Ken Yates: Canadian folk singer-songwriter

Ken Yates is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. He won the Canadian Folk Music Awards for English Songwriter of the Year and New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2017. He is originally from London, Ontario, and studied at the Berklee College of Music.

In 2014 he won the Colleen Peterson Songwriting Award for his song "The One That Got Away". Huntsville was produced by Jim Bryson, and the singles "Two Wrongs", "Quiet Talkers" and "When We Came Home" came out in advance of Quiet Talkers.