Isabel and Barry Gray are a duo whose voices blend in harmony and whose guitar styles are perfect complements. Originally drawn together out of their love of acoustic music from the 60s and 70s, they write and perform together. They are currently recording their first project.
Barry’s family band, Graymatter, is a local favorite, performing 60s and 70s covers in four-part harmony. He is also a member of the Wes Collins band (among other distinctions, Wes is a winner of Kerrville’s prestigious Grassy Hills New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters). In 2018, Barry was awarded a North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship in Songwriting, which led him to record his debut album, Footsteps. Like Isabel’s albums, it was produced by award-winning musician Jon Shain and engineered by FJ Ventre at Good Luck Studio in Chapel Hill, NC.
New website and more shows coming soon.
2024 Shows
- Fri. Jan. 5, 6pm – WHUP-FM‘s Pass the Hat. Watch on Facebook.
- Sat. Jan. 20, 2:30pm – GSOngfest: A Celebration of Songwriting to Benefit the Out of the Garden Project. Oden Brewing Company, Greensboro, NC.
- Sun. April 7, 3pm – Get Back! Final Beatles Tribute, Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
- Thurs. May 2 – The Martha Bassett Show, live at the Reeves Theater, Elkin, NC
Audio
Isabel and Barry are recording their original music at FJ Ventre‘s Good Luck Studio in Chapel Hill, NC. Here are a couple of cuts from that effort.
- Broken (c) Barry Gray
- My Old Friend/Down the Road (c) Barry Gray and Isabel Valls