JUNO-nominated and Maple Blues Award winning Canadian artist Miss Emily returns with her new album The Medicine, released on November 7 by Gypsy Soul Records. The album is produced by Grammy winner Colin Linden (Keb’ Mo’, Bob Dylan, Lucinda Williams, Gregg Allman, Diana Krall), and is accompanied by the release of the focus track and title song “The Medicine.”
The title track is an empathetic plea to understand one of the most complex issues of our time. Written after a family member of an overdose victim reached out to Emily, the song represents the victims and families affected by overdose, offering compassion and solidarity through music.
The new album blends soul, blues, and roots with an all-star line-up of musicians including players from Bob Dylan and Keb’ Mo’s bands. Pairing her thunderous voice with songs of truth and resilience, Miss Emily channels over two decades of raw experience into music that heals and uplifts.
Miss Emily’s powerful voice has long been her signature. She is unpredictable, unfiltered, and devoted to her community. For more than 20 years, she has turned her personal struggles into an open invitation for others to connect, share, and heal through music. Whether confronting domestic violence or life as a single mother and working musician, she has always met adversity with honesty and hope.
That spirit was tested during the writing of The Medicine.
“I wasn’t in a great head space,” she recalls. “Like so many of us, sometimes life brings you down. In one of my darker moments, I wrote an angry song. Then I realised I didn’t want anger to be a prominent theme on this album. I wanted to celebrate community. I wanted to record music that made people feel better.”
The Medicine is just that – a collection of soulful, Americana-inspired blues recorded in Nashville with producer Colin Linden and a hand-picked team of musicians. The record features Linden on slide and electric guitar, Keb’ Mo’s keyboardist Michael Hicks on Hammond B3, and George Receli, whose twenty-year run as Bob Dylan’s drummer made him a favourite of Keith Richards.
Linden describes the sessions as a joy from start to finish.
“Miss Emily is a tremendously passionate and supple singer with a deep well of emotion,” he says. “She is a truth teller. Working with her was pure joy.”
