Shaktu Records, Media Release, 7 October 2022
Following the success of her recent Queensland tours, British singer-songwriter Emily Maguire is touring community halls in northern NSW in November/December 2022.
A contemporary folk artist whose songs have been described as ‘music for the soul’ (Maverick Magazine), Emily has released six albums and toured the UK extensively with American legends Don McLean, Dr Hook and Eric Bibb.
With a remarkable, inspiring story to tell, she has been featured many times in playlists and interviews on BBC national radio and her songs have been used in Hollywood films and for a worldwide Greenpeace climate change campaign.
Emily first came to Australia from London in 2003 for a 3 week holiday and ended up living with music producer Christian Dunham in a shack made from wood, tin and potato sacks on a goat farm in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. They set up their own record label to release Emily’s debut album which they financed by making and selling goats cheese on the farm.
The title track of Emily’s second album ‘Keep Walking’ was playlisted on ABC Radio across Australia and in 2007 she was plucked from obscurity by Don McLean and found herself playing some of the biggest concert halls in the UK including the Royal Albert Hall. Tours with other acts followed including 70 theatre shows with Dr Hook.
In 2019, after 12 years away in the UK, Emily and Christian finally returned to the family farm in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. They have just finished Emily’s seventh album ‘A Light To Follow’, due for release in February 2023.
Acclaimed as ‘a talent to be reckoned with’ (RnR Magazine), Emily is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist, composer and poet with four books to her name. She is also an award-winning mental health advocate and a patron of the UK mental health charity Restore. Her own experience of mental health recovery has strongly influenced her songwriting.
With thought-provoking lyrics, a hauntingly beautiful voice and songs ‘bathed in raw, emotional power’ (Guitarist Magazine), Emily’s live show, featuring her husband Christian Dunham on bass, is an intensely melodic and moving experience not to be missed.
Emily’s NSW tour dates are:
- Clovass McKees Hill Hall (11 Nov)
- Nimbin School of Arts (12 Nov)
- Eatonsville Hall (25 Nov)
- Coramba Community Hall (26 Nov)
- Pearces Creek Hall (2 Dec) and
- Jiggi Hall (3 Dec).
Tickets are $25/$20 concessions, available from TryBooking through Emily’s website at www.emilymaguire.com.
