Biography
Rik Barron has toured North America and Europe for nearly thirty years and has included folk music for young children in schools, fairs and concert halls throughout Canada for the last 25 years. His enthusiasm for and popularity with young audiences is undiminished. A testament to this young audience appeal is the more than two thousand performances of his Odd Sock Kids Show, including eight seasons at PEI's Old Home Week and the Charlottetown Festival. While his latest release Shine is more on the relaxing side his live children's concerts are high energy, engaging performances where the audience listens, sings, dances and laughs. He is a true folk troubadour and his performances never stray from that tradition. They are works of substance that need nothing more than Rik and his instruments.
Rik is an accomplished and respected folk/roots performer. Known for his unique banjo and guitar styles and smooth baritone voice, he entertains his audiences with a seamless blend of singing, expert playing and humor. Rik has released eight critically acclaimed studio albums including “Shine” which was named the 2009 East Coast Music Awards Children's Recording of the Year adding to his ECMA award for Children's Artist of the Year in 2000. It was also nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award for Children’s Album of the Year and 2009 Favorite Children's Artist with the Canadian Independent Music Awards (The Indies).
Rik has been a faculty member of the Maryland Banjo Academy and the Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy. He has been featured on the cover of the Banjo Newsletter, the main magazine for this instrument in North America.
Rik is an endorsing artist for Ovation Adamas Guitars, Deering Banjos, Weber Mandolins and D'Addario Strings and Accessories.
Instrumentation
Rik Barron- Vocals, guitar, banjo and mandolin
Discography
Barron and Panting - Old Dogs New Tricks- 2004
Rik Barron- The Quiet Faith of Man- 2003
Rik Barron - Right to the Bone- 2000
Rik Barron- Bound for the Ice- 1996
( For Young Audiences)
Shine - 2009 (ECMA Children's Recording of the Year)
Make Hay When the Sunshines- 1999
(ECMA Children's Artist of the Year)
Heel to the Toe- 1995
A Sock Full of Songs 1993
Links
| http://www.rikbarron.com |