Indulging a rare breed of rock n’roll of the biggest kind, Emiko is a sensitive and introspective songwriter. Notwithstanding, this girl lives up to the rock legends as a trailblazer who sings, plays keys, takes her own solos, and is unafraid to say what others only dare to think. Having played piano since she was two and half, Emiko has transformed from classical pianist prodigy to rock and roll starlet. Her latest release, “Here Lies Tinkerbell” (OA Entertainment) features both mature, musical expertise along with an adventurous, rock esthetic through wails on the B3 organ, funky licks on the clav, Wurly solos, and melodic whirls that Beethoven would drool over.
Emiko’s intense, bold lyrics investigate and lament over love, heartbreak, frustration and fear in ways that make her listeners not only move and groove to the music, but also react and relate on a much deeper emotional level.
Fresh off the road with the legendary Jackson Browne, and a three time featured performer of the Songwriters Hall of Fame New Writers Showcases, Emiko has graced the pages of Billboard Magazine, FM Sound, Music Connection, and other great music publications. MTV has said that Emiko is “incredible live!” and with major labels knocking down her door and a new album in the works, she is just on the brink of exploding on a global level. With award wins (2005,2006 ASCAPlus Award, 2005 Overplay Song Competition Award), nominations (2004 BRIT Award) and such great chart success in the UK (#1 for a record setting 17 weeks on the Overplay UK Pop/Rock charts), Emiko’s fanbase is growing fast and furious! Most recently, Emiko signed onto do two TV series, “City Sessions” and “From the Penthouse”, both which will debut in late autumn/early Winter, 2006 on YMCtv, a new national network here in the US.
Emiko was also featured on East West Now, (a website that encourages furthering the exposure of Asian-American artists in the music industry), as she is the founder and Executive Director of the Asian American Music Association (AAMIA), an organization dedicated to bridging the gap in today’s popular music industry between Asia and the Western world.
After signing on as an artist for the AAHP (Artist Against Hunger & Poverty) campaign for World Hunger Year, founded by the late Harry Chapin, Emiko hit the road January 2006 in Canada to return home from Europe in May. As part of AAHP, Emiko is the only unsigned artist touring on an international level under the same banner with such superstars as Bruce Springsteen, Michael McDonald, Aerosmith, etc.
Currently, Emiko makes her home in New York with her band, the GeminiStation Project. Hard at work in the studio on her next album, it can surely be said that Emiko is one step closer to her favorite saying, “If there’s life on Mars, they’ll buy my album!”
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