1. Emm Gryner has released 20 albums as a solo performer, and has collaborated with artists including David Bowie and Chris Hadfield.
19 Facts About Emm Gryner
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Emm Gryner's father was of half Irish heritage and her mother was Filipina.
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Emm Gryner started to learn piano at age 4, picked up bass around age 14, and later took up guitar as well.
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Emm Gryner started her music career in Toronto, where her original song "Wisdom Bus" won a nationwide songwriting contest sponsored by Standard Broadcasting.
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Emm Gryner was nominated for the Best New Solo Artist Juno Award in 1999.
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Also in 1999, Emm Gryner was asked to join David Bowie's band as a backup singer and keyboard player.
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The gig saw Emm Gryner performing with Bowie at Glastonbury Festival, on Later with Jools Holland, Saturday Night Live, and other venues around America and Europe.
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Emm Gryner appears on the live albums Glastonbury 2000 and Bowie at the Beeb, as well as Toy.
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Emm Gryner released Songs of Love and Death, an album of cover versions of Irish songs, in 2005.
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The album attracted the attention of Irish media, and Emm Gryner appeared on programs like The Late Late Show during her subsequent tour of Ireland.
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Between 2006 and 2020, Emm Gryner released 11 albums, four EPs, and a "best of" compilation with two unreleased tracks.
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In May 2013, Emm Gryner arranged and performed piano on astronaut Chris Hadfield's cover version of David Bowie's "Space Oddity".
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Emm Gryner collaborated with Larson in the band Hot One and appeared on the group's self-titled album in 2006.
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Emm Gryner is a member of the collective The Cake Sale, along with Gary Lightbody of Snow Patrol, Bell X1, Josh Ritter and Glen Hansard.
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In 2011, Gryner formed Trent Severn with Dayna Manning and Laura C Bates.
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Emm Gryner had met and become friends with Def Leppard lead singer Joe Elliott when she toured as a backing singer with David Bowie.
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Emm Gryner appeared with Def Leppard and the BBC Concert Orchestra on BBC Radio 2's Piano Room in support of the album, performing Pour Some Sugar On Me, Hysteria, and Bowie's Life On Mars.
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In 2008 Emm Gryner acted and sang in One Week, a film by director Michael McGowan.
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In October 2016 Emm Gryner starred in Joni Mitchell: River at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario along with Louise Pitre and Brendan Wall.