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Ado Barker

Ado Barker, fiddle player and DJ, is a founding member of Australian Irish trad bands Trouble in the Kitchen and The Freewheeler. He was drawn into the music by the pull of the session, and for many years has anchored the famous Friday night at Melbourne’s Drunken Poet. Look out for him in the thick of the weekend’s sessions.

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