SONGWRITER + COMPOSER
“Unites the traditional and the modern in a stunning, beautiful fashion…”
—Pop Matters
Stark melodies over banjo and piano. Candid stories about stretching your limits. Intimate folk songs that ask the listener to hear the past as part of the present.
Emily is a solo artist and a founding member of The Early Mays: an old-time, vocal harmony trio that topped the National Folk-DJ charts, won the Clifftop Neo-Traditional Band competition, and performed on NPR’s Mountain Stage.
Chamber-Folk Music
Ephemera Ballads
Upcoming Release: Spring 2026
Chamber composition that gives voice to ghosts of the Hudson Valley. For vocalist, banjo, flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano and bass.
Rounder Songs
Appalachian song cycle by Emily Pinkerton & Patrick Burke (New Amsterdam Records).
LoOKING For Violeta
Original score for dramatic work about Chilean artists Violeta and Nicanor Parra with Quantum Theatre
Original Songs
QUIET ANTHEMS
Upcoming Release in 2026
Finding my voice again in these raw ballads for piano…
The Early Mays
Appalachian-inspired songs with lush harmonies, fiddle, banjo, guitar and harmonium.