Emily recorded an introduction and live version of her song ‘I’d Rather Be’ at Shaktu to help support the UK mental health charity Mind. The song is from her fifth album ‘A Bit Of Blue’.
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Emily’s sixth album – progress update
Work has restarted on Emily’s sixth studio album with drummer Shane Nesic coming up from Brisbane to Shaktu to record 11 new songs written by Emily during the lockdown. You can read about it in Emily’s latest blog.

New video post ‘A Song For Stephanie Rose’
Emily has just posted a lyric video for an unreleased track called ‘A Song For Stephanie Rose’. Find out the story behind the song and watch the video here.

New video post ‘In The Garden’
Emily has just posted a new lyric video on her YouTube channel for an unreleased song called ‘In The Garden’. Thanks to her cello teacher Bruno Schrecker for the photograph (Bruno also took the main photograph on this website).
Read Emily’s blog about why she wrote ‘In The Garden’ and watch the video.

Emily on Aled Jones’s new podcast
Emily’s song ‘For Free’ (from her fifth album ‘A Bit Of Blue’) is the featured song on the latest episode of Aled Jones’s new podcast ‘Oh My Goodness’. Presented with Canon Ann Easter, former chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen, the series highlights good news stories and unsung heroes. You can listen to the podcast here. Aled has been a fan of Emily’s music since 2007 as the first DJ at BBC Radio 2 to play her songs and interview her when he was the presenter of the show ‘Good Morning Sunday’. You can hear more of the album ‘A Bit Of Blue’ here.

New video for ‘Rain’
We’ve just released a new lyric video for Emily’s song ‘Rain’ from her fourth album ‘Bird Inside A Cage’. If you like it, please share it. More videos to come…
Emily posts a demo of ‘About Everything’
Emily has shared one of the songs that will be on her forthcoming new album. The song is so new it hasn’t been recorded properly yet so the version on the lyric video is actually Emily’s own demo arrangement. She wanted to share it now. Read her blog about it and hear the song here.

New blog one year on
Cane toads, snakes and ruthless crows… read Emily’s new blog post about her life in the Australian bush one year on from her arrival. Work on her sixth album is progressing, despite the heat and the flies. If you want to know when it’s finished, please join Emily’s mailing list and she’ll keep you posted. Photos and stories from Emily’s life in the bush can be found on her Instagram feed.

Merry Christmas
Despite the crazy heat in Australia, work is progressing on Emily’s new album. Read her latest blog here. You can follow her life in the Australian bush on her Instagram feed. Here is one of the videos she posted the other day of a baby wallaby rescued by Christian’s brother from the side of the road. Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Recording Emily’s sixth album
Emily and Christian began recording her sixth studio album yesterday with drummer Shane Nesic. You can read Emily’s blog about it here. If you want her to keep you posted on progress and let you know when the album is finished, please join her mailing list.
