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Jadea Kelly

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Jadea Kelly is a singer-songwriter from Whitby, Ontario, Canada.

Career

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Kelly's 2008 debut album, Second Spring, was produced by Ross Hayes Citrullo and received the "best country" award at the 2008 Toronto Independent Music Awards.[1] At the end of 2009 Jadea began touring and performed shows with Ramblin Jack Elliot, Melissa McClelland, Luke Doucet, Ariana Gillis, Catherine MacLellan, Justin Rutledge and Jack Marks.[2] In 2010, she released the album Eastbound Platform, which she recorded with producer David Baxter.[3] Her third album, Clover, was released in 2013.[4]

She has guest-starred on album work by fellow Whitby musicians Protest the Hero, most recent of which being Volition.[5]

At the 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2016, Kelly won the award for Contemporary Singer of the Year for her album Love & Lust.[6]

Discography

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Albums

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  • Second Spring (2008)
  • Eastbound Platform (2010)
  • Clover (2013)
  • Love & Lust (2016)
  • Roses (2022)

Singles and EPs

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  • It's Better To Be With You (2003)
  • Down Wave (2006)
  • Met While Incarcerated (2019)[7]

References

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  1. ^ Ruta, Mike (17 September 2009). "Jadea Kelly comes by country honestly". Regional Municipality of Durham: durhamregion.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
  2. ^ (25 May 2010) The Scene Ottawa Sun
  3. ^ "Jadea Kelly Music Review". Exclaim. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Clover (True North)". True North Records. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Volition Album Review". Loudwire, Chad Bowar. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards: Francey takes home album of the year". Halifax Chronicle-Herald. 5 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Four questions with Whitby's Jadea Kelly". durhamregion.com. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
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