Jadea Kelly is a singer-songwriter from
Whitby, Ontario
Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Ajax and west of Oshawa, on the north shore of Lake Ontario and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region. It had a population of 138,501 at the 2021 census. It ...
, Canada.
Career
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.
At the end of 2009 Jadea began touring and performed shows with
Ramblin Jack Elliot,
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Early life
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and Jack Marks. In 2010, she released the album ''Eastbound Platform'', which she recorded with producer David Baxter. Her third album, ''Clover'', was released in 2013.
She has guest-starred on album work by fellow Whitby musicians
Protest the Hero, most recent of which being ''
Volition''.
At the
in 2016, Kelly won the award for Contemporary Singer of the Year for her album ''Love & Lust''.
Discography
Albums
*''Second Spring'' (2008)
*''Eastbound Platform'' (2010)
*''Clover'' (2013)
*''Love & Lust'' (2016)
*''Roses'' (2022)
Singles and EPs
*''It's Better To Be With You'' (2003)
*''Down Wave'' (2006)
*''Met While Incarcerated'' (2019)
References
External links
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Canadian folk singer-songwriters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from the Regional Municipality of Durham
Canadian women singer-songwriters
People from Whitby, Ontario
Canadian Folk Music Award winners