Emily Barker live in concert.
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Emily Barker

17
critic concert reviews
folk

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

83
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Real Live Certified  

Real Live Certified badge for artists with consistent, high quality live performances and broad critical acclaim.

Critic Consensus

Emily Barker is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 17 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Emily Barker is rated as a superb live performer, with remarkable shows that are worth watching. Emily Barker concert reviews describe live shows and performances as compelling and powerful.

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Tonight, Tonight (27 September 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
folk
Origin
Western Australia, Australia (12/2/1980)
Bio
Emily Barker (born 1983 in Bridgetown, Western Australia) is an Australian songwriter and singer.
Has Performed With
The Red Clay Halo

Critic Concert Reviews

Backseat Mafia

March 6, 2022
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Barker’s album “A Dark Murmuration of Words” has received favourable reviews and been called “an album of spare, striking beauty” by Mojo. Barker and Drinkwater treat us to a number of tracks off the album tonight.

Americana Highways (USA)

April 11, 2021
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Emily Barker and Frank Turner Break Hearts With An Evening of Powerful Duets

The Upcoming (UK)

November 16, 2017
80
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Though Barker’s songs themselves are typical in the genres of country folk and Americana, her performance as a singer and multi-instrumentalist makes for a truly special live gig, filling the Borderline with some Australian warmth on this cold wintry evening.

The Upcoming (UK)

November 21, 2014
80
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Beautiful setting and decent acoustics aside in any other venue the generally obscured viewing uncomfortable pews and limit of one lavatory per gender would devastate TripAdvisor with a flood of one-star reviews.

The Arts Desk (UK)

October 15, 2013
100
%
Chris T-T is the master of the screwed up contemporary love song

The Upcoming (UK)

July 12, 2013
80
%
Nostalgia by 30-year old Australian Emily Barker was chosen and re-recorded by composer Martin Phipps for the show with the assistance of the singer herself.

Music-News.com (UK)

October 3, 2011
80
%
Her compelling lyrics and soft yet powerful voice have the audience of around 100 captured throughout her set.

Past critic reviews published in

National Rock Review, Illinois Entertainer (USA), The Morning Call (USA), Concert Addicts (Canada), Montreal Gazette (Canada) and more

Image Credit

Frank Schwichtenberg [CC BY-SA 4.0] via Wikimedia Commons