Nicky Barbato & Friends at Plan Bee Farm Brewery

Join us for an outdoor concert at the beautiful Plan Bee Farm Brewery! Great food, drinks, and dogs are allowed!

The Nicky Barbato Project is a dynamic guitar-centric group that combines surf guitar and pedal steel twang, 1960s film score soundscapes, jazz harmonies, and retro pop melodicism.

His latest album, the Nicky Barbato Project's Every Day is a Bad Hair Day (produced by Jon Irabagon) was recognized by The New York City Jazz Record as a "Best Debut of 2019" alongside releases from Larry Grenadier and Nick Dunston. The album was called “eclectic...hard driving NYC style guitar noir” and a “modern day essential for adventurous guitar fans” by Roots Music Report. The Vinyl Anachronist wrote "Nicky's vision cuts through surf rock, jazz, '70s prog rock, funk and rockabilly—and that's just in the first song and a half."...

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Join us for an outdoor concert at the beautiful Plan Bee Farm Brewery! Great food, drinks, and dogs are allowed!

The Nicky Barbato Project is a dynamic guitar-centric group that combines surf guitar and pedal steel twang, 1960s film score soundscapes, jazz harmonies, and retro pop melodicism.

His latest album, the Nicky Barbato Project's Every Day is a Bad Hair Day (produced by Jon Irabagon) was recognized by The New York City Jazz Record as a "Best Debut of 2019" alongside releases from Larry Grenadier and Nick Dunston. The album was called “eclectic...hard driving NYC style guitar noir” and a “modern day essential for adventurous guitar fans” by Roots Music Report. The Vinyl Anachronist wrote "Nicky's vision cuts through surf rock, jazz, '70s prog rock, funk and rockabilly—and that's just in the first song and a half."

As an active working musician in the New York City area, Barbato has performed with Jon Irabagon, Omar Hakim, Vinnie Sperrazza, Richie Morales, Peter Brendler, Bill O’Connell, Rusty Holloway, Arthur Lipner, Matt Clohesy, Jerad Lippi, Josh Dion, Shawn Pelton, Paul Shaffer, Andy Hess, Rebecca Haviland, Charlie Lagond, and more.

Nicky Barbato is a guitarist, bandleader, composer, and educator based in Westchester, NY.

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