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The Young Novelists
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Folk, Roots
Years active2009 (2009)–present
Members
  • Graydon James
  • John Law
  • Michael Paddags
  • Laura Spink
Past members
  • Noel DiTosto
  • Alex Dodd
  • Shawn Jurek
Website www.theyoungnovelists.com

The Young Novelists are a Canadian folk-roots band, formed in Toronto, Ontario in August 2009. They play and tour as a five or six-piece band, or as a duo. [1] [2] Their second full-length studio album, made us strangers, was released in April 2015 and won the Canadian Folk Music Award for New/Emerging Artist, as well as being nominated for the Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group. [3] [4] It remained nine weeks on the Top 10 Folk/Roots/ Blues !earshot radio charts in Canada. [5]

The Young Novelists received the award for New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the 11th Canadian Folk Music Awards. They were also the winners of the 2015 Grassy Hills Songwriting competition at the Connecticut Folk Festival. [2] Songwriter Graydon James also received the 2015 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award, presented by the Ontario Arts Council. [6] Previously, they were the 2010 recipients of the Galaxie (now called Stingray Music) Rising Star award. [7]

Festival appearances include Mariposa Folk Festival, [8] Summerfolk, [9] and Falcon Ridge Folk Festival.

Their song “It Takes All Kinds” has been described as being "[for] fans of Blue Rodeo, The Band, and pre-weirdness Wilco". [10]

Discography

  • a small town eulogy, (April 2011) [11]
  • live at dublin st. church, (November 2011)
  • in the year you were born, (September 2012) [12]
  • made us strangers, (April 2015) [13]

References

  1. ^ "Young Novelists building bridges in New Brunswick". CBC. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b Gilder, Sharon Allen. "The Young Novelists Booked at O'Hair House Concert Series". Town Courier. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards recipients announced in Edmonton". CBC. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Canadian Folk Music Awards nominees announced". Folk Awards. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  5. ^ "!earshot charts - june 2015 - top 20 folk/roots/blues". !Earshot. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Toronto roots-rock band shakes it up on new album". Times & Transcript, May 2, 2015.
  7. ^ "Past winners". Stingray Music. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  8. ^ "2015". Mariposa Folk Festival. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  9. ^ "THE YOUNG NOVELISTS". Summerfolk. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  10. ^ Sakamoto, John (24 March 2011). "The Anti-Hit List for March 26". The Star. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  11. ^ Fernandes, Nereida. "Graydon James & the Young Novelists". Exclaim!. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  12. ^ "In The Year You Were Born". Vue Weekly. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  13. ^ Herd, Mackenzie. "The Young Novelists Made Us Strangers (review)". Exclaim!. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

External links

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