Ken Yates is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter from London, Ontario. Born in 1989, he studies at the Berklee College of Music and works in a folk-oriented singer-songwriter style.

Career

Yates releases his first EP, The Backseat, in 2011. His full-length debut album, twenty-three, follows in 2013. He wins the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award in 2014 for the song “The One That Got Away”.

Albums and songs

His second album, Huntsville, is released in 2016 and is produced by Jim Bryson. Before his third full-length album, Quiet Talkers, he releases the singles “Two Wrongs”, “Quiet Talkers” and “When We Came Home”. Quiet Talkers appears in 2020. He later releases his fourth album, Cerulean.

Awards

At the 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2017, Yates wins English Songwriter of the Year and New/Emerging Artist of the Year.