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June 12, 2007 is the release date for Steve Barton's third solo ablum, "Flicker Of Time" (Sleepless Records/Redeye).
This CD features Steve's band The Oblivion Click on all of the songs: Robbie Rist, drums/vocals; Casey Dolan, guitar/vocals;
Derrick Anderson, bass/vocals. Look for U.S. and UK tour dates in the summer.
Wounded Bird Records has reissued all four of the Translator albums on CD for the first time ever. Later in 2007, Almacantar
Records will be releasing "Different Time" (a collection of demos, outtakes and live tracks hand-picked by the band) and "Time
Of The Miracles" (9 songs from a 1993 session, never-before-released!). Out of the UK, Evanageline Records will put out a
2-CD Translator compilation as well. Whew!!
Translator's SXSW reunion shows were a rousing success. Click on the Translator link for more info.
The song "Shy" from Steve's album "Charm Offensive" came in at Number Two on the year-end most-played songs of 2005 countdown
on the Syracuse, NY 90.5FM WXXE program, "This Is Rock And Roll Radio".Yeah!!
Worldwide distribution of the latest Steve Barton CD, "Charm Offensive", via Redeye Distribution, is now happening!!
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Three Stars, MOJO Magazine
"Barton does it all superbly", Sunday London Times
See the Reviews page for more!
In the 1980s, Steve Barton was part of the band called Translator. Hailing
from San Francisco, they signed to a four-album deal with 415/Columbia Records. The band toured constantly, headlining as
well as sharing the bill with such acts as REM, David Bowie, Psychedelic Furs, The B-52s and Gang of Four. Steve's song Everywhere
That I'm Not is their most well known number. The band's four videos include one that was filmed in Bombay, India. Working
with renowned record producer David Kahne, the first two albums captured the bands live energy as well as their love of making
diverse pop records. Changing producers for the third and fourth LPs to Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones), the group continued
evolving and creating vibrant rock & roll music.
Steve's debut solo CD, The Boy Who Rode His Bike Around The World, was
released in 2000. Anny Celsi's current release "Little Black Dress & Other Stories", includes her
cover version of the Translator song "No Time Like Now", on which she is joined by Steve on vocals and guitar. Steve
adds guitar to several of her songs on the CD as well. Indie label Beluga Records in Chicago included two of Steve's
songs on their Beluga On The Rocks compilation album. He has co-written songs with other artists including John Wesley
Harding who released one of these collaborations, Summer Single, as the lead track on his Pett Levels CD.
Songwriter Brandon Schott's CDs, "Release" and "Golden State" feature Steve's guitar playing
on many of the songs.
2005's Charm Offensive was produced by Ed Stasium. Its In October 2003, the band travelled to Liverpool
to play at The Cavern Club as a way of introducing the songs to a wider audience. Former Translator drummer Dave Scheff appears
on two tracks, including a cover of the Beatle song She's Leaving Home.
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