“What Brought Me Back to Music”

Bridget Bakie
Nov 4 · 1 min read
Emily Ashenden at Rubulad, a DIY music venue in Brooklyn — photo by Bridget Bakie

Emily Ashenden is an actor and musician living in New York City. She studied Drama at the New School in Manhattan, but currently lives in Brooklyn. She is the singer of her band Ashjesus, who just released an EP last week. Although Comedic theater has been her passion since childhood, Emily’s new band has been her main focus for the past several months. In this segment, she explains how forming Ashjesus was a big step in her life, because of a tragedy that scared her away from music her freshmen year of college. She also talks about how dealing with loss and pain has advanced her writing with both theater and music, taking into account the complexities of emotion and humor.

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