Kinley Dowling

Last updated
Kinley Dowling
KINLEY1 at Echo Lake studio.jpg
Dowling at the Echo Lake recording studio in Nova Scotia
Background information
Birth nameKinley Margaret Dowling
Also known asKINLEY
Born (1983-01-18) January 18, 1983 (age 41)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Genres Dance-pop
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, violin
Years active2007–present
Website www.kinleymusic.com

Kinley Dowling (born January 18, 1983), who performs under the stage name KINLEY, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. She is a member of the band Hey Rosetta! and joined them in 2007. In 2016, she released her solo album Letters Never Sent. In 2018, she was nominated for four East Coast Music Awards, [1] where she won Fan Choice Video of the Year (for her single "Microphone") and Rising Star Recording of the Year. [2] She released her second album KINLEY in 2020, where it was nominated for Pop Recording of the Year at the 2021 East Coast Music Awards. [3] [4]

Contents

Career

Dowling was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her recording career began when she was a music student at Dalhousie University. Dowling is based in Charlottetown. [5]

Hey Rosetta!

The day after she graduated from Dalhousie University in 2007, [6] Dowling began playing violin with the rock group Hey Rosetta!. [7] She toured with the band, based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, for ten years, until they went on indefinite hiatus, in 2017. [8]

Collaborations

In July 2011, Liam Corcoran and Dowling released their self-titled duo album The Express. This album, consisting of 11 songs, was produced by Dale Murray. The first three original compositions were written by Dowling and the remaining tracks were written by Liam Corcoran. [9]

In June 2017, Dennis Ellsworth and Dowling released the duet album Everyone Needs to Chill Out. This album features songs written individually by Ellsworth and Dowling, as well as songs written together. Everyone Needs To Chill Out was nominated for six awards at the 2018 Music PEI Awards, and won the New Artist of the Year Award. [10]

Solo career

Dowling released her debut solo album Letters Never Sent in October 2016. [11] In 2017, the debut album won the "Female Solo Recording of the Year", "New Artist of the Year" and "SOCAN Songwriter of the Year" awards at Music PEI Week. [12]

At the East Coast Music Awards in 2018, Letters Never Sent won the "Rising Artist of the Year" and "Fans' Choice Video of the Year" for "Microphone". [13] "Microphone" received attention for its coverage of sexual assault and the song was incorporated into Grade 9 Health classes in PEI to help students understand consent. [14] [15] [16] [17]

Her second album, KINLEY, was released in 2020 and was preceded by the singles "Lightworkers", "Run With You", and "Washington". [3] [18] [19] [20] It was nominated for Pop Recording of the Year at the 2021 East Coast Music Awards, losing to Sorrey's In Full Bloom. [4]

Personal life

Dowling is a first cousin of musician Liam Corcoran. The former front man for Two Hours Traffic encouraged Dowling to write her own original music. [21]

Discography

Solo albums

Solo singles

Notable collaborations

Other collaborations

Dowling has recorded on over 50 albums. This is a partial list of other albums that she has played on.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island</span> Political party in Prince Edward Island, Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island is one of three major political parties on Prince Edward Island. The party and its rival, the Liberals, have alternated in power since responsible government was granted in 1851.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joel Plaskett</span> Canadian singer-songwriter

William Joel MacDonald Plaskett is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a member of Halifax alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s. Plaskett performs in a number of genres, from blues and folk to hard rock, country, and pop.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Two Hours Traffic</span> Canadian indie rock band

Two Hours Traffic was a Canadian indie rock band, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They are named after a line in the prologue to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Critics have drawn comparisons to 1970s power pop band Big Star, but the band members tend to cite Nick Lowe as a prime influence. The band was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize in 2008 for the album Little Jabs. In 2013, the band performed on their final tour, disbanding afterward.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Al Tuck</span> Musical artist

Al Tuck, is a Canadian songwriter and folksinger from Prince Edward Island who has spent much of his career based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hey Rosetta!</span> Canadian rock band

Hey Rosetta! was a Canadian seven-piece indie rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, led by singer-songwriter Tim Baker. They released four studio albums, five EPs, and one live album. On October 13, 2017, the group announced via a Facebook post that they would be taking an indefinite hiatus, which persists as of 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paper Lions</span> Canadia indie rock band

Paper Lions is a Canadian indie rock band, formed and based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They have toured around Canada, and have released several albums, including 2016's Full Colour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jenn Grant</span> Musical artist

Jenn Grant is a Canadian folk pop singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">East Coast Music Association</span>

The East Coast Music Association (ECMA) is a non-profit association purposed towards supporting the music industry in the Canadian east coast, i.e., Atlantic Canada. The ECMA hosts the annual East Coast Music Awards festival.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Myles (musician)</span> Canadian songwriter and musician (born 1981)

David Myles is a Canadian songwriter and musician born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Myles lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, as of September 2020, moving from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His music has often been labeled folk jazz, although he prefers simply to call it "roots" music. An independent artist who self-releases his albums, Myles has been able to gain an increasingly large audience, in part because of his active touring schedule and in part because of his cross-genre musical collaborations, which include a single made with the rapper Classified that became the biggest-selling rap single in the history of Canadian music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rose Cousins</span> Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter

Rosanne Millicent "Rose" Cousins is a Canadian folk-pop singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Prince Edward Island, she is currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yukon Blonde</span> Canadian indie rock band

Yukon Blonde is a Canadian indie rock band originally from Kelowna, British Columbia. The band has been based in Vancouver since 2009.

Dylan Guthro is a Canadian singer/songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The son of musician Bruce Guthro, Dylan released his debut album, All That's True, in 2012. In 2015, Guthro teamed up with fellow Halifax singer-songwriters Carleton Stone and Breagh Mackinnon to form the band Port Cities.

Irish Mythen is an Irish-born Canadian contemporary folk singer-songwriter. In recent years, Mythen has performed with Rod Stewart, Gordon Lightfoot and Lucinda Williams at major festival stages the world over. Mythen's first two full-length albums were Sweet Necessity in 2008 and Open Here in 2011. She moved to Prince Edward Island in 2007, where she won the Songwriter of the Year Award in 2016 for her song "Gypsy Dancer". Her third album, released in 2014 titled Irish Mythen, won the East Coast Music Association 2015 Roots Album of the Year. Mythen is described as "rambunctious, thoughtful, tender and loud" by ABC Radio National. She was one of several female artists at the 2018 edition of the legendary Cambridge Folk Festival, who were singled out by the Guardian newspaper in their praise of new festival booker Bev Burton's female-heavy line-up for the festival. Australia's premier folk and roots festival Byron Bay Bluesfest call her a 'must see artist' and she is booked to make a third appearance at the festival in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hillsburn (band)</span> Canadian indie pop band

Hillsburn is an indie pop band from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. They have been hailed by several media outlets as one of the east coast of Canada's next big acts and were recently included on CBC's list of '21 Canadian albums we can't wait to hear in 2021'. Hillsburn have released three full-length studio albums, and have won or been nominated for a number of regional and national awards. Their latest record, Slipping Away, was released on May 28, 2021. Slipping Away was produced by Howard Redekopp, who has worked with other notable Canadian acts, including Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers, and Mother Mother.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liam Corcoran</span> Musical artist

Liam Corcoran is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Formerly the front-man of Two Hours Traffic, he is now an established solo artist.

Ten Strings and a Goat Skin was a Canadian folk music group from Rustico, Prince Edward Island, who performed traditional Celtic and Acadian folk music, in English and French.

Dylan Menzie is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Belle River, Prince Edward Island.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Baker (musician)</span> Canadian musician

Tim Baker is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The longtime lead singer of the indie rock band Hey Rosetta!, his first solo album Forever Overhead was released on April 19, 2019, on Arts & Crafts.

Rachel Beck is a singer-songwriter from Stratford, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She released her self-titled debut record March 2, 2018. Her lead single 'Reckless Heart' reached #1 on the CBC Music Top 20 Chart and earned Beck a SOCAN #1 Award. In addition, her record garnered eight nominations at the 2019 Music PEI Awards and two nominations at the 2019 East Coast Music Awards. Beck was awarded the Music PEI Rising Star Recording of the Year and Pop Recording of the Year.

Heather Morrison is a Canadian emergency room physician who serves as the Chief Public Health Officer for Prince Edward Island. She was the first woman to receive the Rhodes Scholarship in the Prince Edward Island region, and was named The Guardian’s Newsmaker of the Year in 2020.

References

  1. ↑ "Rose Cousins, Jenn Grant, Kinley, The East Pointers grab ECMA noms - CBC News". cbc.ca. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "ECMA: Big night for P.E.I. - The Guardian". www.theguardian.pe.ca. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 "KINLEY KINLEY | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  4. 1 2 Cook, Alex (2021-06-11). "ECMA Announces First Round of 2021 East Coast Music Award Winners". The East. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  5. ↑ Dingwell, Rebecca. "ECMA30: KINLEY". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kinley Dowling (BMUS'07) From the Dalhousie stage to the world stage – Fountain School of Performing Arts Alumni". dalhousie.ca. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Cole, Sally. "Kinley Dowling bonding with her band Hey Rosetta!", The Guardian, Charlottetown, 23 January 2015. Retrieved on 11 October 2018. Archived 13 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Cook, Alex. "Hey Rosetta! Releases Post-Mortem, Decade-Spanning Retrospective Video", The East, Halifax, 3 January 2018. Retrieved on 11 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Hudson, Alex. "Members of Hey Rosetta! and Two Hours Traffic Unveil Album as The Express". Exclaim! , 2 June 2011. Retrieved on 11 October 2018.
  10. ↑ Yarr, Kevin. "Music P.E.I. Releases 2018 award nominees", CBC News, Charlottetown, 28 November 2017. Retrieved on 12 October 2018.
  11. ↑ Fraser, Sara (October 24, 2016). "'Opening up a conversation' about sexual assault: Kinley Dowling pens cathartic debut album". CBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  12. ↑ Yarr, Kevin. "The lion's share: Paper Lions lead Music P.E.I. tally", CBC News, Charlottetown, 15 May 2017. Retrieved on 12 October 2018.
  13. ↑ Thomson, Aly. "Female singer-songwriters reign at East Coast Music Awards gala in Halifax", The Star, Halifax, 4 May 2018. Retrieved on 12 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Kinley Dowling's song about sexual assault to be used as teaching tool in classrooms". CBC Music .
  15. ↑ "KINLEY Reclaims Her Story After A Sexual Assault in "Microphone" Video". www.vice.com. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  16. ↑ "PEI musician Kinley is 'building consent culture' with her song Microphone" . Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  17. ↑ "Kinley video launch for Microphone to raise awareness about sexual assault - CBC News". cbc.ca. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "KINLEY Previews Sophomore Album with New Song "Lightworkers" | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  19. ↑ "Music Video: KINLEY Hits the Racetracks for 'Run With You'". The East. 2020-11-06. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  20. ↑ "Single: KINLEY Revisits Her Message of Empowerment on 'Washington'". The East. 2020-01-24. Retrieved 2021-06-28.
  21. ↑ Dault, Meredith (July 5, 2017). "Kinley Dowling: Growing into her solo career". SOCAN Magazine. Retrieved October 13, 2018.
  22. ↑ "Review- "The Express"- The Express". grayowlpoint.com. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  23. ↑ "The Express The Express". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  24. ↑ "Nominees for Music PEI's Album of the Year share tales of their 'magical' instruments - CBC News". cbc.ca. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  25. ↑ "In the moment - Vue Weekly". vueweekly.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  26. ↑ "Jenn Grant's change of heart - The Coast". thecoast.ca. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  27. ↑ "MUSIC REVIEW: DENNIS ELLSWORTH - HAZY SUNSHINE - CBC New Brunswick". cbc.ca. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  28. ↑ "Jenn Grant's Compostela features a field of stars - The Record". therecord.com. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  29. ↑ "FORTUNATE ONES Release Debut CD "The Bliss" - Sea and Be Scene". seaandbescene.com. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.