EMM GRYNER

'Emm Gryner' is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter.
Gryner was born in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario to a father of half Irish heritage[1][2] and a Filipina mother.
She graduated from Fanshawe College in London, Ontario after studying under its Music Industry Arts program, and released her first independent solo album, ''And Distrust It'', that year. She then moved to Toronto, and the following year formed her own label, Dead Daisy Records, through which she released her second album, and subsequently was signed to Mercury Records, under whom she released her album ''Public''.
After leaving the label, she released several more records under the Dead Daisy banner including the album ''Girl Versions'' made up of entirely covers, featuring heavy metal and rock tunes such as "Crazy Train" by Ozzy Osbourne and "Pour Some Sugar On Me" by Def Leppard. She toured extensively in David Bowie's backup band during 2000 and 2001. She also toured as part of the Swedish band The Cardigans in 2004 as keyboardist, guitarist and backing vocalist.
In 2005, she started a new band, Hot One, where she performs bass and vocals. Other Hot One members include Nathan Larson (guitar and vocals), film-score composer and guitarist with of Shudder to Think and Guided by Voices. Kevin March is Hot One's drummer and Jordan Kern plays guitar. Hot One was released in late August 2006.
Emm's latest studio album, ''The Summer of High Hopes'' was released in Ireland on May 12 2006 and in North America on September 26 2006.
Gryner also contributed vocals to the song "It's Always Raining in Dublin" on vitaminsforyou's 2006 album ''The Legend of Bird's Hill''. She contributed on the 2006 Oxfam album by The Cake Sale where the Cardigans' Nina Persson sings her song "Blackwinged Bird". She played the angel in the music video of "The Grace" by Neverending White Lights.
In June of 2007, she collaborated with jazz pianist D.D. Jackson for an episode of the CBC Radio concert series ''Fuse''. Gryner and Danny Michel also cohosted a summer series for CBC Radio One, ''Under the Covers''.

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Recognition by other musicians

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Recognition by other musicians

Nelly Furtado named Gryner's album ''Science Fair'' one of her desert island discs in a VH1 interview, and David Bowie named Gryner and Godspeed You! Black Emperor his two favorite Canadian acts during a promotional interview for his ''Reality'' album. In the November 2006 issue of ''Q Magazine'', celebrating the magazine's 20th anniversary, U2 frontman Bono recognized the track "Almighty Love" from Gryner's new album as one of six songs that he wished he had written from the last 20 years of music. ^[1] The American indie band +/- covered the song "Summerlong" for their EP, ''Holding Patterns''. Song "Angel" by Matt Nathanson is written about her.

External links

★ Emm Gryner official website

★ Hot One (band)

★ Dead Daisy record label]

References

1. The GATE - Emm Gryner gets a little love from U2's Bono