SMILER is always pleased to support a fellow Rod Stewart fan and we are like Rod tipping big things ahead for this 20 year old about to release her first single, Emma Deigman has some impressive admirers. Bryan Adams recently turned up to one of her gigs,
Gary Barlow has declared himself a huge fan and, on hearing a handful of her songs, Rod himself immediately offered to help her break the States.
Listen to Deigman's debut album, and you can understand the fuss. Sumptuous
soul vocals hark back to the '70s on funky, feel-good songs with and lashings of live brass and strings. Produced by Eliot Kennedy (the Grammy Award winner behind dozens of hits for Spice Girls, Take That, Celine Dion and Blue) the album is an infectious mix of modern and old school. There is a rasp to Deigman's captivating voice that recalls her hero Rod Stewart and shades of Joss Stone at her sunniest. In short, it's soul music to make you smile.
Emma's meeting with Rod was surreal.
"A couple of months ago, my mum won dinner with Rod at a charity auction and took me along. We sat in this restaurant off Park Lane with them and, for ages, I couldn't say a word. In the end, I had to blurt out how big a fan I was or I wouldn't have been able to eat. Now my dream is to do a duet with him. A year ago, if someone had suggested that, I would have laughed at them. But so much has happened already, I feel as though anything's possible….."
"My dad adores Rod ," she says. "When we were kids, he had one of those six-slot CD players in the car, full of Rod albums. I was more in to the Spice Girls at the time and kept telling dad to turn Rod off. Then I grew up and realised how incredible he is. His voice is amazing. I also love artists like Lauryn Hill, Aretha, The Supremes and Stevie Wonder, but Rod Stewart is probably my biggest influence.
Emma Deigman's Debut Single: It Was You is Released: March 30th And We are sure visitors to SMILER will be wishing Emma all the best with it!
Available on ITunes and all
leading download sites (HMV / Amazon etc)
She has also been chosen as the main support act to Girls Aloud on their forthcoming 31 date
UK Arena tour commencing April 24th which she is tremendously excited about.
The dates are posted on all her websites as is the official video to the song
www.emmadeigman.com
www.myspace/com/emmadeigmanofficial
www.bebo.com/emmadeigman
www.youtube.com/emmadeigmandotcom
For Further Information Contact:
Simon Jones/Alex Mullen
Hackford Jones PR
Tel: 0207 287 9788
www.hackfordjonespr.com
|
