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About Me

My name is Charlie Barker from Sheffield, UK. I am a student and writer by day and a musician by night.
I perform regularly at festivals and venues around the UK as a solo singer/ guitarist. My music is essentially acoustic with influences of Americana, Folk and Country. Visit my pages at MySpace music here . I do not personally organise bookings and appearances and any emails regarding this will be referred to my management or agency.
I've always had an interest in journalism whether it be print or radio. I presented a weekly music show at Chrystal Radio in the Sheffield Children's Hospital for 5 years and have written for Re:play Magazine and also SHU Print, where I was previously their Music Editor and photographer.
I am a freelance writer and I work alongside PR agencies and labels to review, preview and photograph their artists. If you are an artist, venue or PR agency and you would like me to cover an event, click here for my full contact details.
MY PHOTOGRAPHY:
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My Interests

MY LINKS:

Charlie Barker Music Page
Charlie Barker Official
Charlie Barker Journalist

I'd like to meet:

I WANT TO MEET
Nanci Griffith, Michael Parkinson, The Dixie Chicks, Alison Krauss, Juliette Lewis, Dolly Parton, Quentin Tarantino, Jarvis Cocker, Jonathan Ross, Bruce Campbell, Derren Brown & Patrick Stewart.

I HAVE MET
Janis Ian, Richard Hawley, Shiny Toy Guns, Dirty Pretty Things, Boris Johnson, Rivers Rutherford, The Automatic, Humanzi, Adam Hart-Davies, John Parr, Martin Carthy & Norma Waterson, Vin Garbutt, Mundy-Turner, Kristina Olsen, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Chris & Kellie While, Mike Harding, Jez Lowe.

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Here's some of my friends. They're all brilliant.

Music:

Nanci Griffith, Alison Krauss, Mundy-Turner, Harry Belafonte, Nancy Kerr & James Fagan, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Janis Ian, Dixie Chicks, Jo Dee Messina, Martina McBride, Jarvis Cocker, Pulp, Steve Wariner, Keith Urban, Vertical Horizon, The Stranglers, The Monkees, Kid Rock, David Bowie, Marilyn Manson, Richard Hawley, Kaiser Chiefs, KT Tunstall, Jack Johnson, Humanzi, The Automatic, Deepest Blue, Juliette & The Licks, Shiny Toy Guns, Goldfrapp, Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Bellowhead, Imogen Heap, Tracey Thorn and Depeche Mode.

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Movies:

Kill Bill Vol 1&2, Pulp Fiction, Resevoir Dogs, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Shining, Amelie, Evita, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Lord Of War, Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, Goodbye Lenin, Das Experiment, Psycho, Labyrinth, Sin City, Monster, The Lion King, House On Haunted Hill (1959 version, Leon, Alien, Aliens, Alien Resurection, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, Predator, Predator 2 and The Matrix.

Television:

Later with Jools Holland, Top Gear, TOTP 2, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Eastenders, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Property Ladder and NEVER EVER reality TV!

Books:

Adrian Mole, Harry Potter, Doing It and The Female Eunuck.

Heroes:

My Blog

April 07 - The last Castle Inn residency, meeting Rivers and a new venue

As Danielle and Simon Humphreys, owners of the Castle Inn, pack their bags and head off for a new life in America it is with regret that we announce that Charlie's 3 year position as resident musician...
Posted by Charlie on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:26:00 PST

Starstruck at Richard Hawley

Well I have to say when I went out for a quiet drink with our John boy at the Washington pub in Sheffield, I never imagined I'd bump into one of my musical heroes...Out of the corner of my eye I spied...
Posted by Charlie on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:44:00 PST

Nearly 21 and semester 2 starts...

Hope everyone's had a good Xmas and New Year! Everything's been ok for me but somehow Christmas never seems the same as you get older. Well... no sooner than Christmas and New Year out of the ...
Posted by Charlie on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:04:00 PST

New charliebarkermusic.com site launched - 17/01/07

THE NEW LOOK CHARLIE BARKER WEBSITEwww.charliebarkermusic.com A NEW YEAR & A NEW SITE A warm hello and welcome to all of my MySpace friends. I am pleased to announce that after a couple of ...
Posted by Charlie on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 04:35:00 PST

Loads of stuff...

Hi peoples! It's all change here in Charlie Barker land but all for the better. I recently got a new job and no longer work in the pub. I'm at a local cafe/ gallery and shop, which is really nice and ...
Posted by Charlie on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:03:00 PST

Illness, gigs, not quite back at uni and the joys of being a music editor!

Greetings! Been a while since I blogged again, I don't know what's up with me... however, I have no excuse sitting here all week, often in bed and dying of the dreaded bubonic plague (otherwise...
Posted by Charlie on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:17:00 PST

New album review from Mike Wilson - Folking.com

Sleeping At The Station (RootBeat Records, 2005) by Charlie Barker "Sleeping At The Station" is Sheffield-based Charlie Barker's debut album. Charlie has already been a semi-finalist at the prestigiou...
Posted by Charlie on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:04:00 PST

Car breakdown - just one of those days...

When I say... let's go out in my car again, please go NOOOOO!!! All was planned for a nice day out at Castleton, but of course it was too good to be true. Clouds of smoke, burning and no bra...
Posted by Charlie on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:21:00 PST

Great summer so far!

So far summer is going pretty well I'm pleased to say. I broke up from uni in June and have just got my results for the second year and WOO I've passed! It makes such a difference now most peop...
Posted by Charlie on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:21:00 PST

Ely Folk Festval

Just a quick blog to report that my first appearance at Ely Folk Festival from 7th-9th July was a great sucess! I travelled down on Friday night to catch some great performances from Shambolica & ...
Posted by Charlie on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:00:00 PST