Emma Swift

Emma Swift is an Australian singer-songwriter.[1] Before becoming a musician, she was a radio broadcaster, hosting Americana music show In the Pines on FBi Radio[2] and Revelator on Double J at Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney, Australia.[3]

Emma Swift
Background information
Born (1981-12-15) 15 December 1981
OriginSydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresIndie

Career

In 2013, Swift relocated to Nashville, Tennessee.[4]

Swift recorded her self-titled debut EP in Nashville with producer Anne McCue. It was released in 2014 and was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2014.[5]

Swift has toured the US, Australia, UK, and Europe with Robyn Hitchcock, and they have released two singles together, "Follow Your Money" in 2015 and "Love Is a Drag" in 2016, produced by Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub.[6] Swift also performed backing vocals along with Gillian Welch and Pat Sansone of Wilco on Hitchcock's 2017 self-titled album.

Swift opened for Ryan Adams in Australia in 2016.[7]

In 2018, Swift released a split 7-inch single with Pony Boy (the recording pseudonym of Los Angeles singer-songwriter Marchelle Bradanini). Both musicians covered songs by Neil Young; Swift covered "Mellow My Mind," from Young's 1975 album Tonight's the Night, while Pony Boy covered "Like a Hurricane" from 1977's American Stars 'n Bars.[8]

In 2020, Swift released an album of Bob Dylan covers, Blonde on the Tracks.[9]

Discography

Studio albums
List of studio albums, with release date and label shown
Title Details Peak chart positions
AUS
[10]
Blonde on the Tracks
  • Released: 14 August 2020[11][9]
  • Label: Tiny Ghost Records (TG-03)
  • Format: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
 9

Extended plays
Title Details
Emma Swift
  • Released: July 2014[12][13][14]
  • Label: Laughing Outlaw (LOR167CD)
  • Format: CD, digital download

Singles
Year Title
2015 "Follow Your Money" (with Robyn Hitchcock)
2016 "Love Is a Drag" (with Robyn Hitchcock)
2018 "Mellow My Mind" b/w Pony Boy, "Like a Hurricane"

References
  2. "Emma Swift". in the pines.
  3. "bio".
  4. Valdés López, Sam J. (29 October 2014), "Interview: Emma Swift", Sloucher
  5. Zuel, Bernard (7 October 2014), "Chet Faker and his beard are set to rule ARIAs", The Sydney Morning Herald
  6. Lepidus, Harold (15 November 2016), "Emma Swift on her New Record with Robyn Hitchcock", No Depression
  7. Hallsworth, Nick (8 December 2016), "Ryan Adams' one night in Sydney was a many splendoured thing", Faster Louder Junkee
  8. Trageser, Stephen (22 February 2018). "Cream Premiere: Hear Emma Swift and Pony Boy Cover Neil Young on Their Split 7-Inch". Nashville Scene. Nashville, Tennessee. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
  9. "Emma Swift: Blonde on the Tracks review - illuminating, intimate Bob Dylan covers". The Guardian. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  10. "Blonde on the Tracks". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  11. "Blonde on the Tracks". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  12. Zuel, Bernard (18 July 2014), "Country twang from across the globe", The Sydney Morning Herald
  13. Glorfeld, Jeff (31 July 2014), "Emma Swift, CD review", The Sydney Morning Herald
  14. Costello, David (9 August 2014), "Emma Swift", Courier Mail
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