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Soulful, insightful Mississippi-born singer-songwriter Dave Barnes has something bigger than his talent with lyrics, his vocal mojo or his good looks going for him--he’s just a likable guy. That presence, that aura, has pushed Barnes from performer moonlighting after his classes at MTSU to a national indie-songwriting powerhouse. A chance encounter with Amy Grant found him a powerful fan, as the famous Nashville Christian pop singer made appearances along with her award-winning husband Vince Gill on Barnes’ last album, Chasing Mississippi. If his third studio album, Me and You and The World, due out April 1 (no foolin’!), contains the same endearing soul-pop that has won over countless fans, Dave Barnes could become the next big thing in the singer-songwriter world.