drums — quietly went platinum in the US. Since then, multiple Top 10 alt-radio hits and a reputation for chaotic, unmissable live shows have made him one of rock’s best-kept secrets. Now, a decade on and finally free on indie label Avenue A, Courtney isn’t making a comeback — he’s proving the music always connects, even when the machine fails.