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[29.04.08]
Confirmed... Emily will be performing on the Acoustic
Stage at Glastonbury Festival on Saturday 28th June. |
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[04.04.08]
'Keep Walking' is given a 4-star album review in the
Daily Express. |
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[26.03.08]
Dates for Emily's UK tour with American singer-songwriter
Eric Bibb are now confirmed. Check out gigs
for details. A remix single of 'Keep Walking' will be
out very soon... in the meantime you can check out this
alternative version of the song that Emily recorded
during a recent studio session. Click here
to hear it. |
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[16.03.08]
Emily was profiled in the 'Life & Arts' section
of this weekend's Financial Times (UK). |
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[05.03.08]
A string quartet from the Royal Academy joined Emily,
guitarist Phil Hudson and bass player Christian Dunham
for an exclusive London show at the Buddhist Temple
at Oxford Circus. See Emily's blog. |
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[28.02.08]
The title track of Emily's album 'Keep Walking' has
been included on an album of 'spiritually uplifting
music' chosen by Aled Jones, presenter of Radio 2
show 'Good Morning Sunday'. The double-CD also includes
tracks by Eva Cassidy, Sarah McLachlan, Aretha Franklin,
Jeff Buckley, Bill Withers and Eric Bibb to name but
a few. 'Good Morning Sunday' is released on 10/3/08.
Aled Jones has been a big supporter of Emily's music
since last year when he profiled her on GMS after
receiving a CD from one of her fans. |
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[24.02.08]
Emily was interviewed live on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire,
BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Southern Counties Radio, BBC
Radio Cornwall, BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Shropshire,
BBC Radio Northamptonshire, BBC Radio Cumbria, BBC Radio
Coventry & Warwickshire, and BBC Radio Nottinghamshire
- talking about her songs, life in the shack and her
Buddhist practice. |
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[21.02.08]
Just confirmed... Emily will play the Royal Festival
Hall in May supporting Irish singer-songwriter Paul
Brady. Check out the gigs page
for details. |
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[20.02.08]
Emily is featured in this month's Rock'n'Reel magazine.
Read her interview online here. |
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[17.02.08]
Emily was interviewed and performed live for Southern
Counties Radio. |
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[15.02.08]
Matthew Wright played Emily's single 'All That you Wanted'
on his Radio 2 show The Weekender. |
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[15.02.08]
Emily was featured in the weekend edition of the Cambridge
Evening News. Read her interview online here. |
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[08.02.08]
Emily was interviewed and performed live for BBC Radio
Devon, BBC Radio Suffolk, BBC Radio Solent, BBC Radio
Kent, BBC Radio Bristol, and BBC Radio West Midlands. |
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[07.02.08]
Just confirmed... Emily will be supporting American
singer-songwriter Eric Bibb at Cadogan Hall in June.
MORE TOUR DATES TO BE CONFIRMED: if you want us to
keep you posted, join Emily's mailing
list. |
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[20.01.08]
Emily was interviewed live on Radio 2 by Aled Jones
on 'Good Morning Sunday', talking about Buddhism, burglaries
and Martin Luther King. |
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[12.01.08]
'Keep Walking' is given a 4 star review in the Financial
Times.
Read it here. |
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[10.01.08]
Emily was named as one of "10 Bands to watch for
in 2008" in TNT Magazine. |
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[17.12.07]
Emily was interviewed by Jane Garvey on 'Woman's Hour'
on BBC Radio 4, and performed 'Falling On My Feet' live
in the studio. |
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[28.11.07]
Emily's blog is now up on her website, illustrated with
photos from her life in the Australian bush. Read it
here. |
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[26.11.07]
Emily's new album 'Keep Walking' is out today in the
UK and Ireland, available in HMV, Virgin and other music
stores, and at Amazon and Play.
Click below to order your copy online.
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[21.11.07]
Live gig photos are
up now from Emily's summer 2007 tour of the UK with
bass player Christian Dunham.
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[21.11.07]
Emily is featured in The Guardian newspaper (UK) talking
about her songwriting and how she ended up living
in a shack in the Australian bush.
"She has some poppy folk songs but is darker,
deeper, edgier. She is a one-woman string section
and her voice by turns, soars and swells, part Joni
Mitchell, part Tracy Chapman." |
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[15.11.07]
Emily was profiled in the Sydney Morning Herald (Australia).
Read it online here. |
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[15.11.07]
Check out the photos from Emily's performance at the
Royal Albert Hall
on 26th October 2007, opening for Don McLean at the
highlight of his UK/Ireland tour. |
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[13.11.07]
Shaktu Records has signed a licensing deal with Active
Media to release Emily's albums 'Keep Walking' and 'Stranger
Place' through Universal in the UK and Europe. |
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[10.11.07]
Emily performed live on Sally Taylor's Saturday show
at on BBC Radio Solent. |
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[03.11.07]
Emily did a live session for the Bob Harris show
on BBC Radio 2, playing 3 songs ('Stranger Place',
'Anything You Do' and 'All That You Wanted') with
Aussie bass player Christian Dunham. Presenter
Gideon Coe was standing in for Bob Harris. He
finished the session by playing the title track
from my new album 'Keep Walking'. |
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[28.10.07]
Following her gig at the Royal Albert Hall and
the end of her UK tour with Don McLean, Emily
will be interviewed on Radio 2's 'Good Morning
Sunday' with presenter Aled Jones. |
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[27.10.07]
Last night of the tour with Don McLean and his band.
Huge thanks to Don for having us - we had a fantastic
time and it was a privilege to support him on his
UK and Irish gigs.
See photos from the Royal
Albert Hall gig the night before. |
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[25.10.07]
Emily was featured in the London Evening Standard
for her gig at the Royal Albert Hall. |
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[12.10.07]
Emily performed live on BBC Radio Sheffield, BBC
Radio Kent and BBC Radio Cambridgshire. She was
also interviewed by presenter Trevor Fry for BBC
Radio Bristol. |
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[12.10.07]
Emily performed live on BBC Radio Merseyside before
her gig at The Philharmonic Hall. |
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[08.10.07]
Emily was interviewed and performed 2 songs for
BBC Radio Birmingham before her gig at Symphony
Hall. |
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[07.10.07]
Emily was interviewed by Aled Jones on Radio 2
before her first UK gig supporting Don McLean
at St David's Hall in Cardiff. Aled played Emily's
song 'Falling On My Feet'. |
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[29.09.07]
Emily will be playing support for legendary US singer-songwriter
Don McLean on his tour of England, Scotland, Wales
and Ireland during October 2007 ending in a gig at
the Royal Albert Hall in London on Friday 26th October.
Check out the gigs page for
dates and venues. Tickets will sell out fast so check
out www.don-mclean.com
and book early. |
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[23.09.07]
Emily's song 'Falling On My Feet' was played on
BBC Radio 2 on Aled Jones' show
'Good Morning Sunday'. Emily was featured 2 weeks
ago as the 'Sunday Spotlight' on the show (see
below). |
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[14.09.07]
See live video footage of Emily
singing an acoustic version of 'All That You Wanted'
at Acoustica, Guildhall Arts Centre in Gloucester. |
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[13.09.07]
Emily was interviewed by BBC Radio Birmingham
and BBC Radio Wiltshire, performing her songs
'Falling On My Feet' and 'Love Song' live in the
BBC Swindon studio before her gig at The Vic.
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[12.09.07]
Following a fantastic gig at The Prom Bar in Bristol,
Emily performed live in a late-night session for
Keith Warmington's show on BBC Radio Bristol. |
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[10.09.07]
Emily was interviewed by Sue Marchant for BBC
Radio Cambridgeshire. |
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[09.09.07]
Emily was featured on BBC Radio 2 as
the 'Sunday Spotlight' for Aled Jones' show
'Good Morning Sunday'. Describing her as "a
brilliant singer-songwriter", Aled played
Emily's song 'Back Home' from her album 'Keep
Walking' and said, "Now if Parky says anything
don't listen to him...WE found Emily Maguire".
One listener emailed to say "Heard "Back
Home" on Radio 2 whilst driving home this
morning after working nights, it just blew me
away and I stopped in a layby to listen... Thanks
for making my Sunday happy".
You can hear
it again here
and email the show
at gms@bbc.co.uk. |
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[05.09.07]
Emily was interviewed and performed her song 'Falling
On My Feet' live on BBC Radio Sheffield. |
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[24.08.07]
Fantastic gig at the Square & Compass Inn, Worth
Matravers, Isle of Purbeck - tour highlight so far.
Check out the video on YouTube here.
Followed by gigs at Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Hayling
Island, Sheffield, Stourbridge and York. See photos. |
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[16.08.07]
Gig
at the Camden Barfly in London followed by an unplugged
candlelit concert at the beautiful, historic Walpole
Old Chapel in Suffolk. Back down south to Brighton &
Hove to play the Sanctuary Cella, followed by London
showcase gigs at Acoustic Lounge in Clapham and The
Bedford in Balham. See live video
footage of Emily at The Bedford. |
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[10.08.07]
Check
out Emily's tour diary at www.myspace.com/emilymaguire. |
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[04.08.07]
Following
gigs at the Secret Garden Party festival, the wonderful
Half-Moon acoustic club in Bishops Stortford, and England's
oldest pub in Essex, Emily played the Lewes Guitar Festival
in the beautiful Grange Gardens - a solar-powered gig
blessed with sunshine all day. See
photos.
Check out the video
posted on YouTube and Emily's interview
with ITV Meridian. |
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[30.07.07]
Emily
has been confirmed to play the Caloundra Music Festival
on her return to Australia in October. |
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[26.07.07]
Emily
opened the Cambridge Folk Festival in the Club Tent.
She also performed in the Festival Session with bass
player Christian and Scottish harp player Heather Downie
who played a beautiful improvised accompaniment to Emily's
songs 'Standing' and 'Anything You Do'. Emily did an
interview with Mandy Morton for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
who are currently playing the title track of her new
album 'Keep Walking'. The song is also being given airplay
on several other BBC radio stations in addition to being
nationally playlisted on ABC Radio across Australia. |
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[24.07.07]
Album
Review: Courier Mail
"...
this is infectious stuff that grows with every
listening, opening up more intriguing and engaging
lyrical byways and some just right poppy hooks.
Her own introduction to pop-folk is apparent (she
is a classically
trained cellist who mastered guitar from Bob Marley
songbooks) but it’s her gorgeously understated
vocal and dramatically arresting lyrics that get
under your skin..."
Read
full review.
To
hear song-clips and read lyrics from 'Keep Walking',
click here.
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[15.07.07]
First
gig of Emily's UK tour at the lovely Larmer Tree Festival
near Salisbury, UK. Followed by gigs in London, Cambridge,
Hayling Island and Lymington. Great to be back on the
road again... Cambridge Folk Festival
coming up. Check
out Emily's tour schedule here. |
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[12.07.07]
Album
Review: Indie-Music.com
"It's
a good time for female singer-songwriters at the
moment – from Mandi Perkins to Brandi Carlile,
there's finally a reason to replace the Tracy
Chapman CD on your stereo. With her latest self-produced
album Keep Walking, English-born Emily Maguire
can add her name to this impressive roll call..."
Read
full review.
To
hear song-clips and read lyrics from 'Keep Walking',
click here.
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[21.06.07]
Emily
and her bass player Christian played live on ABC
Coast FM as part of an ABC Radio outside broadcast
for the Noosa Long Weekend on the Sunshine Coast,
Australia.
Emily played her old radio single 'Love Song'
(from her debut album 'Stranger Place'), and premiered
a brand new song. She also had the honour of meeting
Tariq
Ali, who was there for an interview with host
Trevor Jackson. |
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[04.06.07]
Album
Review: FAME (Folk & Acoustic Music
Exchange)
"And
there's kids to be raised / and soldiers
to slay / Preachers to pray / And TV to
take it all away". With
lyrics like that, Maguire instantly becomes
an artist to listen for. And one can easily
hear why she's getting the buzz throughout
the UK and her adoptive Australian wilds.
No sir, this isn't college girl journal
entries. This isn't your standard singer/songwriter
stuff that the world sucks and woe, woe,
woe..." [continued].
Read
full review.
To
hear song-clips and read lyrics from 'Keep
Walking', click here. |
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[04.06.07]
Album
Review: FAME (Folk & Acoustic Music
Exchange)
FAME asked to hear
Emily's debut album 'Stranger Place'. Here
is their review:
"Three
totally killer songs kick off Maguire's
debut. The throbbing The Real World; the
utterly transcendent The Borderline ("If
we are like water then which drop is me")
and the captivating If I Could See You.
Think
about that for a sec. Any singer/songwriter
would readily revisit Robert's crossroads
to sign a deal with the devil for an introductory
salvo like that. Add the extremely sad fact
that most artists today won't have three
killer tunes in a lifetime and you can see
and hear how far ahead of the game you are
with Stranger Place..." [continued].
Read
full review.
Emily's
debut album 'Stranger Place' is still available
to order while stocks last. To hear song-clips,
read lyrics and order your copy, click here.
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[04.06.07]
Album
Review: Babble And Beat (USA)
"Emily
Maguire is an extremely gifted English singer-songwriter-instrumentalist
based on a farm in the Australian bush.
‘Keep Walking’ is her 2nd album.
Emily’s voice is gorgeous! Think of
Tracey Thorn’s (Everything But The
Girl), Dido’s and Paula Cole’s
vocals equally mixed. The lyrics are candid,
warm, and endearingly heart-on-sleeve. The
musical arrangements are lovely as well…
and they convey emotion & depth just
as much as Emily does vocally & lyrically.
Christian Dunham plays the bass, Shane Nesic
plays the drums and Emily plays the cello,
viola and violin..." [continued].
Read
full review.
To
hear song-clips and read lyrics from 'Keep
Walking', click here.
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[27.05.07]
Album
Review: Collected Sounds (USA)
"First
I want to thank Emily Maguire and every
other artist who includes his or her lyrics
in the liner notes. I love to sit down with
a record on the first listen and read along
with the music. It somehow makes it so personal
and intimate. This way I am able to really
pay attention to the lyrics instead of thinking,
'oh that maybe sounded cool, what did she
say?'. So I got to listen to this one the
way I most enjoy. Headphones, and lyrics
in hand..." [continued].
Read
full review.
To
hear song-clips and read lyrics from 'Keep
Walking', click here.
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[20.05.07]
Emily
and her band played the Noosa Festival of
Food & Wine opening for the very lovely
Australian singer/TV star Kate
Ceberano. |
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[13.05.07]
Album
Review: Womenfolk (USA)
"'Keep
Walking' arrived earlier this year and has quickly
made its impression. Following its launch in New
York, ABC Radio in Australia quickly added the
title-track track to its national playlist and
Maguire has already booked another tour for the
summer to support the record.
Dense with emotion and rich with thought-provoking
lyrics, 'Keep Walking' is a sublime album to experience..."
[continued].
Read
full review.
To
hear song-clips and read lyrics from 'Keep Walking',
click here.
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[09.05.07]
Emily
was interviewed by Rob Ruger on Noosa Community
Radio. |
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[04-06.05.07]
We
had a great time at the Yagubi Festival in Hervey
Bay, Qld, Australia. Lovely to see old friends
Rob
Longstaff and Tenzin
Choegyal who is touring Australia with monks
from the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
in Tibet. Thanks
to Trevor for having us. |
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[04.05.07]
Emily
was interviewed by David Dowsett on ABC Wide Bay. |
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[30.04.07]
Emily
was interviewed by Belinda Sanders on ABC Radio
Southern Queensland. |
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[23.04.07]
Emily's
lyrics are now up on the site illustrated with
her own photos from the Australian bush and beyond.
Click here to read all
the lyrics from both 'Keep Walking'
and 'Stranger Place'. Both albums are available
to download at iTunes. |
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[20.04.07]
Just
confirmed... Emily will be playing The Living Room at
the Secret
Garden Party near Huntingdon in the UK on Sunday
29th July. |
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[12.04.07]
Emily
is returning to the UK in July 2007 to perform
as an acoustic duo with bass player Christian
in a nationwide 3 month tour of pubs and clubs.
If you want to see her play live, check out the
gigs page for the current
UK tour schedule or join her mailing
list and we'll keep you posted as new dates
are confirmed. |
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[13.03.07]
Just
confirmed... Emily will be playing the Larmer
Tree Festival near Salisbury in the UK (11-15 July). |
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[12.03.07]
The
title track of Emily's song 'Keep Walking' has
been put on the national ABC Radio
playlist, covering 60 stations across Australia. |
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[22.02.07]
Just
confirmed... Emily will be playing the BBC
Radio 2 Cambridge Folk Festival in the UK
on Thursday 26 July, performing
as an acoustic duo with bass player Christian
Dunham. |
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