Emily Mae Winters

Finn Anderson

Presented by: The Big Comfy Bookshop

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0	COVENTRY: The Big Comfy Bookshop
P	Friday 19th October, 2018
N	7:00pm

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Emily Mae Winters

Hailed as having a voice that will stop you in your tracks, contemporary folk singer songwriter Emily Mae Winters’ songs are quickly permeating the folk and song writing scene. A poetic singer songwriter, influenced by the likes of Gillian Welch, Carole King, Alison Krauss, Sarah Jarosz and Kate Rusby; her music splits the difference between the gentle seas of folk and country. In 2016, Emily teamed up with BBC Radio 2 Fo lk Award winner Ben Walker to produce her first commercial EP release ‘Foreign Waters’. Her self-penned track ‘Anchor’ from the release won the folk category in the Guardian Songwriting Competition. The tracks have received extensive national and international folk and Americana radio play including support from the BBC Radio 2 Good Morning Sunday with Clare Balding and the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe.
After spending last year touring doing supports, she has just released her debut album ‘Siren Serenade’. Co produced by Ben Walker and Lauren Deakin Davies (Laura Marling), the album hosts a combination of self-penned and traditional folk songs and features top folk names including Evan Carson (Sam Kelly and The Lost Boys), Lukas Drinkwater and Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage. The record has been released to critical acclaim and Winters will be embarking on her second headline U.K. tour of the year this Autumn/Winter. “Emily Mae Winters has produced an arresting, enthralling tantalising introduction to her work that leaves us hungry for more.” Folk Radio UK “Superbly crafted and dramatic song writing.. Winters’ songs reflect a love of poetry, her lyrics giving a dark edge to songs that are beautifully performed. ” R2 Magazine “Some singers grow on you over time and others stop you in your tracks. Emily Mae Winters falls into the second category.” Fatea Magazine.

Born in Birmingham, England, raised in and around the rugged coasts of Clonakility, Southern Ireland, calling London home for years, now currently based in Cambridge (UK) Emily Mae Winters has been deemed a wanderer. Growing up listening to a wide variety of English and Irish Folk music as well as country and americana, she always felt most at home blending transatlantic sounds together. A self confessed ‘poetry geek’ Winters spent her days in the library writing poems which she eventually started to put to music in her bedroom where she taught herself guitar and piano.

Finn Anderson
Finn Anderson is an award nominated Scottish singer-songwriter, as well as a theatre-maker and composer. Described by BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson as “a great songwriting talent” his songs combine folk, jazz and pop influences with his penchant for the theatrical and knack for poetic storytelling.

The Uncharted Lands EP was released in February 2016 accompanied by a Living Room Tour which saw Finn hosting 40 intimate shows in households and gardens throughout the UK. The Oceanic EP was released in April 2017, with singles \'When He\'s Away\' and \'Some Days’ featuring on BBC 6 Music\'s LGBT Mixtape and Introducing shows, as well as regional and online stations globally. Festival appearances include Big Tent, Belladrum, MugStock, the Edinburgh Fringe and Celtic Connections.

Raised in Fife on the east coast of Scotland, Finn spent his early teens staging self-penned theatre productions at the local Byre Theatre. Using the profits to build a home studio, he had released two EPs before leaving school age 16 to study Music. Now based in Glasgow, Finn combines solo songwriting with writing and composing for theatre, film, dance, circus and art projects throughout the UK and internationally.

Collaborative projects include work with acclaimed Scottish video artist Rachel Maclean, Venice Biennale, Tate Britain, National Galleries Scotland, Sky Arts, Citizens Theatre, Glasgow Film Festival, Scottish Dance Theatre and the American Music Theatre Project. His work has been nominated for the Off West End and BroadwayWorld.com awards for Best New Musical.