Ciarafest 16 - Emily Barker and Gill Sandell

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Ciarafest 16

Another night raising money for neo-natal intensive care through the medium of music and beer. We are pleased to welcome back EMily Barker, Gill Sandell and the various members of the Travis Waltons and are really looking forward to introducing Liam Dullaghan, formerly of The Havenots, now solo and touring his debut album, and S.H Davison of the marvelous Tellison.

http://www.myspace.com/emilybarker
http://www.myspace.com/gillsandell
http://www.myspace.com/thetraviswaltons
http://www.myspace.com/liamdullaghan
http://www.myspace.com/justturnleft
http://www.myspace.com/shdavidson

Emily Barker

Hailing from Bridgetown, Western Australia, Emily Barker is a compelling songwriter well known to Cambridge audiences through her work with the late lamented Low Country.

Together with her band The Red Clay Halo, she has recorded three albums, dazzled audiences at music festivals and seen her song 'Nostalgia' become the Bafta-winning theme tune to BBC One drama Wallander starring British actor Kenneth Branagh.

February 2011 saw the release of Almanac, attracting loads of plays on BBC 6 Music, Radio 2 and Radio 4' Loose Ends. Her stark version of Pause is soon to feature as the theme to forthcoming BBC 2 drama The Shadowline.

Gill Sandell

A member of Emily Barker and the Red Clay Halo, over the last ten years Gill has also recorded and gigged with Magoo, The Broken Family Band.
and Chris T-T, and now plays accordion and other instruments with Buzzard Lope.

Gills debut album Tarry Awhile contains contributions from musicians in all these bands, and draws on influences from the variety of music that they offer

The Travis Waltons

Combining former members of The Broken Family Band, Daniel Flay, The Mono Effect and the Paul Goodwin Band, the Travis Waltons are soon to be releasing their debut album.

Liam Dullaghan

Legendary comic book auteur Alan Moore has said of Liam, formerly of The Havenots, "He does sadness so well, I think he might actually be enjoying it. I am". The Guardian recently wrote, "They say Dullaghan turns sadness into something quite lovely, and we won't argue with that" and called his just relaesed debut album Making History "a splendid record full of achingly pretty moments worthy of, at the least, the Pernice Brothers circa the World Won't End or Teenage Fanclub circa Bandwagonesque"

S.H Davison

S.H Davison is the singer and guitarist with the critically acclaimed Tellison.