{{Short description|Canadian singer-songwriter}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2017}} {{Use Canadian English|date=November 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2024}} '''Jadea Kelly''' is a singer-songwriter from Whitby, Ontario, Canada.
==Career== Kelly's 2008 debut album, ''Second Spring'', was produced by Ross Hayes Citrullo and received the "best country" award at the 2008 Toronto Independent Music Awards.<ref name="Ruta">{{cite web|url=http://newsdurhamregion.com/entertainment/article/135770|title=Jadea Kelly comes by country honestly|last=Ruta|first=Mike|date=17 September 2009|publisher=durhamregion.com|accessdate=25 July 2010|location=Regional Municipality of Durham|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718042539/http://newsdurhamregion.com/entertainment/article/135770|archivedate=18 July 2011}}</ref> At the end of 2009 Jadea began touring and performed shows with Ramblin Jack Elliot, Melissa McClelland, Luke Doucet, Ariana Gillis, Catherine MacLellan, Justin Rutledge and Jack Marks.<ref>(25 May 2010) [http://www.ottawasun.com/entertainment/thescene/2010/05/25/14089396.html The Scene]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ottawa Sun</ref> In 2010, she released the album ''Eastbound Platform'', which she recorded with producer David Baxter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/FolkAndCountry/Jadea_Kelly-Eastbound_Platform|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708193450/http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/FolkAndCountry/Jadea_Kelly-Eastbound_Platform|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2012|title=Jadea Kelly Music Review|work=Exclaim|accessdate=10 April 2018}}</ref> Her third album, ''Clover'', was released in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clover (True North)|url=http://www.truenorthrecords.com/Albums.php?album_id=798|publisher=True North Records|accessdate=15 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714160722/http://www.truenorthrecords.com/Albums.php?album_id=798|archivedate=14 July 2014}}</ref>
Kelly is also known for being a frequent collaborator of fellow Whitby musicians, and progressive metal act, Protest the Hero, providing several guest vocal appearances within the group's discography throughout their career, with her last to-date appearance on their 2013 fourth studio album ''Volition''.<ref name="Loudwire">{{cite web |url=https://loudwire.com/protest-the-hero-volition-album-review/ |title= Volition Album Review |accessdate=8 August 2020 |work=Loudwire, Chad Bowar|date= 29 October 2013 }}</ref>
At the 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2016, Kelly won the award for Contemporary Singer of the Year for her album ''Love & Lust''.<ref>{{cite news | title=Canadian Folk Music Awards: Francey takes home album of the year | newspaper=Halifax Chronicle-Herald | date=5 December 2016}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Albums=== *''Second Spring'' (2008) *''Eastbound Platform'' (2010) *''Clover'' (2013) *''Love & Lust'' (2016) *''Roses'' (2022) *''Weather Girl'' (2024)
===Singles and EPs=== *''It's Better To Be With You'' (2003) *''Down Wave'' (2006) *''Met While Incarcerated'' (2019)<ref name="DurhamRegion.Com">{{cite web |url=https://www.durhamregion.com/whatson-story/9494736-four-questions-with-whitby-s-jadea-kelly/ |title= Four questions with Whitby's Jadea Kelly |accessdate= 8 August 2020 |work=durhamregion.com|date= 26 July 2019 }}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website|https://www.darthjadea.com/}} * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0001571623|label=Jadea Kelly}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Jadea}} Category:Canadian folk singer-songwriters Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Musicians from the Regional Municipality of Durham Category:Singers from Ontario Category:Canadian women singer-songwriters Category:People from Whitby, Ontario Category:Canadian Folk Music Award winners