MULTI-AWARD winning St Ives-based art rock band The Emerald Dawn, who have been making huge waves in the British progressive rock scene, are heading to their home-town September Festival.
Recently returned from their first overseas gig at Germany’s Art Rock Festival, they have been booked to appear at St Ives Theatre on Monday September 15.
Last year The Emerald Dawn headlined at The Soundle 2024 Festival and Prog the Forest, and went down a storm at Prog for Peart, Fusion Festival, A New Day Festival, A Sunday in September (London) and Summer’s End Progressive Rock Festival as well as winning “best performance” at HRH Prog XII, the largest prog festival in the UK.
The band, consisting of Tree Stewart (keyboards, flute, acoustic guitar, vocals), Ally Carter (guitars, saxophones, keyboards, vocals), David Greenway (bass guitars) and Tom Jackson (drums) have picked up a string of awards and nominations along the way.
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They were listed in the top ten in both the Best Band/Artist and Best Album categories in the 2023 annual Prog Magazine Readers' Poll.
Their latest album In Time won the Prog Explorations Plus award for the Best Album of 2023 and The Prog Mind ranked their drummer’s performance “best in the world”, both their guitarist and bass players performances second and their keyboard player's performance fourth.
In addition, the listeners of Progphonic and Game of Prog voted vocalist Tree runner-up in the Best Female Vocalist category.
Tree also drove the band’s van to April’s Art Rock Festival appearance at Reichenbach and reflected: “We had an amazing time.
“A truly epic adventure travelling through four countries and driving more than 2,200 miles for one gig might sound excessive but it was honestly worth every moment of driving.
“The festival was a beautiful meeting of music, minds and hearts. Germany has a lovely Prog scene, which seems similar to the UK.”
The Emerald Dawn will be bringing special guests Dandelion Charm, an alternative folk duo from East Sussex, to open their September Festival show.
They combine folk, rock and prog influences with a sound reminiscent of the late 60s, early 70s telling their potential audience: “Think Buckingham and Nicks without the aggro or Crosby, Stills & Nash meet Yes.”
Tickets are online at www.stivesseptemberfestival.co.uk