“I love rap music and Vivaldi. Nina Simone and Biggie Smalls make my world go round.”I recently saw Emily Wells open for The Tallest Man On Earth, and what I saw of her set was excellent. It was so excellent that it prompted me to look more into her as an artist. She’s coming out [...]
Emily Wells is set to release a new EP of her classically-spiked indie rock. Dirty is set for a May 26th release on Wells' own label.The track listing for Dirty looks someting like this:Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well & the Requiem MixSymphony 4: America's Mercy WarJuicySymphony 9 & the Sunshine (remix)Whiskey & RagsTake It Easy San FranciscoEmily Wells' websiteEmily Wells' Myspace
Up and comer, Emily Wells is set to release a new EP, Dirty, on May 26. The six track disc promises to continue in Wells' unique blend of classical, hip-hop and experimental music, as well as her on-going Symphony track series, including a remix of her "Symphony 9 and the Sunshine."She also throws in a cover of Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy" which can be heard on her myspace page. Wells also gave N...
Miri Ben-Ari was supposed to be the next big classical hip hop violinist, too bad Emily Wells is showing her up. Before judging a book by its cover, hip hop and classical music can sound amazing together. After being featured in Spin's "Breaking Out," I Googled her, listened to her music, and my jaw dropped (all in this order). The music sent shivers down my back. Her voice is hauntingly dramat...
Up and comer, Emily Wells is set to release a new EP, Dirty, on May 26. The six track disc promises to continue in Wells' unique blend of classical, hip-hop and experimental music, as well as her on-going Symphony track series, including a remix of her "Symphony 9 and the Sunshine."She also throws in a cover of Notorious B.I.G.'s "Juicy" which can be heard on her myspace page. Wells also gave N...
The most interesting class I am taking this semester is called "the rhetoric of war and peace" (no, not the book, but the concepts). In this class we are going to examine how people make arguments for or against war and why they are successful or unsuccessful. Pretty interesting, right? I think so. Plus the professor is excellent, so that helps. The main paper of this class involves choosi...
Emily Wells is an anomaly among musicians most of whom spend their careers striving for a major label deal. Before she was old enough to vote, a major label was courting Wells, two music-publishing companies were competing for the rights to her songs and she was recording with award winning producers. By the time she was legally buying her first drink, however, Emily had chosen a different path...
Emily Wells is set to release a new EP of her classically-spiked indie rock. Dirty is set for a May 26th release on Wells' own label.The track listing for Dirty looks someting like this:Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well & the Requiem MixSymphony 4: America's Mercy WarJuicySymphony 9 & the Sunshine (remix)Whiskey & RagsTake It Easy San FranciscoEmily Wells' websiteEmily Wells' Myspace