Emma Stevens will open Simply Red concert at The Spitfire Ground on Saturday
Thursday 16th June 2016
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Emma Stevens has joined the bill for the Simply Red concert on Saturday (18 June).
Gates open at 4pm with Emma on stage at 6.30pm before Ben Montague plays at 7.15pm and SImply Red at 8.30pm.
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Emma's single Make My Day was recently playlisted by BBC Radio 2, where she has performed live sets on Chris Evans' Breakfast Show, The Clare Balding Show and with late Sir Terry Wogan on Weekend Wogan.
to the air to perform in an aeroplane for a 12-hour buskathon for Children In Need and a joint headline UK tour with Blair Dunlop.
Emma began her musical journey when she was bought her first guitar at the age of two and grew up taking lessons in cello and piano and went on to attend the Academy of Contemporary Music studying guitar and performance.
After graduating from ACM, she toured worldwide with bands such as The Kooks, Feeder and Incubus including arena shows and big crowds.
When Emma lost her Mum to cancer in 2012, she dealt with it in the only way she knew how – through her music and songwriting. The result, Sunflower, is a track that has touched the hearts of countless fans.
The song first appeared on the fourth and final EP completing the set released between 2012 and 2013, each with unique and beautiful artwork designed by her Mum. The artwork, when assembled, also formed the cover of her 2013 debut album Enchanted, which reached no.1 on the Amazon Movers and Shakers CD chart and top 5 in the iTunes Singer-Songwriter chart.
A talented multi-instrumentalist, as well as providing the vocals for all the songs, Emma played guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano, cello and ukulele on the album.
In 2014, Emma embarked on her first national headline tour, performing most of the tracks from Enchanted and the early EPs.
Later that year, her second album, Waves was released, which she then went on to tour in the spring of 2015.
A much extended, deluxe edition of the album with 8 bonus tracks, new artwork and an expanded booklet was released in the summer of 2015.
Emma is currently working on material for her third album.