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Emily Maguire



Last Updated: 1/5/2010

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Country: AU
Signup Date: 12/2/2005

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Monday, January 04, 2010 
I spent the past week on the Isle of Purbeck, with lots of family, food and wine. It’s the place where I wrote some of the songs on ‘Believer’ and there’s no electricity where we stay so I’d sit with my guitar and pen and paper writing songs by candlelight. It reminds me of our home in Australia though the walls here are stone not potato sacks. On New Year’s Eve, we went up to the Square & Compass Inn and watched the blue moon and the people in fancy dress dancing to some crazy band you could hear but not see.

I’m really looking forward to this year - I got a good feeling about it. My new single ‘I’d Rather Be’ has just been playlisted on Radio 2 and this month I’m the ‘Artist of the Month’ for the Caffe Nero chain. They’re really into supporting music and it’s fantastic promotion for an indie artist like me. They’re playing my songs every day in 400 coffee shops nationwide and I’m going to do some live shows for them over the coming weeks. I’ll keep you posted on when and where...

Wishing you a very happy new year.

xx
10:01 AM 
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 
If you’ve ever been to the Sunshine Coast of Australia, you’ll know that it’s one of the most special places in the world.

And one of the best things about the Sunshine Coast is a live music event that happens every Sunday afternoon by Peregian Beach. Hundreds of people come to lie in the grass in the sun and listen to live, acoustic, original music for free.

It’s called Peregian Originals and it’s one the best gigs in Australia. It’s the last gig I played before I left Australia back in 2007 for a UK tour that ended up at the Royal Albert Hall.

And now the local council say they're going to shut it down.

I want to stand with my guitar on the grass beside Peregian Beach and sing my songs again someday. Please sign this petition and let the local politicians know that we want more for our culture than just clubs, pubs and pokie machines. 

http://www.gopetition.com.au/online/32682.html
8:23 PM 
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Thursday, December 10, 2009 
Out of a world population of 6.8 billion, 15,000 people have been chosen to go to Copenhagen and make decisions that could determine the fate of our planet.

You’d think this would be the moment for nations to unite behind a common cause, but so far the headlines are saying the opposite. Maybe that’s just the media - maybe behind closed doors the delegates are all in agreement that something must be done, and done now, just in case. That the risk of doing nothing is not worth taking.

But it seems right now all the talk in Copenhagen is about saving money, not saving the planet. Do they think that gold will stop the seas rising?

As for the rest of us, we’re not at Copenhagen. We can’t go and knock their heads together. But we can make a stand. This weekend, over 2,800 candlelit vigils are being held in 136 countries across the globe, organised by people like you and me. To find out the nearest vigil to you, or to organise one yourself, visit http://www.avaaz.org/en/.

xx
10:26 AM 
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009 

PRESS REVIEWS for Emily Maguire's new album 'Believer':

“A remarkably assured, hugely enjoyable set... one for true believers everywhere"
(Rock’n’Reel Magazine)

“More worthy of attention than many in the crowded female singer-songwriter field"
(Uncut Magazine)

“Delivers reflective meditations and lust for life romps with equal aplomb... a class act"
(The Mirror)


"The third and most accomplished album so far from this unusual singer-songwriter"
(Guitarist Magazine)

Read more reviews at www.emilymaguire.com.  'Believer' is available to buy from Amazon, Play.com and iTunes.

10:08 AM 
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009 
I'm delighted that I've been chosen as the first 'Artist of the Month' for 2010 by Caffe Nero.  They're already playing tracks from my new album 'Believer' in their chain of 400 coffee shops around the UK.  From the beginning of January, if you're passing one at 3.30pm any day, drop in and you'll hear one of my songs being played.

xx
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Saturday, November 21, 2009 
I’m very happy that Greenpeace asked me if they could use one of my songs for their global climate change campaign. The song is on my new album ‘Believer’ and it’s called ‘Woke Up’. I wrote it after watching a film about climate change which had a particularly big impact on me because we were running out of water at the time because of the terrible drought in Queensland, Australia.

Greenpeace asked me to film a video to the song for their ‘Love Letters To The Future’ which is a campaign where anyone can write a message, post an image, or make a video about their vision of the future of our planet. The top 100 Love Letters, as voted by the public, will be included in a time capsule that will be locked in Copenhagen on December 13th 2009, to be opened again in exactly 100 years.

You can watch my Love Letter To The Future video featuring my song ‘Woke Up’ here: http://loveletterstothefuture.com/?media=fb883470-bf2d-4a71-8204-e84afd84947f. If you want to read more about the Greenpeace campaign and write your own 'Love Letter To The Future', click here: http://loveletterstothefuture.com/.

Greenpeace need and deserve all the help and support we can give them in their work. To find out more about them, go to http://www.greenpeace.com.

xx
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Monday, November 16, 2009 

My new album ‘Believer’ is out today.  I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the people whose incredible talents made it what it is... producer Philip Tennant, drummer Geoff Dugmore, guitarist Luke Potashnick, violinist Jae Yoo, and engineer George Apsion.  Above all, I’d like to thank my partner, producer, bass player and best friend Christian Dunham who told me 7 years ago to start over again and make a record.  Now ‘Believer’ is our third studio album, released on our own independent record label Shaktu Records.  And the reason we can do it?  The FANS... a huge thank you for your support - without you, we couldn’t do it at all.

xx

9:21 AM 
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 
Huge congratulations to the Save The Mary River campaign in SE Queensland, Australia. After three and a half years of hard campaigning by hundreds of local people, environment minister (and ex-Midnight Oil frontman) Peter Garrett has finally said no to the dam that would have flooded the Mary Valley, wiping out countless wildlife, trees and over 1000 homes. Check out www.stoppress.com.au for pictures of the campaign.

xx
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Saturday, November 07, 2009 
Find me on Facebook... here's the link:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Emily-Maguire/22880473061#
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Friday, November 06, 2009 
It's now less than 2 weeks til the release of my new album 'Believer' (Monday 16th November) and I can't wait!

While I'm counting the days, we've been busy rehearsing for my headline shows which are coming up in the next few weeks... I'm playing in Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield, Stratford on Avon and Petersfield plus (just confirmed!) a very special show in Sturminster on 11th December. Venue details and booking info are all here on Myspace.

I'm so excited that my new album will finally be available at these gigs. You can preview all the tracks from 'Believer' on my website: www.emilymaguire.com. If you can't make it to a gig, wherever you are in the world, pre-order the CD now from Townsend Records and you'll get your own signed copy sent to your door on the release date. You can also order it now from Amazon, Play.com and HMV - just click the links here on my Myspace page.

Other news... I was filmed recently talking about my music and why I ended up living in a shack in the Australian bush - you can watch this interview here on Myspace or on my new YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/emilymaguire)... my cover of Bob Dylan's classic 'Blowin' In The Wind' is being broadcast on Radio 2 this weekend in a documentary for Remembrance Sunday... Aled Jones on Radio 2 gave my song 'Anything You Do' (which is on the new album) its first airplay... and I've just done some filming for Greenpeace, who are using one of the songs on 'Believer' for their global climate change campaign. There's so much happening, it's exciting times! I'll keep you posted...

Hope all's well in your world.

xx
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