EMILY BARKER

Event information

Step aboard historic lightship LV21 moored at the Historic Dockyard Chatham for a captivating evening with the award-winning singer-songwriter Emily Barker.

She found early success as the writer and performer of the theme to the hugely successful BBC/PBS Masterpiece crime drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh and has since gone on to forge an acclaimed catalogue of releases, leading The Guardian to say “Emily Barker has a gift for great melodies”.

Barker’s new album, Fragile as Humans, was produced at storied English studio The Wool Hall by Luke Potashnick (Gabrielle Aplin, Jack Savoretti, Alberta Cross). It's her first album for nearly four years, following A Dark Murmuration of Words, which Uncut called “…a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake” and which NPR’s Ann Powers acclaimed as “One of the most literate and probing folk albums of the year.”

Barker has released music and toured as a solo artist as well as with various bands and collaborations - most notably her long associations with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Frank Turner - and has written for TV and film, including composing the soundtrack for Jake Gavin’s lauded debut feature Hector starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen.

Please note important information about access to the performance:
LV21 is moored at Anchor Wharf in the Historic Dockyard Chatham, Kent. Access to the site is restricted and entry is via 24/7 operated security gates. If you are arriving to the performance by car it is ESSENTIAL that you submit your car registration number details when ordering your tickets to gain entry and free parking on site. For directions including a map of the entry route please check out https://lv21.co.uk/directions-to-LV21/ and for any queries please contact the venue info@LV21.co.uk.

As a historic ship access aboard LV21 is limited with main entry via a narrow and steep gangway and steps. Please wear flat, non-slip shoes for your visit onboard the ship. The crew can assist with entry and exit if required. Regrettably there is no wheelchair access to the ship.

Pay bar onboard (cards accepted).