Kellie Loder

Kellie Loder (born 1988) is an independent singer-songwriter from Newfoundland, Canada, who plays drums, guitar, and piano.She has released two Contemporary Christian music (CCM) albums: The Way in 2009 and Imperfections & Directions in 2010.With a voice that St. John's-based newspaper The Telegram has described as "powerful yet serene and soulful", she has been nominated for awards at the annual MusicNL awards in Newfoundland, as well as at the Juno Awards, Canada's top music prizes. Loder wrote her first song at age 16 about a cousin who had died in a traffic accident.She was studying nursing at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland when she released The Way in August 2009.Also that year, she won a talent-search contest hosted by YC Newfoundland, a Christian youth conference, and, as part of the award, was given time with music professionals who helped her with Imperfections & Directions, which was released at the 2010 YC Newfoundland.Loder's nursing studies hampered her ability to showcase Imperfections & Directions by touring.Loder was nominated as Female Artist of the Year at the 2010 MusicNL awards, and then as Gospel Artist of the Year in 2011.Imperfections & Directions was nominated as Contemporary Christian/Gospel Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards.