27 Years Old

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"Three Cigarettes in the Ashtray..."

BIOGRAPHY

apitol Records Nashville already has one of the hottest artist rosters in the entire country music format, and it's about to start heating up even more with the addition of their newest star - Emily West.

When Emily takes the stage it's nothing short of fireworks. Her own appreciation for artists such as Patsy Cline and Bette Midler have led her to cultivate her talent as an entertainer - not just a singer. Emily was born to be on stage. The energy, the excitement, the audience response - it fans the flame that drives her to perform. With a little confidence, a lot of charisma, and more than just a flash of wit, West is captivating. "I'm a live singer...performing is very emotional," she states. "They're my songs...my personality set to music."

LEVEL

professional

GENRES

Alternative Country, Singer/Songwriter, Easy Listening

PUBLISHING COMPANY

Stella's Backyard Music, major publishing company

Contact

Management: Shane Tarleton and Bob Titley
Publishing: .Stella's Backyard Music
Label: Capitol Records
Music Supervisor: Autumn House
Booking: Blake McDaniel CAA
Administrative: none yet.

P.R.O.

BMI

INFLUENCES

Patsy Cline, Judy Garland, Linda Ronstandt, Edith Piaf, Sam Cooke, Steve Perry, etc.

DAY JOB

Songwriter/non-chick-singer/joke teller

I AM INTERESTED IN

in co writing in person
in networking with songwriters
in pitching songs to artist
in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

When I'm in the mood

I Also Write:
by myself
with others
for myself
for others

I Prefer To Write:
lyrics
melody
music

experience >

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

BGVs for Radney Foster.

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Legends: Rickie Lee Jones

She speaks softly, not unlike the way she sings --soft, soulful passages, almost like secrets to the closest of friends --punctuated by bursts of exaltation. It's much like the span of emotion in her work, and in her new record, Balm in Gilead, which veers from the pure, naked heartbreak of "Bonfires" to the elation of "Old Enough," to the beautiful "Wild Girl," which celebrates the 21st birthday of her daughter, while simultaneously reflecting on the unchained fervor of her own wild days.

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Legends: Robert Earl Keen

As singer/songwriters go, Robert Earl Keen doesn't seem like the kind of artist who could honestly be accused of sloth. But despite a catalog choked with characters and conversations pulled from a colorful life, he makes that very claim on "Something That I Do," a track where he brags of his ability to not let work get in the way of an otherwise pleasant afternoon.

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Townes Van Zandt: Facets, Faults & Fractures

It's 10 o'clock at night on an abandoned Music Row. The year is 1985. In a third-floor office in an old house that serves as the offices for the Oak Ridge Boys' Silverline/Goldline Music Publishing, Steve Earle brings the chair he's leaning back in down hard, flipping his hair out of his eyes for emphasis.