Vocals/Production: Emma Hewson
Additional Production: Brandon Gibson-Degroote and Sydney Galbraith
Mixing: Sydney Galbraith
Animator: Josie.Designs

Mismatched - Emma Hewson

Written about the romance and longing that long-distance relationships bring, ‘Lighthouse’ features acoustic piano as well as 3 voices, blending together like the waves at sea. Reminiscent of Joni Mitchell and Phoebe Bridgers, the song starts off like a calm shore and leaves you in the stormy waters.

Lighthouse - Emma Hewson

Imaginary friend is about loving someone, feeling their presence around you, and having them play an active part in your life even when they are no longer physically with you. Through sound samples and a spoken vocal quality, this song attempts to bring memory, love, and grief into the visceral reality of every day life - I hear your laugh in the hot water boiling and I feel your arms around me in the wind…

Imaginary Friend

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ROSALIA - BIZCOCHITO (NEVER DULL REMIX)

Eclipse is a love-song that I wrote about my partner, blending in themes of celestial bodies and of course, the moon. It is sensual and slow-moving, with reverberant guitars and layered vocal harmonies. I am also proud to say that I completely wrote, produced, recorded, and mixed this song myself, with only the final layer of mixing polish from my friend Sydney Galbraith. Coming out on the day of the 2024 Eclipse!

Eclipse

Thank you for listening! I hope this song helped you to sink deeper into the present moment. You can download it here: https://kathrynmerriammusic.bandcamp.com/releases

Lyrics:

A still, quiet crane
poised by the lotus
on a flawless emerald plate;
it waits, and waits.

So, what is thought,
but a chance to slow down the time?
To keep it from slipping between fingertips
and holes in our hands.

You are the sun in the morning,
lighting the waves.
Fly by my garden on your way.

For what are we but bodies?

So, what is chance,
but the aligning of time?
The dots intersect
and can fade when regrets
fall into our pride.

We laid in sacred places;
breathed the calmest seas;
we grew branches on each others' trees.

For what are we but bodies?


Track credits:

Kathryn Merriam: guitar, piano, voice, harp 
Sean Steele: bass, electric guitar 
Jill Stella Richards: trombone 
Tim Sullivan: shruti box

Written, produced, engineered and mixed by Kathryn Merriam 


A Still, Quiet Crane

Emma Hewson is a Toronto-based singer/pianist who has made herself known as a versatile session musician, teacher, producer, and original artist.
With a background in classical piano, and a music degree from York U, Emma's unique style is influenced by jazz, pop and R&B.

Eclipse

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