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"the incredible voice of Emily Barker, the light, shade and effortless power of which defies and surpasses any critical superlative." Americana UK live review
"She is one of those talents that comes along once in a lifetime, if you're lucky." Maverick magazine Pickin and Grinnin review
Emily Barker is a singer-songwriter hailing from the quiet town of Bridgetown, Western Australia.
Emily first entered the UK music scene via the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2002 where she appeared with guitarist Rob Jackson (Boo Hewerdine’s guitarist). The success of this performance, lead them to form a band called the-low-country of which Emily was sole songwriter and front person. They released 2 albums, played numerous Alt-country venues and festivals, and enjoyed several plays on John Peel’s show.
In October 2005, Emily won both Country song of the year and Regional song of the year at the prestigious Annual West Australian Music Song writing Awards. This year she also toured and sang in place of Stephanie Arlene with Americana heroes ‘The Arlenes’ on their UK tour.
In 2006 Emily again appeared at the Cambridge Folk Festival, this time accompanied by The Red Clay Halo -a female trio comprising of Violin, Cello and Accordion/ Flute. She also sang a duet with Steve Adams of The Broken Family Band.
In January 2007, Emily released her debut solo album ‘Photos.Fires.Fables.’ which received numerous positive reviews in UNCUT, Q, The Word, The Times, The Independent and many more.
Off the back of this success, 2007 has seen Emily tour with Mary Gauthier and play Glastonbury Festival with The Red Clay Halo- just to mention a couple of the year's highlights.
Emily has just completed a tour of major cities in Australia opening shows for Jose Gonzalez where she performed in front of crowds of up to 2500 solo. She went down a storm!
Current News:
After the initial run of 1,000 copies of Emily's debut solo album sold out at gigs in 2007 alone, Emily releases a re-mastered version of her debut solo album ‘Photos.Fires.Fables’ in the UK this March. This album features a revised track listing, one new song and refreshed artwork and now comes to you via Emily’s own independently-managed label Everyone Sang and distributed through Proper.
To support this release, Emily and The Red Clay Halo will be touring throughout April. Please see gig listing.
Other news:
The band will be heading into 'The Granary' (a 16th-century barn studio located in Norfolk) at the end of March to record live the eagerly awaited second album. This will be made available in shops via Proper distribution in August and available to download in July.
But...they are in need of funds. So, Emily and The Red Clay Halo are hoping to do a series of house concerts so as to raise the dosh. If you would like the gals to play in your front room please contact the bookings email below or write to Emily on myspace. They will sing and play for you and your friends for a very reasonable fee indeed and in return, list your name on the album's artwork. Please don't be shy, get in touch! Thank you kindly.
Management: Phil Nicholas @ Rainbow Street Touring
Email: [email protected]
Bookings: Everyone Sang
Email: [email protected]
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