Kathleen Edwards

Canadian singer and songwriter Kathleen Edwards became a star in the Americana community with her emotionally incisive songs and sweetly smoky voice. Her lyrics are evocative and direct in their take on relationships and the trials of everyday lives, and her music, which varies from quietly contemplative and keenly boisterous to suit her mood, is an effective match for her material. Edwards' second album, 2005's Back to Me, was a critical success that revealed her talent to listeners outside Canada, and 2012's Voyageur, which followed a relationship from meeting to breakup, was a commercial success as well as a hit with her fans. The rigors of a musician's life led to her retiring from music, but she made a spirited return with 2020's Total Freedom, and was at the top of her game on 2025's Billionaire.