Emily Sanzaro: ‘Storytelling is a big part of my performance’

‘The program is really a representation of me and my journey — songs I love, that have brought me to where I am. There’s a wide mix: originals I wrote at MONA, jazz and blues pieces, Celtic traditional music, and some contemporary covers — probably from the ’90s, because I love that era.’

Ben Hauptmann, what would you say to a total stranger to get them to come to your gig tonight?

“By paying attention to what I liked about my own playing and focusing on developing that, I naturally created a mash-up of everything I love about music. All the greatest players, recordings, and gigs I’ve experienced filter through me — and what I love about all of that became my voice, my sound.”