Me and our Saoirse having fun in quarantine

I can’t believe it’s taken me three posts to get caught up after going silent during the lockdown. I had nothing but time on my hands and I didn’t waste it, that’s…

****There’s a lot to cover for the past 6 months. Part 2 will cover the singles Christmas Time in China, No Prey No Pay….and the soft release of the Absent friends demo****

Christmas Time in China

I’ve covered the writing…

****My COVID experiences in China since the last post at xmas 2019*****

Well it’s been nearly half a year since my last post. It’s safe to say things got pretty “real.” My last post was written as my band Grass…

This week has been a bit crazy with the launch of the Grass Mud Horse Christmas single, which by the way is ALSO our debut single. There is a lot to take care of and to be perfectly honest it…

“Before You Embark On A Journey Of Revenge, Dig Two Graves” — Confucius

I’ve been working on a song called Rivers of Blood this week. I thought I’d finished all the tracks for my Grass Mud Horse album, but maybe…

Over the past week some ugly Christmas jumpers (featuring llamas on them) inspired me to write a Christmas Single. Now the reason for inspiration is that my band’s called Grass Mud Horse, which is the literal English translation of the…

I missed posting for a couple weeks on here, so sorry about that. I live in China and unfortunately the government here has been cracking down on VPN use over the last little while and I’ve not been able to…

So this past week I’ve mostly been working on this folk/punk song The Hill I chose to Die on, which as you may remember I wrote the week before and shared a very rough demo with you. I made…

So carrying on from my last post I thought I’d post a little bit more background on the song She likes it rough. As I said I’ve been learning piano and I chose to study the rock n roll…

I don’t currently have a lot going on song-writing wise. I have been trying to put the finishing touches on the Grass Mud Horse album (my punk band), so my writing has been focussed on the last couple songs I…

…in the beginning

Hello to you, 

If you’re reading this then you’re most likely a friend or member of my family who has been press-ganged into doing so, so thank you for your time and patience! If you’re somebody who…

Hi there! I’m Chris Barry. I’m an award winning singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Liverpool England, who now lives in China with my wife, daughter and dog.

As a baby I lived on the world famous Penny Lane in Liverpool…