Kathleen Edwards

Kathleen Edwards
Edwards at Wakefield, Quebec's Black Sheep Inn, September 1, 2011
Edwards at Wakefield, Quebec's Black Sheep Inn, September 1, 2011
Background information
Born (1978-07-11) July 11, 1978 (age 46)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • violin
  • vocals
  • bass guitar
Years active1999–present
LabelsZoë, MapleMusic Recordings, Rounder, Dualtone
Websitekathleenedwards.com

Kathleen Margaret Edwards[1] (born July 11, 1978[2]) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. Her 2002 debut album, Failer, contained the singles "Six O'Clock News" and "Hockey Skates".[3] Her next two albums – Back to Me and Asking for Flowers – both made the Billboard 200 list and reached the top 10 of Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. In 2012, Edwards' fourth studio album, Voyageur, became Edwards' first album to crack the top 100 and top 40 in the U.S., peaking at #39 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and #2 in Canada. In 2012, Edwards' song "A Soft Place To Land" won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize, an annual competition that honours the best song written and released by 'emerging' songwriters over the past year, as voted by the public.[4] Her musical sound has been compared to Suzanne Vega meets Neil Young.[5]

  1. ^ "AWAY". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  2. ^ [1] Archived September 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Whibbs, Chris (April 26, 2008). "Kathleen Edwards Method Acting". Exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "Past Nominees and Winners". SOCAN Songwriting Prize. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  5. ^ "Album: Kathleen Edwards, Voyageur (Rounder)". The Independent. January 6, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2019.