Live Review: Stevie Nicks, Pretenders, Ali Barter
"'Whenever we do "Stand Back", Prince is right here,' Nicks adds, saying she can feel his presence, which helps settle her nerves."


Alison Barter (born 1986) is an Australian pop rock singer-songwriter. Trained in classical music, Barter began writing and independently releasing pop rock in her mid-twenties. She released an EP, Trip, in 2012 and was the winner of the 2013 Triple J Unearthed competition. An opinion column Barter wrote in 2016 for Junkee, on the need for representation of women in music history, attracted local and international attention. As of 2021, Barter has released one live and two studio albums. She married musician and collaborator Oscar Dawson in 2016.