Music Buddy
Join musician/songwriter Jane Gowan as she sits down with a variety of musical guests for insightful and upbeat conversations about music and music-related adventures. From instrumentalists and songwriters, to teachers, authors, producers and fans, this is a podcast about music, community, work, passion and creativity.
Music Buddy
Resilience and Escape with Emily Triggs
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"Come up here to steal away, seeking an asylum.
You made the great escape, I stay here to guide them..."
—Emily Triggs ("The Water Tower", The Great Escape, 2024)
Montreal-born, Alberta-based Emily Triggs is the kind of singer-songwriter whose music comes from a place where poetry and sensitivity meet honesty and grit.
Emily grew up in a household of mixed English and french cultural influences. Both her parents were artists: her mother—Louise Demers Triggs—was a dancer in the folk troupe Les Feux Follets. Her Father—Stanley Triggs—was a folk singer, whose recordings can be found on Smithsonian Folkways. At and early age, Emily was exposed to living room jam sessions, when musician friends from near and far would drop by.
Emily began playing guitar, writing songs, and performing at age 11, and hasn’t stopped. Her most recent album, The Great Escape, was released in 2024, produced by Paul Rigby of Neko Case fame. She has been a member of Calgary-based bands: “The House Doctors", "The Fallen Angel Band", “June Gloom” and “Magnolia Buckskin”.
Triggs is an observer of the world, and of the human experience. The good, bad, and the ugly are all fair game when it comes to songwriting. Her mantra is “no regrets”. She’s a straight shooting, hard working, guitar playing, truth telling roots rocker, and, in the words of mutual friend John Borra (Music Buddy Ep. 28), Emily is "a great talent".
Learn more about Emily at emilytriggs.com
Music in this episode:
"The Walls" - Emily Triggs (The Great Escape, 2024)
"Middletown" - Emily Triggs (Recorded live off the Floor at The Woodshed, Oct, 2026)
"The Heartless Can't Be Won" - Emily Triggs (Recorded live off the Floor at The Woodshed, Oct, 2026)
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Jane Gowan (host, producer, editor)
Tim Vesely (engineer / co-host)
The show's theme song, "Human Stuff," is written and performed by Jane Gowan and Tim Vesely.
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