Joey O'Neil

Critically acclaimed Yukon folk singer-songwriter, Joey O'Neil, is bewitching audiences across Canada with hauntingly heartfelt anecdotes from a queer, woodland life. Offering vulnerable vocals, engaging banter, and bittersweet wordplay floating atop a bed of fingerpicked guitar, O’Neil's lyricism is sure to make you laugh and cry simultaneously. With a decade of touring to her name, her live performance has been described as “gentle and intimate” by Exclaim! and “absolutely touching, even a little heartbreaking” by NEXT Magazine.

When taking a break from chopping wood and hauling water around her off-grid Klondike cabin, O'Neil has achieved long-haul status, playing over 200 concerts around the country while warming stages for Basia Bulat, Jennifer Castle, and Julie Doiron and collecting festival experience at Folk on the Rocks, Dawson City Music Festival, BreakOut West, Wintersong, Canadian Music Week, NXNE, and Contact East. After the release of her canine-centric album, Ever Ahead (2020), O'Neil and her road-dog, Oblio, embarked on a Dog Park Tour of Canada, performing pandemic-friendly shows at 13 parks across five provinces.

“Such a great storyteller.”
— Odario Williams, CBC Music

“O’Neil delivers something disarmingly organic here and it’s a refreshing surprise.”
— Country Queer

“She taints the still water that is new country music with a signature blend of songwriting that echoes the very foundation old-school country was built on.”
— Canadian Beats