Artist Information
Emily Smith
Emily Smith (born 1981) is a Scottish folk singer from Dumfries and Galloway. She went to school at Wallace Hall Academy and has a degree in Scottish music from The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. She is married to New Zealand-born fiddle player Jamie McClennan.
Dumfries & Galloway's EMILY SMITH is one of the leading singers of the contemporary Scottish folk scene. Her powerful, clear vocals have gained her award winning, worldwide recognition. As a songwriter Emily has been likened to 'a Scottish Joni Mitchell', but as a passionate collector she is equally adept at presenting fresh and evocative interpretations of traditional songs.
Emily's childhood was spent dancing to music, rather than performing it, in her mother's dance school. She grew up assuming everyone knew how to do a highland fling and weekends were spent dancing at ceilidhs rather than nightclubs. Aged seven she started out on piano; moved onto snare drum in the local pipe band and subsequently found a passion for piano accordion, where at the age of eighteen she was National Mod champion. But it wasn't until a solo with the school choir in her late teens that Emily discovered her singing voice. She moved to Glasgow in 1999 where she gained an Honours degree in Scottish Music from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. With principal study of Scots Song, she also studied accordion and piano.
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Events
Emily Smith has been scheduled to appear in 13 events since 2006.
Upcoming Events
Past Events
Sun 22nd January 2012, 8.00pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Mon 16th January 2006, 7.45pm, Universal
Songs of Scotland Dumfries & Galloway hosted by Doris Rougvie
Mon 22nd January 2007, 8.00pm, St Andrew's in the Square
Robert Tannahill Launch Concert
Wed 24th January 2007, 7.30pm, City Halls
Tue 22nd January 2008, 8.00pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Thu 24th January 2008, 7.30pm, O2 ABC Glasgow
Showcase Special with Shooglenifty, Dàimh, Stereocanto, The Anna Massie Band & Emily Smith
Sun 27th January 2008, 8.00pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Chris Stout Quintet with Emily Smith & Ryan Young
Sat 17th January 2009, 9.30pm, Old Fruitmarket
Seaquins with Lo Còr de la Plana
Thu 22nd January 2009, 8.00pm, St Andrew's in the Square
Sat 24th January 2009, 7.30pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Tue 20th October 2009, 8.00pm, Old Fruitmarket
Fruitmarket Folk and the Fallen Angels Club present Crooked Still with Emily Smith
Fri 15th January 2010, 8.00pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
The Robert Tannahill Bicentenary Concert
Fri 28th January 2011, 8.00pm, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Links
emilysmith.org (official homepage)
myspace.com/emilysmithband (myspace)
Emily Smith (singer) (wikipedia)
Emily Smith (Last.fm)
Emily Smith (MusicBrainz)
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Releases
Traiveller’s Joy
Album (2011)
