Mariel Buckley

Mariel Buckley
Buckley in 2025
OccupationsSinger, songwriter
Musical career
GenresRoots, Americana, Folk
InstrumentsVocals, guitar
Websitemarielbuckley.com

Mariel Buckley is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter based in Calgary, Alberta.[1] She is the younger sister of singer T. Buckley.[2]

Biography

Buckley was born in Calgary, Alberta.[3]

Buckley recorded an EP in 2012, and her first album, Motorhome, in 2014.[4][5] The album was produced by Derek Pulliam, and featured mainly acoustic music. Buckley was accompanied by a string trio[6] with Charlie Hase on pedal steel, Scott Duncan on fiddle, and Pulliam on bass. Buckley was a finalist in the 2014 All-Alberta Songwriting Contest.[7]

In 2018, she recorded a second album, the alt-country Driving in the Dark.[8][9] The album was produced by Leeroy Stagger. In August that year the album rose to #2 on the !earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart.[10] Also in 2018 Buckley performed at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.[11][12]

Her sophomore commercial release, Everywhere I Used to Be, was released in August 2022 on Winnipeg-based label Birthday Cake Records.[13] [14] It was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.[15]

In December 2022, Buckley and her brother released a cover The Tragically Hip's "Bobcaygeon" as a single.[16] The two have also continued to perform together as a duo at other times, performing a set that includes duet versions of their own songs as well as covers of material by other artists.[17]

Her second release on Birthday Cake Records and most recent full-length album, Strange Trip Ahead, was released in October 2025. It was recorded in Nashville, TN, with her Edmonton-based band members and produced by Jarrad K (Ruston Kelly, Weezer)[18] at Chateau Noir Studios.

In 2026, she won the Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2026, for Strange Trip Ahead.[19] The album was also longlisted for the 2026 Polaris Music Prize,[20] and the song "Vending Machines" was longlisted for the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Alger, Anna (February 27, 2016). "Mariel Buckley - Ironwood Stage & Grill, Calgary AB, - February 26". Exclaim!. Toronto, Ontario: Exclaim! Media Inc. Archived from the original on July 5, 2017. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Calgary artists of 2018: It was a good year for these wild roses". Calgary Herald, Eric Volmers, January 4, 2019
  3. ↑ "King Eddy opens for Stampede with country musicians from across Canada". CBC News, July 7, 2017
  4. ↑ "Mariel Buckley – Driving In The Dark ". BeatRoute, 11 May 2018
  5. ↑ "Hawksley Workman and Mariel Buckley ponder the open skies of North Country Fair". Edmonton Journal, Fish Griwkowsky, June 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mariel Buckley Shares a Part of Herself with Each Song on ‘Driving In The Dark’". Vue Weekly, May 2, 2018, by Stephan Boissonneault
  7. ↑ "Mariel Buckley – Motorhome CD review". BC Music Magazine, September 29, 2015, by Gillian Turnbull
  8. ↑ "Mariel Buckley bucks Nashville trends with personal, alt-country sounds on sophomore record". Calgary Herald, Eric Volmers, May 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Canadian Mariel Buckley Takes a Rugged Journey on ‘Driving in the Dark’ (Album Review)". Glide, May 3, 2018 by Jim Hynes
  10. ↑ "The National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart For the Week Ending: Tuesday, August 28, 2018". !earshot.
  11. ↑ "41st Vancouver Folk Music Festival still true to tradition, still young at heart" Archived 2019-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. July 14, 2018, Vancouver Weekly, Paul Hecht and Elmira Kuznetsova
  12. ↑ "Vancouver Folk Fest Photo Diary". The Vancouver Arts Review, July 2018.
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ "Summer 2022 guide: 14 albums you need to hear". CBC Music, June 20, 2022.
  15. ↑ "2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more". CBC Music, June 13, 2023.
  16. ↑ Martin Noake, "Single Release: T. Buckley & Mariel Buckley, "Bobcaygeon'". Great Dark Wonder, December 8, 2022.
  17. ↑ Stephen Hunt, "The Buckleys added to Calgary Folk Festival lineup". CTV Calgary, July 25, 2024.
  18. ↑ Jarrad K (Ruston KellyWeezer, Weezer)https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/tracks/mariel-buckley-vending-machines
  19. ↑ Fish Griwkowsky, "Mariel Buckley and Axios Men's Ensemble and Pro Coro Canada bring Junos home to Edmonton". Edmonton Journal, March 31, 2026.
  20. ↑ Sydney Brasil, "Polaris Music Prize Shares 2026 Long List". Exclaim!, June 11, 2026.
  21. ↑ Natalie Harmsen, "2026 SOCAN Polaris Song Prize long list: Begonia, Cadence Weapon, Charlotte Day Wilson and more". CBC Music, June 24, 2026.
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