[2] He began his professional musical life fronting a band, and self-produced the group's debut album, entitled Carleton Stone Drives the Big Wheel, which was released in 2009.
[2] Stone's third album, Draws Blood, was co-produced by Jason Collett, of Broken Social Scene, and Howie Beck.
It was released in 2014 and was dedicated to his friend and mentor Jay Smith, a well-known Canadian musician, who took his own life in 2013 after struggling with addiction and depression.
[1][3][4] In 2015, Stone joined fellow singer-songwriters Dylan Guthro and Breagh Mackinnon to form the band Port Cities.
Port Cities makes singer/songwriter-style pop music and takes advantage of all three voices with extensive use of vocal harmonies.