Barry Crawford, known in some circles as Bazza, is one of Portland,
Oregon's best kept secrets. His abilities as a crafter of somewhat
eccentric songs are renowned in many circles (though hardly enough).
His mysterious, hand-distributed homemade recordings have been the
stuff of local legend for over twenty years and a joy for anyone lucky
enough to hear them. Not unlike Daniel Johnston or Vic Chesnutt, Bazza's
music is typically a slightly off-kilter affair, with enough unconventional
quirks to sequester it in a genre eddy far from the mainstream (this,
of course, should not be viewed as a bad thing).
Sounding eerily authentic in whatever genre he chooses to explore,
his new album for Lost Cat Records, Tremors — which
also features a unique take on the 1960's nugget “Secret Agent
Man” — is a fine example of Bazza at his very best.
> Visit
the official Bazza website and purchase his CDs
>
Visit Bazza on Myspace
> Read a review of Bazza in Two Louies
Magazine
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Read a review of Tremors at IndieMusicStop.com
Bazza
