Emilie & Ogden is the former stage name of Canadian musician Emilie Kahn. In 2019, Kahn ceased performing under the name Emilie & Ogden and began performing as Emilie Kahn.
Early life
Kahn was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec.[1] She began writing songs on the piano and guitar at age 14.[2] Kahn originally played the flute and enrolled in CÉGEP to study classical music.[3][4] After seeing a harpist, Sarah Pagé, accompanying the choir she was performing with at Vanier College, she began taking private harp lessons.[2]
Career
Kahn's Lyon & Healy-made lever harp is from the Ogden range, hence the name Emilie & Ogden.[1][5]
Emilie & Ogden released a mini-album in 2013.[6] In June 2015, Emilie & Ogden was signed to Secret City Records.[7] In July 2015, their stripped-down harp cover of Taylor Swift's "Style" went viral.[8][9][3] The video of the cover was re-tweeted by Swift herself and garnered over 300,000 views.[4] Secret City released Emilie & Ogden's debut record, 10,000, later that year.[1]
In 2019, Kahn began releasing music as Emilie Kahn.[5] Explaining the change, she told the Montreal Gazette, "I was kind of tired of being the harp girl."[10] Her first album under the new name was 2019's Outro.[11] Her album Maybe was released on Secret City Records in 2023.[12]
