'If you can imagine Patsy Cline writing songs with Feist you kind of have an idea of where Jadea Kelly resides in the musical spectrum' - The Pop Stereo USA

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Described by CBC as 'one of the shining jewels in the crown of Canadian songwriters' Jadea Kelly spends her time writing and living between rural Ontario, Canada and Los Angeles CA. In 2016 she was awarded 'Contemporary Singer of the Year' at the Canadian Folk Music Awards for her heartfelt 2016 release 'Love & Lust'. The featured single 'Beauty' was placed on the Lifetime Network feature 'No One Would Tell' and the 2017 CBC Rio Paralympics Terry Fox Tribute. In 2022 her duet with Ryan O’Reilly (Every Little Piece of You) was featured on Station 19 (Hulu / ABC). She also lent vocals to ‘The Immaculate Room’ (Prime / Amazon) which received a Screen Composers ‘Best Score’ nomination in 2022.

In May 2019 Jadea released ‘MWI’. MWI is the official soundtrack for 'Met While Incarcerated the Film', which aired on the Documentary Channel. The EP received 'Best Score & Music' accolades from the Hollywood Independent Documentary Awards and gained over 1.5 million streams through the featured singles ‘Bad Like Me’ and ‘Make Peace With It’.

Following a pandemic pause, Jadea Kelly returned triumphantly in 2022 with her long awaited fourth studio album. Titled ‘Roses’ and released on March 4th, 2022 (Darth Jadea Music / Tonetree). The initial singles ‘Driveway’, ‘Any Old Boat’, ‘Happy’ and ‘When I Fly’ have earned impressive Spotify, Apple Music & Amazon Music editorial playlists, as well as front cover features on ‘Folk and Friends’ (Spotify) and ‘Fresh Folk Acoustic’ (Amazon Music). Accumulating over 4.2 million streams. Jadea was also featured BBC Scotland ‘Another Country’ with Ricky Ross, Global TV and CTV eTalk.

Jadea’s song ‘Happy’ was awarded ‘single of the year’ at the Oshawa Music Awards in 2022.