Emily barker

With her new album Sweet Kind Of Blue due this Spring (May 19th), listen to Emily Barker’s second single ‘Sunrise’ off her new record. It has that Memphis sound stamped through it like a stick of rock.

Our Song of the Day is via a new video from Emily Barker for Nostalgia, the first she’s made for the Wallander version of this song. It was filmed entirely in Sweden, at locations used in the BBC’s Wallander series starring Kenneth Branagh.

Applewood Road is a polished yet rootsy record which which manages to cover a comprehensive selection of the benchmarks of the Americana genre, from country to bluegrass, rockabilly to country blues and a number of points in between. This is sure to find plenty of fans!

Emily Barker composes music for heart-warming new film ‘Hector’ – a story of a homeless man who makes an annual pilgrimage from Scotland to a London homeless shelter. Watch Emily performing the title track ‘Anywhere Away’, also our Song of the Day.

Under a new Union Music Store project a number of prominent folk singers give their response to the 2015 election result with a new album of contemporary protest songs. Listen to one of them with the new video from Lucy Ward for ‘Bigger Than That’.

Emily Barker’s ‘The Toerag Sessions’ is a masterclass in the art and craft of songwriting and an instructive and insightful record by one of today’s leading singer/songwriters. A record to be cherished and played again and again; The Toerag Sessions is the very definition of essential listening.

To mark the release of her new Toerag Sessions album Emily Barker heads out on tour this month with Gill Sandell who also has an album out (with Chris T-T) on 23 March. Emily has also announced her album launch plus solo dates and record store appearances. Watch her latest video for Little Deaths and get those all important dates in your diary.

Our Song of the Day is Little Deaths, the opening track from Emily Barker’s new album The Toerag Sessions which is available to pre-order from Bandcamp today. The album was recorded live direct to tape at the legendary Toe Rag Studios in London. It’s a totally analogue using authentic 50s and 60s gear – the real deal.

Emily Barker announces new solo album The Toerag Sessions, produced by Liam Watson who mixed and engineered The White Stripes break-through album “Elephant”. You can pre-order the album via Pledge Music.

Helen captures one the final gigs from Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo at St James Church. Plus a we have a special Neil Young cover performed at Union Chapel.

We have a very special video premiere today from Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo for Letters. Plus we’ve some special tour news and more.

In their most recent newsletter to fans Emily Barker announced that the upcoming tour with The Red Clay Halo is be her last, for a while at least.