Emily Martin and her band is a blend of intrepid lyrics and modern folk-mountain sound, born in Asheville, North Carolina. Cheeky-haunting originals collage with covers that explore the edge where change and tradition meet, asking open-ended questions.
Emily found Sarah Schultz (violin, mandolin, vocals, keys) and Bryan Streett (guitar, harmonica, vocals) through the good grace of fate, but her sister Charlotte Martin (vocals) cinched the line-up, and Josh Anderson joined in 2024 adding bass guitar to the sound. While occasionally calling on other local musicians to provide drums and pedal steel for performances and recording, the band is a collaborative force inspired by Em’s original songwriting.
Emily and her band can be found performing mainly in the WNC region under the name Innocent Mischief. Having a penchant for the sweet spots of arrangement and connection, their sound is tinged with nostalgia and leaves a hopeful resonance. She weaves themes of personal evolution, levity, and enigmatic cycles of living in her writing—the collection reverberates a soulful-vulnerable yet cynical realness. Innocent Mischief creates music that guides audiences to listen more deeply and move in a restorative direction towards their own human nature.