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The following musical events and releases are expected to happen in 2021 in Canada.
Events[edit]
- April 10 – 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards[1]
- April 12 - CBC Music launches Canada Listens, a new musical version of the CBC's long-running literature debate show Canada Reads. Kardinal Offishall's album Quest for Fire: Firestarter, Vol. 1 is announced as the winner of the competition at the end of the week.
- June 6 – Juno Awards of 2021[2]
- June 15 - Initial longlist for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize announced
- July 15 - Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize announced
- July 26 - Prism Prize winners announced
- July 28 - SOCAN Songwriting Prize winners announced
- September 27 - Cadence Weapon wins the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for his album Parallel World[3]
- November 29 - 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards[4]
Dates TBD[edit]
Albums released[edit]
A[edit]
- Arcade Fire, TBA[5]
- Arkells, Blink Once - September 30
- Tenille Arts, Girl to Girl - October 22[6]
B[edit]
- Backxwash, I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses - May 28[5]
- BadBadNotGood, Talk Memory - October 8
- Ashleigh Ball, Before All the Magic's Gone[7]
- Gord Bamford, Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass - June 4[8]
- Beatchild, Unselfish Desires - August 13
- Bell Orchestre, House Music - March 19
- Belly, See You Next Wednesday - August 27
- Art Bergmann, Late Stage Empire Dementia - May 21[9]
- Bernice, Eau de Bonjourno
- The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings - January 29[10]
- Justin Bieber, Justice - March 19
- Born Ruffians, Pulp - April 16
- Jon Bryant, Psychidyllic Salutations - November 26
- Spencer Burton, Coyote[11]
C[edit]
- Cadence Weapon, Parallel World - April 30[12]
- Alessia Cara, In the Meantime - September 24
- Charlotte Cardin, Phoenix - April 23[13]
- Casper Skulls, Knows No Kindness - November 12[14]
- Annabelle Chvostek, String of Pearls
- Louis-Jean Cormier, Le ciel est au plancher - April 16[15]
- Charlotte Cornfield, Highs in the Minuses - October 29[16]
D[edit]
- Death From Above 1979, Is 4 Lovers - March 26
- Art d'Ecco, In Standard Definition
- The Deep Dark Woods, Changing Faces
- The Dirty Nil, Fuck Art - January 1
- Julie Doiron, I Thought of You - November 26[17]
- Drake, Certified Lover Boy - September 3
- Drake, Scary Hours 2 - March 5
- Kevin Drew, Influences - July 16
- Dru, The Rebirth MMXX - May 27
- Willie Dunn, Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies[18]
- Melanie Durrant, Where I'm At - May 7
- Dvsn, Amusing Her Feelings - January 15
- Dvsn and Ty Dolla Sign, Cheers to the Best Memories - August 20
E[edit]
- Jade Eagleson, Honkytonk Revival - November 12
- Emanuel, Alt Therapy
F[edit]
- Michael Feuerstack, Harmonize The Moon - March 19
- Dominique Fils-Aimé, Three Little Words - February 12[7]
- Jeremy Fisher, Hello Blue Monday
- The Franklin Electric, This Time I See It - September 24
G[edit]
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END! - April 2
- Great Aunt Ida, Unsayable - September 7[19]
- Great Lake Swimmers, Live at the Redeemer 2007 - May 14[20]
- Grievous Angels, Summer Before the Storm[21]
- G. R. Gritt, Ancestors[5]
H[edit]
- Half Moon Run, Inwards & Onwards
- Hillsburn, Slipping Away[5]
- Hunter Brothers, Been a Minute - June 30[22]
I[edit]
- Islands, Islomania - June 11
J[edit]
- Jazz Cartier, The Fleur Print - September 10
- Sean Jones, Weekend Lover - November 5
K[edit]
- Greg Keelor, Share the Love
- Mo Kenney, Covers - February 26[23]
- Brett Kissel, What Is Life? - April 9[24]
- Nicholas Krgovich, This Spring[25]
L[edit]
- Land of Talk, Calming Night Partner - November 12
- Daniel Lanois, Heavy Sun - March 19[7]
- Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz, jooj two[12]
- Hubert Lenoir, PICTURA DE IPSE: Musique directe - September 15[26]
- Loscil, Clara - May 28
- Lowell, TBA[5]
M[edit]
- Majid Jordan, Wildest Dreams - October 22
- Manila Grey, No Saints on Knight Street
- Martha and the Muffins, Marthology: In and Outtakes - November 5[27]
- Matt Mays, From Burnside with Love
- Haviah Mighty, TBA[5]
- Ariane Moffatt, Incarnat - March 25[28]
- Jess Moskaluke, The Demos - February 19[29]
- Mother Mother, Inside - June 25
- Mustafa, When Smoke Rises - May 28[5]
N[edit]
- Laura Niquay, Waska Matisiwin
- Justin Nozuka, Then, Now & Again - April 9
O[edit]
- Odonis Odonis, Spectrums[30]
- Steven Lee Olsen, Relationship Goals - July 30[31]
- Our Lady Peace, Spiritual Machines II[32]
P[edit]
- Dorothea Paas, Anything Can't Happen - May 7[33]
- Meghan Patrick, Heart on My Glass - June 25[34]
- Dany Placard, Astronomie (suite)
- Plaza, Nocturnes - October 1
- Postdata, Twin Flames - March 5[7]
- Priyanka, Taste Test - July 16[35]
R[edit]
- Raised By Swans, Raised By Swans Is the Name of a Man, Volume 1 - February 9
- Rhye, Home - January 22[7]
- Daniel Romano, Cobra Poems
- Daniel Romano, Fully Plugged In
- Daniel Romano, Kissing the Foe
- Royal Canoe, Sidelining - July 9
- Justin Rutledge, Islands - March 26[36]
- Ruth B., Moments In Between - June 11
- Serena Ryder, The Art of Falling Apart - March 12
S[edit]
- Julien Sagot, Sagot
- Said the Whale, Dandelion - October 22
- JP Saxe, Dangerous Levels Of Introspection - June 25
- Joseph Shabason, The Fellowship - April 30
- Shad, TAO - October 1
- Andy Shauf, Wilds
- Tyler Shaw, Tyler Shaw - August 20
- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Theory of Ice
- Small Sins, Volume II - February 12[7]
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids, TBA[7]
- Spiritbox, Eternal Blue - September 17
- Status/Non-Status, 1 2 3 4 500 Years[37]
- Stripper's Union, The Undertaking[38]
- Suuns, The Witness
T[edit]
- Tebey, The Good Ones - January 22[39]
- TEKE::TEKE, Shirushi[40]
- The Tragically Hip, Saskadelphia (EP) - May 21[41]
- The Tragically Hip, Road Apples: 30th Anniversary Edition - October 15[42]
- The Trews, Wanderer - November 19
- TUNS, Duly Noted - March 26[43]
U[edit]
- Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Einsteins of Consciousness - January 8
- Suzie Ungerleider, My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider - August 13
V[edit]
- Chad VanGaalen, World's Most Stressed Out Gardener — March 19[44]
W[edit]
- Martha Wainwright, Love Will Be Reborn - August 20[45]
- The Weather Station, Ignorance - February 5[46]
- Whitehorse, Modern Love
- Whitehorse, Strike Me Down
- The Wilderness of Manitoba, Farewell to Cathedral - October 29
- Charlotte Day Wilson, Alpha - July 9[47]
Deaths[edit]
- January 12 - Curtis "Shingoose" Jonnie, singer-songwriter (COVID-19)[48]
- January 28 - Jay W. McGee, R&B, soul and hip hop musician ("Ladies Delight", "Another Love in Your Life")[49]
- April 4 - Paul Humphrey, lead singer for Blue Peter (multiple system atrophy)[50]
- April 14 - Michel Louvain, singer (cancer)[51]
- April 19 - Bob Lanois, record producer and recording engineer[52]
- June 23 - Ellen McIlwaine, blues singer
References[edit]
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
- ^ David Friend, "Juno Awards postpone 50th anniversary show date to June 6 amid COVID-19 pandemic". Toronto Star, April 14, 2021.
- ^ "Cadence Weapon wins Polaris Music Prize for ‘Parallel World’". The Globe and Mail, September 27, 2021.
- ^ David Friend, "‘Drag Race’ winner Priyanka to co-host Canada’s country music awards with Lindsay Ell". Toronto Star, November 8, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "21 Canadian albums we can't wait to hear in 2021". CBC Music, December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Tenille Arts Thinks If You Can Relate To It, You Can Listen To It". B104. August 19, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Alex Hudson, "Exclaim!'s 29 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2021". Exclaim!, January 4, 2021.
- ^ Nicolson, Deb (May 26, 2021). "Award-Winning Country Star Gord Bamford". Patch.
- ^ Josiah Hughes, "Art Bergmann Details New Album 'Late Stage Empire Dementia,' Shares 'Entropy'". Exclaim!, March 19, 2021.
- ^ Alex Hudson, "The Besnard Lakes Share Trippy 'Feuds with Guns' Video". Exclaim!, December 29, 2020.
- ^ Vish Khanna, "Spencer Burton Keeps Hope Alive on 'Coyote'". Exclaim!, February 19, 2021.
- ^ a b "Spring 2021 guide: 21 albums you need to hear". CBC Music, March 19, 2021.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Charlotte Cardin Readies Debut Album 'Phoenix'". Exclaim!, February 12, 2021.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Casper Skulls Detail Sophomore Album 'Knows No Kindness'". Exclaim!, August 26, 2021.
- ^ Louis-Philippe Labrèche, "Louis-Jean Cormier annonce son nouvel album : Le ciel est au plancher". Le Canal auditif, March 19, 2021.
- ^ Pappis, Konstantinos (August 5, 2021). "Charlotte Cornfield Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song 'Headlines'". Our Culture Mag. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ Matt Bobkin, "Julie Doiron Announces 'I Thought of You,' First Solo Album in Nine Years". Exclaim!, September 21, 2021.
- ^ Sam Sodomsky, "Willie Dunn — Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology". Pitchfork, March 22, 2021.
- ^ Shawn Conner, "‘Great Aunt Ida’ Nilsen returns with the lush Unsayable". Vancouver Sun, September 1, 2021.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Great Lake Swimmers Announce 'Live at the Redeemer 2007'". Exclaim!, February 25, 2021.
- ^ Kerry Doole, "NDP MP Charlie Angus' Songwriting Remains Potent on Grievous Angels' 'Summer Before the Storm'". Exclaim!, January 13, 2021.
- ^ "Hunter Brothers Drop New Album, Been A Minute June 30th". Top Country. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ Stephen Cooke, "Mo Kenney’s got this covered: new album offers fresh takes of favourite tunes". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, February 24, 2021.
- ^ Meister, Lauren (March 4, 2021). "Brett Kissel says new record is heart driven not hit driven". CochraneNow.
- ^ Stuart Derdeyn, "Nicholas Krgovich releases collection of Veda Hille songs This Spring". Vancouver Sun, May 14, 2021.
- ^ Yara El-Soueidi, "Quebec Media Rejected Hubert Lenoir, So He's Taking Over the World Instead". Exclaim!, September 13, 2021.
- ^ Nick Krewen, "Martha and the Muffins’ fresh batch almost ready — but in the meantime, their anthology lets them look back". Toronto Star, October 30, 2021.
- ^ Josée Lapointe, "Le nouvel album d’Ariane Moffatt sortira le 26 mars". La Presse, February 26, 2021.
- ^ Dagg, Nanci (January 28, 2021). "Mark February 19 on your calendar. That's the day that Jess Moskaluke's new album The Demos will be released". Canadian Beats Media.
- ^ Matt Bobkin, "Odonis Odonis Announce New Album 'Spectrums'". Exclaim!, March 9, 2021.
- ^ "GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER STEVEN LEE OLSEN ANNOUNCES EP, RELATIONSHIP GOALS, OUT JULY 30". Universal Music Canada. July 22, 2021.
- ^ OUR LADY PEACE RELEASES 20TH ANNIVERSARY REMASTERED EDITION OF DOUBLE-PLATINUM CERTIFIED ALBUM SPIRITUAL MACHINES
- ^ Alex Hudson, "Dorothea Paas Shows That Anything Can Happen on 'Anything Can't Happen'". Exclaim!, May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Meghan Patrick Announces New 'Heart On My Glass' Album Out June 25th With New Single, "Mama Prayed For" Out Today (5.7)". Shore Fire Media. May 7, 2021.
- ^ Corey Atad, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Winner Priyanka Releasing Debut EP ‘Taste Test’. ET Canada, July 14, 2021.
- ^ David Pratt, "Justin Rutledge: Islands". Folk Radio UK, February 17, 2021.
- ^ Matt Bobkin, "Status/Non-Status, Formerly WHOOP-Szo, Tells Complicated Stories of Indigeneity". Exclaim!, April 28, 2021.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Tragically Hip and Odds Offshoot Strippers Union Ready New Double Album". Exclaim!, January 18, 2021.
- ^ Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (December 16, 2020). "Tebey To Release Debut Album 'The Good Ones' In January". Entertainment Focus.
- ^ Matt Bobkin, "TEKE::TEKE Showcase Many Possibilities of Their Kaleidoscopic Psych Rock on 'Shirushi'". Exclaim!, May 10, 2021.
- ^ Jonathan Dekel, "The inside story of The Tragically Hip’s Saskadelphia, the band’s first new album since the death of Gord Downie". The Globe and Mail, May 20, 2021.
- ^ Tim Peacock, "The Tragically Hip Announce Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition Of ‘Road Apples’". UDiscoverMusic, September 16, 2021.
- ^ Vish Khanna, "Sloan/Super Friendz/Inbreds Supergroup TUNS Yield Even Richer Results on 'Duly Noted'". Exclaim!, March 22, 2021.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "Chad VanGaalen Returns with New Album 'World's Most Stressed Out Gardener'". Exclaim!, January 28, 2021.
- ^ Elio Iannacci, "Martha Wainwright’s ‘rebirth’: After a divorce, finding love again and returning to her music, singer-songwriter is starting over with a new album". Toronto Star, August 13, 2021.
- ^ Jeff Bierk, "The Weather Station Announces New Album Ignorance, Shares New Single". Paste, November 18, 2020.
- ^ Allie Gregory (May 20, 2021). "Charlotte Day Wilson Announces Debut Album 'Alpha'". Exclaim!.
- ^ "'Trailblazer' Ojibway musician Shingoose dies of COVID-19 at 74". CBC News. January 12, 2021.
- ^ Niel Scobie, "Jay W. McGee, a groundbreaking vocalist, songwriter and Juno nominee, always went back to the music of his father". Toronto Star, May 2, 2021.
- ^ David Friend, "Paul Humphrey, suave frontman of ‘80s Toronto new wave band Blue Peter, dies at 61". Toronto Star, April 7, 2021.
- ^ James Cullingham, "Veteran Quebec crooner Michel Louvain was a teen idol in the 1950s". The Globe and Mail, May 6, 2021.
- ^ Jeff Mahoney, "Hamilton’s Bob Lanois dead at 73". Hamilton Spectator, April 20, 2021.