A North Carolina native who now lives in Seattle, Carroll’s songs are structured in folk traditions he grew up with, but he trades in standard instrumentation for the west Coast horn sound of Craig Flory, and the production of Jazz bassist, Matt Weiner. The three bonded over a love of the Gerry Mulligan and Paul Desmond records of the 1960's, and the influence comes through. He also sings his first duets with Seattle singer Anna Lisa Notter.
Barton Carroll grew up in Banner Elk, North Carolina. He has toured and recorded in Crooked Fingers, Azure Ray and Dolorean. "Together You And I" is his fourth solo album. He lives in Seattle.

"Together You and I recounts characters trying desperately to turn chance meetings and petty hook-ups into something longer and more meaningful. "Do you want to get out of here?" he asks an unidentified woman on a song with the same title. "I don't need to finish my beer." No one ever finishes their beer on Together You and I, and it's to his considerable credit that Carroll makes clear that many of these denizens come to regret leaving that glass half emptied."
-Pitchfork

Migrating from the swamps of Florida to New York and including former and current members of The Mercury Program, Human Television, Bitchin,' Arch Baddies and the Flaming Fire, Slow Country morphs musical approaches into songs that are at once warm, textural and beautifully economical. Using lap steel, Fender rhodes and vibraphone on top of swirling guitars and a rock-steady rhythm section, Slow Country represents an intricate confluence of styles, all filtered through the comforting glow of shimmering pop. At times woozily psychedelic like the Heartbreakers on ketamine, it's all delivered with commanding vocals and careful musicianship centered on attention to detail.Meanwhile, crystal clear perceptions on the darker mysteries of life and love bleed through Slow Country's signature recipe of reverb and echo. C'mon in, y'all.