Miss Chatelaine #32, 17 September 2017 – Emily Barker
Katie talks on the phone with a Miss Chatelaine favourite, UK-based Australian singer-songwriter Emily Barker, about her upcoming mini-tour and her excellent country-soul album Sweet Kind of Blue. As well as Emily, there’s plenty of great music by artists new and old from Australia, England, Ireland, the USA and Canada. Here is the playlist:
- Miss Chatelaine – k.d. lang
- Spring – Nedra Johnson
- Buckets of Rain – Joan Osborne
- Sunrise – Emily Barker
- Nostalgia – Emily Barker
- Sister Goodbye – Emily Barker
- Moondyne Joe – Russell Morris
- Not Like You – Hannah Park
- Jerusalem Artichoke – Xani
- Riverside – Elsie & the Vibe
- Too Good at Goodbyes – Sam Smith
- Bringing Sexy Back – Sounds of Soul
- Family – Damien Dempsey
- Soft Rain – Damien Dempsey
- Oceans – Vallis Alps
- 82 Fires – The East Pointers
- Ghost – Benny Walker
Visit Emily Barker’s official website and follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Photo of Emily Barker (above) by Jake Gavin
Photo of Emily and Katie (below) taken by a kind stranger after Emily’s gig at the Workers Club on 26 September 2017

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