SALLY
BARKER (UK) & VICKI GENFAN (USA) - Small Mountain Tour (UK November 2017)
\*\*\*Last 3 dates remaining\*\*\* “Barker's style may remind me of K
Sally
Barker & Vicki
Genfan
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“Barker's style may remind me of
Kirsty MacColl and Dolly Parton but her lyrics are truly her own; unique to her
topics and unique to her” -
Noizze
“If I could play like Vicki, I’d
stay home and entertain myself.” - Steve
Vai
This
new album was brought to life by the friendship between singer-songwriters Sally
Barker (UK) and Vicki Genfan (USA) that spans the mighty Atlantic Ocean.
15
years into their friendship, these troubadours and roving minstrels have
prepared a special collection of newly penned original songs. The project
germinated over five days in the sweltering heat of a North Carolina Summer
in a cabin in the shadow of Pilot Mountain at the foot of the Appalachians,
was tended to during Autumn transatlantic song-writing sessions via Skype and
successfully bloomed in a New Jersey in January as the snow drifts settled, knee
deep, at the recording studio door. The resultant record 'In The Shadow of a Small Mountain' is a product
of the modern age yet tells stories from both sides of the Atlantic with
flavours of the American south infusing tales of a very British sort. Both sing
and play acoustic guitar while Vicki also plays electric guitars, manditar,
banjo-tar, bass & percussion. The only guest appearances are John Mettam
playing drums on ‘SOMETHING BLUE’, Finn Magill (low whistle and vocals) and
(from Malawi, Africa) Peter Mawanga (nsansi & chisekese & vocals) on the
song 'MALAYA' (recorded by a mobile recording studio in a car park at
Swannanoa Gathering at midnight!).
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New
Album - 'In the Shadow of a Small
Mountain'
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Sally, founder member of the Poozies, has
released 7 solo albums
and toured consistently supporting artists such as
Bob Dylan and
Robert Plant until the death of her husband in 2003 after
which she
performed sporadically. She re-emerged on prime time TV show 'The
Voice UK 2014' on which she was Sir Tom Jones’ finalist. Rejecting the
offer of a deal from Island Records (quick cash-in covers album) she
has
continued to plough her own furrow with the release of her latest
album
GHOST GIRL in February 2017.
Vicki holds the title of 2008 ‘Guitar
Superstar’ having won the Guitar
Player Magazine’s annual competition in
front of celebrity judges Steve
Vai, Joe Satriani and Elliot Easton. She has
released 4 solo albums, 5
instructional DVDs and tours throughout the US and
internationally
where she has supported artists such as David Crosby, David
Wilcox
and Larry Carlton.
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Vicki
Genfan & Sally
Barker
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BOOKING NOW FOR DATES IN NOVEMBER
2017 (Sun 12, Mon 13 & Tues 21 Nov):
For all booking enquiries and
details on availability please contact:gail@laughingdogmusic.co.uk
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