Emily DeLoach
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Music
Press
“…a deep sound that blends elements of Tracy Chapman, Natalie Mercahnt and Narah Jones…” - The Birmingham News
"What they hear is what you will hear Saturday night if you're lucky enough to get a ticket: wry, well-observed lyrics over substantial melodies, wrought by a voice reminding some of Sarah McLachlan and others of Joan Armatrading."
-Courtney Haden, Birmingham Weekly - Birmingham Weekly
“This young thing is a singer’s singer and an old sould to boot…Newbies, take note: once this girl starts singing..you’re going to want to follow her home to Nashville.” - The Black and White
“She’s got a tremendous voice with a lot of natural soul and individuality. There are a lot of people who try to sound like what she sounds like, but hers is natural. When you hear her voice, you think it’s somebody who’s been doing it for years and years.” - singer Kevin Derryberry - www.kevinderryberry.com
Listening to Nashville artist Emily DeLoach’s enchanting early recordings, we are reminded of the first time we heard some of Nashville’s most significant exports of the last 10 years, like Mindy Smith and Josh Rouse. Not because she sounds anything like them (her style’s closer to Jolie Holland or pre-fame Paula Cole), but because, like the aforementioned artists, Emily has a completely realized sense of her artistic self. We’re willing to bet she’ll follow their lead to international recognition. – The Nashville Rage (Jason Wilkins)
- The Nashville Rage
Discography
Emily DeLoach - self titled EP 2002
New release in progress
*new songs are available for streaming on artist's website or may be heard on WRVU Nashville or Lightning 100 - Local Lightning.
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Bio
The woman can wield the language with the best of them; her work reflects her literary influences and emphatic passion for her craft. But Emily's voice has been commanding ears and raising eyebrows for years. Even from her early success in her hometown of Birmingham, AL, audiences could tell that their was something different about her music. A gorgeous blend of the jazz influences that shaped Emily's style and modern voices such as Patty Griffin, Aimee Mann and Damien Rice, she lets songs have a life of their own on stage.
Emily's songs are so good, in part, because they're crafted to be sung - a departure at a time when many vocals get croaked out as afterthoughts to clever but cumbersome lyrics. The result marries intimate, intelligent songs to intimate, intelligent vocals. Her songs cover much ground with stories of love gained, imagined, lost and hoped for, a heart seizing faith, and the tug of war between independence and intimacy. DeLoach's music succeeds in erasing the boundaries between folk, blues, rock and jazz, in the same way that her honest voice transcends era.
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