Following an array of stunning singles, acclaimed artist Emily Barker has today released her sublime new album, ‘A Dark Murmuration of Words’. The album, her first on Thirty Tigers, has been critically-acclaimed across the board and features 10 doses of captivating folk brilliance.
Here’s a sneak at the single When Stars Cannot be Found taken from the album
Produced by Greg Freeman (Portico Quartet) ‘A Dark Murmuration of Words’ searches for the invisible connections that shape a rapidly shifting modern world. Recorded at StudiOwz in Pembrokeshire, Wales, the album is a timely exploration of climate change, racism, sexism, and myths of economic progress through the lens of what it means to return “home.” Highlights include the nostalgic ‘Return Me’, the gloriously defiant ‘Machine’ and the effortless album closer ‘Sonogram’.
Emily’s last album ‘Sweet Kind of Blue’ was recorded at Sam Phillips Recording Service in Memphis with Grammy-winning producer Matt Ross-Spang (Jason Isbell, Margo Price). The success of the album and the globe-trotting tours to support it helped land Emily the accolade of UK Artist of the Year at the 2018 UK Americana Awards held at Hackney Empire in London.
She is perhaps best known as the writer and performer of the award-winning theme to BBC crime drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. She has released music as a solo artist as well as with various bands including The Red Clay Halo, Vena Portae and Applewood Road and has written for film, including composing her first feature film soundtrack (for Jake Gavin’s lauded debut feature Hector starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen).
Tour Dates are as follows:
SAT 29 MAY
Gosforth Civic Theatre
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
SUN 30 MAY
Henshaw’s Arts and Crafts Centre
Knaresborough, UK
SAT 19 JUNE
Birnbeck Promenade
Weston-super-mare, UK
MON 21 JUNE
The Kitchen Garden Cafe
Birmingham, UK
THU 24 JUNE
Komedia Brighton
Brighton, UK
FRI 25 JUNE
Black Deer Festival 2021
Tunbridge Wells, UK
FRI 9 JULY
ACE Space
Newbury, UK
SAT 10 JULY
Pound Arts Centre
Corsham, UK
FRI 13 AUGUST
Fairport’s Cropredy Convention 2021
Banbury, UK
SAT 4 SEPTEMBER
Moseley Folk & Arts Festival 2021
Moseley, UK
SAT 2 OCTOBER
Salcombe Live 2021
Salcombe, UK
FRI 8 APRIL
Union Chapel
London, UK
For further information and Ticket links visit www.emilybarker.com
