Sep 7, 2013 | News, Radio and TV, Touring
I can’t even begin to express how EXCITED I am for tomorrow. I am sooooo blown away by the support from everyone – I have had some lovely messages and tweets. HUGE HUGE HUGE thanks to BBC Radio 2 for giving me the opportunity to headline the BBC Introducing Stage… Must just say thanks to BBC Introducing South for being incredible and supporting me so much, and to Sir Terry Wogan and his team (especially Ste Softly) for inviting me to perform live on BBC Radio 2 at 11am!
Here is a little bit of info…
If you were unable to get tickets you can watch my performance as a LIVE STREAM here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed6q2m – I will be on stage at 7pm!
You can join in the fun on twitter:
https://twitter.com/bbc_introducing
https://twitter.com/estevensmusic
#HydeParkLive
#bbcintroducing
I believe that you can also see “highlights” from 11pm on Sunday evening if you press the red button on BBC. But that may just be of Jack Johnson being AMAZING (can you tell I’m a huge fan?)…
SO MUCH LOVE!!
Expect a mammoth blog tomorrow night/Monday morning about the whole experience!
Now I should try and sleep… That’s going to be hard!!
Lovveeeeee and sparkles!!
Em xxxx
Sep 2, 2013 | News
I can’t quite believe I’m writing this!! I have been asked to headline the BBC Introducing Stage at BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park this Sunday 8th September!! I am absolutely blown away by the amount of support BBC Introducing and the BBC Radio 2 team have given me!! HYDE PARK?!? WOW!!!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ed6q2m/acts/aq6hzc
I can’t even begin to tell you how excited, grateful and happy I am right now!! I feel as though my dreams are coming true.
Thank you SO SO MUCH to everyone who keeps believing in me and supporting me – it’s so humbling and I wish I could give every single person an individual sparkly warm hug!! Feeling emotional.. This is just so amazing. xxx
Aug 26, 2013 | News, Touring
Yesterday was AMAZING! I managed to play two festivals in one day! I now understand where the saying “livin’ the dream” comes from!
I played at Party for Patrick during the day, which is for such a wonderful and heartfelt cause – please go to http://www.patrickevansfoundation.co.uk/p4p for more information. Such a lovely warm welcome by everyone and it was great to play some of my news songs off EP3 – especially Hey Summer! Here’s a snap of Sam and me playing:
Soon after I finished playing I was whisked off by my manager to Carfest. WOW. I mean, just… WOW! I arrived and had been given my own trailer – amongst Jools Holland, Scouting for Girls and Amy MacDonald!
What an amazing day!! I am so grateful to Chris Evans for inviting me to perform my songs and the crowd were AMAZING! To be applauded for my song “Sunflower” after I spoke about the inspiration behind it – before I even began to sing was so humbling. It made it hard for me not to cry! But I got through it just fine. I just wanted to go out into the crowd and give every single person a BIG SPARKLY HUG!! To have everyone clapping during “Once” and “A Place Called You” was AWESOME! Here is my favourite shot of the day:
One of my highlights of the whole evening was being personally invited back by Chris Evans to the VIP camp sight (or should I say “glamp site!?) where I was asked to serenade everyone by the fire with Sam and a lovely girl, also called Emma!
It was a surreal and magical day and I want to say a special thank you to Sammy, of course for being, well.. Sammy! My amazingly talented guitarist! Also huge thanks to the festival organisers, to everyone behind the wonderful charity that is Children in Need, to Hitten and Chris, and Pudsey (for the hug!)
Aug 23, 2013 | News
I am so excited to announce that my album “Enchanted” is now available for Pre-Order on Amazon!!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00EOM56NG/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_onYfsb05RKMZY
Just to clarify, the 4 EP’s that I have released on CD are 1000 only limited editions and have only been available via my website and on tour. “Enchanted” will be my first full commercial release available on Amazon and in high street record stores. Each EP contains a song that does not appear on the album to be sure that those people who have supported me from the beginning have something exclusive. EP 4 will be made available at the same time for those who want to complete their limited edition collections. THANK YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH for your support!! <3
Aug 18, 2013 | News, Radio and TV
If you missed it, listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038gymj
Wow!! What a morning! I can’t quite believe in the space of 3 days I have been in the BBC Radio 2 studio’s twice… Today I was interviewed by the legendary Clare Balding!! What a beautiful, lovely lady she is!! I played my song “Sunflower” which is about dealing with the loss of my Mum. It can be a really hard song to get through because of where it came from and its poignancy so I was lucky enough to be joined by my good friend Sam, who plays lead guitar in my backing band and Pete Woodroffe (my co-writer and producer). Thanks for the snap below, Pete!
Here is a picture of us before we played, and during… 
I can’t tell you how exciting this is – right I have 3 EP’s all in the top 100 UK main iTunes Album charts… 
Achieving this as an unsigned artist just absolutely blows me away. A massive thank you to BBC Introducing and BBC Radio 2 for everything…
Bring on EP 4!! I may just have to put Sunflower on it…
Aug 16, 2013 | News, Radio and TV
I can’t quite get over the morning I have had! BBC Radio 2.. Chris Evans Breakfast Show… I used to listen to him on my way to school every morning and only dreamt that one day I would actually be able to play my songs live in his studio on National Radio! I also had the great pleasure in meeting David Walliams… WOW! What an amazing man! Talented flautist “Simenon” joined in on my song “A Place Called You” on the second time round playing it and we had so much fun… LISTEN HERE! I start at around 1 1/2 hours into the show… http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0384855
Here I am in the studio with David…
Chris Evans… YOU ARE AMAZING! After my performance I was invited to play Carfest…
SO EXCITED! http://www.carfest.org/page.cfm …
… Since the interview I have all three EP’s in the top 15 of the iTunes Singer Songwriter Charts! WOW!
I want to say a massive thanks to all my friends, family and supporters out there who have been tweeting, facebooking and generally being lovely and wonderful. I can’t tell you how much it has touched my heart and how LUCKY I feel to have you all on this journey with me.
I just wanna also say a HUGE thank you to my Mum – who I just know would be SO PROUD and is shining like the angel she is right now, Pete Woodroffe, Flemming Associates, Claire Paxton-Rider, Absolute Marketing and Distribution, Alex Simpson, Dad, Ellen, and my amazing band who tour with me in my little red bug that breaks down! You have no idea how much you all mean to me!
