EMILY BARKER

Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo have released their much-anticipated new album, Dear River, to widespread critical acclaim.

Emily Barker is a compelling singer-songwriter, who with her band The Red Clay Halo blends classical, rock, country and folk influences to stunning effect. Together they have released three critically acclaimed albums, played a string of sold-out UK dates, performed with Frank Turner at the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony and written the Bafta and Ivor Novello award-winning themes to hit BBC dramas Wallander and The Shadow Line. Dear River is a major landmark that will surely take Emily to a whole new level.

Dear River was produced by Calum Malcolm (The Blue Nile) and marks a significant sonic move forward from the previous three albums, highlighting Emily’s expressive vocals, while lyrically exploring the meaning of home and its related tangents of exile, displacement, and family. Emily has emerged with a compelling song cycle that makes Dear River an unmistakable watershed in her rapidly burgeoning career.

“I’m so happy with this album” says Emily, barely containing her excitement, “The whole concept means so much to me and although the songs are quite personal, they also feel like they could be other people’s stories – It’s the best recording we’ve done.”