Dylan Menzie

Dylan Menzie is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Belle River, Prince Edward Island.[1]

Menzie released his debut EP, Heather Avenue, in 2013.[2] In 2016, he was a finalist in CBC Radio 2's Searchlight competition with his song "Kenya",[3] which reached No. 1 on the network's chart show The Radio 2 Top 20.[4] He released the album Adolescent Nature that year.[2] In 2017 he received two East Coast Music Award nominations, for Pop Album of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.[5]

In 2018 he was a competitor on CTV's music competition series The Launch, but was not selected as a finalist.[6] Later the same year he released As the Clock Rewinds, consisting primarily of new rerecordings of material from Adolescent Nature.[7] He received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Contemporary Singer of the Year at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards.[8]

References
  1. "P.E.I.s Dylan Menzie will be featured in the next episode of ‘The Launch’ on CTV". The Guardian (Charlottetown), January 19, 2018.
  2. "Dylan Menzie’s sophomore album is a record of artistic growth". Waterloo Region Record, June 3, 2016.
  3. "P.E.I. musician Dylan Menzie enjoying lots of spin success". CBC News Prince Edward Island, November 25, 2016.
  4. "Radio 2 Top 20 June 17: Five fresh tracks storm the chart and fan favourite Dylan Menzie hits #1". CBC Radio 2, June 17, 2016.
  5. "Island musicians 'pumped' to get ECMA party started". CBC News Prince Edward Island, April 24, 2017.
  6. "P.E.I. musician Dylan Menzie finalist on new TV talent show". CBC News Prince Edward Island, November 18, 2017.
  7. "New Music: Dylan Menzie Revisits The Hits On ‘As The Clock Rewinds’". The East, March 22, 2018.
  8. "Gunning & Cormier, Papillon up for Canadian Folk Music Awards". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 20, 2018.


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