Somewhere between folk and R&B, between the coasts and the prairies, between “deep thinker” and “serial daydreamer”—that’s where you’ll find me.
I grew up drifting between British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Alberta, which might explain why my music never stays in one place for too long. I wrote my first song at 14, wiggled my way onto any stage that would have me, and never really stopped. Since then, I’ve played intimate rooms and festival stages, blending raw storytelling with a sound that floats somewhere between nostalgia and whatever comes next.
People have called me “the Swiss army knife of creativity” and “the thinking person’s songwriter.” I just like making things. Songs, mostly—but also photos, poems, fleeting little moments that feel like magic. Genre-fluid in both music and life, I follow whatever sound feels true, whether that’s hushed folk, something R&B-tinged, or a jazz phrase that sneaks in when I’m not looking.
When I’m not writing music, I’m journaling about creativity, overwatering my plants, or hanging out with my dog, Buzz (who, if we’re being real, is the one holding it all together). I also write about creative recovery on my Substack, because making art is a strange, beautiful, occasionally soul-crushing process, and I like talking about it.
Now, with a new city, a new label, and a growing body of work, I’m figuring out where to go next—whether to build a character around myself or let it all be as transparent as the songs I write. Either way, the music stays honest.
songwriter, daydreamer, self-proclaimed softy
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Good Life - K O D A E (single / 2024)
Day Dreamer - K O D A E (single / 2024)
The Blue - TAYLR (single / 2023)
The Trees - TAYLR (single / 2023)
Fractals - K O D A E (single / 2022)
Glad You’re Here - Ellen Doty & TAYLR (single / 2021)
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Every Little Scene - Ellen Doty
2023
SONGWRITING WITH KATE STEVENS AND ELLEN DOTY
We Don’t Even Fight Anymore - Von Bieker
2022
VOCAL PERFORMANCE, HARMONY ARRANGEMENT, BACKING VOCALSGlad You’re Here - Ellen Doty + TAYLR
2022
SONGWRITING, VOCAL PERFORMANCENew Thing - Dear Friend
2021
SONGWRITING, VOCAL PERFORMANCE, HARMONY ARRANGEMENT AND BACKING VOCALSDying Days - Dear Friend
2021
SONGWRITING, VOCAL PERFORMANCE, HARMONY ARRANGEMENT AND BACKING VOCALSLong Run - Wyatt C. Louis
2019
BACKING VOCALSWay Over My Head - Elle McAndrews
2019
HARMONY ARRANGEMENT, BACKING VOCALS -
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 - SUPPORT FOR XANA / COMMONWEALTH, CALGARY AB
AUGUST 3, 2024 - SUPPORT FOR DYLAN MENZIE / KING EDDY, CALGARY AB
AUGUST 2, 2024 - JASPER NATIONAL PARK FUNDRAISER / PALOMINO, CALGARY AB
FEBRUARY 10, 2024 - SUPPORT FOR OKAY MANN + NITE TWIN / PALOMINO, CALGARY AB
DECEMBER 30, 2023 - FUNDRAISER FOR SKIPPING STONE / SHIP & ANCHOR, CALGARY AB
NOVEMBER 5, 2023 - PARK FASHION SHOW / AMPERSAND BUILDING, CALGARY AB
NOVEMBER 4, 2023 - CITY COUNCIL CULTURE OPENING / FORT CALGARY / CALGARY, AB
OCTOBER 19, 2023 - SUPPORT FOR HIS HIS - PALOMINO, CALGARY AB
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 - SUPPORT FOR SEMI ATHLETIC / SOCALITY, CALGARY AB
AUGUST 28, 2023 - LAYLA JUNE / KING EDDY, CALGARY AB
JULY 15, 2023 - LAYLA JUNE AT BUCKAROOS, THE STAMPEDE / CALGARY AB
JUNE 25 - 28, 2023 - SLED ISLAND MUSIC FESTIVAL / CALGARY AB
JUNE 13 - 17, 2023 - NXNE FESTIVAL / TORONTO ON
MAY 26, 2023 - SUPPORT FOR TYSON RAY BORSBOOM / KING EDDY, CALGARY AB
MAY 5, 2023 - SUPPORT FOR ZACH KLEISINGER WITH COLIN CARBONERA / SOCALITY HOUSE, CALGARY AB
MARCH 17, 2023 - SUPPORT FOR MADDIE STORVOLD / WORKSHOP STUDIOS, CALGARY AB
MARCH 10, 2023 - JUNO WEEKEND BLUE JAY SESSION / THE OTTO, EDMONTON AB
FEBRUARY 3, 2023 - CHINOOK BLAST PRESENTED BY CALGARY TOURISM / OLYMPIC PLAZA, CALGARY AB
JANUARY 29, 2023 - HEADLINE SLOT AT MEDICINE HAT FOLK FESTIVAL / TONGUE ON THE POST, MEDICINE HAT AB
DECEMBER 21, 2022 - BREAD MAKER WITH JJ SHIPLETT, MICHAEL BERNARD FITZGERALD, OKAY MANN, WYATT C. LOUIS, BLSNG AND MADDISON KREBS
DECEMBER 5, 2022 - SUPPORT FOR ELLEN DOTY / KING EDDY, CALGARY AB
DECEMBER 1, 2022 - AE WEST SHOWCASE / KING EDDY, CALGARY AB
NOVEMBER 5, 2022 - CALGARY FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY / FESTIVAL HALL, CALGARY AB
OCTOBER 29, 2022 - SUPPORT FOR SHUFFALO / FESTIVAL HALL, CALGARY AB
OCTOBER 13, 2022 - SUPPORT FOR MICHAEL BERNARD FITZGERALD AND CARTER AND THE CAPITALS / MAJOR TOM, CALGARY AB
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022 - CCMA BLUE JAY SESSIONS / PRAIRIE EMPORIUM, CALGARY AB
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022 - CCMA ALL WOMEN SONGWRITER CIRCLE, CALGARY AB
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022 - THE GATEWAY / SUPPORT FOR OCIE ELLIOT AND JON BRYANT, CALGARY AB
SEPTEMBER 3 - PLAY THE PARKS PRESENTED BY TD AND CMI CANADA, CALGARY AB
AUGUST 12 & 14 - FARM TOUR WITH MICHAEL BERNARD FITZGERALD, CALGARY AB
JULY 9, 2022 - THE CALGARY STAMPEDE / COCA COLA STAGE, CALGARY AB
JUNE 25, 2022 - SLED ISLAND (SUPPORT FOR LAURA HICKLI), CALGARY AB
JUNE 23, 2022 - QUINTERRA LEGACY SONGWRITER CIRCLE / PROPHET’S OF MUSIC, CALGARY AB
MAY 29, 2022 - THE BLUE JAY SESSIONS / PRAIRIE EMPORIUM, CALGARY AB
MAY 24, 2022 - LEMMON STAGE SHOWCASE / EL MOCAMBO, TORONTO ON
MAY 15, 2022 - HANDLEBAR SONGWRITER CIRCLE, TORONTO ON
APRIL 2, 2022 - BIG WINTER CLASSIC / LAST BEST, CALGARY AB
MARCH 29, 2022 - BREADMAKR / THE PIONEER, CALGARY AB
MARCH 3, 2022 - THE LIVING ROOM SESSIONS WITH JARED DANIEL AND KUZI CEE / RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOT, CALGARY AB
FEB 12, 2022 - THE BLUE JAY SESSIONS WITH NICOLE RAY AND EMMA PETERSON / PRAIRIE EMPORIUM, CALGARY AB
JAN 22, 2022 - SUPPORT FOR JJ SHIPLET / THE NATIONAL MUSIC CENTRE, CALGARY ABRESIDENCIES
AIRI YYC - MUSICIAN IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOT SEPTEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 31 2022
CMI ARTIST ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM - ARTISTS SPEND FIVE-WEEKS WORKING WITH CMI AT STUDIO BELL TO EXPAND THEIR MUSIC INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE. NOVEMBER 1 - DECEMBER 2NOTABLE COLLABORATIONS
SONGWRITER CREDIT - SUSAN CAROL
NOVEMBER 2023 - WRITERS ROOM FOR A SUSAN CAROL SONG WITH BYRAM “BEATCHILD” JOSEPH
IJE LIVE (ANNUAL COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE)
SEPTEMBER 2023 - HIRED TO AUDIT LYRICS/SETLIST, PERFORM BACKGROUND VOCALS AND ASSIST IN THE PRODUCTION OF ‘IJE LIVE’, AN ANNUAL CONCERT SERIES CREATED BY PERPETUAL ATIFE AT THE BELLA PERFORMANCE HALL, MOUNT ROYAL
EVERY LITTLE SCENE (SINGLE)
FEBRUARY 2023 - HIRED TO WRITE A SONG WITH KATE STEVENS FOR ELLEN DOTY’S UPCOMING ALBUM
GLAD YOU’RE HERE (SINGLE)
DECEMBER 2021 - HIRED TO WRITE A SONG WITH ELLEN DOTY FOR HER ANNUAL HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN IN COLLABORATION WITH ATB FINANCIAL AND MONOGRAM COFFEE. THE CAMPAIGN RESULTED IN $24,000 IN FUNDS RAISED FOR THE MUSTARD SEED
