BIO:

Emily Drinker is an independent, award-winning singer-songwriter from Philadelphia. Her soulful brand of folk, pop, and rock goes down smooth, whether she’s performing with her powerhouse band, the Funky T, or in a more intimate format, incorporating live looping. Emily and the Funky T have worked together for a decade, performing as the house band on several cruise ships, and gracing hundreds of stages in Philadelphia and the surrounding area playing their original music. They have been featured by NPR Music, Philadelphia’s WXPN, Delaware Public Media, and played the main stage at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA, and many other regional festivals. In the last few years, Emily has opened for Pat Benatar, Rufus Wainwright, JD Souther (Linda Ronstadt, Eagles, James Taylor), Switchfoot, Joey Dosik (Vulfpeck) and Bakithi Kumalo (Paul Simon’s Graceland). The band is excited for a busy summer of performing and to release a new album later this year.