Craig Cardiff
| Craig Cardiff | |
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photo by Kathy Roussel
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Craig Cardiff |
| Born |
9 July 1976 Waterloo, Ontario |
| Genres | Folk/roots/singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, looper |
| Website | craigcardiff.com |
Craig Cardiff (born 9 July 1976) is a Canadian folk singer from Waterloo, Ontario, who has released around sixteen albums, both live and studio-based since 1997. He regularly tours North America and Europe, and lives in Arnprior, Ontario. In 2012, Cardiff was nominated for a Juno Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year: Solo and for a Canadian Folk Music Award as Contemporary Singer of the Year.
Craig Cardiff was born July, 1976 to Judy and Charles Cardiff. He grew up together with his younger sisters Catherine, Susan and Elizabeth in Waterloo, Ontario, where both his parents were school teachers. Music was important during his upbringing and he was motivated by his parents to play an instrument.
They bought him his first guitar, a Gibson J-30, when he was 15, while one of his high school teachers, taught him the guitar during his lunch hour. Cardiff began to perform at coffeehouses and with some bands in high school. While studying at the University of Waterloo, he performed nightly at local pubs, open mics and coffeehouses. He also worked as an agent, booking shows at Fed Hall, including the Guess Who.
Cardiff moved to the Ottawa area from Waterloo when he was in his 20s. He lived in Wakefield for a few years before buying an old farmhouse in Arnprior, which now also serves as a home studio.
In September 1997, Cardiff debuted with the album Judy Garland (You're Never Home) which featured Deanna Knight, Tom Murray, Danny Michel, Joel Stouffer, Paul Mathew and Catherine Cardiff. It was re-released in August 2006.
When Cardiff released his album Goodnight (Go Home) in 2007, it was considered a bit of a breakthrough for the singer-songwriter.
"He maintains a dedicated fan base, but to this day Craig Cardiff is more a secret than a household name, despite his songs revealing the craft of one of the best in the business," View Magazine stated in 2007. "This is all slowly changing, thankfully, as Cardiff is playing bigger rooms, touring more and receiving more critical acclaim than usual as the result of his 11th release, Good Night (Go Home)." The magazine went on to call Goodnight (Go Home) "arguably Cardiff’s most accomplished release to date."
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