Breagh MacKinnon (born January 17, 1991), known professionally as Breagh Isabel, is a Canadian recording artist, songwriter, and producer based in
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland".
Most of the population are native Eng ...
. She has written for a variety of Canadian artists, including
Banners
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,
Donovan Woods,
Classified,
Jocelyn Alice
Jocelyn Alice Strang is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Formerly one half of Canadian indie soul pop duo Jocelyn & Lisa from Calgary, Alberta, Alice began performing as a solo artist in 2015. Her debut single, the 2015 summer hit "Jackpot", ...
, and
Ria Mae
Ria MacNutt, known professionally as Ria Mae, is a Canadian singer and songwriter from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Career
As a child, Mae's family moved around Halifax, switching from school to school while she learned to write songs. Ria has describe ...
.
Life and career
Born into a musical family on
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (french: link=no, île du Cap-Breton, formerly '; gd, Ceap Breatainn or '; mic, Unamaꞌki) is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
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, Isabel began writing songs in high school.
In college, she majored in jazz piano performance, while writing and recording music of her own.
In 2015, Isabel, still performing as Breagh MacKinnon, teamed up with fellow singer-songwriters
Dylan Guthro
Dylan Guthro (born 1991) is a Canadian singer/songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The son of musician Bruce Guthro, Dylan released his debut album, ''All That's True'', in 2012. In 2015, Guthro teamed up with fellow Halifax singer-songwrit ...
and
Carleton Stone to form the band
Port Cities.
In 2016, the band was signed to Turtlemusik and Warner Music.
Port Cities' debut album, produced by
Gordie Sampson
Gordon Francis Sampson (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and producer from Big Pond, Nova Scotia.
Beginning his career as a performer on his hometown island of Cape Breton, both in bands and on his own, Sampson has gone on to ...
, was released on February 10, 2017.
That same year, the band took home five Nova Scotia Music Awards, winning Entertainer of the Year, Digital Artist of the Year, Group Recording of the Year, Pop Recording of the Year, and recording of the Year.
Isabel parted ways with the band in 2019, following the release of their single "Sorry," which was co-produced by Grammy-winning Canadian songwriter and producer
Greg Wells
Greg Wells is a Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter and audio engineer. Wells has songs on over 130 million albums sold. He has worked with John Legend, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ariana Grande, Jazmine Sullivan, Kid Cudi, Adele, Rufus Wai ...
.
Isabel made her production debut in 2020, co-producing the single "Missing Me" by
Jocelyn Alice
Jocelyn Alice Strang is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Formerly one half of Canadian indie soul pop duo Jocelyn & Lisa from Calgary, Alberta, Alice began performing as a solo artist in 2015. Her debut single, the 2015 summer hit "Jackpot", ...
and Mathew V, released in 604 Records. In the spring of 2020, under the name Breagh Isabel, she featured as a recording artist and co-writer on the single "Good News," by the award-winning Canadian rapper and producer
Classified.
Isabel is an out member of the LGBTQ community. In June 2021, she released her debut solo single, "Girlfriends" and its accompanying music video. "Girlfriends" tells a story of two young girls' friendship-turned-romance.
In 2020, Isabel joined the roster of
Concord Music Publishing in Nashville, which has to led to song placements in 2021 on ''
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'' and ''
Batwoman
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History
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Selected discography
References
External links
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Breagh Isabel on Spotify
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1991 births
Canadian pop singers
Canadian women singer-songwriters
21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters
Living people
Musicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia