A resolutely outspoken artist who’s emerged as one of the most progressive voices in country music, BJ Barham infuses an element of trenchant social commentary into a number of tracks on American Aquarium’s The Fear of Standing Still. For Barham, the sharing of hard truths is indelibly tied to his sense of devotion to American Aquarium’s audience-and to his belief in rock-and-roll as a singularly unifying force. “All I really want to do is put words to the emotions that most people have a difficult time expressing on their own,” he says.
