SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY

solo albums and eps:

Hazy Cosmic Jive (Richard Barone & Glenn Mercer), (2026)

All Fall Down (featuring Darryl “DMC” McDaniels), (2024)

“Sorrows & Promises: Greenwich Village of the 1960s”, (2016)

“‘cool blue halo’ 25th Anniversary Concert” CD/DVD set, (2012)

Collection 2: Before & Afterglow, (2011)

Glow, (2010)

Collection: An Embarrassment of Richard, (2004)

Between Heaven and Cello, (1997)

Clouds Over Eden, (1994)

Primal Dream, (1990)

“cool blue halo”, (1987)

Nuts & Bolts (Richard Barone & James Mastro), (1983; Reissued 2026)

the bongos:

The Shroud of Touring: Live in 1985, (2025)

Phantom Train, (2013)

Beat Hotel, (1985)livepage.apple.com

Numbers With Wings, (1983)

Drums Along the Hudson, (1982)

Start Swimming: Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, (1981)

Most titles are available on all streaming services.

PUBLICATIONS

MUSIC + REVOLUTION: Greenwich Village in the 1960s, (Backbeat/Bloomsbury, 2022)

The White Label Promo Preservation Society, Vols. 1 & 2, (HoZac Books, 2021, 2023;

essays on T.Rex and Tiny Tim)

FRONTMAN: Surviving the Rock Star Myth, (Backbeat/Bloomsbury, 2007)

Richard is a regular contributor to Tape Op, and Magnet Magazine.

Richard Barone is a recording artist, performer, producer, professor, and author. Since pioneering the indie rock scene in Hoboken, NJ as frontman of The Bongos and helping to launch the chamber pop movement with his solo debut “cool blue halo”, Barone has produced  numerous studio recordings and worked with artists in every musical genre. His list of collaborators includes producer Tony Visconti, Donovan, Lou Reed, and folk legend Pete Seeger. He has scored shows and staged all-star concert events at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and SummerStage in Central Park. His memoir Frontman: Surviving The Rock Star Myth was published by Backbeat Books. His album Sorrows & Promises, and most recent book, Music + Revolution (Bloomsbury), are celebrations of the 1960s music scene in Greenwich Village NYC, where Barone lives. He teaches the course “Music + Revolution” at The New School’s School of Jazz & Contemporary Music, has served on the Board of Governors of The Recording Academy (GRAMMYs), serves on the Advisory Board of Anthology Film Archives, and hosts Folk Radio on WBAI New York. 

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