The East Texas songwriter is earning praise for new album Blue Stars . He'll celebrate by making his Grand Ole Opry debut Vincent Neil Emerson ’s mind is always racing, with one big exception. If he’s creating new music, the East Texas native is at ease. “Songwriting is a great form of therapy for someone who has trouble dealing with things, and I’ve had that problem in the past,” Emerson says. Now, in a career that’s pushing a decade, he’s finding his words are coming easier than they ever have. On Friday, he illustrates what he’s talking about with the release of Blue Stars , his fourth studio album and first since 2023’s The Golden Crystal Kingdom , via the independent label La Honda Records. “I wrote pretty much all these songs within the span of a couple of weeks. I write once in a while, but maybe once a year, I’ll sit down and have a creative spurt and write hard for a few weeks.” The 12-track Blue Stars represents Emerson’s most complete project to date.…