MOJO- Leonard Cohen Covered

Hello,

Back in December we were asked to contribute a song to the Mojo cover mount album of Leonard Cohen covers. We were very happy to be asked but the problem was Emily was in Australia, Jo and Anna were on tour somewhere in the UK with The Unthanks and Gill was in London.

So I laid down guitars and vocals in Yallingup with Sean Diggins at The Tone Room (a studio made of hay bales); Gill Sandell put down accordion and bvox with John Clayton at OneCatStudio in Brixton; then Anna and Jo recorded cello, violin and bvox in a bedroom in Brighton belonging to James de Malplaquet of the wonderful band 'The Miserable Rich' (who also feature on the cover mount!) So, despite distances we got the recording together and are pretty chuffed with it.

You can listen to snippets of all the artists who contributed to the cd here: listen

It'll hit the shops today or tomorrow.

Hope you enjoy!

Best wishes

Emily

First ever European tour!

Frank Turner

Hello all,

Very pleased to announce the dates for our first ever European tour!

We have the pleasure of supporting the ever-incredible Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls.

Please see below for the run of dates...

MARCH 2012

Fri 30th BELGIUM, Schaffen Gildenzaal www.rockfest.be

Sat 31st SWITZERLAND, Bern Bierhubeli www.bierhubeli.ch

APRIL 2012

Sun 1st GERMANY, Frankfurt Unionhalle www.unionhalle.de

Mon 2nd GERMANY, Munich Backstage Werk www.backstage.eu

Tue 3rd GERMANY, Saarbruecken Garage www.garage-sb.de

Wed 4th LUXEMBOURG, Rockhal www.rockhal.lu

Thu 5th NETHERLANDS, Amsterdam Paradiso www.paradiso.nl

Hope to see you out there!

x

February Shows

Laura Veirs

Hello all,

Very pleased to announce that we'll be supporting a couple of musical heroes of ours in February: Laura Veirs and Paul Kelly!

Our shows are listed below, hope you can make it along...

Sat 28th Jan- Linn's 40th Birthday Celebration, Glasgow (Celtic Connections)

Weds 1st Feb- Apple in-store, Glasgow 5pm (free)

Thus 2nd Feb- Deaf Institute, Manchester (support for Paul Kelly)

Fri 3rd Feb- The Arches, Glasgow (Celtic Connections support for Laura Veirs)

Sat 4th Feb- Louisiana, Bristol (support for Paul Kelly)

Sun 5th Feb- Ten Feet Tall, Cardiff (support for Paul Kelly)

Also, we're seeking a house gig on Wednesday 1st Feb in the evening, either in, or near to Glasgow. If you're interested, please email me on emilyblahblah@gmail.com

Many thanks,

Emily

HUSH

Hush is a free, monthly celebration of unamplified acoustic music, usually held at the Perseverance pub in Bloomsbury, London and hosted by Tom McKean & the Emperors. Gill and I did a show there a year or so ago and were blown away by the night.

These videos were recorded at a special Hush concert at the Artworker's Guild in Bloomsbury at Christmas 2010...hope you enjoy!

Nostalgia from Bobby Williams on Vimeo.

Little Deaths from Bobby Williams on Vimeo.

Emily Barker Interview 1 from Bobby Williams on Vimeo.

Emily Barker Interview 2. from Bobby Williams on Vimeo.

Spiral Earth Awards- Almanac

Hey all,

Almanac has been nominated for the Album of the Year in the Spiral Earth Awards.

Please cast your vote here by clicking here: VOTE

Aussie Tour Photos

Well I had a whirlwind of a tour in Australia going from the south west up to Perth, over to the east coast, down the east coast and then back to the south west in just a week! What a huge and magnificent country it is. Here are some snaps from the tour...

The first gig was in Phil's (Aussie Manager) shed in Ilarwill (North New South Wales).

This was the set list.

Phil played this op-shop organ along to Pause. It was a special moment.

Then we took off on a 9-hour road trip to Sydney.

Eating vegemite crisps/chips on the way.

Melbourne street art.

"Tram wires cross Melbourne skies, cut my red heart in two..."

Home town show in Bridgetown at The Cidery with Dom Coyote on backing vocals.

All the Barker clan joined in on 'Blackbird.'

Then back to the Barker ranch by the river for Christmas day with my superhero nephews.

Billowing Sea release + tour in Australia

I'm in Australia! Currently in Bridgetown (my home town) in Western Australia and soon to head off on tour in support of the first single release from Almanac.

Walking Horse Records have just released 'Billowing Sea' in Australia which is now available for download from iTunes here: Billowing Sea Down Under.

Here are the tour dates for Australia...

Sat 10 Dec
Rosemount Hotel, North Perth

Tue 20 Dec
The Supper Club @ Oxford Hotel, Sydney

Wed 21 Dec
Wesley Anne, Melbourne

Thurs 22 Dec

Transmission Lounge, Denmark

Fri 23 Dec
The Cidery, Bridgetown, WA

Please spread the word!

Thanks for your support,

Emily x

The Frank Turner tour

Sadly, our tour with Frank Turner and Against Me! is now finished. We have had THE MOST INCREDIBLE TIME! There'll be loads more photos soon from the official tour photographer Gregory Nolan, but in the meantime, here's a few that Anna Jenkins, Matt Nasir and myself have taken.

Bournemouth O2 Academy

Frank singing 'Fields of June' with us

Frank fans going wild

Sound check, Barrowlands, Glasgow

Against Me! taught us about punk

and also how to "plank"

Gill, Greg, Jo

Hammersmith Apollo. SOLD OUT!

Group hug

A HUGE thanks to all those who made it down to the shows early to see us play- really appreciate it and hope to see you again!

Emily x

ps. if you didn't get your free download of 'Fields of June' then please go here: Fields of June.