Mariel Buckley is a Canadian

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singer-songwriter based in

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. She is the younger sister of singer T. Buckley.

Biography

Buckley was born in Calgary, Alberta. Buckley recorded an EP in 2012, and her first album, ''Motorhome'', in 2014. The album was produced by Derek Pulliam, and featured mainly acoustic music. Buckley was accompanied by a string trio 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. In 2018, she recorded a second album, the alt-country ''Driving in the Dark''. The album was produced by Leeroy Stagger. In August that year the album rose to #2 on the !earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart. Also in 2018 Buckley performed at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Her latest album, ''Everywhere I Used to Be'', was released in August 2022. It was longlisted for the

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. In December 2022, Buckley and her brother released a cover

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's " Bobcaygeon" as a single.Martin Noake
"Single Release: T. Buckley & Mariel Buckley, "Bobcaygeon'"
''Great Dark Wonder'', December 8, 2022.

References

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