January February: The Best of Barbara Dickson

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Barbara continues her run in "John Paul George Ringo...and Bert" which runs for a year in London's West End.

A 26 date tour of the UK and Ireland follows in February and March. Also in February, Barbara presents the BBC Folk Awards with Mike Harding. Don’t miss this very special concert and hear hits such as ANOTHER SUITCASE IN ANOTHER HALL, CARAVANS, JANUARY FEBRUARY, MACCRIMMON’S LAMENT, EASY TERMS plus lots more!

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She signs a new deal with CBS Records and records "Sweet Oasis", her debut album for the label in Los Angeles. In January Barbara stars in the premiere of Willy Russell's new musical, "Blood Brothers" at the Liverpool Playhouse. Also during September, Barbara performs her first US concerts as part of the Big Stone Gap Festival in Virginia. Billy Connolly says of Barbara, “from the very first time I heard her, her voice just nailed me to the wall. She’s just a one-off.” The accolades she has received over the years undoubtedly recognise that Barbara has been touched with a gift that is of great importance to her and, more importantly, to her audience.

Also in November Barbara guests on several episodes of the long-running quiz show 'Countdown' for Channel 4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.228. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.The next few years saw her gradually ‘paying her dues’ on the Scottish and English folk circuit, steadily building a reputation and working with the likes of Billy Connolly, Gerry Rafferty, Rab Noakes and Archie Fisher. Early folk albums, which she recorded for Trailer and Decca Records, were well received. She then stars in the new Viv Nicholson musical "SpendSpend Spend" - it opens at London'sPiccadilly Theatre in October.

Recent collaborations include an array of leading figures from the music scene, including Sam Lee, Rab Noakes and Emily Smith. Barbara tours the UK in the play "Friends Like This" inFebruary/March with Roy Hudd and Susan Penhaligon. Barbara and partner, 'Spend Spend Spend' writer Steve Brown, win TV quiz show 'Pointless Celebrities'' music special on November 14th. A 19 date UK concert tour begins on 8 June, followed by a'Highlands and Islands' mini-tour of Scotland in September. The watershed moment came in 1968 when, after being refused leave from her job for an overseas singing engagement, Barbara resigned, determined to pursue a career for herself in the burgeoning folk scene of the late ‘60’s.

In 2017, Barbara narrated the acclaimed ‘Ballads of Child Migration’, the success of which led to a major UK tour the following year, closely followed by a tour of ‘Far, Far From Ypres’, the award-winning story of the Scottish war effort during the First World War. She flies home to Britain to promote her second hit, "Another Suitcase In Another Hall," from "Evita," which reaches UK # 18.