Emma Langford performs at Quiet Lights festival in Cork on 19 November.

The songwriter gladly dances across genres rarely pausing long enough to be put in a box. Her writing is a celebration of trad and folk genres, and her performance delicately interweaves jazz, pop and theatrical nuance.

In 2017 Langford created her debut album ‘Quiet Giant’, embarking then on a whirlwind world-tour which lasted right up to 2019.

Although the events of 2020 brought travel to a screeching halt, Emma has not slowed down. In just four years she wrote and independently released two highly acclaimed full-band records, Quiet Giant (2017) and Sowing Acorns (2020), which laid the groundwork for a bright and busy future. 2021 has seen the artist pursue endless creative projects and collaborations - most notably, she is a member of the Irish Women in Harmony Collective, and has also lent her voice to the character of the “last princess of Ireland” Aedan Cara on a musical-theatre-style concept album, ‘Colours’ written by Irish-English composer Charli Eglinton which was released in April of 2021.

Langford made the bold move of releasing an album at the height of a pandemic - Sowing Acorns landed in September 2020. Having bided her time long enough now, she is raring to go and share the album on stage before her live and beloved audience - heckling and singing along are welcome, nay encouraged.