Emm started her music career in Toronto, working office jobs during the day while honing her live show in small, local clubs by night. Eager to find a manager, she sent fruit baskets with her demos to several established managers in Canada, finally making a connection with a young Irish manager named Michael Murphy who introduced her to the music scene in Toronto. Gryner entered her original song “Wisdom Bus” in a nationwide songwriting contest and won. With the money from this prize, she recorded an album called “The Original Leap Year” (Dead Daisy/Outside). The album attracted the attention of Violent Femmes engineer, Warren Bruleigh. Bruleigh passed the album onto an exec at Mercury Records who signed Gryner. The result was “Public”, a brit-pop-inspired album that yielded a hit in Canada called “Summerlong”. Several tours followed, with Ron Sexsmith, Bernard Butler, Rufus Wainwright and others. After Universal Music took over Mercury Records, Gryner found herself back on her own Dead Daisy label. She released several albums, two of which went on to be nominated for Best Pop Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. During this time, Gryner moved to New York and L.A. to write and tour. She also took a job singing and playing keyboards in David Bowie’s band. The gig saw Gryner performing with Bowie at Glastonbury Festival, on Jools Holland and other venues around America and Europe. She appears on “Bowie At The Beeb”, a live album. After leaving Bowie’s band to focus on her own career, Gryner moved to Montreal and released an album called “Songs of Love and Death” which was made up of cover versions of Irish songs by The Undertones, Virgin Prunes, Horslips, Ash, The Thrills and others. Longtime creative advisor, Murphy executive-produced the album. Recorded in a house she shared with Kate McGarrigle, the album attracted the attention of Irish media. Gryner found a champion in Pat Egan, a legendary promoter and manager based in Dublin, and he set up her first shows. Last year, Gryner released “The Summer of High Hopes” (produced by Nathan Larson, Gryner and Vitaminsforyou) in Canada. The album was released in Ireland on the heels of her performance at Oxegen Festival, Gryner is also a member of the collective “The Cake Sale” (Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), BellX1, Josh Ritter, Glen Hansard and others). The collective is featured on the album “The Cake Sale” a multi-platinum-selling Irish album with proceeds to Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair. In the 20th anniversary issue of Q Magazine, U2’s Bono listed Gryner’s song “Almighty Love” as one of 6 songs from the last 20 years he wishes he had written. Gryner is currently working on a new album of all-original material with producer Greg Wells (OneRepublic, Mika, Rufus Wainwright).