Emma-Lee
Emma-Lee is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitar player and photographer[1] based in Toronto, Ontario. She released her debut album Never Just a Dream in 2008 to critical acclaim from the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail. The album was picked up by Bumstead Records and re-released on March 3, 2009. Her vocal style is frequently compared to k.d. lang,[2] Norah Jones[3] and Feist.[4] No Depression Magazine described Never Just a Dream as "an album so full of ideas and potential that it is hard to know how to properly frame a description of its contents. It is a collection of songs that is far more than the sum of its influences" and dubbed her "the voice to remember from 2009".
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[edit] Career
Emma-Lee's song "That Sinking Feeling" was featured as the single of the week on iTunes Canada[5] and was placed in the 2010 film Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?.[6] Also from the album Never Just a Dream, her song "Flow" was placed in an episode of CBC's "The Border" and "Degrassi: The Next Generation". A single written by Emma-Lee and Karen Kosowski called "Shot in the Dark" was featured in the HBO Canada mini-series Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures.
[edit] Voice Surgery
In 2006 Emma-Lee had a lump on her thyroid gland which required a surgery that risked vocal cord paralysis.[7] In 2008 she developed a polyp on her vocal cords which also required surgery. The two incidences were unrelated and she has since recovered from both.
[edit] Early life
Emma-Lee was born in Toronto, ON and grew up in Markham, ON.
[edit] Awards
Emma-Lee's song "Until We Meet Again" from the album Never Just a Dream was chosen in the 9th annual Independent Music Awards as "best love song"[8]
[edit] Discography
- 2004: The Waiting Room (EP)
- 2005: The Sneak Peak (EP)
- 2008: Never Just a Dream
- 2009: Never Just a Dream (Re-release on Bumstead Records)
- 2012: Backseat Heroine (eOne Music Canada)
[edit] References
- ^ "Toronto singer Emma-Lee ready for her close-up". thestar.com. 2009-03-01. http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/594464. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ "Emma Lee's Never Just a Dream - Americana and roots music". No Depression. 2009-05-05. http://www.nodepression.com/profiles/blogs/emma-lees-never-just-a-dream-1. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ "Album Review: Emma-Lee - Never Just a Dream | Music". ShowbizMonkeys.com. http://www.showbizmonkeys.com/music.php?id=847. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ "NOW Magazine // Music // EMMA-LEE". Nowtoronto.com. http://www.nowtoronto.com/music/discs.cfm?content=164195. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ "Free iTunes 2008 - MacRumors Forums". Forums.macrumors.com. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=407744. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
- ^ soundtrack, IMDB.com. Retrieved August 2011
- ^ "Emma-Lee: Take nothing for granted :: Music". VUE Weekly. 2009-11-11. http://vueweekly.com/music/story/emmalee_take_nothing_for_granted/. Retrieved 2011-08-12.
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