Jadea Kelly

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

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)[7]

References

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.

External links

• Official website
• Jadea Kelly at AllMusic