Melanie Doane

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Melanie Doane is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, performer, and music educator who grew up in Halifax. Her official biography traces a recording career through seven albums, Canadian charting songs, theatre work, touring, and music placements in television. She began with an independent release in the middle of the 1990s, followed by Shakespearean Fish in 1996 and Adam's Rib in 1999. The latter period brought the 1999 JUNO Award for Best New Solo Artist. Later albums include You Are What You Love, the live set Melvin Live, A Thousand Nights, and The Emerald City. The exact Spotify identity 0xouJHuuelkexhPsQ8ufje contains thirteen principal album and single containers available in Canada from April 1996 through October 2025. Spotify currently classifies six as albums and seven as singles; this provider total does not include every independent or historical release described by the official artist biography. Recent records connect Doane's recording work with the school she founded, including Joy to the World with Barenaked Ladies, Try a Little Kindness with Jann Arden, O-o-h Child with Molly Johnson, and Sunny with Ron Sexsmith. Apple Music artist 892552 independently matches the exact identity and core catalog. Doane also co-created the CBC Kids series Ukulele U and worked on it as a host, writer, and composer. Her current professional base is established in Toronto through her active artistic direction of Doane Music School, its ongoing Toronto school programs, the official artist site's 2024 Toronto benefit and 2025 Ontario performance notices, and a Toronto District School Board record of her leading a 2025 city ukulele event. Professional inquiries route through the official artist site without reproducing direct contact details. Spotify media is displayed live with provider attribution and a monogram fallback.