James McKenty is a Canadian musician [1] [2] and recording engineer. His band The Spades, . [3] [4] [5] in which he played guitar, [6] were a roots rock band that released four records produced by Gord Sinclair, Burning on fumes [3] [7] in 2004, Let it Grow [8] in 2008, Subatomic in 2010 [9] and Live from the Narrows in 2012 [9]
In 2012 McKenty engineered Cuff The Duke's Juno nominated Morning comes [10] [11] and again in 2013 their album Union. In 2013 James engineered and mixed Blue Rodeo's record In our nature [12] [13] which became the highest chart placement [14] for first week sales in the band's history.
McKenty has also engineered albums for many other artists, including Melissa Payne, [15] [16] Tara Williamson, [17] Royal Wood [18] and the Weber Brothers [19]