Carleton Stone is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in

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, Nova Scotia. After recording three albums as a solo artist, Stone joined forces in 2015 with musicians

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

Breagh Mackinnon Breagh MacKinnon (born January 17, 1991), known professionally as Breagh Isabel, is a Canadian recording artist, songwriter, and producer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has written for a variety of Canadian artists, including Banners, Donov ...

to form the pop band Port Cities.

Life and career

Stone was born in

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, Nova Scotia. He had a musical family and grew up listening to Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, and Bob Dylan, among others. He began his professional musical life fronting a band, and self-produced the group's debut album, entitled ''Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel'', which was released in 2009. In 2011, he became a solo artist, releasing the eponymous ''Carleton Stone,'' produced by

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. Stone's third album, ''Draws Blood'', was co-produced by

Jason Collett Jason Collett is a Toronto-based Canadian singer-songwriter. He has released six solo studio albums, and is a former member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, ''Song & Dance Man'', was released in February, 2016. Early life Collett was bo ...

, of

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, and

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. It was released in 2014 and was dedicated to his friend and mentor Jay Smith, a well-known Canadian musician, who took his own life in 2013 after struggling with addiction and depression. In 2015, Stone joined fellow singer-songwriters

and

to form the band Port Cities. Port Cities makes singer/songwriter-style pop music and takes advantage of all three voices with extensive use of vocal harmonies. "We just thought, there's such a great chemistry between us, why not try to join forces and do something that's bigger that any of us could do on our own?" said Stone in 2015. In 2016, the band was signed to turtlemusik/Warner Music. Their debut album was released in 2017. In 2022, Stone began releasing singles from his forthcoming fourth solo album, Papercut. His first single, "Ice Age" was inspired by a story he had heard on CBC's interview show

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Discography

Albums

Singles

Producer credits

Songwriting credits (co-songwriter)

Awards and achievements

*With

Port Cities (band) Port Cities is a Canadian band based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Formed in 2015, Port Cities is composed of Dylan Guthro, Breagh MacKinnon, and Carleton Stone —each already a child of a singer/songwriter with an established solo career. The ban ...

*As Carleton Stone

References

External links

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Carleton Stone on Spotify
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Carleton Living people Canadian pop singers Canadian male singers Musicians from Nova Scotia Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian male singer-songwriters Canadian singer-songwriters