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Hometown	Nashville, TN
Genres	Folk, Pop
Band Members	Annalise Emerick
Achievements	» more
Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Artist / Band Member Annalise Emerick Annalise@AnnaliseEmerick.com 9702014066
# Years Experience Performing Live:	8
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	50
Venue History:	The Midway Cafe - Jamaica Plain, MA The Skinny Pancake - Burlington , VT Jitter's Cafe - Southington, CT Nectar's - Burlington, VT Solarfest Singer-Songwriter Competition - Tinmouth, VT Black Potatoe Music Festival - Clinton, NJ Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel (Boston, MA) - Boston, MA Taste Budd's - Red Hook, NY The Bitter End - New York, NY Czehoski - Toronto, ON Mocha Mayaas - Shelburne Falls, MA The Vanilla Bean Cafe - Pomfret, CT Port City Blue - Portland, ME Boulder Coffee Co. - Rochester, NY Lovin Cup - Rochester, NY Cafe Verde - Lawrence, MA Bella Luna Cafe & Milky Way Lounge - Jamaica Plain, MA Carney's - Cape May, NJ The Haven - Jamaica Plain, MA The Harvest Cafe - Hudson, MA Funky Monkey Cafe & Gallery - Cheshire, CT Radio Bean - Burlington, VT Johnny D's - Someville, MA Gizzi's - New York, NY National Underground - New York , NY The Nameless Coffeehouse - Cambridge, MA Cantab Lounge - Cambridge, MA Hard Rock Cafe - Boston, MA
Opener Experience:	Ellis Paul
Similar Artists:	Ingrid Michaelson; Brandi Carlile; Regina Spektor; Patty Griffin
Performing Rights Society:	BMI
Discography:	Starry-Eyed EP—2011

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On “This Love Won’t Break Your Heart,” one of the brightly optimistic tracks on Annalise Emerick’s highly acclaimed debut EP, Starry-Eyed, the Boston based singer-songwriter engages a few bars from “Auld Lang Syne” in a tale about spending the perfect...

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Achievements

Pop Finals Grand Prize Winner June 2014

Reached 23rd in Best of Pop chart in 2016. In the top 100 for 13 weeks.

Reached 35th in Best of Pop chart in 2015. In the top 100 for 23 weeks.

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Annalise Emerick - Starry-Eyed by Sarah Ruggiero
On her album Starry-Eyed, singer-songwriter Annalise Emerick blends folk music with pop sensibilities as she crafts melodies as pretty as her name. The album follows the story of a young woman who learns to stand her own ground and rely on herself, but without sounding jaded. Emerick opens the album with You Win, a breakup song to her dear Nashville-- the city that became the takeoff point for her career as a singer-songwriter. In the beginning, she admits she was “starry-eyed and full of hope,” but when she gets her heart broken, she knows better than to let others get the best of her. With its innocent and thoughtful lyricism, Starry-Eyed focuses some of its attention on looking back, like in I Came Around, which analyzes the should-haves of life and love and shows off Emerick’s tough side. But more importantly, the core of the album is about moving forward. Emerick has the soul of a traveller, and she’s not afraid to pick her life up and go when she needs to; She’s a Texan who has settled down in Nashville and Seattle before planting her roots in Boston, at least for the moment.

C.D. On Songs: Annual Crushmas Pageant by C.D. Di Guardia
We have long held New Year’s Eve as the cheesy consolation prize for the post-Christmas world. There’s one New Year’s Song, and that’s been done to death, right? Maybe. But Annalise Emerick breathes new life into a classic tune, interpolating it into her own original composition and bringing it someplace absolutely awesome that makes it feel like the electric confetti is falling all around us and it is simply the most glorious moment ever. The arc of “This Love Won’t Break Your Heart” ramps itself up the hill slowly, starting off as a quiet side conversation at a wholly average-sounding New Year’s party. Annalise Emerick’s vocal timbre is magnificently warm and sonorous, making a case for headphones. You want this sound as close to your face as possible. Even when heard on non-headphones, Emerick’s vocal leans inwards towards you, granting a feel of overall closeness that is fully satisfying and enervating. You can hear “into” her voice – and it is a marvelous place to be. The track’s finale is a world-wide-open sounding affair, as if the song creates a network of everyone who has ever heard it and everyone who might ever hear it and then plugs the network into their sound mixer, spilling forth an untold number of voices and sounds. The energy in the finale puts this song at “addiction” level and grants new context to the earlier strains upon second, third, and fourth listen. And so forth. You find yourself caring about these characters based upon almost nothing at all – they aren’t even characters, just voices – but they are voices you want to be closer to. You root for them to make it – even though you have no doubt they will.

C.D. On Songs Special Edition: All You Need is Lov by C.D. Di Guardia
There are a lot of love songs that are simple expressions of I love you/him/her and other variations on that theme. Heck, Axl even used to love her before he had to kill her. Thankfully – for many reasons – Axl never fell in love with Annalise Emerick. You, however, might. Emerick levels up past the classic “I love you” song and instead tells us a story of love, from the outside. Emerick seems like the detached storyteller, except it seems that she knows a few too many details of this particular story, and one of the protagonists is a singer. It’s kind of like when Stephen King has an author as a character and you’re all “I know it’s you, Stevie,” you’ll be all “OK, Annalise is a female in Boston singing about a female singer from Boston.” The guy in the story is a runner, which is a keen bit of foreshadowing. Emerick’s story is a poignant one of a dissolving romance, rendered all the more intimate by her apparent familiarity with the subject. Emerick’s vocal tone is superb – you want to listen to her on a variety of levels. One the most base level, her vocal timbre is so pleasing, you’d listen to her sing about anything – love, calamity physics, ice-fishing – it doesn’t matter. The story that Emerick winds is rich and detailed, leaving you leaning forward in your seat to find out what happens next, even if you’re not one for romance films, this is like one of those romance films that makes you think that even if you’re not the type that usually digs them, you dig this. And you will. NOTE: Zooey Deschanel will play Annalise Emerick in the film based upon this song. She will make this face a lot.

Cover Lay Down by Cover Lay Down
We don’t often get a chance to come back to our New Artists, Old Songs posts through featured artist coverage. But among the sweet, rich, soundtrack-ready original folkpop tracks on Starry Eyed, a 7-song EP from previously unheard-of Boston-by-Nashville songwriter Annalise Emerick which has caused me so much joy in my morning commute the past month, is a solid, folk-rockin’ cover of I Came Around that calls back to the vibrancy we felt in our 2008 post introducing songwriter Amie Miriello. There’s shades of Rosie Thomas here, too, and Ingrid Michaelson, and Regina Spektor, and the boston indiefolker crowd – all good stuff – and so, as bonus and balance, we also add a track from way at the other end of Emerick’s stunning sense of breadth and mastery: a quiet, surprising coda that earns our utmost respect for breathing new life into Ben E. King’s Stand By Me, an oft-sung tune that had previously struck us as too saccharine to cover with any depth. Thank Annalise for proving us wrong by snagging the whole EP in download or hard copy.

Music Discovery Podcast 9/20/11 by CD Baby
Annalise Emerick / “This Love Won’t Break Your Heart” from Starry-Eyed (Buy at CD Baby) This young Boston singer/songwriter is releasing her debut album this week, and it’s already getting big buzz. It’s made the top 10 on the Singer/Songwriter charts on iTunes it’s first day, and getting attention locally and nationally. Fans of Ingrid Michaelson will feel right at home.

Record Review: Annalise Emerick by Jillian Dennis-Skillings of Performer Magazine
Annalise Emerick Starry-Eyed Boston, MA (Self-released) “Sincere, heartfelt lyrics layered upon intricate arrangements” Annalise Emerick’s debut EP, Starry-Eyed, is one that is reminiscent of other singer/songwriters such as Ingrid Michaelson and Brandi Carlile. Starry-Eyed has been the center of conversation on many blog sites and caught the attention of listeners around the country. Each song on the EP has its own unique sound, ranging from upbeat rhythms to calming melodies. Emerick’s opening track, “You Win,” begins with an upbeat banjo-picking style accompanied by acoustic strumming, resulting in a catchy opening track. Although the catchy tracks are a fun listen, the slower ballads are the standout numbers that showcase Emerick’s vocal abilities and creativity. “Round and Round” and “Time of Day” prove that sometimes less is more, as Emerick’s strong vocals accompany an array of string pieces. “Time of Day” is a beautiful track that opens with a simple bass line and acoustic guitar. The song builds slowly and reaches its climax while strings and strong backing vocals catapult the music into an entirely different realm of excellence. Emerick’s music is relatable and undeniably good. She has been called a musical gypsy, as she seems to travel from city to city performing her songs. After listening to this EP, it is evident that she will gain a strong fan base wherever her travels takes her. Produced by Brad Hill Mastered by John Baldwin Recorded at Hill Studios www.annaliseemerick.com

SUMMER PREVIEW: NORTH BY NORTHEAST (NXNE) by Hillary Hughes of Dig Boston
MUSIC. FILM. INTERACTIVE. Sounds a bit like South By Southwest, doesn’t it? That’s because SXSW was the original template for Toronto’s NXNE, and the Texan juggernaut proved to be a great role model for its little sibling, that’s since grown into a veritable music force each June. Headliners include The Flaming Lips, Raekown & Ghostface Killah, Bad Religion, and Matthew Good, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg as far as names and genres are concerned. Hundreds of bands are crossing the Canadian border to fill the showcase lineups, and Animal Talk, Annalise Emerick, and Ariel Rubin will do Boston proud as our official reps in the NXNE Class of 2012.

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