Emily Scott Robinson plus J.M. Clifford
City Winery Philadelphia presents Emily Scott Robinson plus J.M. Clifford live on Friday, April 3rd at 7:30pm.
“Colorado singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson mixes folk and country with gorgeous, clear-eyed examinations of faith, hope and regret.” — NPR
On her third album with Oh Boy Records, and her fifth since beginning her career a decade ago, Emily Scott Robinson once again unveils her mastery as a performer and storyteller. With her 2026 release Appalachia — recorded at Dreamland Recording Studios with Grammy-nominated producer Josh Kaufman — Robinson opens herself up to experimentation and sings in her crystal-clear voice about resilience, love, grief and hope.
Robinson’s talent is no surprise to the music industry — she’s now a veteran touring artist, both at home and abroad. Her records Traveling Mercies (2019) and American Siren (2021) each landed high on Rolling Stone’s “Best Country and Americana Albums” and Stereogum’s “10 Best Country Albums” year-end lists. She’s been lauded by the Washington Post, Billboard, American Songwriter and No Depression, and earned the 19th spot on NPR’s “100 Best Songs of 2021” with her song “Let ‘Em Burn.”
It was her 2020 release “The Time for Flowers,” an anthem of hope recorded at home in the midst of the global pandemic, that caught the attention of Oh Boy Records, the independent label founded by John Prine in 1981. Robinson jumped at the opportunity to join the free-spirited and beloved record label carrying on her hero’s legacy.
Robinson believes the songs on Appalachia are the best she’s ever written — she sings about her grandmother slipping into dementia, a cash-only saloon full of characters, and gratitude for life, despite its hardships. The album features a duet with Grammy winner John Paul White that celebrates the kind of love that comes with scars and age, and a hymn for anyone who’s ever failed or fallen short.
“There’s this thing I do with every record I make,” she says. “I knit a prayer into it, and I ask for all these songs to find their way to everyone who needs them. I ask these songs to be of service, to help people find and experience joy. J.M. Clifford is a singer-songwriter and music educator from Brooklyn, NY. His music draws on Bluegrass, Folk and Americana. Clifford’s debut record, “On a Saturday Night,” was featured in The Bluegrass Situation and received rave reviews from Bluegrass Today and Holler Country. “Complicated Man,” the first single from his upcoming record “Trains, Thinkin’ and Drinkin’”, made Ear to the Ground Music’s Top 20 songs of 2023 list.Clifford was an Official Showcase Artist at the 2023 IBMA Business Conference in Raleigh, NC. His single “Slow Rolling Train” earned him a spot in the final round of the 2023 Rocky Mountain Songwriting Festival. Clifford was also selected to perform at the 2022 and 2023 IBMA Songwriter Showcase. He has toured nationally, opening shows for Ron Pope in the Winter of 2024, and has performed at The Outpost in North Carolina, The Highlands Bluegrass Festival in New York, and the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival in Maine. His 2024 Summer Tour schedule includes a performance at the Podunk Bluegrass band completion and headlining slots at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn, NY Lilly Ps in Cambridge, MA and Nick-A-Nees in Providence, RI.Clifford’s upcoming record was produced by platinum-selling artist Ron Pope and features Bronwyn Keith-Hynes (fiddle), Seth Taylor (guitar), Jeff Partin (dobro), and Jeff Picker (bass). Singles from the record have been featured on Spotify’s Indy Bluegrass and New Grass playlists and the Amazon Music’s Pickin’ On playlist. When he’s not leading crowds in song, Clifford leads his students as a NYC elementary school music teacher.
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