The first time one of his friend's fathers saw singer/songwriter Tim Barry perform, he summed up his thoughts with a Yogi Berra-worthy declaration: "You're old-timey in a modern way."

That's a near perfect description for the artist who sums up his latest solo release, Lost & Rootless in a single word: WOODEN. "That's the feel that I was going for when I picked the songs," says Barry. "There's violin, voice, a wooden resonator guitar...there's a very subtle electric bass on one track, but otherwise I wanted to do a wooden record."