aaamusic | On 01, Dec 2010

“As far as I’m concerned she can walk on water” Mike Harding, BBC Radio 2
“Smith could become to Scottish folk what Joni Mitchell is to its Californian cousin” Q Magazine
“Smith deserves to become yet another new folk celebrity” The Guardian

Emily Smith is one of the leading singers in the Scottish & UK folk scene today. Her powerful, clear vocals have gained her award winning recognition in the folk scene worldwide.

On 24^th January 2011 Emily Smith’s will be releasing her new album, Traiveller’s Joy through White Fall Records. The album features songs Emily has written on the road throughout 2010 blending beautifully alongside traditional material sourced from the travelling people of Scotland. Covers include Richard Thompson’s Waltzing’s For Dreamers. Emily continues to draw inspiration from her home area of rural Dumfriesshire but this release sees her writing from a more personal viewpoint than before.

Guest musicians on the album feature an international line up including Nashville’s Stuart Duncan on fiddle, whom Emily met when performing on ‘Transatlantic Sessions’, Dublin’s Alan Doherty on flute and whistles, Australia’s James Fagan on bouzouki and Icelandic/Scot Signy Jakobsdottir on percussion with regular band mates Duncan Lyall on double bass

and producer Jamie McClennan on guitar and fiddle.

Emily and the band will showcase the album at the Strathclyde Suite on the 28th January as part of Celtic Connections before undertaking a fifteen date UK tour in February – details below.

January
28th – Celtic Connections, Glasgow – www.celticconnections.com
29th – Lochside Theatre, Castle Douglas – www.lochsidetheatre.co.uk

February

4th – One Touch Theatre, Inverness – www.eden-court.co.uk
12th – Walker Theatre, Shrewsbury – www.theatresevern.co.uk
14th – Compass Theatre, Ickenham – www.compasstheatre.co.uk
15th – St David’s Hall, Cardiff – www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
16th – The Stables, Milton Keynes – www.stables.org
17th – Arlington Arts Centre, Newbury – www.arlingtonarts.co.uk
18th – Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham – www.3hants.gov.uk/ashcroft
19th – Arts Depot, London – www.artsdepot.co.uk
20th – Pavilion Arts Centre, Buxton – www.buxtonoperahouse.org
22nd – The Brewhouse Theatre, Taunton – www.thebrewhouse.net
23rd – Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham – www.lakesidearts.org.uk
24th – Baston Barn, Baston
25th – The Met, Bury – www.themet.biz
26th – Rose Theatre, Ormskirk – www.edgehill.ac.uk/rosetheatre
27th – Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth – www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk

For more info and full biog: www.emilysmith.org