Mariel Buckley
Mariel Buckley is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter based in Calgary, Alberta.[1] She is the younger sister of singer T. Buckley.[2]
Mariel Buckley | |
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Born | Mariel Buckley |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | Singer, Songwriter |
Home town | Calgary, Alberta |
Musical career | |
Genres | Country |
Instruments | Vocals |
Website | marielbuckley |
Early life
Buckley was born in Calgary, Alberta.[3]
Career
Buckley recorded an EP in 2012, and then her first album, Motorhome, in 2014.[4][5] The album was produced by Derek Pulliam, and featured mainly acoustic music,; Buckley was accompanied by a string trio,[6] with Charlie Hase on pedal steel, Scott Duncan on fiddle, Pulliam on bass. Also in 2014 Buckley was a finalist in the All-Alberta Songwriting Contest.[7]
In 2018, she recorded a second album, the alt-country Driving in the Dark.[8][9] The album was produced by Leeroy Stagger. In August that year the album rose to #2 on the !earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart.[10] Also in 2018 Buckley performed at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.[11][12]
References
- Alger, Anna (February 27, 2016). "Mariel Buckley - Ironwood Stage & Grill, Calgary AB, - February 26". Exclaim!. Toronto, Ontario: Exclaim! Media Inc. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- "Calgary artists of 2018: It was a good year for these wild roses". Calgary Herald, Eric Volmers, January 4, 2019
- "King Eddy opens for Stampede with country musicians from across Canada". CBC News, Jul 07, 2017
- "Mariel Buckley – Driving In The Dark ". BeatRoute, 11 May 2018
- "Hawksley Workman and Mariel Buckley ponder the open skies of North Country Fair". Edmonton Journal, Fish Griwkowsky, June 18, 2019.
- "Mariel Buckley Shares a Part of Herself with Each Song on ‘Driving In The Dark’". Vue Weekly, May 2, 2018, by Stephan Boissonneault
- "Mariel Buckley – Motorhome CD review". BC Music Magazine, September 29, 2015, by Gillian Turnbull
- "Mariel Buckley bucks Nashville trends with personal, alt-country sounds on sophomore record". Calgary Herald, Eric Volmers, May 2, 2018.
- "Canadian Mariel Buckley Takes a Rugged Journey on ‘Driving in the Dark’ (ALBUM REVIEW)". Glide, May 3, 2018 by Jim Hynes
- "The National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, August 28, 2018". !earshot.
- "41st Vancouver Folk Music Festival still true to tradition, still young at heart". July 14, 2018 , Vancouver Weekly, Paul Hecht and Elmira Kuznetsova
- "Vancouver Folk Fest Photo Diary". The Vancouver Arts Review, July 2018.