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Emily Barker is best known as the writer and performer of the award-winning theme to the hit PBS Masterpiece drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. Growing up in rural Western Australia, Barker fell in love with American roots music from the soul of Aretha Franklin to the country of Gillian Welch and Emmylou Harris. Her travels led her to settling in the UK, where she has released a succession of critically acclaimed albums, including Nashville-recorded Applewood Road with Amy Speace and Amber Rubarth.

Her new solo album Sweet Kind of Blue was recorded at Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis with Grammy winning producer Matt Ross-Spang (Margo Price, Jason Isbell, Mary Chapin Carpenter).
 
From country-soul ballads to the unfettered joy of the bluesy ‘Sunrise’, the album has been lauded as Barker’s best yet and features contributions from some of Memphis’ finest musicians.
“the arrangements are exquisite and the clear love [Barker] has for this music brings its own integrity” The Times


“country-soul with luminous warmth” Mojo

“finally sets out her true claim for stardom” Q 

“the sweltering funk of Sunrise and the title track sound like lost Muscle Shoals gems” UNCUT 8/10

“[Barker is] not some cultural interloper, but a true believer who has it in her blood” No Depression

JACK CARTY
Opening the show is Emily's great friend, Australian singer-songwriter Jack Carty. Jack moved to the UK recently after a series of award-winning and critically acclaimed albums in his home country, announcing his arrival with a series of sold out shows at London's Green Note in January. 
http://jackcarty.com

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