Shred Kelly
Shred Kelly is a five piece, alternative-folk rock band that emerged from the heart of the Canadian Rockies in 2009.
Over the past decade the band has taken their highly energetic live show from humble beginnings on the Canadian ski-town circuit to the international stage. Their progressive pairing of acoustic instrumentation with electric counterparts, harmonies, and driving rhythm, continues to develop and reach new heights.
Over the years, Shred Kelly has performed across Canada and internationally at festivals such as Reeperbahn Festival, Australian Music Week, Folk Alliance, and SXSW.
Shred Kelly’s fifth album, Like a Rising Sun - Deluxe Version, was somewhat of a change of direction for the group, as if life has taken a sharp turn for the Fernie, BC based alternative-folk rockers. From the first strum of “Rising Sun” to the dissonant fadeout of “Disconnect”, a fast-paced and emotional album is laid out through 11 tracks that tell of major life upheaval in rapidly changing times. Written mostly in 2019 when lead singers/songwriters Tim Newton and Sage McBride welcomed their first child into the world only to lose Tim’s father to an illness one month later.Three new re-imagined songs were added to the Deluxe Version of the album to show their roots and softer side.
Since the album’s release, Shred Kelly has received positive reviews in Canada and internationally, Spotify Editorial Playlisting, a video feature by Grant Lawerence on CBC, International radio play, regular rotation on Sirus XM and Radio Eins in Berlin, and featured on Canadian alternative radio stations. They were recently nominated for Rock Artist of the Year at The 2021 Western Canadian Music Awards, and they recently opened for ‘The Dead South’ on 12 European dates in November 2021. Additionally, in 2021 they self produced their own Tiny Concert Tour in the summer in BC & Alberta through a partnership with On The Road Productions to bring live music back.
The band has recently signed with Cymba Music Publishing and have already connected musically with the NHL's Calgary Flames hockey club, Sportsnet and TV franchises such as "Hudson and Rex". The band's unstoppable energy, inventive videos and songs with endless anthemic peaks makes them a perfect fit for the Cymba roster.