Mariel Buckley | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Songwriter |
Musical career | |
Genres | Country |
Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Website | marielbuckley |
Mariel Buckley is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter based in Calgary, Alberta.[1] She is the younger sister of singer T. Buckley.[2]
Buckley was born in Calgary, Alberta.[3]
Buckley recorded an EP in 2012, and her first album, Motorhome, in 2014.[4][5] The album was produced by Derek Pulliam, and featured mainly acoustic music. Buckley was accompanied by a string trio[6] with Charlie Hase on pedal steel, Scott Duncan on fiddle, and Pulliam on bass. Buckley was a finalist in the 2014 All-Alberta Songwriting Contest.[7]
In 2018, she recorded a second album, the alt-country Driving in the Dark.[8][9] The album was produced by Leeroy Stagger. In August that year the album rose to #2 on the !earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart.[10] Also in 2018 Buckley performed at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.[11][12]
Her latest album, Everywhere I Used to Be, was released in August 2022.[13] It was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[14]
In December 2022, Buckley and her brother released a cover The Tragically Hip's "Bobcaygeon" as a single.[15]