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Newsletter 2 March 2010 |
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Monday at
The
Ravenswood Support
tbc £11
advance only or ‘book now,
pay later’ on 01342 714810 |
Scots Singer of the Year 2008/9
Emily Smith has firmly established herself as a leading light in the folk
scene. Since winning the 2002 BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year
Award, she has now released four critically acclaimed albums, toured
extensively with her band on the international folk circuit and is
recognised not only as one of Scotland’s finest interpreters of
traditional song but also as a talented songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist. Her songwriting has not gone
without recognition – She became the first ever winner from Scotland in
the USA Songwriting Competition in 2005 after winning the folk section
with her song ‘Edward of Morton’, another of her songs ‘Always a Smile,’
about the life of her Polish grandmother, was short listed in the final
ten. Alongside her solo career Smith
has written, recorded and toured with artists from the folk scene and
beyond including Eddi Reader, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Karine Polwart, John
McCusker, David Scott and Phil Cunningham. She also appeared on the most
recent series of BBC’s Transatlantic Sessions (Series
4). “As
far as I’m concerned she can walk on water” Mike Harding, 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 |
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Don’t forget
that as well as our own shows, the Acoustic Sussex website has a
Regional Gig
Guide and links to
venues and clubs in the South East that offer folk, roots and acoustic
music – and our MySpace site
contains over 500 links to a variety of other MySpace ‘friends’ sites,
including musicians, venues, magazines and lots
more. |
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For
your
future diaries...
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Future 2010 dates in the
Acoustic Sussex programme include: Ø
8 March* – Dave
Swarbrick + support Dana & Susan
Robinson Ø
23 March – Lau +
support Matthew
Ord Ø
1 April – Martin
Simpson + support Emily
Slade Ø
26 April – Emily
Smith + support (tbc)
ADVANCE
TICKETS ONLY (£11) Ø
18 May – Gretchen
Peters Ø
14 June – Eliza Carthy
Band Ø
16 September – Show of
Hands More
information can be found on our website: www.acousticsussex.org.uk. You
can also find us on MySpace (with samples from some of the artists
appearing) at: www.myspace.com/acousticsussex. If
you know anyone who you think may enjoy our events, please forward this
email to them. |
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