Upcoming album 'carnival ride'
Only a few more tracks to mix, then it will be on to mastering and release!
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Thanks to the band!
We are so grateful to all the musicians -- our Carnival Ride staff! -- who joined us at the album pre-release show on Nov. 14, 2024.
Left to right: Danny Gotham (guitar) with Suki, Isabel, Barry, Bob Bedell (vocals), George Hindenach (drums/percussion), FJ Ventre (bass, vocals), Jack Gorham (piano), Brad Gray (vocals).
We -- Barry Gray and Isabel Valls -- are a singer songwriter duo whose voices blend in harmony and whose acoustic guitar styles perfectly complement each other. Originally drawn together by our shared love of acoustic music from the 60s and 70s, we write and perform original songs together. We are currently working on our first album.
Upcoming
4/22/26
Songwriters Over Yonder
7pm
Yonder Southern Cocktails and Brew, 114 W. King Street, Hillsborough, NC
Event Details
4/22/26
Songwriters Over Yonder
With Kirk and Wes Collins
7pm
Yonder Southern Cocktails and Brew, 114 W. King Street, Hillsborough, NC
4/26/26
With Danny Gotham
TBD
Cameron Presbyterian Church, 600 Carthage St, Cameron, NC
4/26/26
With Danny Gotham
TBD
Cameron Presbyterian Church, 600 Carthage St, Cameron, NC
6/13/26
Tiny Stage Concert
1pm
Charlotte, NC
Event Details
6/13/26
Tiny Stage Concert
Hosted by Louis Beeler. Streamed live from https://www.youtube.com/@TinyStageConcerts
1pm
Charlotte, NC
6/18/26
Kirk Ridge and Friends
7pm
Blue Note Grill, 709 Washington St., Durham, NC
Event Details
6/18/26
Kirk Ridge and Friends
With Kirk and Wes Collins
7pm
Blue Note Grill, 709 Washington St., Durham, NC
Video
Carnival Ride
This is the title track of our upcoming album and the first song we co-wrote. Thanks to the folks at WHUP-FM in Hillsborough, NC for having us on Pass the Hat in January 2024.
Watercolors
Performed at the Southeast Regional Folk Alliance, May 2023
About
Barry Gray's family band, Graymatter, is a Triad and Triangle, NC favorite, performing 60s and 70s covers in four-part harmony. Barry is also a member of the Wes Collins band (among other distinctions, Wes is a winner of Kerrville's prestigious Grassy Hills New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters). In 2018, Barry was awarded a North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship in Songwriting, which led him to record his debut album, Footsteps.
Isabel Valls has been performing since 2010, when she began playing at area open mics. She has released two albums of her original songs under her former name, Taylor: Awake Again (2016) and Isabel Taylor (2019). Both albums secured the 15th spot on the Folk Radio chart.
Their solo albums were produced by award-winning musician Jon Shain and engineered by FJ Ventre at Good Luck Studio in Chapel Hill, NC.
Their upcoming release, Carnival Ride, is co-produced, recorded, and engineered by FJ Ventre.
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