about
Emily Stewart plays original tunes rooted in the folk, country, and blues traditions of the Deep South. She first discovered her voice while perched in a South Alabama church pew as a child, and her vocal stylings pay tribute to the trailblazing southern sirens whose voices first enchanted her as she learned to make biscuits in her grandma’s kitchen.
Her roots as a writer also reach back to her hometown, Alabama’s literary capital, where she was raised by writers in the belly of her family’s newspaper and commissioned as a columnist before even growing tall enough to reach the employee time clock. With lyrics and melodies that channel the strength of Odetta, the delicate twang of Kitty Wells, and the forthright softness of Loretta Lynn, Emily finds a song in every story.
Now based in Greensboro, North Carolina, Emily travels regionally and nationally, singing and playing guitar, banjo, and harmonica. As a member of The Greensboro Sound Artist Collective, she thrives in collaborative spaces—whether co-writing, backing up other musicians, or sharing skills with fellow artists as part of a creative mutual aid network.
When she’s not onstage, Emily offers Vibrational Therapy at her Greensboro healing studio, In Tune Reiki & Healing Vibrations, where she blends Sound Healing, Reiki, Astrology, and Tarot in one-on-one sessions, classes, workshops, and trainings. With a longtime passion for channeling and divination, she holds sacred space for the otherworldly spiritual and emotional currents that flow through every session and song, inviting listeners into a space of transcendental presence—where music becomes a bridge between memory and spirit.
Emily has performed with Magpie Thief (an acoustic indie folk duet), The Grand Ole Uproar (a six-piece lowland country rock outfit), and numerous songwriter collaborations including Pete Pawsey, Josh Watson, Laura Jane Vincent, Stephen Beck, Ashley Virginia, Matty Sheets, Tom Troyer, and Shannon Dawn O’Connor. She has shared stages with acts such as Horse Feathers, Hope for Agoldensummer, Lowland Hum, David Childers, Margo Price, and The Way Down Wanderers.
