Emily ritz has been a fixture in the Bay Area music scene since she moved there in 2006. The native New Yorker left for California right after high school to study painting and film making at California College of the Arts. Embraced by the music community in SF, Emily found her place there as a performer. She continued to tour and put out albums with the Bay as her home base long after graduating from college. You may recognize her from bands Honeycomb, DRMS, or her more recent project with Kacey Johansing, Yesway. Since her recent move back East to Hudson NY, Emily has been performing under her own name for the first time. Refreshed and energized by her new environment, Emily’s music is constantly evolving. With less odd metered fingerpicking and more rhythmic strumming, her songs are moving in a new direction though her sound is still very much influenced by her time in California. With a heavy delay on her electric guitar and dreamy vocals, you can expect a lush and powerful live performance.

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