Having backed the Pledge project and already the proud owner of the Almanac CD by Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo I was delighted to see the album get a release on vinyl and it comes with a bonus track Pause: The Shadow Line plus a print of the wonderful Little Deaths artwork by Daniela Terrazzini. Order at Bandcamp Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo - Bones by emilybarker [...]
This week featuring Mode Moderne, Two Wounded Birds, Eleanor Friedberger, Young Husband, Ellie Lawson, Flow Machines, Emily Barker , The Finger, Little Daggers and The John Peel Approved Festive 50. ****************************** ** Mode Moderne. Vancouver's Mode Moderne seem to like the dark side of life and come across rather like The Arcade Fire meets Depeche Mode in a graveyard, which believe me is a good thing. The darkness, which makes Nick Cave seem positively sanguine is all enveloping, [...]
Every weekday, MUF offers five (5) daily downloads of free and legal MP3s. We chose these songs for you to discover, download and explore more about the artists behind them. 'Daily Downloads' via Twitter , Facebook or RSS ! (For more information on what our Daily Download is and what they mean to you go here ) Today's Free MP3s: Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo - Ropes [ Artist ] [...]
Ms. Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo are currently bringing beautiful music to the UK, but they've sent us a few photos to share. Here are some shots from Brighton, Bridport, and the final rehearsals. Keep reading for a list of dates and download Emily's cover of "First Time I Ever Saw Your Face". For more on Emily Barker, check out my giant post of Emily Barker awesomeness . [...]
I admit that I started keeping tabs on Emily Barker due to her work with Frank Turner , which is pretty much the point around which my world revolves. However, as with artists like Ben Marwood and Fake Problems I have no regrets. If you haven't heard Emily's music, you're in for a treat. Like so much of the harmony-heavy, string based, folk style music that's popular these days, she'll be an easy fit in your life. Emily's voice is strong and distinct, her songwriting full of soul and [...]
Australian-born Emily Barker who now plies her trade in the UK is best known for her song "Nostalgia", the theme for a British TV adaptation of the Swedish Kurt Wallander novels. Without the Wallander connection, Barker with her fab trio of Gill Sandell, Anna Jenkins, and Jo Silverston, who all make up The Red Clay Hero would find it hard to raise themselves above the parapet. That is no criticism of their music, more an observation on the state of the music industry. With it, well, who knows. Almanac is the [...]
One of the brightest stars to emerge from the summer Storm the Charts campaign that sadly failed in its ambitious mission to hijack the UK Top 40 singles chart, Emily Barker continues to bring a touch of distinction to the independent music scene. Barker (lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitar) and Red Clay Halo bandmembers Jo Silverston (cello, saw), Anna Jenkins (violin), and Gill Sandell (accordion, flute, piano, pipe organ) weave a compelling sound tapestry that laces together a raft of folk-rooted influences. The girls also combine on occasion to deliver some arresting four-part harmonies. [...]
"There is nowhere that I'd rather be..." So sings Emily Barker on the song Breathe , off of her 2008 album, Despite the Snow . The album has been getting some press because one of the songs, Nostalgia , has been used for the theme to a UK show called Wallander . The song has been giving the band a higher presence after the Royal Television Society with an award for the use of the theme song. Despite The Snow is a stunning album. It has a very different sound from [...]
Here's how it works: become a brand-name niche-blogger, and people send you stuff. Most of it is way off topic; some of it is decent, but not ready for prime time. A bunch more has saturated the blogmarket so much already, there's little point in posting it again. And a few songs just don't tickle the fancy - after all, if every song worked for every blogger, you'd never know who to trust. But there's wheat in the chaff, if you're willing to listen. And in the interest of serving [...]
I heard this song, this voice, and I loved it for it's bleak, sad, sound. Holding just a hint of one of my favorite Country singers, Dolly Parton, but in a lower key and more modern tone, Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo are a trio of young women who perform beautiful folk music along with Ms. Barker. The four have been onstage at Glastonbury, End of The Road Festival and The Cambridge Folk Festival. Those of you in the UK will possibly recognize this song from Wallander a BBC 1 series that stars [...]
A Fairy-Tale on Sale * I thought - walking back to the sea-front after being spellbound by Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo last evening. And even if tickets for this particular fantasy were rather more than 12/6d a time, and it was Wednesday, not Saturday... I was still left contemplating the power of live music to carry us away from everyday troubles & feelings. I loved how these folky/country songs were so beautifully underpinned & transformed by The Red Clay Halo - Gill Sandell on accordion & flute, Jo Silverston on cello, and [...]
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