{"id":977,"date":"2009-05-20T01:20:58-04:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T05:20:58+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/?p=977"},"modified":"2009-05-20T01:22:33-04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T05:22:33+00:00","slug":"t-and-emm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterjanes.ca\/blog\/2009\/05\/20\/t-and-emm\/","title":{"rendered":"T. and Emm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two letters. Simple, right?<\/p>\r\n\r\n

\"Tamara\"Emm“T.” is T. Nile<\/a>, a British Columbia-based singer-songwriter-banjo player whose music spans indie-folk, roots, blues, “alt” country, and reggae. “Emm” is Emm Gryner<\/a>, a singer-songwriter-pianist-bassist who will rock the house and then tear our your heart with a ballad. I’ve known (of) Emm since high school, and met T(amara) last August<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

I’ve seen Emm perform many times, in venues ranging from a tent at the Forest Fall Fair<\/a> to the Glenn Gould Studio<\/a>. The latter performance was her CD release show for Goddess<\/cite> in February<\/a>; the good folks at CBC recorded the concert for broadcast<\/a>, and, better yet, posted the show<\/a> as a Concert on Demand<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Tamara, on the other hand, I’ve only seen a handful of times, including at a bar in Ottawa<\/a> during a visit to see my niece and her parents, and most recently at the Trepid House<\/a> in my old stomping grounds in Waterloo. CBC wasn’t at either of those shows, but as usual were out in front of the crowd, having recorded her<\/a> way back in 2007.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Emm’s recently taken up with A Camp<\/a>, a “solo” project by The Cardigans’ Nina Persson and her husband, Nathan Larson. Tamara has hooked up with a trio of siblings, Christa, Laura and Mike Mercey, and pedal steel player Burke Carroll, who collectively go by T. Nile & The Children of Mercey<\/a>. Tamara’s getting set to release a new CD<\/a>; Emm, as mentioned above, just put one out<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Despite the surface similarities, there’s really no comparing the two of them: they’re each excellent musicians in their own rights. What they share, though, is the ability to create great music.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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T. Nile, Trees<\/cite> (live)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/object>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
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Emm Gryner, Blackwinged Bird<\/cite><\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/object>\r\n<\/div><\/div>
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