Little Barrie

Little Barrie are a London-based trio led by ace guitarist Barrie Cadogan, whose sound is an organic blend of hard rock, blues, soul, psychedelia, jazz, and funk that recalls classic bands of the '60s like Traffic and Cream. Their early albums, like We Are Little Barrie, laid down their template in wall-shaking fashion, while later records like 2011's King of the Waves and 2017's Death Express added surf and pop influences to the mix. By the time of albums as exciting and well-played as 2020's Quatermass Seven and 2025's Electric War, both featuring drummer Malcolm Catto of the Heliocentrics, and 2026's Gravity Freeze, the band had staked out their own place sonically, and Cadogan was firmly entrenched as one of the best guitarists of his era.