Sam Barber Joins Forces With Chance Peña For "Better Than The Floor"
Multi-Platinum singer-songwriter Sam Barber ya gabatar tare da GRAMMY® Award-named artist da masana'antu Chance Peña ga sabon singa, “Better Than The Floor,”, na farko a kowace rana via Lockeland Springs/Atlantic Records HERE. Having both long admired each other’s work, the acclaimed artists finally connected, forging a powerful new collaboration.
“Better Than The Floor” is included on an extended edition of Barber’s acclaimed new EP, Music for the Soul, available now HERE. The project begins an unforgettable new chapter for Barber following the breakout success of his RIAA Gold-certified 2024 debut album, Restless Mind. Co-written by Barber and produced by GRAMMY® Award-winner Ryan Hewitt (The Lumineers, Noah Kahan) and Joe Becker at studios in Nashville, TN and Bozeman, MT, the EP sees Barber chronicling how he got here and where he’s headed next on such eloquent, empathetic new songs as “Same Sad Shit”, the fame-wrestling title track, “Music for the Soul,” and the deeply moving “Home Tonight,” all available now alongside official live performance videos streaming now on YouTube HERE. First teased via the fan-first platform, Sam Barber Files, an evolving digital space offering a rare, unfiltered look into Barber’s world with unreleased content, personal visuals, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into his creative process, “Home Tonight” was met by immediate praise from such outlets as Country Swag, wanda ya gabatar da lissafi a matsayin "A kwarewa-gaba song game da dubawa. Introspective, m, da kuma m."
Music for the Soul yana da ƙunshi na soul-baring, “Man of the Year,” samuwa a ko'ina a kowace rana tare da kamfanin live video streaming HERE. With its cascade of shadowy textures and darkly hypnotic guitar tones, “Man of the Year” received applause from publications such as Billboard, which named it one of “6 Must-Hear New Country Songs,” writing, “This gritty track, written solely by Barber, finds him pondering the existential anguish he sees threaded throughout world events, and emotionally embedded in people around him. “Is it in my mind or are we all just sinking?” he muses, his quietly commanding voice ringing out over sparse but captivating production, and shedding light on a generation’s anxieties and fears.”
Barber is celebrating Music for the Soul a cikin mafi girma North American headline tour to date, tafiya North America a cikin Disamba da kuma fiye da. Tickets ne m, tare da mafi na shows da ya wuce. Highlights na wholesale run sun hada da-sale-out two-night stand a New York City's Webster Hall (November 5-6), wani one-night-only show a Hutchinson, KS's Kansas State Fair da aka gabatar da "Indigo" duet partner Avery Anna (September 5), da-sale-out ziyarci a matsayin ikonic wurare kamar Los Angeles, CA's The Fonda Theatre (August 22), Boston, MA's Roadrunner (November 8), da Fort Worth, TX's Billy Bob's Texas (December 5), da kuma top-sale festival appearan sambarbermusic.com.
Sam Barber North America Tour 2025-2026
August
15 – Forest Grove, OR – McMenamins Grand Lodge (SOLD OUT)
16 - Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre (SOLD OUT)
18 - Sacramento, CA - Channel 24 (SOLD OUT)
20 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield (LOW TICKETS)
22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda Theatre (SOLD OUT)
23 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey's Concerts By the Bay (SOLD OUT)
27 - Flagstaff, AZ - Pepsi Amphitheater
28 - Santa Fe, NM - The Bridge at Santa Fe Brewing (SOLD OUT)
29 - Denver, CO - Mission Ballroom (SOLD OUT)
September
5 - Hutchinson, KS - Kansas State Fair †
6 – Stillwater, OK – Tumbleweed Dance Hall (LOW TICKETS)
13 - Toronto, ON - The Danforth Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
14 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall (SOLD OUT)
27 – Franklin, TN – Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival *
October
10 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival *
11 - Fort Smith, AR - Peacemaker Festival *
12 – Salt Lake City, UT – RedWest Country Music Festival *
31 – Asheville, NC – Asheville Yards
November
1 – Raleigh, NC – The Ritz (SOLD OUT)
5 - New York, NY - Webster Hall (SOLD OUT)
6 – New York, NY – Webster Hall (SOLD OUT)
7 - Philadelphia, PA - Franklin Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
8 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner (SOLD OUT)
19 - Atlanta, GA - The Eastern (LOW TICKETS)
20 – Atlanta, GA – The Eastern (SOLD OUT)
21 - St. Petersburg, FL - St. Pete Country Fest *
22 - Orlando, FL - The Plaza Live (SOLD OUT)
December
3 - Las Vegas, NV - The Theater at Virgin Hotels
5 - Fort Worth, TX - Billy Bob's Texas (SOLD OUT)
January 2026
8-11 - Riviera Cancún, Mexico - Noah Kahan's Out of the Blue 2026 *
* Festival Appearance
† w/ Special Guest Avery Anna
With more than 2B tallace-tallace zuwa yau, Sam Barber ya ƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙirƙiri Restless Mind — a 28-song tour-de-force highlighted by such smash singles as the 2x RIAA Platinum certified “Straight and Narrow,” “Better Year" (a ra'ayoyi-ra'ayoyi a kan blockbuster TV show na Paramount Network Yellowstone), and the RIAA Platinum-certified “Indigo (Feat. Avery Anna), over 500M Globalized Streams, kuma samu Platinum takaddun shaida a Australia da 2x Platinum takaddun shaida a Canada, yayin da ya wuce 14 makonni da aka rike a cikin ƙungiyoyi na country radio airplay takaddun shaida a kowace duniya da aka zo a cikin top 40 a Billboardta cikakken “Hot 100.” Kamar yadda cewa duk da haka ba su da kyakkyawan, shekaru da suka wuce da Barber ta "Tear Us Apart” among the standout tracks featured on Lockeland Springs/Atlantic Records’ RIAA Gold-certified, GRAMMY® Award-nominated blockbuster soundtrack, Twisters: The Album. Lyric videos, live performances, da kuma mafi girma over 190M combined views are streaming now on YouTube HERE.
A mai ban mamaki live artist, Barber ya rarraba ta tsanani tare da masana'antu Restless Mind World Tour 2025, a marathon international run that saw sold-out headline dates and festival appearances across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. The 22-year-old Southeast Missouri-raised singer-songwriter further celebrated his ascent with high-profile TV performances on NBC’s The Kelly Clarkson Show and CBS Saturday Morning’s “Saturday Sessions.”
Through it all, Sam Barber has showcased a remarkable gift for raw honesty and youthful enthusiasm that has forced him into nearly every conversation about the future of country music. In the wake of Music for the Soul, cewa gaba da za a iya zama Barber.
Sam Barber, Music For The Soul
(Lockeland Springs/Atlantic Records)
Tracklist:
Music for the Soul
Dust and Smoke
Nowhere Fast
Same Sad Shit
Home Tonight
Ain’t Dead Yet
Man of the Year
Better than the Floor (dangane da Chance Peña)
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