BRITTANY KENNELL
FROM BEACONSFIELD (QC), BRITTANY KENNELL PACKED HER BAGS OVER 10 YEARS AGO TO COMPLETE HER STUDIES AT BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN BOSTON AND THEN SPENT 8 YEARS IN THE WRITING STREETS OF NASHVILLE. SHE BECAME THE FIRST AND ONLY CANADIAN TO BE ON NBC THE VOICE WHEN COUNTRY SUPERSTAR BLAKE SHELTON PUSHED HIS BUTTON TO HER RENDITION OF SHERYL CROW’S STRONG ENOUGH. SHE MADE IT TO THE KNOCKOUT ROUND SINGING SHANIA TWAIN’S YOU’RE STILL THE ONE WITH MILEY CYRUS AS HER MENTOR.
WHILE IN NASHVILLE, SHE HAS WRITTEN AND PLAYED WITH SOME OF MUSIC CITY’S FINEST; MAREN MORRIS, HAILEY WHITTERS, TENILLE TOWNES, CARLY PEARCE, THE REKLAWS, AUBRIE SELLERS, CHARLIE WORSHAM. SINCE THEN, BRITTANY HAS BEEN FEATURED IN ROLLING STONE, CMT, PAT MONAHAN’S “TRAIN TRACKS” ON SIRIUSXM, AMERICAN SONGWRITER, ET CANADA AND MORE. SHE IS A NATIONAL ANTHEM SINGER IN ROTATION FOR THE MONTREAL CANADIENS, AND HAS SUNG FOR THE GRAND PRIX F1 AND MLS MONTREAL IMPACTS.
WITH A MODERN COUNTRY SOUND INSPIRED BY KACEY MUSGRAVES, MIRANDA LAMBERT AND MAREN MORRIS, MIXED WITH SOME ROOTS AND ROCK INFLUENCES SUCH AS BONNIE RAITT, JONI MITCHELL AND SHERYL CROW, BRITTANY'S DEBUT ALBUM ‘I AIN’T A SAINT’ HIT SHELVES ON SEPTEMBER 17TH 2021. SHE THEN BECAME THE FIRST AND ONLY QUEBEC FEMALE COUNTRY ARTIST TO PERFORM AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY IN NASHVILLE IN AUGUST 2021. THIS SIRIUSXM’S TOP OF THE COUNTRY SEMI-FINALIST HAS BEEN OPENING FOR MATT LANG’S QUEBEC TOUR IN 2022, ARIEL POSEN IN US, UK AND CANADA. ALONG WITH FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES AT BOOTS & HEARTS, LASSO (AS AMBASSADOR) AND CALGARY STAMPEDE. HER DEBUT RECORD WAS NAMED ONE OF CBC MUSIC’S 21 MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND CBC MUSIC'S TOP 15 ALBUM OF THE YEAR. HER SOPHOMORE ALBUM PINK COLLAR IS AVAILABLE APRIL 12th, 2024