Carleton Stone

Stone was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia.{{cite web |url=http://www.capebretonpost.com/living/sydney-native-carleton-stones-album-dedicated-to-late-jay-smith-19192/ |title=Sydney native Carleton Stone's album dedicated to late Jay Smith |work=The Cape Breton Post |location=Sydney, Nova Scotia |date=February 19, 2014 |accessdate=June 1, 2018}} He had a musical family and grew up listening to Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, and Bob Dylan, among others.{{cite web |url=http://theutscmessenger.com/?p=7529 |title=Catching up with Carleton Stone

|work=theutscmessenger.com |publisher=The UTSC Messenger |location=Scarborough, Ontario |date=July 17, 2015}}

He began his professional musical life fronting a band, and self-produced the group's debut album, entitled Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel, which was released in 2009. In 2011, he became a solo artist, releasing the eponymous Carleton Stone, produced by Hawksley Workman.

Stone's third album, Draws Blood, was co-produced by Jason Collett, of Broken Social Scene, and Howie Beck. It was released in 2014 and was dedicated to his friend and mentor Jay Smith, a well-known Canadian musician, who took his own life in 2013 after struggling with addiction and depression.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecoast.ca/TheScene/archives/2016/03/24/songs-to-celebrate-the-life-and-music-of-jay-smith |title=Songs to celebrate the life and music of Jay Smith

|work=thecoast.ca |publisher=Coast Publishing Ltd. |location=Halifax, Nova Scotia |date=March 24, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1197114-right-place-right-time-for-carleton-stone |title=Right place, right time for Carleton Stone |last=Cooke |first=Stephen |work=thechronicleherald.ca |location=Halifax, Nova Scotia |date=March 31, 2014}}

In 2015, Stone joined fellow singer-songwriters Dylan Guthro and Breagh Mackinnon to form the band Port Cities. Port Cities makes singer/songwriter-style pop music and takes advantage of all three voices with extensive use of vocal harmonies.{{cite web |url=http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax/2015/01/14/halifax-musicians-put-solo-careers-aside-join-forces-for-new-band-port-cities.html |last=Thompson |first=Aly |title=Halifax musicians put solo careers aside, join forces for new band Port Cities |work=metronews.ca |publisher=Metro Halifax |location=Halifax, Nova Scotia |date=January 14, 2015 |access-date=November 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029101744/http://www.metronews.ca/news/halifax/2015/01/14/halifax-musicians-put-solo-careers-aside-join-forces-for-new-band-port-cities.html |archive-date=October 29, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

"We just thought, there's such a great chemistry between us, why not try to join forces and do something that's bigger that any of us could do on our own?" said Stone in 2015. In 2016, the band was signed to {{Proper name|turtlemusik}}/Warner Music.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/port-cities-mackinnon-stone-guthro-music-1.3723874 |title=Port Cities features 3 friends with great vocal blend |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |location=Ottawa, Ontario |date=August 16, 2016}} Their debut album was released in 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theeastmag.com/2017/02/17/new-music-port-cities-self-titled-release-port-cities/|title = New Music: Port Cities Self-Titled Release 'Port Cities'|date = February 17, 2017}}

In 2022, Stone began releasing singles from his fourth solo album, Papercut.{{cite web | url=https://canadianbeats.ca/2022/07/27/carleton-stone-releases-video-for-house-in-the-hills/ | title=Carleton Stone releases video for "House in the Hills" | Canadian Beats Media | date=July 27, 2022 }}{{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Carleton |title=Carleton Stone on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CaHzLrjLvpx/ |website=Carleton Stone on Instagram |access-date=11 March 2022}} His first single, "Ice Age" was inspired by a story he had heard on CBC's interview show As It Happens.{{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Carleton |url=https://twitter.com/carletonstone/status/1499831431689871362 |title=Carleton Stone on Twitter |website=Carleton Stone on Twitter |access-date=11 March 2022}}

• With Port Cities (band)

• As Carleton Stone

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• {{Official website|http://www.carletonstone.com/}}
• [https://open.spotify.com/artist/6FjV2v8M0YwyG2XGWXv5fX/ Carleton Stone on Spotify]
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