WATCH THE VIDEO FOR THE TITLE TRACK HERE

“…one of the shining jewels in the crown of Canadian songwriters…” – Tom Power, CBC

TORONTO, ON – March 4, 2022 – Today, award-winning singer-songwriter, Jadea Kelly, celebrates the long-awaited release of her fourth studio album, Roses (out via Darth Jadea Music / Tonetree). Listen here.

“The Roses album release feels like a wedding and a birth all in one,” exclaims Jadea. “Celebratory and four years in the making. I'm so incredibly proud of these songs. It was an absolute joy to create this album and the act of creating it provided me with an unwavering sense of artistic purpose.” 

To mark the release, Jadea also shares a beautiful music video for the record’s title track – filmed by francophone videogrpaher, Gaelle Legrand, on Jadea’s parents’ property in Ontraio, Canada. Watch here.

“We wanted to film a collection of vignette memories of a past love, mixed with images that represented a triumphant return to joy, power, independence and abundance,” adds Jadea. “I bought five bouquets of roses, drenched most of them in gasoline and we burnt them in slow motion.”   

Produced by a collection of artists, including Aaron Goldstein (Matt Mays / Daniel Romano), Joel Schwartz (Dionne Taylor), Rich Jacques (Lisa Loeb) and Joe Moralez (Skyler Day), the record reflects Jadea’s journey to a more conscious and balanced state. Featuring 13 new original tracks – which were composed between Ontario, Nashville and L.A. over the past four years – Roses perfectly showcases Jadea’s heartstring-tugging songwriting, all highlighted by Jadea’s stunning vocals.

DOWNLOAD – Roses cover artwork | DOWNLOAD – hi-res press photo

ABOUT JADEA KELLY
Described by CBC as “one of the shining jewels in the crown of Canadian songwriters” (Tom Power, CBC) Jadea Kelly spends her time writing and living between rural Ontario, Canada and Los Angeles, CA.

She has co-written and toured (as opener and backing vocalist) with the likes of Justin Rutledge, Whitehorse, Judy Collins, Catherine MacLellan, Royal Wood, Kelly Prescott, Sweet Alibi, Peter Katz, Digging Roots, Leela Gilday and Joey Landreth. She has also performed and showcased her music across Canada, The United States and Europe, performing at the likes of Americana Fest (Nashville TN), Winnipeg Folk Festival, Calgary Folk Festival, Edmonton’s Interstellar Rodeo, Metal Toronto and Peterborough Folk Festival. Despite her Americana influence, she is also the featured vocalist with JUNO award-winning metal group, Protest the Hero (Kezia, Scurrilous and Volition).

In 2016 Jadea was awarded Contemporary Singer of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards for her 2016 release, Love & Lust. Its featured single, Beauty, was placed on the Lifetime Network feature, No One Would Tell, and the 2017 CBC Rio Paralympics in a viral opening montage portraying the life and struggle of Terry Fox. Her most recent EP, MWI (2019), received Best Score & Music accolades from the Hollywood Independent Documentary Awards. MWI is the official soundtrack for Met While Incarcerated the Film, which aired on the Documentary Channel and CBC in March 2019.

Jadea spearheaded the 2018 collective, Canada Covers Tom Petty, featuring an impressive collection of tributes from Matt Mays, Terra Lightfoot, Dwayne Gretsky, Molly Brown and the Redhill Valleys. She also hosts a semi-annual Canadian songwriter showcase in Los Angeles through the celebrated Hotel Café, Monday Monday, concert series.

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