Mary Chapin Carpenter is gearing up for another outstanding performance together with Emily Barker this Spring.
Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee Mary Chapin Carpenter will perform songs from new album SOMETIMES JUST THE SKY on May 15 at the Barbican in London – a record celebrating the singer’s 30 year career and the new title track.
Opening the show is award-winning Australian singer-songwriter Emily Barker who blends country and English folk with 60s pop, rich string arrangements and multi-part vocal harmonies spearheaded by Emily’s clear, expressive voice and her charismatic stage presence. Her music has featured as the themes to BBC dramas Wallander and The Shadow Line and her latest album, Sweet Kind of Blue, was released to critical acclaim in 2017
SOMETIMES JUST THE SKY, out in 30 March on Thirty Tigers, which was recorded at Real World Studios with her long-time collaborator guitarist Duke Levine alongside handpicked musicians and was produced by Ethan Johns (Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Laura Marling).
To find out more, visit serious.org.uk/marychapin
