Kinley Dowling


Kinley Dowling, who performs under the stage name KINLEY, is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. She is a member of the band Hey Rosetta! and joined them in 2007. In 2016, she released her solo album Letters Never Sent, which received national acclaim for her single "Microphone" and the subject of sexual assault. In 2018, she was nominated for four East Coast Music Awards, where she won Fan Choice Video of the Year and Rising Star Recording of the Year.

Career

Dowling was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her recording career began when she was a Music student at Dalhousie University. She has toured with Hey Rosetta!, Jenn Grant and Dennis Ellsworth. Dowling is based in Charlottetown and is focusing on songwriting.

Hey Rosetta!

The day after she graduated with a Music degree from Dalhousie University in 2007, Dowling started touring as the violinist with the rock group Hey Rosetta!. She toured with that group, based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, for ten years until the band started an indefinite hiatus in 2017.

Collaborations

In July 2011, Liam Corcoran and Kinley released their self-titled duo album The Express. This album, consisting of 11 songs, was produced by Dale Murray. The first three original compositions were written by Kinley and the remaining tracks were written by Liam Corcoran.
In June 2017, Dennis Ellsworth and Kinley Dowling released the duet "Everyone Needs to Chill Out". This album features songs written individually by Dennis Ellsworth and Kinley, as well as songs written together. The "Everyone Needs To Chill Out" album won the New Artist of the Year Award at the 2018 Music PEI Awards and received a total of six nominations.

Solo career

Kinley released her debut solo album Letters Never Sent in October 2016. In 2017, the debut album won the "Female Solo Recording of the Year", "New Artist of the Year" and "SOCAN Songwriter of the Year" awards at Music PEI Week.
At the East Coast Music Awards in 2018, Letters Never Sent won the "Rising Artist of the Year" and "Fans' Choice Video of the Year" for "Microphone". The "Microphone" song and video garnered much attention and have been incorporated into the Grade 9 Health classes on PEI.

Personal life

Dowling is a first cousin of musician Liam Corcoran. The former front man for Two Hours Traffic encouraged Dowling to write her own original music.

Discography

Solo albums

Dowling has recorded on over 50 albums. This is a partial list of other albums that she has played on.