Emm Gryner
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Emm Gryner (born June 8 1975) is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter born in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario to a Caucasian father and a Filipina mother. In 1995 she moved to Toronto, and the following year formed her own label, Dead Daisy Records, through which she released her first album, The Original Leap Year. In 1997 she was invited to play a set at Lilith Fair and subsequently was signed to Mercury Records in 1998, under whom she released her album Public.
After being dropped by the label in 1999, she released several more records under the Dead Daisy banner: Science Fair in 1999, Dead Relatives in 2000, Girl Versions in 2001, and Asianblue in 2002. She toured extensively in David Bowie's backup band during 2000 and 2001.
Emm has since released a DVD called 'Videochrome' in 2003, featuring all 4 of her music videos and 3 previously unreleased songs. She released an album of Irish cover songs, Songs of Love and Death, featuring a guest contribution from Gryner's neighbour Kate McGarrigle, in January 2005. [1] (http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_01.13.05/music/gryner.html)
Gryner is working on another album, of original music, which she hopes to release later in 2005.
Gryner married visual artist Sean Odell in 2004. The couple currently lives in rural Ontario.