Emma is excited to share that she’ll be heading to regional Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula for the Queenscliff Music Festival this year to perform alongside a stack of Australian artists including Luluc, Dan Sultan, Dyson Stringer Cloher and Husky.
Emma will perform a one hour set with Chris Pickering and a full band on Saturday November 29.
The festival begins on Friday November 28th.
For more details visit the Queenscliff Music Festival website.
Following her recent ARIA nomination in Australia, Emma Swift continues to receive international praise for her debut mini-album, released on August 1 by Laughing Outlaw Records.
In the UK, For The Country Record described the six-track collection of songs as “artful, soulful, creative, and the kind of sad that is so hard to find.”
In the United States, the Adobe and Teardrops blog compared Swift’s songs favourably to Sturgill Simpson’s latest effort Metamodern Sounds in Country Music — “Swift’s approach reminds me of Sturgill Simpson’s latest opus – proving their traditional chops allows both artists to push the boundaries of the genre over the edge without you even realizing. Emma Swift is absolutely a keeper. Maybe we can convince Australia to let us have her as our next national treasure.” ‘
Also in the United States, Bucket Full of Nails declared the mini-album “vinyl worthy” — “The loping waltz of opener “Bittersweet” harkens back to days when country was country, where drinks were served in bars, not in plastic cups on a beach or at a tailgate. More Kitty Wells than Carrie Underwood.”
Emma is looking forward to touring the record in the US and the UK early next year.
Emma Swift has been nominated for ‘Best Country Record’ at this year’s ARIA awards. Recognising the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres, the ARIA Awards is the music industry’s annual night of nights.
Swift’s self-titled debut record – out through small independent label Laughing Outlaw – has received extensive critical acclaim since its release on August 1.
Emma is up against Keith Urban, Adam Brand, Kasey Chambers and The McClymonts.
“It’s the most surreal, unlikely thing that’s ever happened in my music career,” said Swift.
“I’m pretty left-of-mainstream, I’ve never played Tamworth, I don’t own a hat and my favourite country singers are Gram Parsons and Lucinda Williams.”
The awards take place in Sydney on November 26.
To read more about the awards and Emma’s unlikely nomination, read Bernard Zuel’s Sydney Morning Herald article here.