Dylan Menzie

{{Short description|Canadian singer-songwriter}}

Dylan Menzie is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Belle River, Prince Edward Island.[https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/living/peis-dylan-menzie-will-be-featured-in-the-next-episode-of-the-launch-on-ctv-179037/ "P.E.I.s Dylan Menzie will be featured in the next episode of ‘The Launch’ on CTV"]. The Guardian (Charlottetown), January 19, 2018.

Menzie released his debut EP, Heather Avenue, in 2013.[https://www.therecord.com/whatson-story/6704586-dylan-menzie-s-sophomore-album-is-a-record-of-artistic-growth/ "Dylan Menzie’s sophomore album is a record of artistic growth"]. Waterloo Region Record, June 3, 2016. In 2016, he was a finalist in CBC Radio 2's Searchlight competition with his song "Kenya",[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-dylan-menzie-1.3866029 "P.E.I. musician Dylan Menzie enjoying lots of spin success"]. CBC News Prince Edward Island, November 25, 2016. which reached No. 1 on the network's chart show The Radio 2 Top 20.[https://www.cbcmusic.ca/posts/11630/radio-2-top-20-june-17-dylan-menzie-number-one "Radio 2 Top 20 June 17: Five fresh tracks storm the chart and fan favourite Dylan Menzie hits #1"]. CBC Radio 2, June 17, 2016. He released the album Adolescent Nature that year. In 2017 he received two East Coast Music Award nominations, for Pop Album of the Year and Entertainer of the Year.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-music-east-coast-awards-1.4082959 "Island musicians 'pumped' to get ECMA party started"]. CBC News Prince Edward Island, April 24, 2017.

In 2018 he was a competitor on CTV's music competition series The Launch, but was not selected as a finalist.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-menzie-the-launch-ctv-talent-show-1.4403848 "P.E.I. musician Dylan Menzie finalist on new TV talent show"]. CBC News Prince Edward Island, November 18, 2017. Later the same year he released As the Clock Rewinds, consisting primarily of new rerecordings of material from Adolescent Nature.[https://www.theeastmag.com/2018/03/22/new-music-dylan-menzie-revisits-clock-rewinds/ "New Music: Dylan Menzie Revisits The Hits On ‘As The Clock Rewinds’"]. The East, March 22, 2018. He received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for Contemporary Singer of the Year at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards.[https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/living/gunning-cormier-papillon-up-for-canadian-folk-music-awards-243290/ "Gunning & Cormier, Papillon up for Canadian Folk Music Awards"]. Halifax Chronicle-Herald, September 20, 2018.