Chicago-based Emily Nott is a singer/songwriter with a deep folk and roots sound. She writes plaintive, poetic lyrics with earnest melodies inspired by the folk traditions she was raised in. She studied ballad singing in West Virginia and grew up playing folk music with her family in Michigan. She's inspired by poet songwriters like Gillian Welch, Connie Converse, and Judie Sill. She also plays with Chicago groups Joybird and Glass Mountain, and has shared a stage with Sam Amidon, Elizabeth Laprelle, Jim Lauderdale, Bruce Molsky, and the Brother Brothers. She was a 2018 recipient of a Chicago Arts and Culture grant for her debut album Time Before, which was received as “an incredible record...there is a stripped-down beauty to the work that [Emily is] doing that harkens back to a simpler time." (Chicago Crowd Surfer). Emily is currently a doctoral student in the department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is interested in the healing, liberatory capacities of arts education.
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Arts + Literature Laboratory is located at 111 S. Livingston Street #100, Madison, Wisconsin, 53703.
Our galleries are open Tuesday through Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday noon to 5pm, and other programs take place throughout the week. Please check the events calendar and education section for details.