Emily Maguire (singer)
Encyclopedia
Emily Lucy Maguire is an independent English
singer songwriter. She has released three albums to date which are distributed through Universal
by Active Media. All the songs are written and composed by Maguire. She runs her own record label Shaktu Records with her partner Christian Dunham. Her albums have gained her rave album reviews and her thought-provoking lyrics have received widespread acclaim around the world.
, but most of her childhood was spent in Cambridge, England. She grew up without a TV at home and developed a passion for books and music and learnt to play the cello, piano, flute and recorder from a very early age. Her father initially got her playing the piano which led to a love for classical music. She was raised with the music of Bach
and Mozart. At aged 12 Maguire looked destined to become a professional cellist. She played in competitions, attended courses on chamber music, and took a master class with world-famous cellist Paul Tortelier
.
Some years later she started to listen to other kinds of music and became obsessed with the songs of Bob Marley
.
Maguire only discovered she could write songs by a twist of fate. When she was 17, she was involved in a car crash and a whiplash injury triggered fibromyalgia
, a condition that affects the nervous system and results in chronic pain. The condition affected her mobility for several years and by the time she was 21 she had to give up her job and was on walking sticks, sometimes completely housebound.
During this difficult period to pass the time and a distraction from the pain she taught herself to play Bob Marley
songs on the guitar and started writing her own songs inspired by his music. With her passion for poetry, song writing perfectly cemented her love of words and music and she wrote hundreds of songs in her bedroom and purchased a ProTools Studio to start recording them at home on a computer.
By her mid 20s, her health had improved and she moved back to London
, and started working again doing office jobs. To begin with, Emily never saw herself as a performer, but then she got up the courage to start singing her songs in open-mic clubs.
In 2003 she received a phone call out of the blue which resulted in a trip to Australia
for a four-week holiday to speed her recovery with Maguire’s illness being partly affected by the dull English weather. She went to stay with an old friend on his family’s goat farm situated in the Obi Obi valley up in the hills behind the Sunshine Coast in Queensland
. That friend was Christian Dunham who plays bass guitar and was a member of an Australian rock band. He later became her husband and the farm her home. Together they produced her album in a recording studio he had built next to their house, called shack no.2 on the farm. The shack has no heating, just basic electricity and was built from old bits of timber and metal with walls made from rendered potato sacks. The shack is a delicate eco system, it has wild life, with mice, which live in Maguire’s piano and Huntsman spider
s living in the bathroom. Maguire dealt with this by giving the creatures names. She overcame a snake phobia
by calling a 7 ft python
Dudley who moved into the shack from neighbouring farmland.
Together with her Australian husband, producer and bass player Maguire recorded her critically acclaimed debut album Stranger Place over 14 days and nights in an old farmhouse in the middle of a forest in Queensland. They set up their own record label, called Shaktu Records, named after their home.
Maguire and her husband took over the family cheese-making business, in between running their record label in order to fund the album independently. Proceeds were raised by the manufacture and selling of goats cheese.
Emily's husband encouraged and advised her to go out and play her songs live to promote the album. She then had to learn how to overcome another phobia, stage fright. Reaction to the album and live gigs were very positive. An Australian radio station made it album of the week and press reviews appeared in magazines in Melbourne
.
In 2006, after completing another tour of the UK, Emily and Christian returned to Australia to record her second album Keep Walking. In July 2007 they returned to the UK to play the Cambridge Folk Festival
and embark on a 3-month tour of pubs and clubs before heading back to life on the farm.
But fate had other plans in store for Maguire. Her big break came when on 9 September 2007 she was featured as a Sunday Spotlight artist on Aled Jones
with Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2
and her song Back Home was played from the album Keep Walking. The manager of The Waterboys
happened to be listening, he contacted the programme and they passed on her contact details. A week before she was due to fly back to Australia, Maguire got a phone call from him asking if she would be prepared to cancel her ticket back and fly instead to Ireland
to start a 16-date tour with American legend Don McLean
.
From playing to 50 people in clubs she found herself performing to 2,000 people in some of the biggest concert halls around the UK, cumulating in a show at the Royal Albert Hall
which ended the tour. A venue Maguire had previously only visited to watch The Proms
from high in the gallery.
This newsworthy story lead to several articles appearing in the press including The Guardian
on 21 November 2007 titled My Wildlife, The Sydney Morning Herald
Thursday 15 November 2007, titled Valley girl seduces London as well as several live radio interviews on National Radio in the UK.
Since then further tours have followed and her music has been played regularly on BBC Radio 2. On 16 October 2008 Maguire played her first major headline gig at The Bush Hall in London performing her songs with an all-girl string trio from The Royal Academy Of Music
plus Damon Wilson, the drummer from The Waterboys
. Her latest album Believer was released in November 2009. Emily puts her classical training and cello-playing to good use, writing and recording all the string arrangements for all her albums. On her MySpace page she cites Bach
, Bob Marley
and Buddha
as her influences. A practising Buddhist for over 10 years, her 3 albums are all dedicated to her teacher Lama Jampa Thaye
.
with a passion for beats, bass lines and acoustic guitar.
The title track was released as a single and gained a place on the BBC Radio 2 playlist during May and June in 2008.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
singer songwriter. She has released three albums to date which are distributed through Universal
Universal Records
Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
by Active Media. All the songs are written and composed by Maguire. She runs her own record label Shaktu Records with her partner Christian Dunham. Her albums have gained her rave album reviews and her thought-provoking lyrics have received widespread acclaim around the world.
Biography
Maguire was born in South LondonSouth London
South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...
, but most of her childhood was spent in Cambridge, England. She grew up without a TV at home and developed a passion for books and music and learnt to play the cello, piano, flute and recorder from a very early age. Her father initially got her playing the piano which led to a love for classical music. She was raised with the music of Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
and Mozart. At aged 12 Maguire looked destined to become a professional cellist. She played in competitions, attended courses on chamber music, and took a master class with world-famous cellist Paul Tortelier
Paul Tortelier
Paul Tortelier was a French cellist and composer.Tortelier was born in Paris, the son of a cabinet maker with Breton roots. He was encouraged to play the cello by his father Joseph and mother Marguerite , and at 12 he entered the Paris Conservatoire. He studied the cello there with Gérard Hekking...
.
Some years later she started to listen to other kinds of music and became obsessed with the songs of Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
.
Maguire only discovered she could write songs by a twist of fate. When she was 17, she was involved in a car crash and a whiplash injury triggered fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a medical disorder characterized by chronic widespread pain and allodynia, a heightened and painful response to pressure. It is an example of a diagnosis of exclusion...
, a condition that affects the nervous system and results in chronic pain. The condition affected her mobility for several years and by the time she was 21 she had to give up her job and was on walking sticks, sometimes completely housebound.
During this difficult period to pass the time and a distraction from the pain she taught herself to play Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
songs on the guitar and started writing her own songs inspired by his music. With her passion for poetry, song writing perfectly cemented her love of words and music and she wrote hundreds of songs in her bedroom and purchased a ProTools Studio to start recording them at home on a computer.
By her mid 20s, her health had improved and she moved back to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and started working again doing office jobs. To begin with, Emily never saw herself as a performer, but then she got up the courage to start singing her songs in open-mic clubs.
In 2003 she received a phone call out of the blue which resulted in a trip to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
for a four-week holiday to speed her recovery with Maguire’s illness being partly affected by the dull English weather. She went to stay with an old friend on his family’s goat farm situated in the Obi Obi valley up in the hills behind the Sunshine Coast in Queensland
Sunshine Coast, Queensland
The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...
. That friend was Christian Dunham who plays bass guitar and was a member of an Australian rock band. He later became her husband and the farm her home. Together they produced her album in a recording studio he had built next to their house, called shack no.2 on the farm. The shack has no heating, just basic electricity and was built from old bits of timber and metal with walls made from rendered potato sacks. The shack is a delicate eco system, it has wild life, with mice, which live in Maguire’s piano and Huntsman spider
Huntsman spider
Sparassidae are a family of spiders known as Huntsman spiders because of their speed and mode of hunting. They also are called giant crab spiders, because of their size and appearance. Larger species sometimes are referred to as wood spiders, because of their preference for woody places...
s living in the bathroom. Maguire dealt with this by giving the creatures names. She overcame a snake phobia
Phobia
A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder, usually defined as a persistent fear of an object or situation in which the sufferer commits to great lengths in avoiding, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed, often being recognized as irrational...
by calling a 7 ft python
Python (genus)
Python, from the Greek word , is a genus of non-venomous pythons found in Africa, Asia and Australia. Currently, 7 species are recognised. A member of this group, P. reticulatus, is among the longest snakes known.-Geographic range:...
Dudley who moved into the shack from neighbouring farmland.
Together with her Australian husband, producer and bass player Maguire recorded her critically acclaimed debut album Stranger Place over 14 days and nights in an old farmhouse in the middle of a forest in Queensland. They set up their own record label, called Shaktu Records, named after their home.
Maguire and her husband took over the family cheese-making business, in between running their record label in order to fund the album independently. Proceeds were raised by the manufacture and selling of goats cheese.
Emily's husband encouraged and advised her to go out and play her songs live to promote the album. She then had to learn how to overcome another phobia, stage fright. Reaction to the album and live gigs were very positive. An Australian radio station made it album of the week and press reviews appeared in magazines in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
.
In 2006, after completing another tour of the UK, Emily and Christian returned to Australia to record her second album Keep Walking. In July 2007 they returned to the UK to play the Cambridge Folk Festival
Cambridge Folk Festival
The Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge, England. The festival is renowned for its eclectic mix of music and a wide definition of what might be considered folk. It occurs...
and embark on a 3-month tour of pubs and clubs before heading back to life on the farm.
But fate had other plans in store for Maguire. Her big break came when on 9 September 2007 she was featured as a Sunday Spotlight artist on Aled Jones
Aled Jones
Aled Jones is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality, broadcaster and television presenter who first came to fame as a treble...
with Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
and her song Back Home was played from the album Keep Walking. The manager of The Waterboys
The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a...
happened to be listening, he contacted the programme and they passed on her contact details. A week before she was due to fly back to Australia, Maguire got a phone call from him asking if she would be prepared to cancel her ticket back and fly instead to Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
to start a 16-date tour with American legend Don McLean
Don McLean
Donald "Don" McLean is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".-Musical roots:...
.
From playing to 50 people in clubs she found herself performing to 2,000 people in some of the biggest concert halls around the UK, cumulating in a show at the Royal Albert Hall
Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
which ended the tour. A venue Maguire had previously only visited to watch The Proms
The Proms
The Proms, more formally known as The BBC Proms, or The Henry Wood Promenade Concerts presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in London...
from high in the gallery.
This newsworthy story lead to several articles appearing in the press including The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
on 21 November 2007 titled My Wildlife, The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald is a daily broadsheet newspaper published by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1831 as the Sydney Herald, the SMH is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia. The newspaper is published six days a week. The newspaper's Sunday counterpart, The...
Thursday 15 November 2007, titled Valley girl seduces London as well as several live radio interviews on National Radio in the UK.
Since then further tours have followed and her music has been played regularly on BBC Radio 2. On 16 October 2008 Maguire played her first major headline gig at The Bush Hall in London performing her songs with an all-girl string trio from The Royal Academy Of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
plus Damon Wilson, the drummer from The Waterboys
The Waterboys
The Waterboys are a band formed in 1983 by Mike Scott. The band's membership, past and present, has been composed mainly of musicians from Scotland, Ireland and England. Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Spiddal, New York, and Findhorn have all served as homes for the group. The band has played in a...
. Her latest album Believer was released in November 2009. Emily puts her classical training and cello-playing to good use, writing and recording all the string arrangements for all her albums. On her MySpace page she cites Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
, Bob Marley
Bob Marley
Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...
and Buddha
Buddha
In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...
as her influences. A practising Buddhist for over 10 years, her 3 albums are all dedicated to her teacher Lama Jampa Thaye
Stranger Place
Maguire's self-produced acoustic folk-pop debut album. It contains 12 tracks, ten of which were recorded at Pix Records in Queensland and two at Goldcrest studios in London, it was released in 2004. An album made up of questioning lyrics and musical imagery, with dark tones on album opener "The Real World" to lighter shades on "Stranger Place". On "Falling On My Feet" she sings of devotion and on "I Turned On The News" about the slow decay of society. "The Real World" secured her an invitation to perform at the 2005 Singer-Songwriter Festival at The Borderline in London, where she opened for David Bowie’s renowned bassist Gail Ann DorseyGail Ann Dorsey
Gail Ann Dorsey is an American musician considered one of the premier bass guitarists and vocalists within the alternative rock scene. With a distinguished career as a session musician, it has been most notably her long association performing in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to the present day,...
.
Keep Walking
Released in 2007, Maguire's 12 track second album Keep Walking won rave reviews. Remaining passionate for both Bach and Bob Marley the album combines her love of classical musicClassical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
with a passion for beats, bass lines and acoustic guitar.
The title track was released as a single and gained a place on the BBC Radio 2 playlist during May and June in 2008.
Believer
Maguire's third album was recorded at Kore Studios, Chiswick, London in January 2009 and released on 16 November 2009. This included two new singles "Lighthouse Man" and "I'd Rather Be". Both were playlisted on BBC Radio 2, the former appearing on the "C" list and the latter securing a "B" list placing for 5 weeks. The latest single release is "Anything You Do".Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official UK Singles Chart | |||||||||
| 2008 | "Keep Walking" | — | "Keep Walking" | ||||||
| 2009 | "Lighthouse Man" | — | "Believer" | ||||||
| 2010 | "I'd Rather Be" | — | |||||||
| 2010 | "Anything You Do" | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Festivals
- Maguire played the Cambridge Folk FestivalCambridge Folk FestivalThe Cambridge Folk Festival is an annual music festival held on the site of Cherry Hinton Hall in Cherry Hinton, one of the villages subsumed by the city of Cambridge, England. The festival is renowned for its eclectic mix of music and a wide definition of what might be considered folk. It occurs...
on 26 July 2007 and was interviewed for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. - On 28 June she played the Acoustic Stage at The Glastonbury Festival 2008Glastonbury Festival 2008The 2008 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts was held from 25 to 29 June 2008.-New features:* The John Peel stage doubled in size and had a screen outside it to watch bands.* There was a new 'Shangri-La' area that replaced Lost Vagueness...
joined by drummer Geoff Dugmore and bass player Christian Dunham.
Tours
- 4–26 October 2007 : Support act for American singer-songwriter Don McleanDon McLeanDonald "Don" McLean is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".-Musical roots:...
- 27 May - 26 June 2008 : Support act for blues singer songwriter Eric BibbEric BibbEric Bibb is an American acoustic blues singer-songwriter. He is based in London and launched his career in Europe. Today he lives in Finland.-Biography:...
- 9–15 July 2008: Support act for adult alternative/pop band The Blue NileThe Blue NileThe Blue Nile is an adult alternative/pop band from Glasgow. The music of The Blue Nile is built heavily on synthesizers and electronic instrumentation and percussion, although later works featured acoustic guitar more prominently.-Early years:...
- 12–29 October 2008: Support act for musician and singer songwriter Glenn TilbrookGlenn TilbrookGlenn Martin Tilbrook is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid 1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the melody for Squeeze, while his writing partner, Chris Difford, wrote the lyrics...
- 6–20 November 2008: Support act for musician and singer songwriter Roddy FrameRoddy FrameRoddy Frame is a Scottish singer-songwriter and musician, who was the founder of the 1980s indie band, Aztec Camera, and more recently is a solo performer.-Career:...
- 14 January - 25 February 2010 : Maguire was Artist of the Month for the Caffe NeroCaffè NeroCaffè Nero or Caffè Nero Group Ltd is an Italian-style coffee shop chain primarily based in the UK. It was founded in 1997 in London as the Caffe Nero Group by Gerry Ford...
chain and toured as a solo artist at their different establishments around the UK.
Live radio appearances
- Aled JonesAled JonesAled Jones is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality, broadcaster and television presenter who first came to fame as a treble...
Good Morning Sunday, BBC Radio 2, 7 October 2007. Maguire joined the show live on the phone. She spoke about opening for Don Mclean on his UK tour and the forthcoming show at The Royal Albert Hall on 26 October.
- Aled Jones Good Morning Sunday, BBC Radio 2, 28 October 2007. As a live studio guest Maguire spoke of the impact of her experience after finishing her UK tour with Don Mclean. She discussed her discovery and practice of the Buddhist faith which inspired her music. Her songs "Keep Walking" and "Falling On My Feet" and were played. The latter being the closest to her heart about hope and faith following heartbreak. The song became something of a premonition when a few weeks later she went to Australia for a holiday and it changed her life.
- Bob Harris, BBC Radio 2, 11 November 2007. Maguire along with bass player Christian Dunham performed 3 songs live: "Stranger Place", "Anything You Do" and "All That You Wanted". Presenter Gideon CoeGideon CoeGideon "The Guv'nor" Coe is a radio DJ, presenter, sportscaster, voiceover artist and journalist.Coe was one of the child presenters of the BBC 1 children's programme "Why Don't You?"....
standing in for Bob HarrisBob Harris (radio)Robert Brinley Joseph "Bob" Harris, OBE , known as "Whispering" Bob Harris, is British radio host who currently works for BBC Radio 2, presenting music two nights a week...
ended the session by playing the title track from the album Keep Walking.
- Womans Hour, BBC Radio 4, 17 Dec 2007. Maguire discussed her life story to date (The goats cheese maker whose played the Albert Hall) with presenter Jane Garvey. Emily’s song "All That You Wanted" was played and she performed "Falling On My Feet" live.
- Aled Jones Good Morning Sunday, BBC Radio 2, 20 January 2008. Maguire joined the programme as their Buddhist guest from the BBC radio studios in London. She spoke of the importance of her faith and how it was tested following a burglary shortly after Christmas. Emily’s new single "All That You Wanted" was played followed by a discussion of the legacy of Martin Luther King which was marked on 21 January 2008. For the Moment Of Reflection feature Emily read from the poem Invictus by William Ernest HenleyWilliam Ernest HenleyWilliam Ernest Henley was an English poet, critic and editor, best remembered for his 1875 poem "Invictus".-Life and career:...
appropriate for Martin Luther King DayMartin Luther King DayMartin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around the time of King's birthday, January 15. The floating holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform...
- Aled Jones Good Morning Sunday, BBC Radio 2, 25 May 2008. Maguire spoke about climate neutral living and how her song had been selected for World Environment Day. The Environment program for the United Nations is based in Kenya and a lady in the office Nairobi heard about her low-carbon lifestyle story living in a recycled shack in the Australian Bush. Emily's song "Somewhere in the Blue" was played, inspired by the book The Bridges of Madison CountyThe Bridges of Madison CountyThe Bridges of Madison County is a 1992 best-selling novel by Robert James Waller which tells the story of a married but lonely Italian woman, living in 1960s Madison County, Iowa, who engages in an affair with a National Geographic photographer from Bellingham, Washington who is visiting Madison...
.She then spoke about meeting her Buddhist teacher Lama Jampa Thaye in London and going to see the Dalai LamaDalai LamaThe Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
speak publicly a few days earlier at the Royal Albert HallRoyal Albert HallThe Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall situated on the northern edge of the South Kensington area, in the City of Westminster, London, England, best known for holding the annual summer Proms concerts since 1941....
on 22 May 2008. Emily was about to embark on a UK tour with bluesman Eric BibbEric BibbEric Bibb is an American acoustic blues singer-songwriter. He is based in London and launched his career in Europe. Today he lives in Finland.-Biography:...
and they met for the very first time, live on air in the studio. Maguire then read the Moment of Reflection drawing from words from her song "The Borderline" and her thoughts on what BuddhismBuddhismBuddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
has taught her and how people are interconnected. - Loose Ends, BBC Radio 4, 6 July 2008. Maguire was a guest performing an acoustic version of "Keep Walking" live in the studio.
- Aled Jones Good Morning Sunday, BBC Radio 2, 31 January 2010. Maguire spoke about song writing and performed her song "Start Over Again" live from new album Believer accompanied by bassist and husband Christian Dunham. Maguire discussed her experiences of life in how she was drawn to BuddhismBuddhismBuddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th...
, her reliance for guidance from her teacher and how studying the faith had helped her to take control of stressful situations. She articulated in how music and her faith are intertwined. Her songs and lyrics are informed by her Buddhist philosophyBuddhist philosophyBuddhist philosophy deals extensively with problems in metaphysics, phenomenology, ethics, and epistemology.Some scholars assert that early Buddhist philosophy did not engage in ontological or metaphysical speculation, but was based instead on empirical evidence gained by the sense organs...
view of the world, she writes after meditation. The title of the album Believer is her expression of the themes of love, passion and the power of faith she found.
Quotes
- "Astonishing voice, she took Cambridge Folk Festival by storm" - Mandy Morton BBC Radio Cambridgeshire 19 September 2007
- "Just beautiful, That's Emily Maguire and Falling On My Feet" - Aled JonesAled JonesAled Jones is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality, broadcaster and television presenter who first came to fame as a treble...
BBC Radio 2, 23 September 2007 - That's a good record it's Emily Maguire Keep Walking - Terry WoganTerry WoganSir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL , or also known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish radio and television broadcaster who holds dual Irish and British citizenship. Wogan has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career...
BBC Radio 2, Tuesday 3 June 2008 - "Here's a cracking one here now from a lady called Emily Maguire and it's from her album Believer and its called Lighthouse Man" - Paul O'GradyPaul O'GradyPaul James Michael O'Grady MBE is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ. He is best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O'Grady Show and, more recently, Paul O'Grady Live, as well as his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage, as...
BBC Radio 2, Sunday 1 November 2009 - The excellent Emily Maguire and I'd Rather Be - Alex LesterAlex LesterAlex Lester is a British broadcaster. He presents the weekday overnight/early-morning programme on BBC Radio 2...
BBC Radio 2, Monday 4 January 2010 - "Top Tune, brand new by Emily Maguire, I'd Rather Be" - Chris Evans BBC Radio 2, 12 January 2010.
- "Emily Maguire, I’d Rather Be that is, we like that Emily Maguire that's good" - Steve Wright BBC Radio 2, Tuesday 26 January 2010.
- "Emily Maguire and I'd Rather Be, that's lovely isn't it" - Sarah KennedySarah KennedySarah Mary Kennedy MBE is a British TV and radio broadcaster. She presented her own daily early morning radio show, The Dawn Patrol, on BBC Radio 2 from 1993, before announcing her decision to leave the show on 3 September, 2010.Kennedy was honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2005, when...
BBC Radio 2, Friday 29 January 2010