Based out of the Washington metropolitan area, Emily Martin carries on a rich heritage of playing traditional Irish music on the mandolin and tenor banjo. She developed a love for Irish music as a teen and has traveled to Ireland many times since performing and attending festivals, competitions and music events. Her repertory comes from learning by ear and absorbing the vibrant stories and nuances of each tune and song, while her playing nods to the style of Angelina Carberry meets Andy Irvine. In 2010, she recorded an album produced by Alan Jabbour, the founding director of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, with her musical siblings of early American Old Time music. Her family band, The Martin Family was also awarded a substantial grant from the Maryland State Arts Council to record an album of their multi-decade span of performances of traditional Colonial music at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Emily has been playing and studying traditional Irish for over the past two decades. She has taught at internationally recognized camps and received first place at the Mid Atlantic Fleadh on tenor banjo and mandolin on several occasions.  In 2017, Emily was awarded a  Maryland State Arts Council apprenticeship with renowned Master Irish fiddler Brendan Mulvihill and continued studies and performances with him for several years after.