Emily Barker

Storm alert! Emily Barker’s Hurricane hits the UK this week

October 29, 2018 Mark Whitfield 0

The always lovely antipodean americana singer-songwriter Emily Barker whose latest album ‘Sweet Kind of Blue’ received a glowing review from us last year, is touring around the UK this week. The AMA-UK artist of the year […]

Billboard: Americana in the UK is a thing

October 20, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Oh well, this will wreck our Google search result listings – what possessed them to use the terms “americana” and “UK” in the same headline? Billboard has an article today entitled “U.K. Americana Hits America, and Vice […]

Interview: Emily Barker

October 2, 2017 Rudie Hayes 0

Emily Barker is one of those names that has been around the UK Americana scene, since it was both identified as a ‘scene’ and as a distinct musical genre. A pathfinder, a trailblazer, and first with […]

Emily Barker “Sweet Kind Of Blue” (Everyone Sang, 2017)

June 6, 2017 Paul Kerr 0

Australian Emily Barker has been firmly in the spotlight over the past decade with her band The Red Clay Halo (who played at the London Olympics opening ceremony) along with her stints in Vena Portae and […]

New Emily Barker record due next month

April 27, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Aussie singer-songwriter Emily Barker has announced the release of a new album “Sweet Kind of Blue” which lands on May 19th on the Everyone Sang label. Described as “a departure from her folk-based sound” the record reaches […]