“Unites the traditional and the modern in a stunning, beautiful fashion…”

—Pop Matters

Voice, gender, and breaking silence are at the heart of Emily’s music. Her intimate folk songs float between genres, telling candid stories on banjo and piano. She also writes compositions for voice and chamber ensemble, where history and the present day intertwine over intricate instrumental textures.

Emily is a founding member of The Early Mays, an old-time, vocal harmony trio that topped the National Folk-DJ charts and was featured twice on NPR’s Mountain Stage.


Ephemera Ballads

Chamber-folk piece that gives shape to ghosts of the Hudson Valley. For voice, banjo, flute, clarinet, electric guitar, piano and bass.

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Rounder Songs

Appalachian song cycle by Emily Pinkerton & Patrick Burke (New Amsterdam Records).

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LoOKING For Violeta

Original score for dramatic work about Chilean artists Violeta and Nicanor Parra with Quantum Theatre

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