Dylan Menzie Explained
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]
Notes and References
- https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/living/peis-dylan-menzie-will-be-featured-in-the-next-episode-of-the-launch-on-ctv-179037/ "P.E.I.s Dylan Menzie will be featured in the next episode of ‘The Launch’ on CTV"
- https://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/6704586-dylan-menzie-s-sophomore-album-is-a-record-of-artistic-growth/ "Dylan Menzie’s sophomore album is a record of artistic growth"
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-dylan-menzie-1.3866029 "P.E.I. musician Dylan Menzie enjoying lots of spin success"
- https://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/11630/radio-2-top-20-june-17-dylan-menzie-number-one "Radio 2 Top 20 June 17: Five fresh tracks storm the chart and fan favourite Dylan Menzie hits #1"
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-music-east-coast-awards-1.4082959 "Island musicians 'pumped' to get ECMA party started"
- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-menzie-the-launch-ctv-talent-show-1.4403848 "P.E.I. musician Dylan Menzie finalist on new TV talent show"
- https://www.theeastmag.com/2018/03/22/new-music-dylan-menzie-revisits-clock-rewinds/ "New Music: Dylan Menzie Revisits The Hits On ‘As The Clock Rewinds’"
- https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/living/gunning-cormier-papillon-up-for-canadian-folk-music-awards-243290/ "Gunning & Cormier, Papillon up for Canadian Folk Music Awards"