Emily Barker with Luke Dux
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Emily Barker - accompanied by brilliant guitarist, Luke Dux - of Kangaroos with Machine Guns, The Floors, Thornbird
“Emily Barker has a gift for great melodies”
The Guardian
Emily Barker is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. She found early success as the writer and performer of the theme to the hugely successful BBC crime drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh and has since gone on to forge an acclaimed catalogue of releases.
After 20 years and a raft of releases and collaborations whilst based in the UK, Barker recently relocated home to WA and is now based in Fremantle.
Barker’s latest album, Fragile as Humans, was produced at storied English studio The Wool Hall by Luke Potashnick (Gabrielle Aplin, Jack Savoretti). It followed 2020’s A Dark Murmuration of Words, which Uncut called “ …a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s "Let England Shake” and which NPR’s Ann Powers acclaimed as “One of the most literate and probing folk albums of the year.”
Barker has toured extensively throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Australia as both a headline and support artist for the likes of Billy Bragg, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Frank Turner, José Gonzalez, Paul Kelly, The Waifs, King Creosote and many others.
She’s also written for TV and film, including composing the soundtrack for Jake Gavin’s lauded debut feature Hector starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen; the theme tune for BBC TV noir thriller The Shadow Line starring Christopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor; and music for Daniel Barber’s The Keeping Room featuring Hailee Steinfeld, Brit Marling and Sam Worthington.
In addition to her music, Barker has also written two poetry collections, both published by highly regarded independent publisher Broken Sleep Books: Where the Black Swans Swim (2024) and Sonogram {soundwriting} (2026).
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“…a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake” - UNCUT 8/10
“Barker’s writing has never been so pin sharp” - MOJO ★★★★
“irresistibly catchy…an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade” - The Australian ★★★★★
“One of the most literate and probing folk albums of the year. I really love it. ” - Ann Powers, NPR Music
“bold, direct, uncompromising” - CLASH
“an overflow of talent” - The Arts Desk
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Doors 6 pm, Band at 7.30 pm
“Emily Barker has a gift for great melodies”
The Guardian
Emily Barker is an award-winning Australian singer-songwriter. She found early success as the writer and performer of the theme to the hugely successful BBC crime drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh and has since gone on to forge an acclaimed catalogue of releases.
After 20 years and a raft of releases and collaborations whilst based in the UK, Barker recently relocated home to WA and is now based in Fremantle.
Barker’s latest album, Fragile as Humans, was produced at storied English studio The Wool Hall by Luke Potashnick (Gabrielle Aplin, Jack Savoretti). It followed 2020’s A Dark Murmuration of Words, which Uncut called “ …a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s "Let England Shake” and which NPR’s Ann Powers acclaimed as “One of the most literate and probing folk albums of the year.”
Barker has toured extensively throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Australia as both a headline and support artist for the likes of Billy Bragg, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Frank Turner, José Gonzalez, Paul Kelly, The Waifs, King Creosote and many others.
She’s also written for TV and film, including composing the soundtrack for Jake Gavin’s lauded debut feature Hector starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen; the theme tune for BBC TV noir thriller The Shadow Line starring Christopher Eccleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor; and music for Daniel Barber’s The Keeping Room featuring Hailee Steinfeld, Brit Marling and Sam Worthington.
In addition to her music, Barker has also written two poetry collections, both published by highly regarded independent publisher Broken Sleep Books: Where the Black Swans Swim (2024) and Sonogram {soundwriting} (2026).
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“…a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake” - UNCUT 8/10
“Barker’s writing has never been so pin sharp” - MOJO ★★★★
“irresistibly catchy…an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade” - The Australian ★★★★★
“One of the most literate and probing folk albums of the year. I really love it. ” - Ann Powers, NPR Music
“bold, direct, uncompromising” - CLASH
“an overflow of talent” - The Arts Desk
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Doors 6 pm, Band at 7.30 pm
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135 George Street, East Fremantle, WA, Australia, Western Australia 6158, 135 George St, East Fremantle WA 6158, Australia, Fremantle
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