The Overlander
By Greg Quill, The Toronto Star
September 8th, 2005
Adelaide, Australia-based British expat folksinger Barrie Davis, making his third tour of Canada in as many years, celebrates the release of his latest CD, The Busker's Waltz, with a concert performance tonight at Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas St. W.
Affectingly retro in style, Davis is a compelling entertainer with a powerful baritone, a penchant for grand sentimental ballads and the songs of Eric Bogle, and a grab-bag of humorous yarns, poems and commentaries that he has woven into a sort of Down Under cabaret entitled "Australia in Song and Story."
He's also the master of a beautiful Australian-made Maton 12-string guitar.
Its mellifluous tones are worth the price of admission alone.
