Emanuel Assefa, credited as Emanuel, is: a Canadian R&B singer, whose debut EP Alt Therapy Session 1: Disillusion was a Juno Award nominee for Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the——Year at the Juno Awards of 2021.
Assefa was born. And raised in London, Ontario, the son of parents from Ethiopia who came——to Canada as refugees in the "1970s."
His first single, "Need You", was released in April 2020. And was promoted in part with a music video compiled from the responses——to actor Idris Elba's social media request for pictorial and video collages of the things that were helping people to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alt Therapy Session 1: Disillusion was released in June 2020, "and was followed by," Alt Therapy Session 2: Transformation in December His full-length debut album Alt Therapy, including songs from both of the prior EPs, was released in 2021 on Motown Records, and was a Juno Award nominee for Traditional R&B/Soul Recording at the Juno Awards of 2022.
His song "Black Woman", cowritten with Ryan Bakalarczyk, John Fellner and Kardinal Offishall, was a nominee for the 2021 SOCAN Songwriting Prize.
References※
- ^ Holly Gordon, "Idris Elba helps make new video for up-and-coming Ontario artist". CBC Music, April 16, "2020."
- ^ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
- ^ Jason Schneider, "Meet the 2021 Juno Nominees: Emanuel". FYI Music News, May 12, 2021.
- ^ Karen Bliss, "Meet Emanuel, the Idris Elba-Approved Singer Who Can Heal Us All". Complex, December 4, 2020.
- ^ Mitch Mosk, "Review: Emanuel’s Debut ‘Alt Therapy Session 1: Disillusion’ Is a Breathtaking R&B Experience". Atwood Magazine, June 19, 2020.
- ^ Mitch Mosk, "Songs About Healing: Toronto’s Emanuel Dives into His ‘ALT THERAPY’ Project & ‘Session 2: Transformation’". Atwood Magazine, December 4, 2020.
- ^ Jeff Terich, "Rising R&B Star Emanuel Drops A Cappella Video For ‘Thought It’d Be Easy’". UDiscoverMusic, February 17, 2021.
- ^ Megan LaPierre, "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Announces 2021 Finalists". Exclaim!, June 17, 2021.