Americana artist Emily Barker is kickstarting the new year with a tour of the UK.

Accompanied by her full band and with support from Liz Stringer, the folk songwriter will play a series of headline shows across the country, including a gig at Stroud Sub Rooms on Sunday, February 2.

The headline UK tour follows the success of Barker's sixth studio record, 'Fragile As Humans', as well as a series of support dates with Scottish songwriter King Creosote late last year.

Emily Barker is an award-winning singer-songwriter from Western Australia. Her song "Nostalgia" was the theme for the acclaimed BBC crime drama "Wallander" starring Kenneth Branagh.

Her songwriting has been acclaimed by The Guardian ("Emily Barker has a gift for great melodies"), NPR ("one the most literate and probing folk albums of the year") and The Australian ("irresistibly catchy").

She has toured extensively, including with Frank Turner and Mary Chapin Carpenter, and was the 2018 UK Americana Artist of the Year.

Barker's first collection of poetry "Where The Black Swans Swim" was published this year through UK publisher Broken Sleep Books.