Devin Cuddy

{{short description|Canadian singer-songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Devin Cuddy | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Devin Cuddy | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | instrument = Guitar, piano, vocals | genre = Country, Rock | occupation = Musician, songwriter | years_active = 2012–present | label = Cameron House Records | website = {{URL|devincuddy.com}} }}

'''Devin Cuddy''' (born 1987) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who fronts the Devin Cuddy Band.<ref>Felix Hughes, [https://nextmag.ca/interview-devin-cuddy-talks-returning-to-his-bands-roots-and-making-their-latest-album-feel-like-a-live-experience/ "Interview: Devin Cuddy talks returning to his band’s roots and making their latest album feel like a live experience"]. ''Next'', April 20, 2026.</ref>

==Personal life==

His father, Jim Cuddy, is a founding member of the Canadian band Blue Rodeo, and his mother, Rena Polley, is an actress.<ref name=patch>Nick Patch, "Juno-nominated Devin Cuddy getting plaudits of his own, to delight of famous dad". Canadian Press, March 28, 2014.</ref> He was born the same night Blue Rodeo began recording their 1987 album ''Outskirts''.<ref name=devlin>Mike Devlin, "In a live/ work space; Devin Cuddy not only plays, sleeps and tends bar at Toronto's Cameron House; his record label is there, too". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', August 6, 2015.</ref>

==Devin Cuddy Band== The Devin Cuddy Band consists of Devin Cuddy, Michael Tuyp, Pat Phillips, and Devon Richardson. Cuddy began his career in music while working as a bartender at The Cameron House, as well as living in one of the bar's upstairs apartments.<ref name=devlin/> His initial interest was in jazz, with his style evolving toward a blend of country and New Orleans blues as he began writing original songs.<ref>Lynn Saxberg, "Like father, unlike son; Devin Cuddy forges his own path away from dad Jim and Blue Rodeo". ''Ottawa Citizen'', February 28, 2013.</ref>

The Devin Cuddy Band's first album, ''Volume One'', was released on Cameron House Records in 2012,<ref>"Devin Cuddy Band debuts new album with two shows at Cameron House Oct. 20". ''City Centre Mirror'', October 18, 2012.</ref> and received a Juno Award nomination for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year, Group at the Juno Awards of 2014.<ref>"Juno 2014 nominees". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', March 24, 2024.</ref>

In early 2014, his band opened for Blue Rodeo on that band's In Our Nature tour.<ref name=patch/> Later that year the Devin Cuddy Band released their second album, ''Kitchen Knife'', which was produced by Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor.<ref>Stephanie Mackay, "Family ties keep Devin Cuddy close to Blue Rodeo"]. ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', July 17, 2014.</ref> Over the next number of years he toured regularly, both with the Devin Cuddy Band and as a supporting musician in Jim's solo band.<ref>Peter Hendra, "Cuddy savours best of both worlds; Jim Cuddy Band performs at Grand Theatre on March 28". ''Kingston Whig-Standard'', March 24, 2018.</ref>

His third album, ''Dear Jane'', was released in 2023.<ref>Scott Campbell, [https://www.insideottawavalley.com/news/devin-cuddy-and-the-story-of-dear-jane/article_7cefcf10-c036-5224-bbc9-e374ec238342.html "Devin Cuddy and the story of ‘Dear Jane’"]. ''Inside Ottawa Valley'', November 22, 2023.</ref> In 2026 he followed up with ''Livin' Hard Ain't Easy''.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/arts/q/devin-cuddy-on-name-dropping-canadian-cities-in-his-music-9.7209054 "Devin Cuddy on name-dropping Canadian cities in his music"]. ''Q'', May 22, 2026.</ref>

==Discography== *''Volume One'' - 2012 *''Kitchen Knife'' - 2014 *''Dear Jane'' - 2023 *''Livin' Hard Ain't Easy'' - 2026

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