Sick of keeping his mouth shut, former mime-artist and street sweeper Louis Barabbas has become a persistent whisper on the alternative music circuit. Whilst feverishly peddling his own peculiar Lyric-Driven Dirt-Swing (an incomparable rendering of jive-smitten cabaret blues) he has captured the imaginations of every species of listenership – both at home and overseas.

Louis' music has been praised by the likes of Supergrass, The Mighty Boosh and The Hells Angels as well as the esteemed Beat Poet biographer Barry Miles. Recently The Tragically Flawed Press turned the spotlight on Louis' lyrics, approaching him with a plan to publish his collected songs as an illustrated hard-back. The BBC also took an interest, regularly calling him in to guest on radio shows, describing the tunes as "excellent in every way" (Chris Hawkins), "outstanding" (Andy Crane), "barnstorming vaudeville folk brilliance" (Chris Long) and "simply awesome" (Christopher Holliday).

He is currently writing the words and score for an animated film to be directed by Plastic Zoo's Sam Alder (featuring the voices of Liz Green, Alabaster Deplume and Richard Barry) as well as music for a number of other film projects.

For more information visit www.louisbarabbas.com.

Here is the promotional video for his latest single with The Bedlam Six:

And here is the animated video for track one of debut album Found Drowned - "The Tell-Tale Hound":