Barnaby and the Butcher

Alt Country | Americana | Rock
Tucson, Arizona
Serious music from not-so-serious musicians

Barnaby and the Butcher write and perform music across the broadly defined genres of Alt Country and Americana. Their catalogue of originals is ever-expanding, and their uniquely-chosen covers include artists as wide ranging as Chris Stapleton, The Tragically Hip, Bonnie Raitt, John Hiatt, and Indigo Girls. Their sound is complex and powerful, tending towards Dark Country and Rock, while leaving room for the welcoming warmth of Butcher’s vocals and his clever, and often heartbreaking lyrics.

In the past year Barnaby and the Butcher has release two albums, served as support for traveling bands on historic stages, and built and supported community. In October 2024 they traveled to Mississippi to record their third studio album at Jim Dickinson’s Zebra Ranch, and with the musical and production talents of multi-award-winning Jimbo Mathus of The Squirrel Nut Zippers. South of Memphis is the realization of a childhood memory from Butcher’s mother, and of raising his own children on the music of Jimbo and The Squirrel Nut Zippers. In October 2024 and May 2025 they opened in Phoenix and Tucson respectively, for Irish rock band The Young Dubliners. New Years Eve 2024 found them at historic Fox Tucson Theatre opening for Los Lobos. In July 2025 their album South of Memphis joined their first album Boilermaker in Pima County Library’s free public archive, Desert Streams. This June they recorded their fourth album in front of a live audience at Poe's Art House in downtown Tucson. Live at Poe's was released in June 2025. It is the celebration of and for their Super Fans, their year of music, and their love for hidden spaces.