Emily Barker

Emily Barker
Emily Barker at Lottes Musiknacht 2018
Background information
Born (1980-12-02) 2 December 1980
OriginBridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
  • composer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • banjo
  • harmonica
  • piano
Years active2003–present
Labels
Websitewww.emilybarker.com

Emily Barker (born 2 December 1980) 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.