The Barkers
{{Short description|Australian contemporary folk band}}
{{Other uses|Barker (disambiguation){{!}}Barker}}
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The Barkers were an Australian contemporary folk band formed in 1993. Their second album Black Joke (1996) was nominated at the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 for Best World Music Album.
History
The Barkers were formed in Adelaide in 1993. Members have included Terry Bradford on acoustic guitar and vocals, James Clark on acoustic bass guitar, Stuart Day on guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin, banjo and fiddle, Imogen Lidgett on violin and vocals, Peter Lloyd on piano and Richard Tonkin on accordion, spoons, concertina and harmonica. They released four albums, The Barkers (1995), Black Joke (1996), Wolf (1998) and Templehill on Round Records, owned by Bradford. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 Black Joke was nominated for Best World Music Album.{{cite web | title = ARIA Awards. Best World Music Album | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | url = http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-world-music-album }} Bradford reformed the Barkers three performance in February–March 2017 at The Gov, Hindmarsh.{{cite web | url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/terry-bradford/news-story/30586e97987980e17079bf2d1b391efd | title=Meet SA Music Icon Terry Bradford | author=Knight, Gordon Kanki | website=Perth Now | date=17 February 2017 | via=National Library of Australia | archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20170331143003/http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/terry-bradford/news-story/30586e97987980e17079bf2d1b391efd | archive-date=1 April 2017 | access-date=30 October 2022 }}
Members
- Terry Bradford – acoustic guitar, vocals
- James Clark – acoustic bass guitar
- Stuart Day – guitar, 12-string guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle
- Steve Fleming –
- Imogen Lidgett – violin, vocals
- Peter Lloyd – piano
- Richard Tonkin – accordion, spoons, concertina, harmonica
Discography
=Albums=
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| scope="row"| The Barkers
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| scope="row"| Black Joke
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| scope="row"| Wolf
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| scope="row"| Templehill
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Awards and nominations
=ARIA Music Awards=
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
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| 1997
| The Black Joke
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