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Emily Robb is a Philadelphia-based musician known for her free-form electric guitar. Her playing has the ability to combine feverish smacks of rock riffs with focused lyricism and loose repetition. Her live show is a ride - a sermon in the House of Guitar - with brief evocations of The Velvet Underground, Henry Flynt, and Tetuzi Akiyama’s Don’t Forget To Boogie. Whilst Emily often utilizes learned scales, popularly heard-before chords and ideas from her heroes, (you might even hear someone's infamous riff in the middle of her set), her music comes out sounding like a novel, glowing, ranting, loving rock 'n' roll poem. The Washington Post explained her set opening for Mdou Moctar as "raucous solo instrumentals [that] ranged through 20th-century guitar history from raga-rock string-bending to a Chuck Berry-style vamp that expanded into a wall of sound.”

Fall of 2023 saw Emily's second solo release, If I Am Misery Then Give Me Company, on the Petty Bunco label, as well as a split LP with Bill Nace on Open Mouth Records, both of which sold briskly to a growing audience. Emily maintains a steady touring schedule, often with her partner Richie Charles accompanying her on electric organ and sometimes performing in collaborative duos (Bill Nace, Bill Orcutt, Anne Ishii). In addition to exploring solo guitar, Emily has a long history of involvement with bands in both Philadelphia and Montreal, including Astute Palate, Louie Louie and Lantern. She insistently pushes the boundaries of both forms, tirelessly searching for areas of expansion. Stay tuned for her upcoming recordings and events...

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