Emma-Lee


Emma-Lee is a Canadian pop singer, songwriter and photographer from Toronto, Ontario. She is considered a mezzo-soprano and is a self-taught vocalist. She has written hit songs for other artists in both the pop and country genres.

Early life

Emma-Lee was born in Toronto and raised in Markham, Ontario. She started playing guitar at age 14 and credits her father for teaching her. She soon began writing her own songs.

Published works

Albums

Never Just a Dream
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, Norah Jones and Feist. 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."
Emma-Lee's song "That Sinking Feeling" was featured as the single of the week on iTunes Canada.
In November 2016 she released her first Christmas recording "It Won't Be Christmas" to radio and iTunes.
''Backseat Heroine''
On February 7, 2012, she released her long awaited second album Backseat Heroine, co-produced by Emma-Lee, Karen Kosowski and Marc Rogers. The album features collaborations with Nicole Atkins, Jill Barber and Luke Doucet. Most of the album was tracked at The Chalet, a studio near Uxbridge, Ontario. Backseat Heroine blends multiple musical genres including pop, country, soul and rock. According to her online biography, "Emma-Lee's goal was to make a record that lived and breathed in its own world and could cross genres while still being a soundscape that was complete from start to finish."

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

TitleArtistAlbumLabel
She Drives Me CrazyBrett KisselNow or NeverWarner Music Canada
HummingbirdBrett KisselNow or NeverWarner Music Canada
Country ThunderThe Washboard UnionSingleWarner Music Canada
Memphis T-ShirtMelanie DyerSingleUniversal Australia
WastedSam DrysdaleSingleWarner Music Canada
Wild At HeartThe AbramsReminderWarner Music Canada
CareWhitney WoerzSingle600 Volt
How It’s DoneKendra KaySingleIndependent
WastedSam DrysdaleSingleWarner Music Canada
SwerveSamara YungSingleIndependent
Over MeMichelle TreacyInsaneIndependent
What A Song Should DoTim HicksNew TattooOpen Road Recordings
So Fresh & LegsStacey Kay11 O'Clock NumberIndependent
The StoryLeah DanielsThe StoryLDM Entertainment
I Don't Wanna KnowKira IsabellaSidesCreator
AnthemBrett KisselWe Were That SongWarner Music Canada
No Last CallDan DavidsonFound
Pony Up & Jim, Jack, Johnnie & JoseNice HorseA Little UnstableCoalition Entertainment
ColoursMichelle TreacySingleSony Music Canada
You Don't Know How To Love Me, Shake!Mike ToddGood Man Independent
Live On Your LoveSATERed Black & BlueCLK Creative Works
CrushMadeline MerloFree SoulOpen Road Recordings
I'm So Over Getting Over YouKira IsabellaSingleSony Music Canada
Salt WaterLeah DanielsWhat It Feels LikeIndependent
A Little Bit Goes A Long WayRiver Town SaintsSingleOpen Road Recordings
Only The Strong SurviveAleeSingleWax Records
SawdustVictoria DuffieldAccelerateWarner Music Canada
Pick Me Up, Dust Me OffCarleton StoneDraws BloodGroundswell Music
One More LightAleeThis Road Goes EverywhereIndependent
Cabin Fever & Man Up!Tia BrazdaCabin FeverRebeluck Records
SheetsCarleton StoneCarleton StoneGroundswell Music
Fall ApartSabrina CarpenterSingleIndependent