The Barkers

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.^[1] At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 Black Joke was nominated for Best World Music Album.^[2] Bradford reformed the Barkers three performance in February–March 2017 at The Gov, Hindmarsh.^[1]

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

Title	Details	Peak positions
Title	Details	AUS
The Barkers	Released: 1995 Label: Round Records Formats: CD	—
Black Joke	Released: 1996^[3] Label: Round Records (RR0027) Formats: CD	—
Wolf	Released: 1998^[4] Label: Round Records Formats: CD	—
Templehill	Released: Label: Round Records Formats: CD	—

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.


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result	Ref.
1997	The Black Joke	Best World Music Album	Nominated	^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Knight, Gordon Kanki (17 February 2017). "Meet SA Music Icon Terry Bradford". Perth Now. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "ARIA Awards. Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).
^ Barkers (Musical group); Round Records (1996), Black Joke, Round Records, retrieved 30 October 2022
^ Lloyd, Paul (11 February 1999), "Packing Punch.", Adelaide Advertiser
^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award – Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

[Knight-1] Knight, Gordon Kanki (17 February 2017). "Meet SA Music Icon Terry Bradford". Perth Now. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2022 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "ARIA Awards. Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

[NLA_Black-3] Barkers (Musical group); Round Records (1996), Black Joke, Round Records, retrieved 30 October 2022

[4] Lloyd, Paul (11 February 1999), "Packing Punch.", Adelaide Advertiser

[World-5] ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award – Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.

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