Emm Gryner’s playlist

Emm Gryner is one of the most independent women in Canadian music. This Sarnia, Ontatio native released her first two albums by her lonesome, before being picked up by Mercury Records in 1998.

When the drama of record label mergers became too much to handle, Emm grabbed the wheel and took her career into her own hands. She returned to her indie beginnings and founded her own label, Dead Daisy Records.

“Major labels ignore great music, and I’m too impatient to wait for other people to do things for me, so I started the label,” Emm says, headstrong.

Since then, Emm has self-produced nine more albums, one EP, earned herself two Juno nominations and toured with an impressive cast of characters that includes Sarah Mclachlan, Alanis Morissette, The Cardigans, Jann Arden, and the legendary David Bowie.

“Insane and wonderful. Inspiring and challenging,” she says, remembering her tour days with Bowie. “It was great fun running all over Europe and getting to hang with famous people. I am grateful for the time with him. His music will always mean something a little different to me.”

Here are five songs that also mean a little something to Emm.

Cobrastyle – Robyn

Time To Pretend – MGMT

Let Me Know – Roisin Murphy

(You’re) Having My Baby – Paul Anka

No Cars Go – Vitaminsforyou

Emm Gryner’s  spring/summer tour dates:

May 27 Sarnia, ON Cheeky Monkey Record Store

June 18 Montreal, QC Montreal Folk Fest Sur Le Canal

July 16 London, ON Home County Folk Festival

Posted by Marc Andrew on May 4 2011. Filed under Celebrity Playlist. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.