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Kathleen Edwards

Kathleen Margaret Edwards was born on July 11th 1978 in Ottawa, Ontario. Her father Leonard Edwards was a diplomate, which led to that Kathleen grew up in such countries as South Korea and Switzerland. At the age of five, she started taking classical violin lessons that continued for the next twelve years. This came in handy when she recorded Failer; Kathleen played and arranged all the string parts on the album. In 1997 her family moved back to ... Canada, and Kathleen's music taste changed. Before this time she was mainly interested in mainstream pop music, but now she started to listen to her brother's record collection. Her brother's music taste included artists Bob Dylan and Neil Young. During her last two years of high school she started to play more guitar than studying. "I played in (a school) band, but I never played in a band that wasn't part of my musical upbringing, until I started playing guitar at summer-camp. I started playing more and more and wouldn't study for exams, and just play down in my room. It started to take priority over doing well in school." [JAM!] In 1999 she started to play open mike nights, and at the same time she started writing her own songs. She recorded the six-song ep Building 55, pressing 500 copies. This was the start of a tour of Canada in her Suburban truck, pictured on the cover of Failer. She booked her own showns, making just enough gas money to take her from place to place. "It's pretty much the first six songs I ever wrote. There were a few hits and misses but a lot of them stuck with me, and I'm really happy with my record. A lot of people have regrets about first releases, and I don't at all. I'm really confident about it. See more [+]

Back To Me 2 |||||

I've got ways to make you sorry start my life with someone e...

Summerlong |||||

I know how to play this game one, two, three and I'm safe co...

12 Bellevue |||||

I'm not gonna lie Not gonna make up my mind tonight No, I'm ...

Away |||||

I remember the way, Driving home late, Speeding all the way....

In State |||||

I can spot your kind a million miles away Buckle down boots ...

Copied Keys |||||

This is not my town and it will never be This is our apartme...

Darling |||||

You are the sun And he tried to put you out And you are the ...

For The Record |||||

verse 1 My blood is thick but it still runs Every time I was...

Good Things |||||

I've got a long, long list of things That no one needs to se...

Hockey Skates |||||

Going down in the same old town down the same street to the ...

House Full Of Empty Rooms |||||

You don't talk to me Not the way that you used to Maybe I do...

Mercury |||||

Wana go get high? Mercury is parked outside, under the light...

Mint |||||

ooooooh The taste of mint, you were a field of it Why I coul...

Oil Mans War |||||

VERSE Bobby wished he was from the past He said those cars t...

Old Time Sake |||||

Of all the things that you could choose to say Baby come hom...

Pink Emerson Radio |||||

Painted over the walls The saddest colour blue Posters cover...

Run |||||

Thirty years today You came into my life And everything chan...

Scared At Night |||||

As a child I would wake at night I was scared, but I kept re...

Soft Place To Land |||||

Callin' it quits You think this is easy I swear I heard you ...

The Cheapest Key |||||

A is for all the times I bit my tongue E is the exit sign, b...

The Lone Wolf |||||

Doo doo doo doo doo dah Doo dah dah dah dah dah He was the l...

What Are You Waiting For |||||

All the things I tried Mistakes made in my old life I picked...

Glenfern |||||

When I go walking in my neighbourhood I wonder how I even go...

A Soft Place To Land |||||

Calling it quits, you think this is easy I swear I hurt, you...

Alicia Ross |||||

Oh, I am a girl, the forgettable face And no matter my colou...

Chameleon Comedian |||||

I know your heart It is a secret thing And you're a comedian...

Change The Sheets |||||

My love Took a ride on a red-eye plane Going home and we're ...

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