Emily opened for Duke Special on his Ireland tour, playing The Belltable in Limerick, Solstice Arts Centre in Navan, Riverbank Arts Centre in Newbridge, Watergate Theatre in Kilkenny and Siamsa Tire in Tralee. Together with her bass player Christian Dunham, she accompanied Duke on two of his songs, and performed her own song ‘The Real World’ as part of his encore. Emily will be back in Ireland for her own shows in the autumn 2018. If you want her to keep you posted on dates, please join her mailing list.
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Music for mental health video
A short video by Emily talking about the benefits of music for mental health has been posted by mental health charity SANE. You can watch it here.
World Congress of Psychiatry
Emily performed at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Berlin this week as part of the Bipolar Roadshow organised by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Bipolare Störungen (DGBS) – the German Society for Bipolar Disorder. She also performed at Passionskirche in Berlin the night before, along with German singer-songwriter Martin Kolbe and author Sebastian Schlosser.
Ireland tour with Duke Special
Just confirmed… Emily will be supporting Duke Special for 5 nights on his Ireland tour in October. Check out dates and booking links here.
Emily at Elder Stubbs Festival
Emily headlined Elder Stubbs Festival in Oxford for the mental health charity Restore, of which she is a patron. The festival took place at Restore’s allotments in the Cowley part of the city.
On tour with Me For Queen
Emily is doing a co-headline tour with Me For Queen, with warm-up gigs in Bristol and Manchester before heading to Scotland for gigs in Crail, Mull and Glasgow.
Emily on BBC Look East
BBC Look East featured Emily on their evening news programme, interviewing staff and patients at Fulbourn Hospital in Cambridge where she was performing. Emily also performed at the Eating Disorders Unit at Addenbrookes Hospital and the Cavell Centre in Peterborough.
BBC Radio Cambs interview
Emily was interviewed by Dotty McLeod and performed live on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire ahead of her hospital gigs in Cambridge. You can listen again here (scroll to 01:51).
Mental health hospital gigs
Emily is performing at 3 mental health hospitals this week in Cambridge and Peterborough. You can find out more about her work promoting music for mental health here.
Emily on Radio 2
Emily’s song ‘I’d Rather Be’, from her new album ‘A Bit Of Blue’, was played on Radio 2’s Good Morning Sunday today. You can listen again here. Scroll to 44:00 to hear Emily.