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Contributed by: Tracie Jackson on 6/1/2007

After touring the West Coast, the richly talented and resolutely indie artist Emily Wells of Highland Parkreturns home to Los Angeles for a special performance at 8 p.m. Friday, June 8 at the Hotel Café .

"The road creates a bubble where time stops and each day is an adventure. There is nothing like getting to play your songs to a new audience every night, " muses Wells as she, a bit road weary, talks about touring while planning for her myriad upcoming shows and music festivals this summer in support of her latest release Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks.

Songs from the record can be heard on Los Angeles' Indie 103.1FM and continues to garner rave reviews from critics and listeners alike.
"Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks has some of the best, most well-written music and gorgeous female vocals ever," lauds Reviewer magazine.

Performer magazine includes Wells as a Spotlight Artist with a full-page article in it's May issue, which further extols the artist's gifts, "The album's instrumental complexity sets it apart from more traditional folk ... her vocals are playful, fluctuating between fragile and precious, mischievous and seductive... Wells' Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks overflows with creativity and expressiveness, serving as the perfect reminder to never lose your creative control."

Wells attributes the decision to walk away from a major label deal, offered when she was still in her teens, to her need for creative control. Wells has made great strides in her career in spite of, or perhaps because of, the fact that she remains the epitome of a DIY artist; she releases, produces, records, mixes, and writes the songs herself, playing all but the drum and bass parts (Wells has included two talented musicians with whom she has recorded and plays live, Sam Halterman (drums) and Joey Reina (upright bass) for the 14 tracks on Beautiful Sleepyhead and the Laughing Yaks.

In addition to her latest record, Wells has composed and recorded the score for a short film called In the Spotlight, a punk rock, film-noir fairy tale, which will screen at this year's Outfest Film Festival in Los Angeles.

In the Spotlight is directed by Hilary Goldberg, and stars Clint Catalyst, Guinevere Turner and Michelle Tea.

"Scoring this movie allowed me to realize the classical side of my musical desires. I love creating instrumental music because I'm able to get outside of my lyrical walls," remarks Wells.

In addition to scoring short films, Wells' has written 10 new songs that, as of now, can only be heard at one of her live shows. On Friday, June 8,Wells will play live at The Hotel Café, located at 1623 ½ N. Cahuenga Blvd, just south of Hollywood Blvd.

Tickets are $5 and are available at the door. The show starts at 8 p.m. and the audience will undoubtedly be treated to her stories from the road, her latest dream life, and new songs from one of the most talented young artists in today's music scene.

For more info rmation, go to www.emilywellsmusic.com or www.myspace.com/emilywells.

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