Dillon Barrie
Artist, Dillon Barrie
Since moving from Pitlochry to Glasgow in 2021 to attend the jazz course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Dillon Barrie has quickly become one of the best known and most exciting names in the Glasgow Music scene for both his musical output and his drumming. He quickly made a name for himself through his hugely popular “Supersonic Thursdays”; a regular night of live music ranging from Jazz and Hiphop all the way to Dub and Drum and Bass which went from selling out the Blue Arrow Jazz Club every week to selling out venues such as the legendary Oran Mor. These shows cemented him as a dynamic force in the city through his unique and mature compositions, his exciting playing style and his creative design that surrounded each show.
Dillon has also been able to collaborate with many of the top musicians in Scotland such as writing and producing music with Noushy Nanguy of the world renown band, Kokoroko, or stepping in to cover the great Graham Costello in the Rebecca Vasmant Ensemble. Having lovingly ended his 2 and a half year run of Supersonic shows a few months ago, Dillon spent the last months working on music production in preparation of releasing his first official body of music.
It didn’t take long for this project to gain a lot of traction as in October he won the hugely prestigious “Sound of Young Scotland” Award at the Scottish Album of the Year awards in which he was awarded a package worth £10,000 to record and release his debut album receiving support from Help Musicians and Youth Music. Dillon is currently deep in production for his album and plans to release it this coming summer.