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5th ALBUM FROM THE BARRETT MARTIN GROUP, "ARTIFACT", TO BE RELEASED MAY 15th, 2012

This is the 5th and newest album from the BMG titled, "Artifact", and features a septet of Seattle's finest jazz musicians. The new album also features the Hindustani vocalist Mehnaz Hoosein on 4 of the songs, adding an Eastern musical influence to the world-infused jazz group. The entire album is now streaming on the Sunyata Records page, where the CD and digital download are now available.

4th ALBUM FROM THE BARRETT MARTIN GROUP "ATLAS" NOW AVAILABLE ON CD OR DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

The 4th album from BMG, titled "Atlas", will be released worldwide on January 17th, 2012. "Atlas" is a 13 song World/Jazz/Soul/Funk groover that takes the listener on a journey around the globe. Produced by Barrett and legendary Seattle producer Jack Endino, and featuring some of the top players in the Seattle music scene, the album can purchased now as a CD, a digital download on I-Tunes, and it can be heard in full streaming audio here on the Sunyata Records site.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE BY BARRETT ABOUT HIS TIME WITH THE SHIPIBO PEOPEL IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON

Here's a link to magazine article written by Barrett about his time with the Shipibo people in the Upper Peruvian Amazon. This is for a new travel and environmental awareness magazine called Myoo.com.

NEW SCREAMING TREES CD "LAST WORDS: THE FINAL RECORDINGS" IS NOW AVAILABLE

Between the winter and summer months of 1998-99, Seattle band Screaming Trees recorded their last batch of songs before disbanding in June of 2000. Those final sessions, produced by Trees drummer Barrett Martin, feature guest appearances by REM's Peter Buck and QOTSA/Trees guitarist Josh Homme. The album was recently mixed by the band's longtime friend, Jack Endino, and was released as a digital download on August 2nd, 2011 on Barrett's label, Sunyata Records. The CD can be purchased here and can be heard in full streaming audio by clinking on the Sunyata Records link, which also has a link to I-Tunes if you would like to download the album.

TAKING PUNK TO THE MASSESS

The music exhibit "Taking Punk To The Masses" has officially opened in Seattle at the EMP Museum and there is even a book with a DVD that tells the story directly with the words of America's first wave of punk, alternative, and grunge musicians. Here is a link to the trailer which has comments from Greg Ginn of Black Flag, Krist Novoselic of Nirvana, as well as many others. Barrett is near the end of the clip. Watch it here.

ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY

Barrett has been appointed adjunct professor of music at Antioch University, the famed liberal arts institution in Seattle, WA. He is currently teaching classes on indigenous music, music as socio-political commentary, and music as spiritual expression and he is enjoying his new students immensely. Check out Antioch University, it is ranked as one of the top ten community-oriented universities in the United States.

"ZENGA AND THE ART OF PERCUSSION" WINS AN EMMY

The PBS short documentary about Barrett's drumming and Zen painting titled, "Zenga And The Art Of Percussion", has won a 2009 Emmy in the New Media Arts category. Produced by director Deborah Wakshull, the short clip can be viewed here.