Dave Barns at The Music Mill

Singer-songwriter from Nashville

Dave Barnes is a singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee who on April 1 will release his next album, Me and You and The World.

Like many of his contemporaries, Marc Broussard and Jon McLaughlin, Barnes is a road warrior and quickly gaining a loyal following everywhere he goes. Where is Barnes taking listeners? Judging by a spin of his latest, Me and You and the World, just about anywhere.

The Steely Dan jazz-pop of “Someday.” The Blind Boys of Alabama-style gospel of “Carry Me Through.” The lighters-in-the-air sing-along chorus of “When A Heart Breaks.” The crowd favorite and first single, “Until You.” Or, perhaps, the delicate, cello-laced ballad of “On A Night Like This.” It’s all here.