Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Name Donovan Woods Instruments Vocals, guitar Role Singer-songwriter | Years active 2007–present Record label NONE Labels None Genres Folk music, Folk rock | |
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Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada Albums The Widowmaker, The Hold Up, Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled, Don't Get Too Grand, The Yukon is Kept Mine Nominations Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year – Solo Similar People The Bros Landreth, Coast Modern, Justin Rutledge, Alan Doyle, Dave Bidini | ||
Donovan Woods is a Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario, Woods began playing guitar and writing songs as a teenager. His first album, The Hold Up, was released in 2007.
Woods' song "Brand New Gun" was featured in the movie Numb starring Matthew Perry. His song "Wait and See" was featured on Degrassi: The Next Generation, and his song "My Cousin Has a Grey Cup Ring" was used in commercials for the Grey Cup. "Grey Cup Ring" was inspired by Woods' father, who is a cousin of former Montreal Alouettes player Glen Weir.
His second album, The Widowmaker, was released in 2010, and his third album, Don't Get Too Grand, was released in 2013.
Woods' song "Portland, Maine" (co-written with Abe Stoklasa) has also been recorded by Tim McGraw. Woods' song "Leaving Nashville" (also co-written with Abe Stoklasa) has been recorded by Lady Antebellum singer Charles Kelley.
Donovan Woods was signed to Warner/Chappell Nashville in 2016. His fourth album, Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled, was released February 26, 2016, and was a longlisted nominee for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize. At the 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards, Woods won the award for English Songwriter of the Year, and the album was nominated for Contemporary Album of the Year.