Damhnait Doyle
Damhnait Doyle [DAV-net] (born December 9, 1975) is a Canadian musician, singer and composer. The phonetic spelling of her first name (which is Irish) also serves as the title of her 2003 album. She was a member of 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 formed a new band called The Heartbroken which was active since 2009. Career. Doyle took singing, guitar and clarinet lessons as a child, and released her debut album, "Shadows Wake Me", in 1996. The lead single  was "A List of Things", and the album garnered a Juno Award nomination and several East Coast Music Award nominations for Doyle. She toured Canada with Steve Earle in support of his album "I Feel Alright". 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. In 2001, Doyle won four ECMA's, including Video of the Year and Female Artist of the Year. 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 Canadian troops there, on the Christmas special "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" as well as "Darkness Round The Sun" and two songs on "Songs from Instant Star 4": "The Music" and "I Still Love You". The song "Say What You Will" was featured in the "" 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 Rex Goudie on his 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  , but her version of the theme was only used for the eighth season. 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. In September 2016, they released their follow up recording, Storm Clouds. 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?". In April 2019, Doyle released her solo album, "Liquor Store Flowers". In June 2020, she co-hosted the Juno Awards of 2020  alongside Odario Williams. She is currently also the Sunday host of "Weekend Mornings" on the CBC Music radio network. In April 2021, Doyle sang the song 'Sleeping in the Cold Below' on the game Warframe. Discography. Singles With Shaye With The Heartbroken