Emily Barker at The River, Margaret River

The River , 40 Wallcliffe Rd, Margaret River WA 6285

Emily Barker is an award-winning singer-songwriter, best known as the writer and performer of the theme to the BBC's hugely successful 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 (with whom she released a remarkable album of original songs recorded live around a single microphone, dubbed “flawless” by The Sunday Times) and has written for film, including composing the soundtrack for Jake Gavin’s lauded debut feature Hector starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen. "an album of spare, striking beauty" Mojo ★★★★ “...a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake” UNCUT 8/10 “bold, direct, uncompromising” CLASH "irresistibly catchy...an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade" The Australian ★★★★★ At The River, Emily will perform with double bassist, Lukas Drinkwater. Support is from Oceanique.