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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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.
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.
Emma-Lee was born in Toronto, ON and grew up in Markham, ON.
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]