Emma Langford is an Irish singer-songwriter from Caherdavin, in north Limerick City. She works in folk and pop, and her debut album, Quiet Giant, comes out in 2017.

Career

Emma Langford receives the Best Emerging Artist award at the inaugural RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards for Quiet Giant, and wins the RTÉ Folk Award for Best Emerging Artist in 2018. In later years, she is twice nominated for Best Folk Singer.

She makes her US debut in 2019 at Milwaukee Irish Fest, described as the world’s largest celebration of Irish music, as part of an international tour. In the same year, she becomes the first recipient of the Dolores O’Riordan Bursary, an award set up in memory of the Limerick-born singer to support creative arts projects in the city.

Her second album, Sowing Acorns, is released in 2020.

Recognition and projects

In 2021, Langford receives the Music Network RESONATE residency and an Arts Council Agility Award to support an ongoing musical exploration of women in Irish history.