Emily Barker | |
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 Emily Barker at Lottes Musiknacht 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 2 December 1980 |
| Origin | Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia |
| Genres | Americana, Country, Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica, piano |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Labels | Everyone Sang Linn Records One Little Indian |
| Website | www |
Emily Barker (born 2 December 1980)[1][2] is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and composer. Her music has featured as the theme to BBC dramas Wallander and The Shadow Line. With multi-instrumental trio the Red Clay Halo, she recorded four albums: Photos.Fires.Fables. (2006), Despite the Snow (2008), Almanac (2011), Dear River (2013), before commencing a solo career with The Toerag Sessions (2015), Sweet Kind of Blue (2017), A Dark Murmuration of Words (2020), and Flight Path Rhymes (2021). Other projects include Vena Portae (with Dom Coyote and Ruben Engzell), Applewood Road (with Amy Speace and Amber Rubarth), and Room 822 (2022) with Lukas Drinkwater.[3]
- ^ "Emily Barker discography". Rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Masterpiece | Wallander | PBS". pbs.org. Archived from the original on 18 October 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Barton, Laura (3 November 2015). "The playlist – Americana: Bird Dog, Israel Nash and more". The Guardian.