Introduction
Mariel Buckley is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter based in Calgary, Alberta. She is the younger sister of singer T. Buckley.
Early life
Buckley was born in Calgary, Alberta.
Career
Buckley recorded an EP in 2012, and then her first album, Motorhome, in 2014. The album was produced by Derek Pulliam, and featured mainly acoustic music,; Buckley was accompanied by a string trio, with Charlie Hase on pedal steel, Scott Duncan on fiddle, Pulliam on bass. Also in 2014 Buckley was a finalist in the All-Alberta Songwriting Contest.
In 2018, she recorded a second album, the alt-country Driving in the Dark.The album was produced by Leeroy Stagger. In August that year the album rose to #2 on the !earshot National Folk/Roots/Blues Chart. Also in 2018 Buckley performed at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival.