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Infobox musical artist| image = Damhnait_Doyle.jpg || name = Damhnait Doyle| background = solo_singer| Birth name =| birth_date = birth date and age|1975|12|9| origin = Labrador City , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada | Death =| genre = Folk music|Folk , pop music|pop , Country music|country | occupation = Singer-songwriter , musician | years_active = 1996–present| instrument = Vocals , guitar | label = Maple Music| associated_acts = The Heartbroken Shaye , Gordie Sampson , Danny Michel , Kim Stockwood , Tara MacLean | website = http://www.dav-net.com/ www.dav-net.com http://shayemusic.com/ www.shayemusic.com http://theheartbroken.com/ http://theheartbroken.com/ Damhnait Doyle DAV-net (born December 9, 1975 in Labrador City , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada ) is a Canada|Canadian pop music|pop singer. The phonetic spelling of her first name (which is Irish language|Irish ) also serves as the title of her Davnet|2003 album . Her most recent album, Lights Down Low , is a collection of covers. She was a member of Atlantic Canada|Atlantic Canadian band Shaye from 2003-2009 with Kim Stockwood and Tara MacLean (2003–2007). Along with Blake Manning , Stuart Cameron and Peter Fusco , she has formed a new band called The Heartbroken . http://theheartbroken.com/
Biography
Doyle took singing, guitar and clarinet lessons as a child, and released her debut album, ShadowsWake Me , in 1996. The lead single was "A List of Things", and the album garnered a Juno Award nomination http://www.musicmanagersforum.ca/Page.asp? PageID=122& ContentID=916& SiteNodeID=210 and several East Coast Music Award nominations for Doyle.
In 2000, Doyle released her follow-up album, Hyperdramatic which included the single "Tattooed", . "Never Too Late", directed by Rob Heydon was nominated for Video of the Year at the East Coast Music Awards. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025828491317_21237691// In 2001, Doyle won four ECMA's, including Video of the Year and Female Artist of the Year. http://www.dav-net.com/about/davnet_bio.htm
In 2003, Doyle's third album, Davnet , was released. The CD was produced and co-written by Gordie Sampson at Lakewind Sound Studios, his Cape Breton recording studio. The first single was Another California Song , written by Doyle and Sampson. The video featured Doyle's Shaye bandmates Kim Stockwood and Tara MacLean . A video was also released for Traffic .
In Christmas of that year, she went to Kabul , Afghanistan , to sing for the Operation Athena|Canadian troops there , on the Christmas special '' Christmas in Kabul|Rick Mercer's Christmas in Kabul .
She has worked with Alexz Johnson , co-writing two songs on Songs from Instant Star , then four on Songs from Instant Star Two . She recorded two songs on Songs from Instant Star 3 : "Just the Beginning" and "Darkness Round The Sun". The song "Say What You Will" was featured in the Degrassi: The Next Generation episode " The Bitterest Pill ", where the school held a memorial for a J.T. Yorke , who was fatally stabbed in the prior episode.
She did a duet with RexGoudie on his new album Look Closer , on the song "Like I Was Dying", which she also co-wrote.
In 2008, Doyle lent her voice to the title sequence of Degrassi: TNG , but her version of the theme was only used for the eighth season. http://degrassi.wikia.com/wiki/Degrassi:_The_Next_Generation
In 2009, Doyle, along with Blake Manning , Stuart Cameron and Peter Fusco , formed a new band called The Heartbroken . They released their debut album Tonight Tonight in June 2010.
Doyle wrote a song for a play her father Clar Doyle wrote for EDFNL, titled the same as the play: "Are You Watching Me Now? ".
Miscellaneous Female: The Journals of Damhnait Doyle (2005)
External links
http://www.dav-net.com/ Damhnait Doyle official website
References
Reflist Shaye Persondata | NAME =Doyle, Damhnait | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =December 9, 1975 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Doyle, Damhnait Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian pop singers Category:Canadian female singers Category:Canadian singer-songwriters Category:Canadian pop guitarists Category:Canadian female guitarists Category:Musicians from Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Canadian people of Irish descent Category:People from Labrador City
