Country Corner
ROOM 822
Emily Barker & Lukas Drinkwater
Thirty Tigers/Cooking Vinyl
Talented England-based Australian singer-songwriter Emily Barker has teamed up with UK multiinstrumentalist and producer Lukas is a selection of songs previously released by Australian artists. Using acoustic instruments, the album was recorded in a Perth hotel room while in isolation. Barker’s seemingly fragile vocals present Kasey Chamber’s ‘The Captain’ in a new light, and the pair harmonise well on The Waifs’ ‘London Still’. Paul Kelly’s ‘Sleep, Australia, Sleep’ is completely pared back, while country star Fanny Lumsden adds classy vocals to ‘Under The Milky Way’. Another talented Aussie, Jack Carty, adds his talents to Alex Lloyd’s ‘Black The Sun’, the song almost unrecognisable from its original rock sound.
