Miss Emily – Solid Ground – Single Review – noblepr

Review By Darren McIntyre

Emily Fennell aka Miss Emily is a powerhouse vocalist from Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada who began her singing career by spending summers competing & winning dozens of County Fair singing contests. For more than 20yrs she has channelled those principles, never shying away from an open conversation about struggles, abuse and old – school promoters, domestic violence and sharing it with her audience. Miss Emily is a Juno Nominated & Maple Blues Award Winner which saw her win in 2019 Female Vocalist Of The Year, Newcomer Of The Year & Video Of The Year, 2021 – 2023 Vocalist Of The Year and 2022 Nominated Blues Album, Miss Emily returns on the 7th November with new album The Medicine and to wet our appetites she dropped epic first single Stand Together, Band Together which I reviewed for you today a couple of weeks back and today follows that with the simply stunning new track Solid Ground, please grab a cold one and prepare to be taken on the journey with Miss Emily.

Solid Ground – The track opens with snare drum brushes that just set the tone for this incredible blues ballad that instantly catches our attention as we feel the emotion oozing from this incredible artist. The sweet, slick guitar picks are sensational as Miss Emily allows us into her world as she lays herself bare with this colossal, thought provoking arrangement that is littered with incredible Hammond notes that just elevate this mellow, blues piece that has delicious grooves with lyrics that stop us in our tracks. The full on bassline drops in and hits us with fantastiv funk laden grooves that work hand in hand with the fabulous guitar work that comes at us, the soaring, melodic vocals really wrap themselves around this fabulous track and it transports us to the club where we lead our lady round the dancefloor as we immerse ourselves in the depth and emotion that comes armed in this track which is just fantastic. Miss Emily is reaching inside her soul and giving us an insight to her emotions and where they take us as she navigates through this impressive follow up track.

Miss Emily  –

                   Miss Emily  –  Vocals

                   Colin Linden  –  Guitar

                   David Santos  –  Bass

                   Michael Hicks  –  Hammond B3

                   George Recile  –  Drums

Track Listing  –

                      Solid Ground