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Celeigh Cardinal is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter from Alberta.[1] She is most noted for her 2019 album Stories from a Downtown Apartment, which won the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020.[2] On June 25, 2020, the album also earned Cardinal two Western Canadian Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year and Indigenous Artist of the Year.[3]

Life and career

Celeigh has been singing on stages since she was four years old. She started performing professionally at 19. “I grew up singing in church,” she says, “I always knew I wanted to be a singer.”[4]

Based in Edmonton, she released an EP in 2011 before following up with her full-length debut album Everything and Nothing at All in 2017.[5] The album received a nomination for Best Pop Album at the Indigenous Music Awards in 2018,[6] and seven nominations at that year's Edmonton Music Awards.[1] She won two Edmonton Music Awards, for Female Artist and Indigenous Recording.[7] She received a second Indigenous Music Award nomination in 2019, in the category Best Radio Single for her song "There Ain't No Way".[8]

Celeigh Cardinal is currently recording from Maskwacis just south of Edmonton, as a host on the CKUA Radio network for the show "Full Circle", which celebrates Indigenous music from around the globe.[4][9]

Discography

  • 2017 - Everything and Nothing at all (Self Released)
  • 2019 - Stories from a Downtown Apartment (Self Released)

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References

  1. ^ a b "Celeigh Cardinal rakes in 7 nominations for Edmonton Music Awards". CBC News Edmonton, April 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Shakiel Mahjouri, "2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top". ET Canada, June 29, 2020.
  3. ^ Garner, Ryan (June 25, 2020). "Best in the west: 2020 Western Canadian Music Award nominees announced". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2020-06-26.
  4. ^ a b "Celeigh Cardinal". CKUA.com. CKUA Radio Network. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ^ Anna Borowiecki, "Celeigh Cardinal rides crest of fame". St. Albert Today, May 1, 2018.
  6. ^ Josiah Hughes, "Here Are the Nominees for the 2018 Indigenous Music Awards". Exclaim!, March 20, 2018.
  7. ^ Fish Griwkowsky, "Lyra Brown, Celeigh Cardinal, Tommy Banks win big at Edmonton Music Awards". Edmonton Journal, June 29, 2018.
  8. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Here Are the Winners of the 2019 Indigenous Music Awards". Exclaim!, May 21, 2019.
  9. ^ "Celeigh Cardinal". CKUA.com. CKUA Radio Network. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Celeigh Cardinal | Soul- Folk Songstress from the Northern Prairies - Bio". celeighcardinal.com. Retrieved 2022-06-22.


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