miss emmy brown_

miss emmy brown is definitely antifolk. She uses her distinctive rant to deliver potent and powerful lyrics. With her impressive range emmy's music is a roller coaster for your ears as it simultaneously repels you with its concepts and intense uncomfortable intimacy. Coy, flirtatious and honest emmy wears her song like the handicap of a childhood trauma.

Miss emmy brown is a singer songwriter originally from New Brunswick. She began playing open mic nights well before it was legal at O'Leary's pub in Saint John New Brunswick. Emmy was a published child poet joined the New Brunswick Music Industry Association (currently called Music/Musique New Brunswick) at the tender age of 15.

Emmy made her debut in the Halifax music scene in the late 90’s releasing a six song EP half-human oxymoron under her Acadian name Emily Leger with the help of Bill Dawe and Nomadic Sasquatch Records. Under the support of Greg Clark Emily Leger shared the stage with Lorraine Segato, John Southworth and Toronto's Roach Motel. Her debut EP received positive reviews in the Atlantic Gig, the Halifax Herald, the Coast and Here magazine. Emmy then moved to Gainesville, Florida and spent some time performing in Florida and in New York. Before she left for Florida she recorded another EP called Happyness. She made this recording with the help of Benn Ross, Lukas Pearse, Dave Christenson and Craig Sheppard.Happyness was released in Gainesville in 2001. In 2002 this EP won Second place in Music Composition from the University of Florida. Miss emmy brown went on to sell 1000 copies of this EP to the diverse music culture of Gainesville and New York. While in New York miss emmy brown shared the stage with Turner Cody and Joe Driscoll breaking into the surfacing antifolk music scene and lighting up the stage at the infamous Artland. Emmy is looking forward to recording some of her new material in 2007.

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See a recent review at

http://www.sellaband.com/tribune/edition58/