Genres Folk, Roots, Americana Origin Toronto, Canada Record label The Young Novelists | Years active 2009 (2009)–present Genre Folk Albums Made Us Strangers | |
Associated acts graydon james & the young novelists Website www.theyoungnovelists.com Members Graydon James
John Law
Michael Paddags
Laura Spink Past members Noel DiTosto
Alex Dodd
Shawn Jurek Similar Jory Nash, The Royal Oui, Colleen Peterson, Joe Crookston, Digging Roots Profiles |
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The Young Novelists are a Canadian folk-roots (also called "Americana") band, formed in Toronto, Ontario in August 2009. They play and tour as a five or six-piece band, or as a duo. 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. It remained nine weeks on the Top 10 Folk/Roots/Blues !earshot radio charts in Canada.
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- The young novelists steel rail blues gordon lightfoot
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- Discography
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They Young Novelists received the award for New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Awards. They were also the winners of the 2015 Grassy Hills Songwriting competition at the Connecticut Folk Festival. They also received the 2015 Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award, presented by the Ontario Arts Council. Previously, they were the 2010 recipients of the Galaxie (now called Stingray Music) Rising Star award.
Festival appearances include Mariposa Folk Festival, Summerfolk, 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".
The young novelists couldn t be any worse sofar toronto
Discography
Songs
Always Make the MistakeMade Us Strangers · 2015
Couldn't Be Any WorseMade Us Strangers · 2015
Brothers in the GarageMade Us Strangers · 2015