Music Career
In 1982 Emma and her sister Aminta made their professional music debut singing back-up on A Bao A Qu, a four-track EP by their aunt, singer-songwriter Virginia Astley. Emma also sang back-up on Pete Townshend's White City: A Novel album released in 1985, and appeared in the film of the same title.
In 1985 Emma Townshend also performed as a guest vocalist at two London Brixton Academy charity concerts with the Deep End band including Pete Townshend and David Gilmour. These concerts were later released as the album Deep End Live!
Townshend's record deal with EastWest Records, part of the Warner Music Group, extended from 1995-1998, and she released the album Winterland in 1998. The album was well received, garnering good reviews. Her song "We Can Fly Away" was the theme song in the 1999 made for TV movie The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns, which also featured The Who's Roger Daltrey in an acting role. The same song was used in the Eragon Video Game in 2006.
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