Emily Kate Boyd's current musical project is JoyScout, learn more about her band at http://joyscout.net
"Standout performer" Atlanta Music Guide
"there is a mature, thought-provoking singer-songwriter at
work here all incredibly good songs that push the limits of
singer-songwriter artistry." Maverick Magazine UK
Boyd scribbles passionate narratives of broken lives and tales of sin and redemption all packed up in strange little country songs.
Her freshman effort,Paint My Heart White, released in March 2008, has gained the attention of an audience
reared on folk and alt-country influences Neil Young, Gillian Welch, Patty Griffin. PMHW has a few surprise guests on the album, including all-stars Shawn Mullins and Clay Cook (o/ Zack Brown Band).
Currently residing in Chattanooga,TN Boyd shares a song-writing community with the Atlanta, Georgia songwriting scene performing at venues like Eddie's Attic, producing artist like Zach Brown, Sonia Leigh, Michael Tolcher, Gareth Asher, Heather Luttrell and Caroline Herring.
EKB recorded Paint My Heart White at 800 East Studios in a remarkable six days, where producer/ aritist Clay Cook (of Zach Brown Band) engineered,
mixed, and performed on what he calls "a dark Joni Mitchell album". Special guests who added their talented voices to the album
include: Adrianne, Nate Borofsky (of Girlyman), Vanessa Olivarez, Nicholas Niespodziani and Mark Cobb (of Y-O-U), and Shawn Mullins.
Born in a small town Ringgold, Georgia, Emily Kate Boyd got her first try at live
performance in the living rooms and cafes of neighboring Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Following her move to Atlanta, EKB recorded Wonder EP in 2006 with producer and songwriter Molly Bancroft. Bancroft and Boyd co-wrote Red Dirt Diaries that same year.
