LONDON: The Water Rats

Tuesday 28th May, 2019

7:30pm

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Fast rising star on the U.K. Folk/Americana scene Emily Mae Winters has that rare quality in a singer that makes critics reach for the superlatives. Described as having a voice that “stops you in your tracks” and “arresting, enthralling, tantalising” by Americana UK, Emily combines straight-to-the-heart bittersweetness with her own unique passion and drama in performance. Emily Mae Winters’ exquisite songs which sit between the stormy seas of folk and country are influenced by artists including Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Sarah Jarosz. Emily’s self-penned debut album Siren Serenade was produced by BBC Folk Award Winning producer Ben Walker. Described as “Vibrant and experimental” by Songlines magazine, one of the record’s standout tracks ‘Anchor’ won her the Guardian Songwriting Competition.

Emily Mae Winters is due to release her second album 'High Romance' this June which was produced by award winning Americana producer Matt Ingram at Urchin Studios (Lewis and Leigh, Florence and the Machine, Laura Marling, Lucy Rose, Rae Morris). It was recorded at London's Urchin Studios in December 2018 with a live band featuring BBC Radio 2 Folk Award winning guitarist Ben Walker, double bassist John Parker (Kate Rusby, Jackie Oates, Megson) and Matt Ingram (Drums/Percussion Piano) and mastered at Metropolis Studios.

"High Romance’ is an album consisting of all original songs and I hope will mark a change in sound and style from my debut album ‘Siren Serenade’ which was heavily rooted in Folk. I grew up listening to a wide range of artists rooted in the folk, Americana, Country and Singer Songwriter traditions and so I hope with the making of this second album to find a fusion of transatlantic sound that blends the parts that I love from these genres together and creates something unique.

Hannah Rose Platt is an acclaimed singer-songwriter, talented guitarist and storyteller.