Emily Barker - Black Coffee (Square Mile Coffee Sessions, Pt 1), Peggy Lee Cover Emily Barker 2026-09-23 | Emily Barker - Black Coffee (Square Mile Coffee Sessions, Pt 1), Peggy Lee Cover
Emily Barker - Loneliness (official music video) Emily Barker 2024-01-11 | Out Now - emilybarker.com/loneliness=========================================CREDITSFilmed by Charlie Miller | The Mono GrandeEdited by Shea McChrystalEmily Barker - vocals, pianoRichard Causon - dulcimerLuke Potashnick - Moog bass, electric bass, drums, percussion Rebekah Allan - violinLaura Anstee - cello (performed by Emma Sheppard in the video)Rachel Robson - viola (performed my Miriam Wakeling in the video)String Arrangement - Tim HarriesEngineered by Josh Best-ShawProduced by Luke PotashnickMixed by Luke PotashnickMastered by Dick Beetham @ 360 MasteringRecorded at The Wool HallThe making of this video was assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body=========================================LYRICSSee the horses from my windowBodies huddled and shape one shadowFlowers open, slow then violentTime is passing, I stay quietLoneliness, your letter cameyou know my house, you know my nameLoneliness, I hear you callfrom the kitchen, through the wallLoneliness, alive and wellis there someone I can tell?Loneliness, you fill the dayI wish that you would go away, would go awayEveryone else seems surroundedWith people and purpose and things that ground themTake me outside, shake the dust offIn the sunshine all is not –Loneliness, your letter cameyou know my house, you know my nameLoneliness, I hear you callfrom the kitchen, through the wallLoneliness, alive and wellis there someone I can tell?Loneliness, you fill the dayI wish that you would go awayLoneliness, I feel you breathedown my back, upon my cheekLoneliness, I’ve had enoughof moving slow, I want a rush, I want a rushI want a rush, I want a rushSee the horses, from my windowBodies huddled and shape one shadow=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Wild to be Sharing This Moment (Behind The Scenes) Emily Barker 2023-12-07 | Watch the full music video here: youtube.com/watch?v=nfW3wEE-kMwTwenty-five fourteen- to sixteen-year-old girls volunteered their time to be in the music video for Wild to be Sharing This Moment. Some of them knew each other through school, but most were strangers who had responded to a social media callout.On a video shoot, there’s always a whole load of waiting around. I wondered if they’d all be on their phones, if they’d get bored. What unfolded was something I had not expected, and it was beautiful.It started with the girls chatting, taking pictures of each other in their costumes, giggling, reading books (one of the girls was reading ‘Perfume’ by Patrick Süskind, which I read around her age too), and there was one particularly gorgeous moment when a few of them started playing a hand-clapping game. Within two minutes, all twenty-five of them were sat in a circle playing this game and laughing, a lot.=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Wild to be Sharing This Moment (official video) Emily Barker 2023-11-16 | “A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” – Eudora Welty Do you remember your last school photo? Is it buried in a box in the attic, framed on a shelf, lost in the last house move?Do you remember what was happening in your life at the time? What was going through your head as the photographer clicked away? Perhaps you faked a smile, or perhaps a smile came easily on that day... It’s such a pivotal moment – saying goodbye to some peers and friends, teachers, familiar corridors and classrooms, readying to take a leap towards the unknown. “Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.” – Virginia Woolfemilybarker.com/wild#innocence #empathy #compassion=========================================Wild to be Sharing This Moment(Emily Barker)I see a thousand worlds in the windowof a train as it passes me byEach one plugged into an orbit,their own pain, their own lullaby Isn’t it wild to be sharing this momentthe same very thimble of timeIsn’t it wild that we each hold an oceanyet fail to fathom other tides Down at the edge of the waterA mother weeps on the shoreHow can we study the wounds of our historyand still send our children to war Isn’t it wild to be sharing this momentthe same very thimble of timeIsn’t it wild to be living when love isendangered, denied Isn’t it wild to be sharing this momentthe same very thimble of timeIsn’t it wild that we each hold an oceanyet fail to fathom other tides A child with hands in the soilwakes without question and growstruth is a hope to hold ontoand where it blooms we will go=========================================CREDITSWritten and directed by Thomas HudsonProduced by Luke Kellett, Marie-Elle Vivaldi, and Laura SmithDirector of Photography: Harrison Gilbert1st A.C/Gaffer: David Fulham2nd A.C: Robert PrestonKey Grip: Luke KellettCostume Design: Jason Young and Laura SmithMake-up artist: Amber TraversWardrobe Assistant: Benji CrockerEmily’s Stylist: Leith GrovesEditor/Colourist: Thomas HudsonBehind the scenes filming - Erling GrønhaugProduction Company: Headjam https://www.headjam.com.au/Filmed in Newcastle, NSW.Starring:Aila JaprakasAlannah SpurlingAmira MuellerAnjali KanaArden Saunders WilcoxAriana CampiseAva PritchardCleo McNeillHannah WattsImogen WiltonKeeley MoonKeira SpoljaricKhalia McWilliamsLeila Jo SmithLilly KimeLily-Rose KielyMarina ChamberlainMikayla SuffellPhoebe UlphRiti RahmanSavannah DorsettSunny TopicXanthe TashjianYalondha GundyandEmily BarkerThis film was made possible by the generous support of the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries @DLGSCarts=========================================Wild to be Sharing This Moment was recorded at The Wool HallEngineered by Josh Best-ShawProduced by Luke PotashnickMixed by Luke PotashnickMastered by Dick Beetham @ 360 MasteringVocals, Acoustic guitar - Emily BarkerDrums - Tom VisserBass - Tim HarriesGuitar, Percussion and Synths - Luke PotashnickSynths and Keys - Richard CausonBacking vocals - Lukas DrinkwaterViolin - Rebekah AllanCello - Laura AnsteeViola - Rachel RobsonString Arrangement - Tim Harries=========================================STAY IN TOUCH:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Wild to be Sharing This Moment (trailer) Emily Barker 2023-11-11 | New single - Friday 17th November - emilybarker.com/wild=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Politik (Coldplay cover) (Official Music video) Emily Barker 2023-09-07 | emilybarker.com/politikHuge thanks to Tori Styles at White Rose Media for scrolling through 50s archival footage to create a highly symbolic, dreamlike sequence of strange images to accompany the song. Vocals - Emily BarkerDrums - Tom VisserBass - Tim HarriesGuitar, Percussion and Synths - Luke PotashnickSynths and Keys - Richard CausonViolin - Rebekah AllanCello - Miriam WakelingViola - Emma ShepherdString Arrangement - Tim HarriesEngineered by Josh Best-ShawProduced by Luke PotashnickMixed by Luke PotashnickMastered by Dick Beetham @ 360 MasteringRecorded at The Wool HallThis project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker with Carducci String Quartet - Sonogram (Official Lyric Video) Emily Barker 2023-05-06 | From the EP "A Dark Murmuration of Strings", recorded live at The Cavern in Exeter for "Music Feeds", with string arrangements by Joe Duddell performed by Carducci String Quartet.emilybarker.com/sonogramSONOGRAMI woke up and forgot the mythsThat bind our past to thisThat lead us blindlyTo circle in slow motionTime is my decaying noteOnce sung, once left your throatNo other offeringWorth more than this giftOne foot behind the other, never looking backEchoes on a sonogramSmarter than we hope we thinkBring bodies close to the brinkWear different costumesTell the same old storiesHelpless in the wake of timeVaulting from earth to skyWe’re cells and waterLike every living thingOne foot behind the other, never looking backEchoes on a sonogramI woke up and forgot the mythsThat bind our past to thisThat lead us blindlyTo circle in slow motion=========================================The original version of this song is found on the album "A Dark Murmuration of Words", out now - emilybarker.com/a-dark-murmuration-of-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater - Mr Milk (You Am I cover) - Official Music Video Emily Barker 2022-02-11 | New album Room 822, recorded in hotel quarantine, Perth, WA. emilybarker.com/room822When I moved up to Perth from Bridgetown at 17, I immersed myself in the music scene. I went to gigs as often as I could afford, with various new friends from university. I was performing as a duo at the time with my best friend Andrea Beatty, called—inventively— ‘Emily & Andrea’. We opened for various Perth bands including Sleepy Jackson, becoming friends with Luke and Jesse Steele who we’d met some years before when they’d played at Bridgetown Blues Festival. They often had parties at their family home which we’d go to - we’d play songs and talk about bands we were into. 'You Am I' were never out of the conversation for long and their album Hourly Daily was in my VW Beetle car stereo for weeks on end.Listening to 'You Am I' with Lukas in our hotel room, I’m immediately transported back to my late teens. I had a feeling Lukas would like them given the Beatles-y sensibilities. I played him a bunch of their songs and when he heard ‘Mr. Milk’ he immediately picked up the guitar and started working out the chords. The lyrics are witty and surreal and there’s plenty of innuendo, such is the rogue charm and intelligence of Tim Rogers and his songs.We added all sorts of things to the recording: acoustic guitar, double bass, lots of harmonies, a bass drum fashioned from fist thumps on an empty double bass case, shaker and hand claps. It was a really fun one to record. I’m looking forward to a long car journey and re-listening to ‘You Am I’ and ‘Tim Rogers & The Twin Set’ albums.=========================================Emily Barker's new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words"an album of spare, striking beauty" Mojo ★★★★"irresistibly catchy...an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade" The Australian ★★★★★=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater - Push the Sky Away (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds cover) Official video Emily Barker 2022-01-25 | New album Room 822, recorded in hotel quarantine, Perth, WA. emilybarker.com/room822We knew we were going to do a Nick Cave cover but the difficult question was which one to choose? An obvious choice might have been to do ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow’, but we weren’t sure we could do something different or interesting enough. We brainstormed how we might cover ‘Red Right Hand’ and even worked out a key for, and started rehearsing ‘The Mercy Seat’ but the outstanding version by Johnny Cash kept ringing in our ears and everything we tried felt inferior. We trawled Nick’s extensive catalogue and landed upon ‘Push the Sky Away’ – an album, and song, we both adore. We recorded it on a day when the weather outside our window was overcast and we were both feeling particularly claustrophobic and flat. It was around day 5 of our quarantine. It felt like a mantra for the day – to just keep on keeping on, to know it would pass. We buried ourselves in our work and it definitely helped. It’s such a simple and small song in many ways, but it contains multitudes, and can be read in many ways.Lukas starts us off with a beautifully haunting acoustic part, based on a version he’d recorded years ago with his UK duo ‘Jacob & Drinkwater’, and we built the track from there. We retained the sparseness and droney soundscape of the original version, albeit using different instruments.=========================================Emily Barker's album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words"an album of spare, striking beauty" Mojo ★★★★"irresistibly catchy...an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade" The Australian ★★★★★=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater - Room 822 album launch live (please follow new link in description) Emily Barker 2022-01-16 | Due to technical issues, we've moved this to here:youtube.com/watch?v=KSs4AxfTDsI=========================================Listen to the album here: emilybarker.com/room822=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater - Room 822 album launch Emily Barker 2022-01-16 | Listen to the album here: emilybarker.com/room822=========================================Tip jar is here: paypal.com/paypalme/emilybarkerhaloAll donations very gratefully received. =========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater - Tomorrow (Silverchair cover) - Official Music Video Emily Barker 2022-01-14 | New album Room 822, recorded in hotel quarantine, Perth, WA. emilybarker.com/room822‘Frogstomp’ was a huge album in Australia, but also made waves beyond home turf. I was 14 when it came out, Lukas was just 10 (he’ll be happy I point out our age difference here). My best friend, Andrea, was a grunge girl back in those days and had a huge celeb crush on Daniel Johns - we listened to the album a lot as teenagers, moshing about our bedrooms with posters of Johns on her walls. On the other side of the world, Lukas discovered the record a few years later when he was 13 years old. At this time in his life, he and his family were living in a homeless hostel in Cornwall, UK. He was skating and listening to angry music like Silverchair and Nirvana as a means of escape. When we first talked about doing this covers album, it was the first Aussie band he suggested. We listened to the record together the day after our arrival at The Westin Hotel in Perth for our two week quarantine. It was the first song we recorded and it felt good to perform it after a long haul flight – the musical equivalent of running around a park. It brought back a lot of memories for us both: good and not so good. We really pumped out the vocals – apologies to our quarantine neighbours.Credits:King - Lukas DrinkwaterQueen - Emily Barker King's servant - Timon Barker-RoseQueen's servant - Jeeko Barker-RoseCamera operator - Buckeley Barker-Rose=========================================Emily Barker's new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words"an album of spare, striking beauty" Mojo ★★★★"irresistibly catchy...an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade" The Australian ★★★★★=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater - Boys Will Be Boys (Stella Donnelly cover) - Official Music Video Emily Barker 2022-01-06 | New album Room 822, recorded in hotel quarantine, Perth, WA. emilybarker.com/room822We first heard about Stella Donnelly when Lukas and I were wandering around Fremantle, Western Australia a few years ago and went into a record shop. We got chatting to the retailer and we asked if he could recommend anything brilliant and new. He immediately picked up a copy of Stella’s EP ‘Thrush Metal’ which was on the counter and started waxing lyrical. We bought it on the spot and listened to loads on that particular visit to WA.The following year, we had the pleasure of sharing a stage with Stella at Billy Bragg’s ‘Songwriters in the round’, at Glastonbury Festival. When she performed this song, I looked out into the crowd – there were so many people weeping. One woman was a complete mess. She sang every word with tears pouring down her face. It was an intensely powerful and emotional moment. Stella does not mince her words when speaking on the subject of abuse. By way of making our recording different from the original, I came up with a piano part and Lukas added some bowed double bass.=========================================Emily Barker's new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words"an album of spare, striking beauty" Mojo ★★★★"irresistibly catchy...an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade" The Australian ★★★★★=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater - Sleep Australia Sleep (Paul Kelly cover) - Official Music Video Emily Barker 2021-12-08 | New album Room 822, recorded in hotel quarantine, Perth, WA. emilybarker.com/room822Like most Australians, I’m a fan of Paul Kelly. I think of him as the Bob Dylan of Australia: a brilliant storyteller who never shies away from tackling the pertinent and sensitive issues of our times. He’s consistently uplifted burgeoning Australian songwriters such as a young Archie Roach back in the 80s and, more recently, Jess Hitchcock. In ‘Sleep, Australia, Sleep’ – released as a standalone single in 2020 – Kelly attacks the complacency held by corporations, government, and people in positions of power, with their stuck and endangering attitudes towards the climate crisis. The song is also an elegy to our precious native animals and plants: Australia has one of the highest rates of extinction in the entire world.When it came to recording our version, I began by playing and singing it on acoustic guitar. In this stripped-back style, we realised just how devastatingly sad the lyrics are – something which is perhaps a little hidden in Kelly’s sardonic delivery and the waltzy, more uptempo production of the original. We initially intended to add double bass and lots of harmonies but realised this stark, unadorned version delivered the message with clarity.=========================================Emily Barker's new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words"an album of spare, striking beauty" Mojo ★★★★"irresistibly catchy...an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade" The Australian ★★★★★=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Dinosaur Bones (guitar tutorial) Emily Barker 2021-10-07 | #howtoplay #guitartutorial #dinosaurbones =========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Dinosaur Bones (Official Music video) Emily Barker 2021-10-01 | The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================DINOSAUR BONESOn the 27th October, 1949, two sisters married two brothers in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. One of those pairs was Reiner and Toos, my grandparents, or Ray and Cath as they were known in Australia when they emigrated to Perth in 1952. 'The Double Wedding' was filmed and years later when my nanna passed away, my grandpa grieved by watching the wedding repeatedly. He showed it to me, my siblings, and to dad and mum (their daughter), offering a commentary of who was who frame by frame and cleverly, Mum captured this commentary on her dictaphone. Later when updating the format from VCR to DVD, she overlaid the audio recording.Twenty years on, I found the DVD and felt it was time for another upgrade given the advances in technology - it is now safely stored in the cloud and on various hard drives, and now also as snippets of their special day accompanying my new single, Dinosaur Bones, in a video created by filmmaker Tori Styles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I know so little that anythingYou might tell me would be a revelation. – W.S. Merwin (Sire) The past is as mysterious as the future: we never really know what happened there. – Alison Croggon (Navigatio) When my parents downsized and moved from my childhood home – a small farm by the Blackwood river – into town, there were boxes and old suitcases of mine that accompanied them. On my next visit to Bridgetown I found them stored in a wardrobe awaiting my attention (mum and dad were hoping I might downsize my possessions too). One of the suitcases once belonged to my grandpa – it was brown with faint stripes and the clasps had gone rusty. In it were childhood love letters and trinkets, diaries, CDs, tapes, notebooks and photographs. I even found my first ever journal – a Christmas present from my parents when I was 8 years old. I’m still keeping journals; I could probably fill an entire wardrobe with them if I shipped them from the UK back to Australia (sorry mum and dad). As I was sifting through the souvenirs of my early life, it made me think about the footprints we leave behind as we make our way through life... how much of ourselves we share through stories passed on to younger generations, and what remains of us after we’re gone. It made me reflect on my grandparents and parents and how much I don’t know – just snippets from stories – memories that fragment the more I try to remember. Isn’t it interesting too, how we add to those fragments over time, how we flesh them out? Like finding dinosaur bones, then draw the muscles, sketch the skin, add the meaning. Dinosaur Bones was the first song we recorded during the making of A Dark Murmuration of Words back in November 2019 at Studiowz in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It features the fine musicianship of Lukas Drinkwater (bass), Pete Roe (keys), Rob Pemberton (drums and synth), Misha Law (viola) and Emily Hall (violin). The riff that appears in the verses was taken from a writing session with my dear friend Ted Barnes many years ago which – somewhat appropriately for the song – I found when sifting through a batch of old recordings. I fleshed out the music and added these words… Dinosaur Bones(Emily Barker, Ted Barnes) Organise these memories into hand-me-down casesGenerations worn, a rusted clasp, the lining’s torn I was thinking of my father and about dinosaur bonesAnd how we create the story with the fragments that we’re thrown Sifting through these letters, come alive in callow wordsSorting into boxes what to keep and what to burn I was thinking of my mother and the pieces she let go And how we adopt a story until it becomes our own All the ways we print ourselves in sedimentary stone Draw the muscles, sketch the skin, add the meaning Turning pages down a street where time is standing still Searching through old photographs for emptiness to fill I was thinking of my grandparents and a past I wish I’d known And how we alter the story, with each telling that gets told All the ways we print ourselves in sedimentary stone Draw the muscles, sketch the skin, add the meaning, add the meaning Rob Pemberton - drums, percussion, synthPete Roe - Wurlitzer electric pianoLukas Drinkwater - bass, electric guitarMisha Law - violaEmily Hall - violinEmily Barker - vocals, acoustic guitarProduced by Greg Freeman=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker ft. Frank Turner - Bound For Home (Lyric video) Emily Barker 2021-09-10 | #lyricvideo #frankturner #emilybarker 'Bound For Home' was written with my friend, Frank Turner, on a day I was feeling particularly homesick. Frank is a huge Clive James fan and he read me James’s stunning poem ‘Leçons De Ténèbres’. I learned that day that Clive, based in the UK for decades, had become too ill to make the journey back to Australia. His memories of growing up in the suburbs of Sydney became the muse for so much of his work. He was as fascinated with how we remember, as much as with the memories themselves. As Frank and I worked on the song, it emerged that a conversation was occurring between Clive and I. I was thinking about my childhood home, asking my tidal question of whether or not it was time to return, and reflecting on Clive’s lack of choice on the matter.As well as Frank lending his voice to our song with some beautiful harmonies, the song also features some great guitar playing (Nashville-tuning) and bowed double bass by Lukas Drinkwater.=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - emilybarker.com/words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Bound for Home (guitar tutorial) Emily Barker 2021-09-03 | #howtoplay #guitartutorial #frankturner #boundforhome =========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker ft. Frank Turner - Bound For Home (live) Emily Barker 2021-06-29 | Filmed as part of the Barker-Turner Overdrive livestream show in March 2021Emily Barker - guitar and vocalsFrank Turner - guitar and vocalsLukas Drinkwater - bassThe Carducci Strings (arranged by Joe Duddell)The single 'Bound For Home' (written by Emily Barker and Frank Turner) is out now:https://smarturl.it/eb-bound=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker ft. Frank Turner - Bound For Home (Official video) Emily Barker 2021-05-14 | 'Bound For Home' was written with my friend, Frank Turner, on a day I was feeling particularly homesick. Frank is a huge Clive James fan and he read me James’s stunning poem ‘Leçons De Ténèbres’. I learned that day that Clive, based in the UK for decades, had become too ill to make the journey back to Australia. His memories of growing up in the suburbs of Sydney became the muse for so much of his work. He was as fascinated with how we remember, as much as with the memories themselves. As Frank and I worked on the song, it emerged that a conversation was occurring between Clive and I. I was thinking about my childhood home, asking my tidal question of whether or not it was time to return, and reflecting on Clive’s lack of choice on the matter.As well as Frank lending his voice to our song with some beautiful harmonies, the song also features some great guitar playing (Nashville-tuning) and bowed double bass by Lukas Drinkwater.==== LYRICS =====Bound For Home By Emily Barker and Frank TurnerSomeone told me lately time is killing youMe I’m killing time till I find something to make me follow throughOn the decisions and revisions of a life lived in the marginsLike notations of a plan I’m working onHomeward bound, you won’t be homeward bound anymoreBound for home, I should be bound for home but I’m not sureWhere does that leave me? Arguing with unreliable memoriesYou always sound so sure when you recall how it used to beAll the things you left behind, the perfect pictures in your mindNow you no longer get to see if they’re still trueHomeward bound, you won’t be homeward bound anymoreBound for home, I should be bound for home but I’m not sureIf I dig deep down through the cold, cold groundI would find myself back in my hometownSinging farewell songs as the sun goes downAnd reckon all the wrongs back into rhymeLessons gifted to us all by vanished timeHomeward bound, though you’re not homeward bound anymoreBound for home, I am bound for home I’m pretty sureBound for home, turning bound for home to make amendsBound for home, we’re all bound for home in the end=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker and Frank Turner - Leçons De Ténèbres by Clive James Emily Barker 2021-05-09 | Frank Turner and Emily Barker read the poem 'Leçons De Ténèbres' by Clive James.#clivejames #poetry #frankturner #emilybarker=========================================Emily Barker's new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Goodbyes (official video) Emily Barker 2021-04-25 | Taken from the album 'Flight Path Rhymes' - https://smarturl.it/eb-rhymesExcerpts from the film "The Art of Flying" by Jan van IJken used by kind permission - find out more about the film and Jan's other work here:https://www.janvanijken.com=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Stars (official video) Emily Barker 2021-04-02 | Taken from the album 'Flight Path Rhymes' - https://smarturl.it/eb-rhymesExcerpts from the film "The Art of Flying" by Jan van IJken used by kind permission - find out more about the film and Jan's other work here:janvanijken.com=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - The Woman Who Planted Trees (live at Brunel Goods Shed) Emily Barker 2021-02-26 | Live version of 'The Woman Who Planted Trees'.Filmed and recorded by Northern Cowboy FilmsMixed by Lukas DrinkwaterOriginal studio version is from the album "A Dark Murmuration of Words", out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker in conversation with Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood Emily Barker 2021-01-12 | Musician Emily Barker and entrepreneur Maxwell Colonna-Dashwood share a love of coffee and storytelling. They also share a drive to make a difference, whether that be by small, direct acts, by shining a light on others’ work, or simply by listening and learning. Here they talk about the coffee plantations on Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique and the tree-planting projects of the The Green Belt Movement in Kenya. Both movements are intrinsically connected to the fight for women’s rights and education for girls, as well as the more obvious environmental campaigns.Find out more about Our Gorongosa (and buy their coffee) here: ourgorongosa.co.ukColonna Coffee - colonnacoffee.comThe Green Belt Movement - http://www.greenbeltmovement.orgFilmed and edited by Tom JacobThanksMaxwell Colonna-Dashwood, Beth Williams and all at Colonna Coffee roasteryEmily Kiloh and Matthew Jordan @ Our GorongosaLisa Merton and Claire Roth @ The Green Belt MovementEmily Barker's new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Machine (lyric video) Emily Barker 2020-12-10 | =========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - emilybarker.com/wordsI wrote ‘Machine’ after watching director Ava DuVernay’s powerful documentary 13th. There are many other inspirations for the song, but this film in particular exposes the insidious methods used by those in positions of power to subvert historical narratives to their own advantage. Oftentimes the persistence isn’t even conscious – hence the lyric “This machine runs on its own” – but as the events of this year have demonstrated, we can all play a part by recognising historical and ongoing injustice and calling it out wherever we see it.Sing along with me to this lyric video :)Hope you're keeping well. Emily ❤️#lyricvideo #machine #oppression #adarkmurmurationofwords =========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Machine (official video) Emily Barker 2020-11-30 | From the new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" out now - emilybarker.com/wordsMost non-Indigenous Australians, at some point in their lives, come to realise that they've been raised on stolen land; choosing whether or not to acknowledge this is another thing altogether. For me, the moment came when I chose 'Indigenous Australian Studies' as part of my Bachelor of Arts degree. The six-month course, taught by Indigenous Australian academics, opened my eyes to the ongoing injustice and deeply-embedded racism that prevails in law, in land rights, and in Australian society at large. It shouldn't have taken me going to University to find out the truth of how Australia was colonised, but the sad fact of it was that during my childhood education, this was not a topic taught in schools. Over the years, I’ve often explored the topic of 'home' in my writing, and in songs like 'Ghost Narrative', 'Spadeful of Ground' and 'Everywhen', I acknowledged that the place that am honoured to call my home previously belonged to a nation of people who were forcibly removed from the land through violence, abduction and eugenics, with the intent purpose of eradicating them and their culture altogether. Despite everything the government at the time threw at them (and continues to), Indigenous nations have survived and continue to fight for their right to remain and preserve some of the world's most ancient cultures. When I was on tour in the United States in 2016/17, I recognised similarities between Australian colonial history and that of America. I saw "statues in the park" that celebrate slave owners, much like those erected in parks around Australia to celebrate the wealthy landowners responsible for executing Indigenous peoples in order to clear the land for farming and industry. I wrote ‘Machine’ after watching director Ava DuVernay’s powerful documentary 13th. There are many other inspirations for the song, but this film in particular exposes the insidious methods used by those in positions of power to subvert historical narratives to their own advantage. Oftentimes the persistence isn’t even conscious – hence the lyric “This machine runs on its own” – but as the events of this year have demonstrated, we can all play a part by recognising historical and ongoing injustice and calling it out wherever we see it. When it came to creating a video for ‘Machine’, I wanted to reflect the universality of this oppression and acknowledge that it is the same system of governance, economics and philosophy that oppresses not only the marginalised in our society, but also our earth and its precious ecosystems. I talked to filmmaker, Tori Styles at length about these issues and the origin of the song and, as I hope you can tell from the resulting music video, she absolutely got it and has done a brilliant job of relaying the message of the "machine" at work and the movement to "cut the brakes, grab the wheel", which continues to grow in strength and momentum.Video created from archive footage by Tori Styles=========================================STAY IN TOUCHSign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Not too late to watch the livestream Emily Barker 2020-11-18 | On 15th November 2020, I performed the new album, A Dark Murmuration of Words, from start to finish with my band. If you missed the broadcast, you have until Sunday 22nd November to get a ticket and watch it here: https://www.rootslive.online/watch-again/emily-barkerIt was such a special event - thank you so much to everyone who "attended". Emily #livestream #adarkmurmurationofwords #emilybarker=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker Livestream Sneaky Peek Emily Barker 2020-11-15 | Rehearsing for our livestream show at The Brunel Goods Shed.Tickets here: https://www.rootslive.online/liveevents/emily-barker-live-streamIt's TONIGHT!! Sunday 15th November 2020.We go live at 8pm GMT and cannot wait to play for you.See you there!Emily ❤️=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Preview of livestream at Brunel Goods Shed Emily Barker 2020-11-13 | The band and I have been rehearsing for the upcoming livestream show. Please join us! https://www.rootslive.online/liveevents/emily-barker-live-stream=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Tallbird Records + Campbell and Syme Emily Barker 2020-11-09 | This Monday morning’s Music + Coffee combo. I've been listening to Neil Young's 'Homegrown' online and finally got around to getting it on vinyl. I purchased my copy from a store I've not visited before, but one I've heard a lot of great things about; Tallbird Records in Chesterfield. I had a lovely chat to the shop owner, Maria, and we agreed that once we're through this pandemic, an in-store would be fun to do. The shop is open during lockdown #2 in the UK so you can order online. Keep supporting the indies folks! tallbirdrecords.co.ukMy husband, Lukas, picked up this bag of Ethiopian Yirgacheffe when he was in Falmouth, Cornwall getting a takeaway coffee from a great cafe there called Beacon. Campbell & Syme is a London-based roastery with responsible sustainability and ethical practises and this roast is really yummy!campbellandsyme.co.ukbeaconcoffee.co.uk#loverecordstores#independentcoffeeHave a lovely week!Emily x=========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker – checking the piano at Brunel Goods Shed (Sonogram) Emily Barker 2020-11-07 | On Sunday 15th November 2020 (at 8pm GMT) I'll be performing a livestream show at historic Brunel Goods Shed in Stroud.In preparation, I went down to the venue to check out the piano they're kindly allowing us to use on the night..Please join me online for the show - I'll have the full band with me, including strings, and it'll all be filmed with multiple cameras and streamed on Roots Live.Tickets and details here: https://www.rootslive.online/liveevents/emily-barker-live-streamEmily xFilmed by Northern Cowboy Films#livestream #live #adarkmurmurationofwords =========================================The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: https://smarturl.it/eb-Newsletteremilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe to this channel for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Sonogram (lyric video) Emily Barker 2020-10-21 | From the album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" out now - emilybarker.com/wordsThis song wrote itself. One of those rare occasions that writers live for when words and music come pouring out and it’s a scramble to catch them as they do. I can liken it to seeing something in your peripheral vision – when you look at it directly, it disappears.Reading back through the lyrics after having scrawled them down in about half an hour, it became very clear to me what I was writing about and it sounds pompous to say, but it feels irreverent to the spirit of creativity to share much more about it. Suffice to say, I was subconsciously thinking about the interconnectedness of life and of historical repetitions - same stories, different clothes – wondering if we will ever learn from our mistakes.#sonogram #lyrics #adarkmurmurationofwords #zoomout #historyonearth #humanbeings #life=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Grimeys + Monmouth Emily Barker 2020-10-19 | This Monday morning’s Music + Coffee combo. Whenever I'm in Nashville, I always visit Grimey's. Despite records not being the easiest thing to travel with, I can never resist getting at least one from great record stores I come across on tour. The shop regularly hosts in-stores and I've seen Billy Bragg play there during Americana Festival a few years back. I found this Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell record on the sale rack on one of my visits (can you see the price sticker in the top right hand corner?), and it's a beauty. I really enjoy their version of John Hartford's 'Gentle on my mind' song, and the production is so elaborate with strings and horns and the bathroom sink on almost every track. Thank you Grimey's! grimeys.comWhen I first moved to the UK in 2000, it was really hard to find a cafe that served a decent coffee, even in London! Monmouth in Covent Garden was pretty much the only place back then, so I went whenever I could. Ahead of the third wave coffee movement, Monmouth have been sourcing ethical beans for small hold farmers from across the globe for decades now. This Yirgacheffe is so good and is farmed by Alemayehu Daniel Miju whose grandfather started the family coffee farm in 1946. Tasting notes are "dried pineapple and honey with watermelon acidity and medium body – light roast". So good!monmouthcoffee.co.ukEnjoy your day!Emily x#loverecordstores #independentcoffee Order the new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Strange Weather (guitar tutorial) Emily Barker 2020-10-15 | From the new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-wordsHow to play 'Strange Weather' on guitar. #strangeweather #guitartutorial Chords:Verse:B, C#m, E, BB, C#m, E, B, F#Chorus:F#, E, BF#, E, BHappy playing!Emily =========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Strange Weather (lyric video) Emily Barker 2020-10-13 | From the album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" out now - emilybarker.com/wordsA mother sings to her unborn child... she sings of a world that is not in the state she hoped it would be upon her child’s arrival, but that she and her partner will do all they can to nurture and care for their child in these times of strange weather and struggle brought about by climate change.One line in the song – "The peace of wild things” – is borrowed from a book of poetry with the same title by Wendell Berry in which he celebrates the power, beauty and grounding abilities of our natural world. I often have moments of nostalgia for those times as a child when the Blackwood River, a forest, the ocean, a mountain, gave me a sense of peace and perspective and I feel such sadness for the children who may not be able to enjoy this primal feeling.The song asks for the forgiveness of future generations for the ignorance and excess that has steered humanity for far too long and hopes that, for their sake, we may learn to right our wrongs, to change for the better.#StrangeWeather #lyrics #adarkmurmurationofwords #lyricvideo #ClimateChange #future #climatecrisis #environment #children #futuregenerationsThe new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Ordinary (lyric video) Emily Barker 2020-10-09 | From the album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" out now - emilybarker.com/wordsI am a huge fan of West Australian author Tim Winton. This is not the first song I have written after reading one of his novels – my song ‘Disappear’ was written after reading his novel Dirt Music and included on my Despite the Snow album.‘Ordinary’ was written after reading Breath. Like many of Winton’s novels, Breath is set in rural, coastal Western Australia and depicts the melancholy, ennui and apathy that bubbles under the surface of small-town life – especially prevalent in teenagers. The story follows the friendship of two such teenage boys as they transition to adulthood, connected by their passion for surfing. The way in which Winton describes the West Australian coastline ignites my own childhood memories: wandering a pearl white shore, looking out at an imposing sea with that primal feeling of being put in your place by the magnitude of the ocean. It explores heroism on a grand scale (surfing giant waves in Indonesia) versus the beauty of the day-to-day in which the ordinary is celebrated (smaller, safer, long peeler waves).Reading this novel in the context of our climate crisis, it feels like a metaphor; a reminder to explore and cherish the small mysteries and beauties hidden in plain sight on our own doorsteps.#ordinary #lyrics #adarkmurmurationofwords #lyricvideo =========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Ordinary (guitar tutorial) Emily Barker 2020-10-06 | How to play 'Ordinary'. #howtoplay #guitartutorial #ordinaryChords:Intro:Bm, E/G#, A, G Bm, E/G#, A, G Verse part a)Bm, E/G#, A, G Bm, E/G#, A, G Verse part b)Em, F#7, Bm, Bm/A, E/G#, G, AAhhs: Bm, A, GBm, A, GBm, A, G F#7, Bm Turn around in final verse part b)Em, F#7, Bm, Bm/A, E/G#, G, A, Bm, B7 Em, F#7, Bm, Bm/A, E/G#, G, A, BmNew album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words#guitartutorial #ordinary #howtoplay =========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Third Man Records + Kiss The Hippo Emily Barker 2020-10-05 | This Monday morning’s Music + Coffee combo. On my first trip to Nashville, TN, I visited @OfficialTMR (Third Man Records) having heard so much about it. It's super stylish and has some great old recording paraphernalia such as a recording booth in which I cut a cover of 'I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry' by Hank Williams. There's also record shop there that houses all their own releases and I was drawn to this one by Loretta, who I've always been a fan of, but just look at that cover - how could I not go for it! The production by Jack White is grungy and cool and Loretta sounds her dynamite, passionate, potent self, regardless of the fact she was in her 80's when she recorded this - what a legend! thirdmanrecords.comI've not tried 'Kiss the Hippo' before but this roast from El Salvador is so good! The company are really ethical (but of course) and these beans were grown by Thelma de Gutierrez who comes from a long line of producers. This 'honey' process involves removing the skin of the coffee cherry but keeping the fruit on the bean then leaving it to dry in the sun. Flavours are honeysuckle, raspberries and blueberries. Yum!kissthehippo.comEnjoy your day!Emily x#loverecordstores #independentcoffee The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Any More Goodbyes (lyric video) Emily Barker 2020-10-02 | From the album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" out now - emilybarker.com/wordsWe are losing species at an alarming rate. I just got back from Australia where nearly half a billion animals died in the devastating forest fires. Many of the birds I grew up with in the South West of Australia like the Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo – Ngoolyark in Noongar language – are now on the endangered list. It is heart-wrenchingly sad – a complex grief that comes entangled with a huge dose of guilt.I wrote this as a breakup song, but not about two parting lovers – it’s actually about my romance with our earth and all her species. It’s a plea for her, and them, to stay with me, to not let me go – and a promise to do all I can to make the relationship work.An excerpt from Wendell Berry’s poem ‘The Peace of Wild Things’:When despair for the world grows in meand I wake in the night at the least soundin fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,I go and lie down where the wood drakerests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.#anymoregoodbyes #lyrics #adarkmurmurationofwords #lyricvideo =========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Any More Goodbyes (guitar tutorial) Emily Barker 2020-09-30 | How to play 'Any More Goodbyes' on guitar. Chords:Riff over G, Dm, FVerse:G, Dm, Bb, F, Am G, Dm, Bb, F, GChorus:F, C, C, GF, C, GF, C, C, GF, C, GSecond chorus into bridge:F, C, C, GF, C, GF, C, C, GF, C, GF, C, Am, BbBridge:Eb, Bb, C, GEb, Bb, C, Am, G #guitartutorial #anymoregoodbyes The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" it out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - When Stars Cannot Be Found (banjo tutorial) Emily Barker 2020-09-24 | A banjo tutorial on how to play 'When Stars Cannot Be Found'. Chords: Verse:D, G, Bm, AD, G, Em, A, F#7, Gmaj7 Chorus:Bm, G, Em, F#m, A Bm, G, Em, F#m, A D, G, Em, F#m, ABm, G, Em, F#m, A Bm, AInstrumental:D, G, Em, A D, G, Em, ABridge:C#dim, A, D, GC#dim, F#, Bm, A, G, Em #banjo #banjotutorial #howtoplay #whenstarscannotbefound "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - When Stars Cannot Be Found (lyric video) Emily Barker 2020-09-21 | The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - emilybarker.com/wordsI grew up in a place where if you looked up at the night sky, you could see stars between stars between stars. I remember being overwhelmed by the feeling of how I was just a tiny dot in time and space. Yet somehow it seemed to make sense. It was also, simply, breathtakingly beautiful.We are made out of the same stuff as stars: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulphur. Perhaps this partially explains why the feeling of connection to everything, to everyone, comes when we look up at a starry sky.Touring as a musician, travelling from one city to the next, night after night, it is easy to feel disoriented, disconnected. I remember one particular night in Los Angeles yearning to see the stars in order to feel less alone and more connected to my family and close friends, and to my past as a country girl in Western Australia. But this was LA, with no stars to be seen. Even so, I felt somehow comforted by knowing they were there, albeit veiled behind a curtain of light pollution and smog. I thought of my four year old niece and imagined her as a young woman travelling like myself, feeling homesick for our first landscape by the Blackwood River and for her family. In many ways, this song is a letter to her. But it is also for me: a reminder of connection to those gone before us, to the present and the future; and to the sobering insignificance of the individual in light of the magnificent, recondite whole.#whenstarscannotbefound #lyrics #adarkmurmurationofwords #lyricvideo #stars =========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - Album cover painting by Ange Mullen-Bryan Emily Barker 2020-09-17 | I visited Ange's studio to deliver her a copy of the album on vinyl and CD and saw the beautiful painting which was commissioned for the album cover. Here it is full size! Ange talks about the lyrics that inspired this piece. All her work is stunning and you can see more of it here: angemullenbryan.comEmily ❤️#artwork #painting #albumcover The new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Geography (How to Play - guitar tutorial) Emily Barker 2020-09-15 | A guitar tutorial on how to play 'Geography'. Chords:Riff D majorVerse Bm chord with melody (D, D, C#, B, A, B)then Em, A, D, G, C, F#7Chorus G, D, G, D, G, D, Em AG, D F6, Em, GmBridgeGm, D Gm, D Gm, C, F, C/E, Dm, Em, A #geography #howtoplay #guitartutorial "A Dark Murmuration of Words" is out now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Truck Music Store + Red Bank Emily Barker 2020-09-14 | This Monday morning’s Music + Coffee combo. Truck Music Store is in Oxford, UK on the corner of the bustling Cowley Road. I've played their numerous times and it has vibes - very good ones! I ordered this record from them. It's 'The Dirt and The Stars' by my dear friend and touring companion, Mary Chapin Carpenter. I honestly believe this is the best record she has yet made - and she has made plenty of brilliant albums! The songs, the sound, the soulful lyrics. It's just divine so do take a listen. truckmusicstore.co.ukLukas, my husband, tried this coffee at a cafe in Cheltenham recently and jumped online to order some beans. He doesn't drink caffeinated coffee and I'm quite partial to a good decaf myself, so this is a wonderful find. Also, ethically and environmentally, Red Bank come out on top. It's so important we look at what we buy and who from, it's where we hold some power!redbankcoffee.comEnjoy your day!Emily x#loverecordstores #independentcoffee Order the new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Geography (lyric video) Emily Barker 2020-09-11 | From the new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" out now - emilybarker.com/words“The longer I have stayed in England, the more numerous and powerful my memories of Sydney have grown.” Clive James.A few years ago, my parents sold our family home and moved from the riverside block into town to make an easier life for themselves. Although the move made sense for where they were up to in their lives, it was not a decision that was made lightly given how long we’d spent being just a few steps away from toes in the water of the Blackwood River.There are so many memories held in that land: the shade-giving eucalypts we’d seen grow over the years; the cleared path through the bush to our private swimming spot; the saplings planted on the river banks; the pets buried in the garden; my grandmother’s ashes scattered beneath the Japanese maple. I knew I would miss it dearly but on returning to Bridgetown and my parents’ new home, I realised that mostly it was the people that I depended on for affirming my sense of self and place in the world.My foundation of memories rooted to place runs deep, supporting an unyielding and complex love that continues to serve as muse for me as I write words and melodies of adoration and longing from far away.#geography #lyrics #adarkmurmurationofwords #lyricvideo=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
Emily Barker - A Dark Murmuration of Words Listening Party Emily Barker 2020-09-04 | Join me on Friday September 4 at 8pm (UK time, BST) for a Listening Party, when I'll be opening a bottle of bubbly to celebrate the release of my new album. Then I'll play the whole album on vinyl (ooh, which colour?) and I'll be here on YouTube to answer any questions you might have.Our non-alcoholic beverage of choice is kindly provided by realkombucha.co.ukPre-order the new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - A Dark Murmuration of Words Listening Party Emily Barker 2020-09-04 | Join me on Friday September 4 at 9am (UK time, BST) for a Listening Party, when I'll be opening a bottle of bubbly to celebrate the release of my new album. Then I'll play the whole album on vinyl (ooh, which colour?) and I'll be here on YouTube to answer any questions you might have.Our non-alcoholic beverage of choice is kindly provided by realkombucha.co.ukPre-order the new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Test one two Emily Barker 2020-09-03 | Testing for my Listening Parties happening Friday 4th September 9am and 8pm BST - the day my new album, 'A Dark Murmuration of Words' is released!Also, testing by sharing a Toerag secret with you...Pre-order the new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" now - https://smarturl.it/eb-words=========================================Stay in touch:emilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhaloSubscribe for more videos: https://smarturl.it/halo-youtube
Emily Barker - Where Have The Sparrows Gone? (Lyric video) Emily Barker 2020-09-02 | From the new album "A Dark Murmuration of Words" - out now - emilybarker.com/words“Whatever it is, if it’s affecting the sparrows, is it doing us any good? I think of the miner’s canary.” Dr Denis Summers-SmithThere are sparrows in the eaves above my bedroom window in Stroud, Gloucestershire. The window has a view above our tiny terrace garden and stretches out over one of the five valleys. In the mornings I enjoy sitting in the window bench seat, watching the sparrows dart from the eaves above me to the seed balls below. They are a common bird in this old part of town where the walls are made of Cotswold stone and the roofs of slate tiles – allowing for plenty of nesting places unlike newer, more sealed-up builds.The song title came from some words I saw on an environmental campaign poster. It called to mind an old folk song by Pete Seeger ‘Where Have all the Flowers Gone?’ but also got me wondering if, despite the abundance of sparrows in my own town, their numbers were actually diminishing. I looked into it and found that over the last few decades the sparrow has gone from being one of the world’s most common and widespread birds to being Red Listed as a species of high conservation concern – in the UK alone, numbers in rural areas have halved since the 1970s, whilst in towns and cities they have declined by 60%.My thoughts returned to the sparrows outside my window - how sad it would be to look out and not see and hear their vibrant movement and chatter. I hope that day never comes.'Where Have The Sparrows Gone?' is set in an apocalyptic future London, where sparrows were once as common as pigeons, and follows a mother and daughter as they flee the capital, now devoid of sparrows and the trees that were once their home.#wherehavethesparrowsgone #lyrics #adarkmurmurationofwords #DiversityLoss #speciesloss #environment #interdependency #climatecrisis #sparrows #lyricsvideo=========================================Stay in touch:Sign up to my newsletter: emilybarker.com/subscribeemilybarker.comfacebook.com/emilybarkerhalotwitter.com/emilybarkerhaloinstagram.com/emilybarkerhalo
