Barbara has a new song coming out on the Merge anniversary project

"Bands from the indie elite are lining up to pay tribute to 20 years of Merge Records." - BeatCrave


Barbara contributed a song to the Merge Records 20 year anniversary project. Her cover of the Portastatic song Through with People will be on the special Merge Covers Album slated for release in 2009.

Barbara recorded the song this summer with Charles "Cleanhead" Mohnike and Loki St. Lynn of Champion.

You can read up on the project over at BeatCrave, and get the straight scoop here from Merge

Ryan Adams, Death Cab, Bright Eyes and More Celebrate 20 Years of Merge Records | BeatCrave - Passionate about Music

More Barbara Videos

I guess it's time to add a video page to the web site, there are several up now from the Chillith show, and I have a whole slew of them Barbara asked me to transfer from VHS to DVD.

Here's a fun playlist of Barbara from the current videos on the 'tube

Barbara rocks Better By Bounds

Another one from the Chillith Fair

Another Barbara at Chillith Fair video

Came across this one on YouTube tonight:

Chillin' at Chillith

Barbara headlined Chico's annual Chillith Fair Saturday. After brainstorming with the sound guy, she decided to play through her little smokey Zinky amp. The effect of her clear voice and the strap amp is kinda cool. Check out the video:

BarbaraManning.net is finally up and running!

It took awhile, but after three months of working on Barbara's new site every time we found a spare couple of minutes, we're ready to roll!

I decided to incorporate several social networking tools into the site so Barbara can update it easily while she's traveling. Check out the links to the right -----> at the bottom of the sidebar and add her to your friends lists.

On MySpace you can find her at Barbara Manning, Champion, and The Sleaze Tax.

We would love to hear suggestions on what you'd like to see here.

Oh, and my high-quality testing team consisted of me and a bottle of wine, so if you you come across any errors or weirdness while cruising the site please drop me a line in the comments.

---Barbara's friend, The Original Ideagirl

We're almost there....

...coming soon!