Kathleen Edwards ( English Kathleen Edwards ) - Canadian singer, country musician, songwriter, whose style is compared with Suzanne Vega . Laureate of the SOCAN Songwriting Prize (for the song “A Soft Place To Land”) [3] and multiple nominee for the Juno Prize and Canadian Country Music Association.
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| Years of activity | 1991- |
| Instruments | guitar, violin |
| Genres | Alt country , folk |
| Labels | Zoë, MapleMusic Recordings |
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Biography
- See also “ Kathleen Edwards Personal life ” in the English section.
Born July 11, 1978 in Ottawa , ( Ontario , Canada ) in the family of a diplomat [4] and part of her youth, spent in Korea [5] and Switzerland. Her father Leonard Edwards, a former deputy foreign minister, began teaching his daughter how to play the violin from the age of 5 and continued this business for another 12 years [6] . As a teenager, she listened to many recordings of her brother, for example, Neil Young and Bob Dylan [7] .
In 2008, Edwards sang backing vocals on the album of 11 Canadian rock singer Bryan Adams , and performed with him on his concert tour. In 2009, she and Adams sang his song “Walk on By” on stage [8] . In 2011, Edwards sang along with Canadian rock band Arkells ' Agent Zero, from their second album, Michigan Left . Soft Place to Land, one of two songs from the Kathleen Voyageur album, co-written with John Roderick , frontman for the rock band The Long Winters , won the 2012 Canadian Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers title Echo Songwriting Prize [9 ] .
Discography
- See also “ Kathleen Edwards Discography ” in the English section.
- Building 55 (EP, 1999)
- Failer (2003, Zoë Records, 2003 MapleMusic Recordings)
- Live from Bowery Ballroom (2003)
- Back to Me (2005, Zoë Records)
- Asking for Flowers (2008)
- Voyageur (2012 Concord / Universal, 2012 Zoë / Rounder Records)
Awards and nominations
| Year | Association | Category | Result |
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| 2003 | Juno Awards of 2003 | Roots & Traditional Album of the Year - Solo - Failer | Nomination |
| Canadian Country Music Association | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Nomination | |
| 2004 | Juno Awards of 2004 | Songwriter of the year | Nomination |
| Canadian Country Music Association | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Nomination | |
| 2005 | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Nomination | |
| 2006 | Juno Awards of 2006 | Songwriter of the year | Nomination |
| Adult Alternative Album of the Year - Back to Me | Nomination | ||
| Canadian Country Music Association | Roots Artist or Group of the Year | Nomination | |
| 2009 | Juno Awards of 2009 | Adult Alternative Album of the Year - Asking for Flowers | Nomination |
| 2012 | SOCAN Songwriting Prize | Winning Song - A Soft Place To Land | Victory |
| 2013 | Juno Awards of 2013 | Songwriter of the year | Nomination |
| Adult Alternative Album of the Year - Voyageur | Nomination |
Notes
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Discogs - 2000.
- ↑ Past Nominees and Winners - SOCAN Songwriting Prize
- ↑ (March 4, 2008). Kathleen Edwards gets politically charged Archived July 28, 2013. ", Ottawa Citizen . Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ↑ Langness, David (March 1, 2008). " Kathleen Edwards: A Songwriter's Progress, " Paste . Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Deziel, Shanda (February 17, 2003). " Alt-country New" It "Girl: Kathleen Edwards, " The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Loftus, Johnny. Kathleen Edwards: Biography , Allmusic . Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Paolozzi, John Watch Kathleen Edwards Juno Performance with Bryan Adams . CBC Radio 3 (March 30, 2009). Date of appeal May 4, 2009. (unavailable link)
- ↑ Wheeler, Brad . Kathleen Edwards, John Roderick , The Globe and Mail (October 19, 2012). Date of treatment December 20, 2012.