Emily Barker Live In-Store & Signing
Schedule
Wed Oct 09 2024 at 05:00 pm
UTC+10:00Location
148 Parry Street, Newcastle West, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2302 | Newcastle, NS
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Join us at Rudderless Records for an intimate evening with heralded singer-songwriter Emily Barker. Emily is in town this October for Dashville Skyline and we are excited to announce an exclusive in-store acoustic performance, signing and meet and greet.
Emily Barker is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. She had early success as the writer and performer of the theme to the hugely successful BBC/PBS Masterpiece crime drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh,and has since gone on to forge an acclaimed catalogue of releases. Barker has announced her new album, Fragile as Humans, produced at storied English studio The Wool Hall by Luke Potashnick (Gabrielle Aplin, Jack Savoretti, Alberta Cross). It's her first album for nearly four years, following A Dark Murmuration of Words, which Uncut called “…a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake”
Barker has released music and toured as a solo artist as well as with various bands and collaborations, most notably her long association with Frank Turner, and has written for TV and film, including composing the soundtrack for Jake Gavin’s lauded
debut feature Hector starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen.
“One of the most literate and probing folk albums of the year. I really love it.” Ann Powers, NPR Music
“an album of spare, striking beauty” Mojo ★★★★
“…a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake” UNCUT 8/10
“bold, direct, uncompromising” CLASH
“a high-class piece of songwriting and beautifully expressed musicianship” Americana UK 9/10
“irresistibly catchy…an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade” The Australian ★★★★★
“an album full of grace and danger” RnR ★★★★★
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Where is it happening?
148 Parry Street, Newcastle West, NSW, Australia, New South Wales 2302, 148 Parry St, Newcastle West NSW 2302, Australia,Newcastle, New South WalesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
