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Damhnait Doyle (/ˈdævnɪt/; born December 9, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. A phonetic spelling of her first name (which is Irish) also serves as the title of her 2003 album. She was a member of Atlantic Canadian band Shaye from 2003–2009 with Kim Stockwood and Tara MacLean (2003–2007). Along with Blake Manning, Stuart Cameron and Peter Fusco, she formed a new band called The Heartbroken which was active since 2009.[1]

Damhnait Doyle
Doyle at the Starlight Lounge in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. November 16, 2010
Background information
Born (1975-12-09) December 9, 1975 (age 46)
OriginLabrador City, Newfoundland, Canada
Genres
  • Folk
  • pop
  • country
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer
  • composer
Instrument(s)
Years active1996–present
LabelsMaple Music
Websitehttp://damhnaitdoyle.com

Career


Doyle took singing, guitar and clarinet lessons as a child, and released her debut album, Shadows Wake Me, in 1996. The lead single was "A List of Things", and the album garnered a Juno Award nomination and several East Coast Music Award nominations for Doyle. She toured Canada with Steve Earle in support of his album I Feel Alright.

In 2000, Doyle released her follow-up album, Hyperdramatic which included the single "Tattooed", "Never Too Late", directed by Rob Heydon was nominated for Video of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards. In 2001, Doyle won four ECMA's, including Video of the Year and Female Artist of the Year.[2]

In 2003, Doyle's third album, Davnet, was released. The CD was produced and co-written by Gordie Sampson at Lakewind Sound Studios, his Cape Breton recording studio. The first single was "Another California Song", written by Doyle and Sampson. The video featured Doyle's Shaye bandmates Kim Stockwood and Tara MacLean. A video was also released for "Traffic".

In Christmas of that year, she went to Kabul, Afghanistan, to sing for the Canadian troops there, on the Christmas special Rick Mercer's Christmas in Kabul.

She has worked with Alexz Johnson, co-writing two songs on Songs from Instant Star, then four on Songs from Instant Star Two. She recorded two songs on Songs from Instant Star 3: "Just the Beginning" as well as "Darkness Round The Sun" and two songs on Songs from Instant Star 4: "The Music" and "I Still Love You". The song "Say What You Will" was featured in the Degrassi: The Next Generation episode "The Bitterest Pill", where the school held a memorial for a J.T. Yorke, who was fatally stabbed in the prior episode.

She did a duet with Rex Goudie on his album Look Closer, on the song "Like I Was Dying", which she also co-wrote.

In 2008, Doyle lent her voice to the title sequence of Degrassi: TNG, but her version of the theme was only used for the eighth season.

In 2009, Doyle, along with Blake Manning, Stuart Cameron and Peter Fusco, formed a new band called The Heartbroken. They released their debut album Tonight Tonight in June 2010. In September 2016, they released their follow up recording, Storm Clouds.

Doyle wrote a song for a play her father Clar Doyle wrote for EDFNL, titled the same as the play: "Are You Watching Me Now?".

In April 2019, Doyle released her solo album, Liquor Store Flowers.[3]

In June 2020, she co-hosted the Juno Awards of 2020 alongside Odario Williams.[4] She is currently also the Sunday host of Weekend Mornings on the CBC Music radio network.

In April 2021, Doyle sang the song 'Sleeping in the Cold Below' on the game Warframe.


Discography


Singles

With Shaye

With The Heartbroken


Awards and achievements


[5]


Industry boards



Music placements in film and television



References


  1. "The Heartbroken - Storm Clouds". theheartbroken.com.
  2. "Damhnait Doyle". www.dav-net.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2003.
  3. "Damhnait Doyle – Liquor Store Flowers – Newfoundland Herald".
  4. "Watch this year's Juno Awards". CBC.ca. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  5. "Damhnait Doyle | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. "SOCAN Members Elect Board of Directors for 2021-'24 Term". June 30, 2021.
  7. Twight, Erik (June 4, 2019). "Featured member: Damhnait Doyle". Songwriters.ca. Retrieved October 10, 2022.

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На других языках

[de] Damhnait Doyle

Damhnait Doyle (* 9. Dezember 1975 in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Kanada) ist eine kanadische Pop-Sängerin. Ihr irischer Vorname wird wie Davnet ausgesprochen. Zwischen 1996 und 2003 veröffentlichte sie drei Soloalben, war anschließend von 2003 bis 2009 Mitglied der Gruppe Shaye und brachte 2009 ihr viertes Soloalbum raus.
- [en] Damhnait Doyle


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