1. Emily Wells was born on November 20,1981 and is an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, arranger, and producer whose genres encompass alternative, experimental, hip-hop and classical.
11 Facts About Emily Wells
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Emily Wells's father was a music minister, and Wells began playing the violin at age four.
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Emily Wells was interviewed and performed "Symphony 1 in the Barrel of a Gun" on episode four of Last Call with Carson Daly, which aired through NBC on September 18,2009.
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In September 2010, after recently moving from Los Angeles to New York, Emily Wells was joined onstage by vocalist and harmonium player Shilpa Ray.
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Emily Wells released a free remixed version of Mama on Partisan, with remixers such as Jeremiah Jae, Kid Koala, Baths, and Deerhoof.
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That April 2012 she created a featured mixtape for Magnet Magazine, and Emily Wells has periodically performed live sessions for recording studios, websites, and radio stations, including Daytrotter in April 2012, WYNC's Soundcheck in May 2013, Laundro Matinee in October 2014, and KCRW in June 2013.
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Emily Wells has written tour diaries and articles for such publications as American Songwriter, Impose Magazine, and The Huffington Post, and she has appeared live multiple times on NPR, with an interview on All Songs Considered on April 4,2013, and a live performance on KCRW on July 11,2013.
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Emily Wells performed with The Roots and Aloe Blacc at the Rock the Clinton Global Initiative event that year as well.
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On March 27,2015, Emily Wells gave a well-received keynote at Hackfort2 at the fourth annual Treefort Music Fest in Boise, Idaho wherein she presented her methods of composition at the intersection of art and technology and the growth of her sensibility as a musician.
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Emily Wells was broadcast on air by WQXR in March 2015, when she performed at Ecstatic Music Festival for the 80th birthday party of Terry Riley, along with other musicians such as Marco Benevento, Nancy Whang, and Face the Music.
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In 2015, Emily Wells stated that amongst her influences are the music theorist John Cage, the minimalist composer Philip Glass, and the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan.