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Meaghan Blanchard is a Canadian singer-songwriter born in Prince Edward Island.

Personal life
Meaghan Blanchard was born in Charlottetown and raised in Hunter River, Prince Edward Island. From a young age she took an interest in music, learning guitar and voice. Her music has been described as Canadian Roots music, country, and folk. Blanchard has performed all over the world, touring in London (UK), and across Canada. Meaghan Blanchard is the partner of Thomas Webb, a musician from Prince Edward Island. On January 2nd, 2020, the couple gave birth to their first child, Casey James Webb, the first Island born baby of the year.

Career
Blanchard released her first EP, Changing Things, in 2008 at the age of 18, for which she received two ECMA nominations and four Music PEI awards. Blanchard’s second studio album, Chasin' Lonely Again, was released in 2010. Blanchard has since released two more studio albums, She's Gonna Fly (2013), and The Great Escape (2018). Her 2013 album She's Gonna Fly was made in Memphis and produced by popular producer, John Keene. In 2013, she was the Prince Edward Island artist chosen for the Artist Exchange Program, in which she had the opportunity to tour England. Her newest record, The Great Escape, was recorded at Fixed-Hinge Studio in Stittsville, Ontario and produced by Jim Bryson. This record featured popular Canadian folk singer Catherine MacLellan on background vocals. Meaghan Blanchard founded the "Meaghan Blanchard Song writing Camp for Girls” and has also taught at the Rollo Bay Fiddle Camp. Blanchard’s song, “Gotta Let” was featured on CBC’s Saving Hope.

Performance
In 2010, Blanchard performed 47 shows in 14 days at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Blanchard also performed for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge when they visited Prince Edward Island in 2011 and at the UK House of Commons. Blanchard was featured in Gene MacLellan’s TV special which aired on CBC, The Songs of Gene MacLellan, in 2012. In 2019, Blanchard performed with Catherine MacLellan in Christmas shows across the Maritimes.

Discography

 * Changing Things (2008, EP)
 * Chasin' Lonely Again (2010)
 * She’s Gonna Fly (2013)
 * The Great Escape (2018)

Awards
Blanchard is a two-time ECMA Award Winner and has won multiple Music PEI awards. Blanchard’s Chasin' Lonely Again received Best Country Album at the 2011 ECMA Awards. In 2019, Blanchard was nominated for 6 Music P.E.I. Awards.

Accolades
“Meaghan is truly an artist with a vision of how to use her wonderful voice and pair it up with songs that truly move you as a listener.” Maverick UK.

“Meaghan is a gifted guitarist with a crystal pure voice with a unique ability to write and tell stories through charming characters driven songs. Her songs are strong at times deeply personal and sown throughout are the narratives of men and women who have rumbled with profound universal themes, self-doubt, fears and hope for a better way of living.” Atlantic Seabreeze (5/5 stars).