Steve Barton

Steve Barton: Tall Tales And Alibis

by Doug Collette
March 11, 2018

Like Bob Dylan's Triplicate (Columbia, 2017), Steve Barton's Tall Tales And Alibis recounts a rite of passage in three parts. But even though the once and future member of Translator only assigns specific sub-titles once (in the recording credits), his journey from darkness to light is as explicit as that of the Nobel Laureate's, perhaps even more so, as it transits chronologically through a psychic transformation reflected in the recordings. Barton takes a literal as well as metaphysical ...

Steve Barton, Singer from Translator, Readies New CD with New Band, Oblivion Click

Source: conqueroo
April 20, 2007

New album, Flicker of Time, further explores power-pop muse with new shadings

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- You have heard Steve Barton on Translator's huge hit “Everywhere That I'm Not." The veteran San Francisco alt-rock outfit recorded four albums on 415/ Columbia, and toured with R.E.M., Gang of Four and David Bowie. And Translator lives on to this day, soon to announce new recordings, rarities and reissues. However, in Barton's other, more day-to-day life, he's the vocalist/songwriter/guitarist in Steve Barton & ...
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