Barky is an instrumental trio from the boroughs of New York City, whose peculiar combination of Indie Rock, Avant Jazz, and Americana has garnered them a loyal fan base as well as a reputation for being one of the most creative bands on the downtown New York scene.

Over the years, Barky's dynamic performances and rare combination of styles have afforded them the opportunity to open for and share festival slots with a host of diverse bands, including Yolk, Dufus, Gwar, The Big Wu, Big Ass Truck, Ween, Birth, and Hypnotic Clambake.

When conceiving the band, Barky's founder, Scott Barkan, set out to create an instrumental outfit that would appeal to musicians, fans of new music with ears for complex harmonies and rhythms, but at the same time would not alienate those listeners who yearned for singable melodies and simple structures. The result was an exquisite blend of subtle chord changes and short melodic lines, underpinned by a driving rhythm section which twists and turns its way through barely decipherable time changes and bursts of dynamic, communicative improvising.

In addition to being the bands founder and song writer, Scott Barkan is also an accomplished guitarist, having attended both Manhattan School of Music and SUNY Purchase, where he received a degree in music composition, with a minor in jazz guitar. Though he has chops to spare, Barkan's guitar playing is surprisingly restrained, often opting for harmonic and rhythmic dissonance to create and release tension, rather than a blistering flurry of high notes. And his impeccable rhythm section, basist Noah Jarret and drummer Brook Martinez, provide a rock solid foundation, even in the trickiest of meters, for Barkan to weave his slinky strings of hybrid scales and quartertones.

All these elements have combined to create a surprisingly different and incredible band, and with the release of their independently produced debut album, "A Study In Rocking", Barky is poised to take their singular brand of instrumental rock to the world.

Scott Barkan - Guitar

Hailing from the small town of Miller Place, NY, Scott Barkan picked up his first electric guitar on his 11th birthday and knew right away that he had rock in his heart. He felt immediately drawn to the instrument, and within 2 years, was already gigging regularly around town with local cover bands, and with groups playing his own original music. Since those golden days, Scott has played extensively throughout the northeast and midwest, and even internationally, with his own projects and as a sideman in the cajun/klezmer/rock outfit Hypnotic Clambake. Scott studied jazz performance briefly at the Manhattan School of Music, before finishing out his degree in composition at SUNY Purchase. At MSM and Purchase Scott studied with some of the worlds finest musicians including Chris Rosenberg (of Ornette Coleman's Primetime), Kermit Driscoll (of Bill Frisell's famed trio), and Wayne Krantz.

Noah Jarrett - Bass

Noah grew up rocking out in his basement in rural New Jersey. Sharing music with his close friends led Noah into genres such as jazz, roots reggae, North African, Indian raga, etc. Noah primarily studied the double bass for nearly 10 years, still playing the electric bass quite often. Noah is currently performing in and around NYC and Boston with Fat lil' Bastard, a dark groovy guitar trio, the Inbetweens, and miscellaneous jazz groups. He has studied with Gary Peacock, Cecil McBee, John Lockwood, Marcus McLaurine, and Bob Moses. He has recently graduated NEC and currently works as a luthier at David Gage's String Repair, a bass shop in Manhattan. Noah plans to pursue music until he starves or embraces its splendor.

Brook Martinez - Drums

Brook Martinez was born and raised in Ambler, Pennsylvania. He began to play the drums in his wonder years and hasn't stopped since. After a brief (two year) stint at the University of Pennsylvania, Brook completed his education at New York University with a bachelor in music. Since graduating, Brook has been performing all around the New York metropolitan area with artists such as Cuong Vu, Ben Monder, Angie Sanchez, Tony Malaby, Peter Epstein, Andrew D'Angelo, Daniel Carter, Drew Gress, and several other creative musicians.