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PRESS REVIEWS
"Emma Black's debut opus is both unusual and refreshing..."
'STUNNINGLY HONEST SONGS'
"Black is best when wallowing in the darker side of life, like on the brooding FLY, a remarkable duet with Gabriel Minnikin that plumbs the depths to find the beauty and the flickering candlelight of 6 o'Clock - BBC
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" These are passionate songs about love, life and survival ".....M.E.N
"Emma Black's long dark tresses and pretty crystalline voice still doesn't prepare you for her soothing, hypnotic guitar work, which is fused with a folk outlook."....MANCHESTER MUSIC
Miss out at your peril! " - The Viper label
BIOGRAPHY
Emma Black learned her craft as a busker in Amsterdam and Berlin, living on the streets of major European cities, she started to describe life in the 'under belly of society' through song.
After turning down major record deals with her band The Immigrants in the mid-nineties she continued living on the edges of society, in a two-wheeled catering truck near Manchester, down the Llyn peninsular in Wales growing vegetables and traveling the road. In that time she alternated music as a career with conservation work, something she is still dedicated to, playing occasional intimate shows to initiates and converts around Europe rather than pursuing the mainstream. Over the next ten or so years, though seldom performing live, she built herself a loyal following who have stuck with the evolving sound and direction that led her to record her debut album in 2007 Emma has been out playing songs from the album and a whole bunch of new material for the last 18 months with four national tours in the Netherlands and performances cross the UK. Over the years, Emma has opened up for a diverse range of acts including The Indigo Girls at the Boardwalk in Manchester...Salif Keetah at the Royal Court, Liverpool..Hugh Masekla at The Grand Clapham...and in more recent years, The Zombies in Zaandam Netherlands and Nancy Kerr and James Fagan at Cambridge Folk Club
Produced by Paul Hemming's (of The La’s and The Lightning Seeds), the evocatively titled Where Dark Horses Roam is Emma's first move to consolidate over 15 years of playing and writing. She has been described in the press as melding country, blues, jazz and folk genres and been invited to perform on radio in both the UK and the Netherlands. The review by Chris Long at the BBC of the album simply described her material as ‘stunningly honest’
With plans for further recordings and an extended touring circuit in the UK and further afield, Emma will be appearing live in advance of a return to the studio to record a new album later this year
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Album available on independent release from
Piccadilly Records - Manchester UK
Cob Records - Bangor Wales
Kingbee Records, Chorlton - Manchester UK
Velvet Music - stores across the Netherlands
Coco Records - Zaandam, Netherlands ..
hey em, thanks for stopping by hon..it's funny as i was just thinking of you and going to write (well, great minds think alike!). hope you're doing well and yes, let's skype soon and talk. look forward to it.lots a love,lisexx
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