Canadian singer-songwriter Emma-Lee (www.emma-lee.com) and eOne Music Canada today announced the launch of her new video, Shadow Of A Ghost. A lot of heart, soul and fake blood went into making the zombie-themed film and it’s definitely one of our favourite videos to date! You can view it here: http://youtu.be/7utJPmXOocsEmma-Lee’s latest album, Backseat Heroine is, as Emma-Lee herself puts it, an album that “leans more Stevie Nicks than Sarah Vaughn.” It is, as the saying goes, a little bit country and a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, by turns rambling and rootsy in a comfortably familiar CanCon manner, by turns robustly feminine and soulful in the vein of classic ‘70s soft-pop. It gets rambunctious and rollicking on the barroom-ready “Shadow of a Ghost.” It revs up into an unassumingly sexy species of sashaying, Dusty Springfield-worthy soulful cool on “Figure it Out.” It retires to its quarters for a quiet cry on “Just Looking” and “The Pool of Tears.” The album already has several cuts from the album added to CBC Radio 1, 2 and 3.
Emma-Lee has earned rave reviews ranging from daily newspapers such as the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star to alternative newsweeklies such as Now, Vue Weekly and the Montreal Mirror to the nationwide style bibles Chatelaine and Fashion magazine. Even influential American alt-country mag No Depression weighed in with the declaration that “she is no flash in the pan, or here-today-and-gone-tomorrow dabbler … Blessed with a voice that sounds powerful and fragile at the same time, Emma-Lee displays a subtlety and nuance in her phrasing that one usually associates with an older and more experienced singer.”
You can hear Emma-Lee singing on “I Put A Spell On You” and “Ne Me Quitte Pas” on Juno award-winner Jesse Cook’s latest album “The Blue Guitar Sessions”. Emma-Lee will join Jesse as a guest vocalist on “The Blue Guitar Tour” heading across Canada this Nov/Dec. Emma-Lee also performed in the PBS special “Jesse Cook – Live In Concert” which continues to air in multiple cities in the USA.
Emma-Lee will be on tour with Jesse Cook:
11/14/12 Saint John, NB Imperial Theatre
11/15/12 Moncton, NB The Centre (at Casino NB)
11/16/12 Fredericton, NB Fredericton Playhouse
11/17/12 Halifax, NS Rebecca Cohn
11/18/12 Halifax, NS Rebecca Cohn
11/22/12 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
11/23/12 Kitchener, ON Centre in the Square
11/28/12 Ottawa, ON National Arts Centre
11/29/12 Montreal, QC Wilfrid-Pelletier Place
12/01/12 Quebec City, QC Grand Theatre de Quebec
12/02/12 Trois-Riveres, QC Theatre du CEGEP
12/06/12 Winnipeg, MB Pantages Playhouse
12/07/12 Regina, SK Casino Regina
12/09/12 Saskatoon, SK Sid Buckwold Theatre – TCU place
12/11/12 Edmonton, AB Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
12/12/12 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
12/13/12 Kamloops, BC Kamloops Convention Centre
12/14/12 Victoria, BC Royal Theatre
12/15/12 Qualicum Beach, BC Qualicum Beach Civic Centre
12/16/12 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre