Despite the Snow [Import]

Emily Barker (Artist), Red Clay Halo (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 27, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: PID
• ASIN: B001FA00M2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,201 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Despite The Snow is Emily Barker's second album and the debut release for new West Australian label Walking Horse. Hailing from Bridgetown in WA, Emily first entered the UK music scene via the Cambridge Folk Festival in 2002. In 2005, Emily won both Country Song and Regional Song Of The Year at the prestigious WA Music Songwriting Awards.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, June 17, 2009

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Mark Ritchie (Wylie, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Despite The Snow (MP3 Download)

This is my first experience with Emily Barker. I learned her name from watching the Wallander TV series with Kenneth Branagh. The first song on this album is used as the title song for that show.

As a huge fan of American bluegrass and old-time, I was interested to learn about her Australian folk music. Emily's voice is beautiful, and her backing group the Red Clay Halo is pure genius: guitar, cello, fiddle and accordion. Who would have thought? It adds up to a 100% enjoyable listen. Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halos, July 9, 2010

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Brian Oldham "coach O" (Sacramento, Ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Despite the Snow (Audio CD)

I found this music because of the author Henning Manckel. His books about the detective Kurt Wallendar have been so good. I saw that the BBC has made a film of one of the books starring Kenneth Branagh. It was filmed in Sweden but everyone had a British Accent. Funny. The film was really good and followed the book closely. At the end of the film an interview with Hennink Manckel was included. He talked about the rennaissance of art in Scandanavia and got me started on going deeper into the genre. The music for this wonderful film included this group and I liked the theme so I ordered the CD. I have listened to it over and over and it is now one of the albums I can sing along with in the car. I will buy another.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible., November 24, 2009

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Fiona (Seattle WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Despite the Snow (Audio CD)

This album is wonderful! At first I was familiar only with the song from the BBC Wallander series, but some of the other songs are even better. I assume she is not well known in the USA, that's too bad. She is great.