Emilie & Ogden

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Emilie & Ogden
Birth nameEmilie Kahn
Born Montreal, Quebec
Genres
Instruments
  • Harp
  • Vocals
Years active2013–present
Labels Secret City Records

Emilie & Ogden is the former stage name of Canadian musician Emilie Kahn. In 2019, Kahn ceased performing under the name Emilie & Ogden and began performing as Emilie Kahn.

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Early life

Kahn was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. [1] She began writing songs on the piano and guitar at age 14. [2] Kahn originally played the flute and enrolled in CÉGEP to study classical music. [3] [4] After seeing a harpist, Sarah Pagé, accompanying the choir she was performing with at Vanier College, she began taking private harp lessons. [2]

Career

Kahn's Lyon & Healy-made lever harp is from the Ogden range, hence the name Emilie & Ogden. [1] [5]

Emilie & Ogden released a mini-album in 2013. [6] In June 2015, Emilie & Ogden was signed to Secret City Records. [7] In July 2015, their stripped-down harp cover of Taylor Swift's "Style" went viral. [8] [9] [3] The video of the cover was re-tweeted by Swift herself and garnered over 300,000 views. [4] Secret City released Emilie & Ogden's debut record, 10,000, later that year. [1]

In 2019, Kahn began releasing music as Emilie Kahn. [5] Explaining the change, she told the Montreal Gazette , "I was kind of tired of being the harp girl." [10] Her first album under the new name was 2019's Outro. [11] Her album Maybe was released on Secret City Records in 2023. [12]

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gormely, Ian (2015-09-23). "Emilie Kahn has musical love affair with strings attached". The Toronto Star. ISSN   0319-0781 . Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  2. 1 2 Kelly, Brendan (2015-10-01). "Emilie & Ogden: Harp and voice unite in ethereal debut album 10 000". montrealgazette. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  3. 1 2 Saxberg, Lynn (2016-02-14). "Emilie's Ogden: A musical love affair with harp strings attached". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  4. 1 2 Reed, James (2015-11-07). "Emilie & Ogden, a potent pairing for sumptuous pop". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  5. 1 2 Renaud, Philippe (2019-02-21). "Émilie Kahn: In the wake of a crisis". SOCAN Words and Music. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  6. ↑ Papineau, Philippe (2015-10-03). "Emilie & Ogden: la liberté au bout de la harpe". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  7. ↑ Murphy, Sarah (2015-06-22). "Emilie & Ogden Signs to Secret City Records". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  8. ↑ Thompson, Eliza (2015-08-03). "Listen to a Gorgeous, Taylor Swift–Approved Harp Cover of "Style"". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  9. ↑ Lau, Melody (2015-10-14). "Emilie & Ogden on Obvious Comparisons and Unexpected Influences". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  10. ↑ Dunlevy, T'Cha (2019-02-22). "Dunlevy: Murray Lightburn, Emilie Kahn step out of their comfort zones". The Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  11. ↑ Ruether, Kaitlin (2019-02-20). "Emilie Kahn: Outro". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  12. 1 2 Revert, Amélie (2023-10-27). "«Maybe», Emilie Kahn". Le Devoir (in French). Retrieved 2024-01-30.
  13. ↑ Stanley, Laura (2015-10-02). "Emilie & Ogden 10 000". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  14. ↑ Murphy, Lauren (2015-11-20). "Emilie & Ogden: 10000 | Album Review". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  15. ↑ Chinen, Nate (2015-09-30). "New Music From Tim Berne, Emilie & Ogden and Rey Pila". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2022-05-25.
  16. ↑ Blais-Poulin, Charles-Éric (2019-02-25). "Emilie Kahn: éloge de la douceur ***1/2". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-25.
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