Emily Scott Robinson

★★★★ American Siren OH BOY. CD/DL

A vividly melancholic Colorado singersongwriter, Robinson’s winsome story songs straddle folk and Americana with a purity that eradicates any hint of tweeness. Awash with random characters and wry observations, her narratives and a persuasive way with a chorus often call to mind Iris Dement, while her best songs – cinematic anthem Lost Woman’s Prayer and highly charged Every Day In Faith – sound like well-established country classics. .