Erin Costelo

A soulful Canadian singer/songwriter, Erin Costelo first gained attention in the mid-2000s for her emotive R&B- and folk-inflected pop. She came to wider recognition with her third album, 2016's Down Below the Status Quo, which picked up several awards in her native Nova Scotia, including the ECMA award for R&B/Soul Recording of the year. Born in Nova Scotia, Costelo first started taking piano lessons at age four. As her family moved several times while she was growing up, she often found herself alone. Subsequently, she spent hours on piano, playing a wide breadth of music i...