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{{Short description|Canadian pop music group}}
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| image               = Shaye band.jpg
| caption             = Shaye in 2004
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| background          = group_or_band
| alias               =
| origin              =
| genre               = {{Plainlist|
* [[Folk music|Contemporary Folk]]
* [[Pop music|Pop]]
}}
| years_active        = 2003–2009
| label               = [[EMI|EMI Music Canada]]
| associated_acts     =
| website             =
| current_members     =
| past_members        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kim Stockwood]] (2003–09)
* [[Damhnait Doyle]] (2003–09)
* [[Tara MacLean]] (2003–07)
}}
}}
'''Shaye''' was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] pop group, consisting of singer-songwriters [[Kim Stockwood]], [[Damhnait Doyle]] and [[Tara MacLean]].  MacLean left the group in 2007 and the band folded by 2009.  The band is named after MacLean's sister who died in a car accident in 2002.<ref name="nolonger">{{Cite news |last=Cooper |first=David |date=23 September 2007 |title=Shaye No Longer a Trio, Except on TV |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2007/09/23/shaye_no_longer_a_trio_except_on_tv.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220090507/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2007/09/23/shaye_no_longer_a_trio_except_on_tv.html |archive-date=20 December 2016 |access-date=10 December 2016 |work=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref>

==Biography==
===''The Bridge''===
Shaye's debut album ''[[The Bridge (Shaye album)|The Bridge]]'' (produced by Bill Bell and [[Jay Joyce]]) was released in 2003 on [[EMI]] Canada. The album features songs by [[Ron Hynes]], [[Sinéad Lohan]] and [[Crash Vegas]]. Support for the album included shows in [[Canada]] and [[Japan]]. "Happy Baby", the lead single, was nominated for Single of the Year at the 2004 [[Juno Awards]]. At the 2004 [[Canadian Radio Music Awards]] the group was named Best New Group in the mainstream [[adult contemporary]] radio category.<ref name="crma">{{Cite news |date=2004-03-09 |title=Twain, Lillix Take Top Honours: Shaye Among Musicians Honoured at Toronto's Radio Music Awards |work=[[The Telegram]] |page=B3}}</ref> Another single, "[[Beauty (Shaye single)|Beauty]]", followed in January 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jones & Co: The Artists |url=http://www.jonesandcoartistmanagement.com/artists/shaye.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428012838/http://www.jonesandcoartistmanagement.com/artists/shaye.htm |archive-date=2006-04-28 |access-date=2006-03-30 |website=JonesAndCoArtistManagement.com}}</ref>

===''Lake of Fire''===
Their 2006 followup, ''[[Lake of Fire (album)|Lake of Fire]]'' was released on [[EMI]] Canada. It was exclusively available on [[iTunes Store|iTunes]] in November 2006, then released physically as a cardboard [[Digipak]] in February 2007. It was produced by [[Jay Joyce]] ([[Patty Griffin]], [[Tim Finn]], [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]) and features songs by [[Van Morrison]], [[Mike Scott (Scottish musician)|Mike Scott]] of [[The Waterboys]] and [[Ron Sexsmith]].  Two singles were released from the album and the band toured Canada opening for [[Willie Nelson]].

===Disbanding===
On October 8, 2007, [[Tara MacLean]] announced that she was leaving the trio.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tara Maclean Tour Diary - Episode 4 October 8, 2007 - Monday |url=http://www.taramaclean.com/diary.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228092936/http://www.taramaclean.com/diary.html |archive-date=2008-12-28}}</ref><ref name="nolonger" />

After MacLean's departure, Stockwood and Doyle announced on their website they would continue making music together as "Shaye". In 2009 Shaye's official website was redirected to MySpace where it was announced the band was officially no longer together. [[Kim Stockwood]] and [[Damhnait Doyle]] thanked their fans for all of their support.

===Solo careers===
In 2009, Damhnait Doyle, along with Blake Manning, Stuart Cameron and Peter Fusco, formed a new band called [[The Heartbroken]]. They released their debut album Tonight Tonight in June 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 October 2016 |title=The Heartbroken Set to Release New Album "Storm Clouds" |url=http://www.thedailymusician.com/featured-posts/heartbroken-set-release-new-album-storm-clouds/}}</ref> In September 2016, they released their follow up recording, Storm Clouds.[5] Doyle most recently released her solo album, ''Liquor Store Flowers'' in April 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Collins |first=Dillon |date=9 April 2019 |title=Damhnait Doyle – Liquor Store Flowers |url=https://nfldherald.com/damhnait-doyle-liquor-store-flowers/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130103651/https://nfldherald.com/damhnait-doyle-liquor-store-flowers/ |archive-date=2023-11-30 |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=[[Newfoundland Herald]]}}</ref>

In March 2011, Stockwood released her fourth studio album Back to the Water. It includes performances with fellow Shaye band member Damhnait Doyle, and Newfoundland bands The Once and The Dardanelles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saltwire &#124; Newfoundland & Labrador |url=https://www.thetelegram.com/Living/2012-01-31/article-2881083/Coming-home/1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224035/http://www.thetelegram.com/Living/2012-01-31/article-2881083/Coming-home/1 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref> The album won the East Coast Music Association Award for traditional recording of the year in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GoodLife Mississauga |url=https://goodlifemississauga.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201223912/https://goodlifemississauga.com/ |archive-date=2011-02-01 |access-date=2024-05-30 |url-status=usurped |website=GoodLifeMississauga.com}}</ref> CMT aired a TV special about Stockwood, also entitled Back to the Water, in March 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canadian Bands.com - Kim Stockwood |url=http://www.canadianbands.com/Kim%20Stockwood.html |website=CanadianBands.com}}</ref>

On 20 October 2017, Stockwood released an EP featuring Bill King on piano entitled Sometimes The Moon. This project features six cover songs including the title track by her deceased mentor Ron Hynes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 October 2017 |title=Kim Stockwood with Bill King: Sometimes the Moon |url=https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2017/10/20/kim-stockwood-bill-king-sometimes-moon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625192812/https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2017/10/20/kim-stockwood-bill-king-sometimes-moon |archive-date=25 June 2018 |access-date=31 May 2020 |website=FYIMusicNews.ca}}</ref>

Tara MacLean's fourth studio album Atlantic Blue was released on 22 May 2017 to project supporters on PledgeMusic on digital, CD and vinyl. As part of the promotion of the project, an EP called Evidence<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tara MacLean - Evidence - on NoiseTrade |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/noisetrade/music/taramaclean/evidence |website=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]}}</ref> was released on NoiseTrade as a free download (donation optional), which featured a mix of released and previously unreleased tracks.

Atlantic Blue is a show and an album celebrating of Canadian east coast songwriters and contains covers of songs by Gene MacLellan, Gordie Sampson, Hank Snow, Lennie Gallant, The Rankin Family, Rita MacNeil, Ron Hynes, Sarah McLachlan, Shaye, Stan Rogers and Stompin’ Tom Connors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barber |first=Jim |date=3 June 2019 |title=Tara MacLean Talks Reconciliation, Reclaiming Her Solo Career, and Her Revelatory New Album – Deeper |url=http://www.musiclifemagazine.net/tara-maclean-talks-reconciliation-reclaiming-her-solo-career-and-her-revelatory-new-album-deeper/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618030603/http://www.musiclifemagazine.net/tara-maclean-talks-reconciliation-reclaiming-her-solo-career-and-her-revelatory-new-album-deeper/ |archive-date=18 June 2019 |access-date=31 May 2020 |website=MusicLifeMagazine.net}}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Album details
! width="40"| [[Canadian Albums Chart|CAN]]
|-
| 2003
| '''''The Bridge'''''
* Released: November 10, 2003
* Label: [[EMI|EMI Music Canada]]
| align="center"| —
|-
| 2006
| '''''[[Lake of Fire (album)|Lake of Fire]]'''''
* Released: November 7, 2006
* Label: EMI Music Canada
| align="center"| 92
|}

===Singles and EPs===
*"Happy Baby" (Single) (2003)
*"Beauty" (Single) (2004)
*''Selections'' (Second Cup Promotional EP) (2006)
*"Lake Of Fire" (Single) (2006)
*"You're Not Alone" (Single) (2007)
*"God" (Single) (2020)
*"Silver Civic" (Single) (2022)

==Awards and nominations==
*2005 - Won SOCAN Pop Music Award — [[SOCAN Awards]] — "Happy Baby"
*2004 - Won Best New Group Mainstream AC/Hot AC — [[Canadian Radio Music Award]] — "Happy Baby"
*2005 - Nominated Album of the Year — [[East Coast Music Awards]] — ''The Bridge''
*2005 - Nominated Group of the Year — [[East Coast Music Awards]]
*2005 - Nominated Pop Recording of the Year — [[East Coast Music Awards]] — "Happy Baby"
*2005 - Nominated Songwriter of the Year — [[East Coast Music Awards]] — "Happy Baby"
*2005 - Nominated Single of the Year — [[East Coast Music Awards]] — "Happy Baby"
*2004 - Nominated Single of the Year — [[Juno Awards]] — "Happy Baby"
*2004 - Nominated Video of the Year — [[East Coast Music Awards]] — "Happy Baby"
*2004 - Nominated Group of the Year — [[Music Industry of Newfoundland & Labrador Awards]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{URL|http://www.myspace.com/shayemusic|Shaye}} at [[myspace]]
* {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20070623032604/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Lowdown/2006/08/24/1773843-ca.html Article at jam.canoe]}}
* {{MusicBrainz artist|id=e936b025-9745-4f46-9e6b-5ed960d74edd|name=Shaye}}
* {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219093739/http://www.icebergradio.com/shaye|date=2007-02-19|title=Audio interview + performance}} recorded February 2007

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