Emily Barker hails from a tiny rural backwater in the remote south west of Western Australia.
At 19, Emily donned a backpack and head out to travel the world. 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. She's a great singer and a sublime acoustic guitarist, but Emily Barker's real passion is storytelling.....
Emily has most recently been joined by ‘The Red Clay Halo', an all-female trio consisting of Anna Jenkins, Jo Silverston and Gill Sandell who play violin, cello, accordion and flute respectively. They also all do backing vocals creating mesmerising 4-part harmonies. There new album is released 'Almanac' was is due for release on February 7th.
“Stripped free of studio frippery and all the better for its carefree simplicity” **** - Q Magazine
"The hills have yet to be emptied of gold if you know where to look.” - The Times
Links: Emily Barker website / Adrian Crowley / Jo Mango
Date & Time: Thursday 24 February 19:30 |