Emily Smith (singer)

Emily Smith

Emily Smith, 2008
Background information
Born 25 March 1981
Origin Thornhill, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Genres Celtic, folk
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals, piano, accordion
Years active 2002present
Labels Cadiz Music, White Fall Records, Proper Distribution
Associated acts Jamie McClennan, Darwin Song Project
Website www.emilysmith.org
Notable instruments
Vocals, accordion, piano

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 and guitarist Jamie McClennan.[1][2]

Biography

Early life

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.

Musical career

Smith has released five solo albums.[3]

Discography

Solo albums

Collaborations and guest appearances

TV Appearances

Recent TV appearances include:[4]

Awards

References

  1. Emily Smith > Biography. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.
  2. Scotland's Joni Mitchell. Retrieved on 13 February 2011.
  3. http://www.emilysmith.org/about.html
  4. Emily Smith > Biography. Retrieved on 21 September 2011.

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