Ken Yates

Ken Yates
BornLondon, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocalist, guitarist

Ken Yates is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, who won the Canadian Folk Music Awards for English Songwriter of the Year and New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2017.[1]

Originally from London, Ontario,[2] Yates studied at the Berklee College of Music.[3] He released The Backseat EP in 2011, and followed up with his full-length debut twenty-three in 2013.[3] He won the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award in 2014 for his song "The One That Got Away".[4]

His second album, Huntsville, was released in 2016 and was produced by Jim Bryson.[5]

Yates released the singles, "Two Wrongs", "Quiet Talkers", and "When We Came Home", in advance of his full-length album, Quiet Talkers, released in 2020. He released his next album, Cerulean, on June 3, 2022.[6]

Discography

  • Twenty-Three (2013, Mishara Music)
  • Huntsville (2016, Self-Released)
  • Quiet Talkers (2020, Self-Released)
  • Cerulean (2022, Self-Released)

References

  1. ^ "Six highlights From the 2017 Canadian Folk Music Awards". Now, November 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards celebrate artists old and new, including London’s Ken Yates". London Free Press, November 20, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Five Questions With… Ken Yates". FYI Music News, September 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Toronto's Ken Yates Receives 2014 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award". Ontario Arts Council, October 15, 2014.
  5. ^ "Ken Yates: Huntsville". Exclaim!, September 28, 2016.
  6. ^ "About".


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