The Barr Brothers - Even The Darkness Has Arms (Live on KEXP) 

The band is indeed really great, but we also have great engineers who do a terrific job recording live, and yes, mixing. This session was in the lobby of an opera house with multiple mics.

One of my favorite songs. Always will be

This holds my heart like the arms of a mother.

Wow. These guys sound exactly like their recording.. How is this not more popular?

Sometimes I worry people don’t know how to love this.

This might be the best song I've ever heard!

This is a masterpiece in every sense of the word. Smiling and teary-eyed at the same time. Sublime.

just unbelievable that this is their live sound

Loving that extra verse they threw in just after the “handolin” solo. Pretty sure I need to go climb a mountain now. What an unreal song

one of the best songs ive heard

It's incredible how fast he plays on that guitar! That takes years of practice skill development and confidence god bless my man keep slaying! For all you musicans wishing to play this. Do it. Slow if down and work up. Learn fingerpicking technique

OMG this video has dislikes. What’s wrong with you people? These folks are great. 🎶

Love Love Love these guys! I was fortunate enough to have been able to see them at The Shank Hall In Waukesha WI. Too bad there wasn't much publicity on them at the time and the turnout sucked! I wanted to run up and down the street yelling at the top of my lungs trying to push these guys!

If I meet someone who can play like this, he's mine!

I keep returning to this ..such a beautiful "record" in every way

the greatest song ı have ever heard

Can someone please solo on this piece of driftwood? Dude at 2:38: hold my beer ...

I hear a bit of Sarah Through The Wall at times in this. Love it!

omfg... sound exactly like original song

been listening to this on Spotify. Didn't know that they performed this song. And it is absolutely and definitely great! Gosh.

Absolutely wonderful voice and melody. Propper class.

a timeless song...and performance

wow wow, the best Song for me

Beautiful ❤️

Really good song and amazing sound quality

such a beautiful recording

love this song

Beautiful

WOW they’re so ridiculously good.

Beautiful!

thanks, this song its really wonderful

It's just so fucking good

this is simply fantastic... you are great !!!

Nice solo Andrew! Great performance band and sound team.

Awesome!!!!!

So hyped for the new album later this year!

This sound’s perfect

How is this band not massive ?? Ridiculous..

Epic guitars

Cara, essa música é muito excelente. O som dos caras muito fiel ao vivo. Massa!

WOw you guys are awesome! :)

I went to high school with two of these dorks. Needless to say, they're doing better than me

Great

Epic

also check out The Slip. The band the Barr Brothers were in during the late 90s.

Seen you yesterday. So awesome.

.... woah...

Very nice!!!! :D

nice stuff

That was fuckin magical!

Absolutely fantastic, I can't catch all the lyrics but I know they're amazing =p

Blissssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@sittingonaporch The sound quality is good because they are good. When you have 4 acoustic instruments played by people with talent it will always sound great. Probably just a ribbon mic or 2 into the board. Bet it sounded great in the room. No mixing needed. Kind of like when you hear a great string quartet no magic needed. Great musicians.

This is fucking amazing, great job guys

cool

who else skips down when the adds come on:)

Hes capoed at 4, really looks as if this is standard tuning. Only mentioning this because several tabs I've seeked out have open tunings for this song.

How are you this good?

Gorgeous! The sound quality is so good on these- what do you guys use to record?

Thanks for posting, amazing work of art at 2:38! Trying to learn this fingerpicking pattern to impress a girl on her birthday, fucking hard to play but it'll be worth it

quality

What is that little "guitar" that the one guy is playing?

3:50

Is this in standard tuning? This song is soo amazing.. I think ive played it twice at least everyday since I stumbled across it. truly amazing..

Great song......what is the tuning for the guitar please ?

Is it just me but is this a wintry song? Iceland>?

Oh man does anyone know where I can find tabs for this beautiful piece?

Does anyone know which guitar Brad is playing?

is this a ukulele?

That's a really pretty ukulele type instrument, but it doesn't sound anything like any uke I've ever heard when picked. Does anybody know what it is?

Ded: Shix with a K

Which one is andrew barr?

nope. for example, dylan recorded by a nokia phone will sound shit compared to an amateur recorded in a studio. "no mixing needed" wake up

Not a lot of smiles out of this group...

love this song