There are some musicians that have the ability to capture a feeling and conjure emotions about places, or people, or events in time, and over the past 15 years, comprising solo records, group efforts with the Red Clay Halo, and…
Did you hear the one about the three songwriters who walked into a bar? Well, a cafe, actually. Those three songwriters were Emily Barker, Amber Rubarth and Amy Speace, and within two hours of meeting in East Nashville, they had…
Once, every two or three years, an artist comes along so fully formed and talented that they fast become one of your favourite musicians, and when Emily Barker, supported by the very talented multi-instrumentalists of the Red Clay Halo, released…
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo have announced that their upcoming tour in November will be their last together for a while. After nine years of recording and touring together, The Red Clay Halo – Jo Silverston (cello), Anna Jenkins (violin)…
Emily Barker’s latest project, Vena Portae, emerged from recording sessions in the winter months of 2012 in Sweden; the delay between recording and release the result of each members on-going musical commitments. Where Barker’s voice would usually be accompanied by…
Summer’s not for everyone. If you’re the type of person who cowers inside when the temperature rises for fear of being burnt by the sun and stung by wasps, this new track from Emily Barker’s Vena Portae could be the…
The list grows and grows every year. There are even some legitimate concerns that Record Store Day may eat itself. But we’re going to worry about that later. For now, the clock is ticking down until the queues start forming…
Record Store Day is just around the corner and there’s a long list of releases we here at FFS are starting to hyperventilate over. High on the list is an EP from Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo featuring…
We’ve all had those fantasies, right? You turn up to see your favourite band play live but the bassist/drummer/singer/tambourine player is taken ill and you’re somehow called up on stage to take their place… Well, if Emily Barker & The…
Dear River, the fourth album by Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo (EB&TRCH) and their first for Linn Records, is that rarest of records: an instant classic. With not a gram of filler, it’s the kind of album that…