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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Cadillac Sky

Cadillac Sky should be a lot more tired. It’s early Saturday afternoon at MerleFest and the band–Bryan Simpson, Matt Menefree, Andrew Moritz, Ross Holmes and newest addition David Mayfield–has already logged two performances on the day....

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Sessions: David Bazan

It was pretty slow. I mean, I played [the songs] on acoustic guitar for a long time, but I didn’t know how to transfer them to the other format. I didn’t want it to be a solo acoustic record. I wanted there to be bells and whistles and full band arrangements even if I didn’t want it necessarily to be electric guitar rock....

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Sessions: Vetiver

“It’s always slightly confounding to me whenever Vetiver is depicted with the same tropes that people have read off of press sheets,” says Andy Cabic. “The same sort of milestones get mentioned but then no one really digs to find out that there are those other things going on.”

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Behind The Song: “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing”

Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell sang, it has been remarked, like lovers, although they weren’t. Similarly, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, the team behind one of Marvin and Tammi’s most enduring hits, “Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing,” wrote as if under the influence of amatory forces; even if, in the spring of 1968,