Sidney country singer-songwriter Emma Robbins has put out her first solo album at the age of 80, after hanging up her hat for decades.

The album titled, , came out Nov. 12 and features nine songs that Robbins began recording two years ago.

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Robbins has always loved music and started singing at competitions when she was 10 years old. She finished in third place at the first singing contest she entered, which was put on by the Capital Co-op Jamboree in Fredericton, N.B. She害羞草研究所檇 return to take first place at the jamboree at the age of 16.

Earl Mitton & The Valley Rhythm Boys had Robbins join the group as their female vocalist from 1958 to 1960. The band performed weekly on CHSJ-TV.

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Robbins took a break from music when she was pregnant with her first child in 1961.

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Robbins also sang with the Legenders for a short period in 1965.

She eventually put her music career on pause to raise her family.

Robbins said her son James encouraged her to finally record the album that she began writing in 2007.

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