2021 in Canadian music explained

The following musical events and releases that happened in 2021 in Canada.

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Notes and References

  1. Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
  2. David Friend, "Juno Awards postpone 50th anniversary show date to June 6 amid COVID-19 pandemic". Toronto Star, April 14, 2021.
  3. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/article-cadence-weapon-wins-polaris-music-prize-for-parallel-world/ "Cadence Weapon wins Polaris Music Prize for ‘Parallel World’"
  4. David Friend, "‘Drag Race’ winner Priyanka to co-host Canada’s country music awards with Lindsay Ell". Toronto Star, November 8, 2021.
  5. Laura Robinson, "Viral Canadian Punk Star 347aidan Takes The Stage". Next Magazine.
  6. Web site: Alee Releases New Album, Feels Like This. July 17, 2021. Joshua. Murray. The Reviews Are In. December 12, 2022.
  7. Erik Leijon, "Two stars of the Montreal music scene unite for All Hands Make Light". Cult MTL, September 23, 2021.
  8. Calum Slingerland, "a l l i e Announces New Album 'Tabula Rasa'". Exclaim!, August 13, 2021.
  9. Web site: Tenille Arts Thinks If You Can Relate To It, You Can Listen To It. August 19, 2021. B104.
  10. https://www.cbc.ca/music/21-canadian-albums-we-can-t-wait-to-hear-in-2021-1.5840707 "21 Canadian albums we can't wait to hear in 2021"
  11. Richard Trapunski, "Toronto’s best music 2021: albums, concerts and so many songs to stream" . Now, December 9, 2021.
  12. Alex Hudson, "Exclaim!'s 29 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2021". Exclaim!, January 4, 2021.
  13. Web site: Award-Winning Country Star Gord Bamford. Deb. Nicolson. Patch. May 26, 2021.
  14. Josiah Hughes, "Art Bergmann Details New Album 'Late Stage Empire Dementia,' Shares 'Entropy'". Exclaim!, March 19, 2021.
  15. Alex Hudson, "The Besnard Lakes Share Trippy 'Feuds with Guns' Video". Exclaim!, December 29, 2020.
  16. Web site: Bell . Kaelan . Blue Rodeo Announce New Album 'Many a Mile' . Exclaim! . 4 December 2021 . October 15, 2021.
  17. Mitch Mosk, "INTROSPECTIVE, CINEMATIC, & DARK”: BOSLEN DIVES INTO THE VULNERABLE DEPTHS OF DEBUT ALBUM ‘DUSK TO DAWN’". Atwood Magazine, October 4, 2021.
  18. Vish Khanna, "Spencer Burton Keeps Hope Alive on 'Coyote'". Exclaim!, February 19, 2021.
  19. https://www.cbc.ca/music/spring-2021-guide-21-albums-you-need-to-hear-1.5943821 "Spring 2021 guide: 21 albums you need to hear"
  20. Alex Hudson, "Casey MQ Announces 'babycasey: ultra' Remix Album". Exclaim!, September 29, 2021.
  21. Calum Slingerland, "Charlotte Cardin Readies Debut Album 'Phoenix'". Exclaim!, February 12, 2021.
  22. Calum Slingerland, "Casper Skulls Detail Sophomore Album 'Knows No Kindness'". Exclaim!, August 26, 2021.
  23. Louis-Philippe Labrèche, "Louis-Jean Cormier annonce son nouvel album : Le ciel est au plancher". Le Canal auditif, March 19, 2021.
  24. Web site: Charlotte Cornfield Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song 'Headlines'. August 5, 2021. August 7, 2021. Our Culture Mag. Konstantinos. Pappis.
  25. Web site: Essentials… with Del Barber. Schneider. Jason. August 18, 2021. FYIMusicNews. June 27, 2023.
  26. Matt Bobkin, "Julie Doiron Announces 'I Thought of You,' First Solo Album in Nine Years". Exclaim!, September 21, 2021.
  27. Sam Sodomsky, "Willie Dunn — Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology". Pitchfork, March 22, 2021.
  28. Shawn Conner, "‘Great Aunt Ida’ Nilsen returns with the lush Unsayable". Vancouver Sun, September 1, 2021.
  29. Brock Thiessen, "Great Lake Swimmers Announce 'Live at the Redeemer 2007'". Exclaim!, February 25, 2021.
  30. Kerry Doole, "NDP MP Charlie Angus' Songwriting Remains Potent on Grievous Angels' 'Summer Before the Storm'". Exclaim!, January 13, 2021.
  31. Web site: Hunter Brothers Drop New Album, Been A Minute June 30th. Top Country. July 2, 2021. June 30, 2021.
  32. Michael Meanchoff, "Montréal’s Nate Husser enlists Mick Jenkins, Jean Deaux & Eva Shaw for Adult Supervision". HipHopCanada, June 30, 2021.
  33. Stephen Cooke, "Mo Kenney’s got this covered: new album offers fresh takes of favourite tunes". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, February 24, 2021.
  34. Conchita Galvez, "'Music is medicine': Shawnee Kish on her new EP, identifying as two-spirit". CTV News Edmonton, June 15, 2021.
  35. Web site: Brett Kissel says new record is heart driven not hit driven. CochraneNow. Lauren. Meister. March 4, 2021.
  36. Stuart Derdeyn, "Nicholas Krgovich releases collection of Veda Hille songs This Spring". Vancouver Sun, May 14, 2021.
  37. Yara El-Soueidi, "Quebec Media Rejected Hubert Lenoir, So He's Taking Over the World Instead". Exclaim!, September 13, 2021.
  38. Jason Schneider, "Essentials… with Lowest Of The Low’s Ron Hawkins". FYI Music News, December 9, 2021.
  39. 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.
  40. https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_sound_of_september_2021_essential_new_releases_sonos/page/2 "The Sound of September 2021: This Month's Essential New Releases"
  41. Josée Lapointe, "Le nouvel album d’Ariane Moffatt sortira le 26 mars". La Presse, February 26, 2021.
  42. Web site: Mark February 19 on your calendar. That's the day that Jess Moskaluke's new album The Demos will be released. Nanci. Dagg. Canadian Beats Media. January 28, 2021.
  43. Calum Slingerland, "Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini Detail Mouth Congress Retrospective Album". Exclaim!, October 26, 2021.
  44. Kaitlin Irving, "Ocie Elliott Find Peace on 'Slow Tide' EP" . Exclaim!, March 12, 2021.
  45. Matt Bobkin, "Odonis Odonis Announce New Album 'Spectrums'". Exclaim!, March 9, 2021.
  46. Web site: GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER STEVEN LEE OLSEN ANNOUNCES EP, RELATIONSHIP GOALS, OUT JULY 30. July 22, 2021. Universal Music Canada.
  47. Daniel McIntosh, "Ouri Offers Something for Everyone, from Electronic to Neo-Classical, on 'Frame of a Fauna'". Exclaim!, October 20, 2021.
  48. Alex Hudson, "Dorothea Paas Shows That Anything Can Happen on 'Anything Can't Happen'". Exclaim!, May 5, 2021.
  49. Web site: 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.
  50. Mr. Wavvy, "REVIEW: Planet Giza, Don’t Throw Rocks at the Moon". Cult MTL, April 6, 2021.
  51. Richard Woodbury, "2 decades after Down at the Khyber, the Joel Plaskett Emergency re-records landmark album". CBC News Nova Scotia, October 16, 2021.
  52. Corey Atad, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Winner Priyanka Releasing Debut EP ‘Taste Test’. ET Canada, July 14, 2021.
  53. David Pratt, "Justin Rutledge: Islands". Folk Radio UK, February 17, 2021.
  54. Calum Slingerland, "Shabason, Krgovich & Harris Announce Instrumental Album 'Florence'". Exclaim!, February 5, 2021.
  55. Alex Nino Gheciu, "Stream Skiifall's New EP 'WOIIYOUI TAPES VOL. 1'". Complex, August 6, 2021.
  56. Aly Laube, "It Took a Village to Raise Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and Now They're Paying It Forward". Exclaim!, October 21, 2021.
  57. Matt Bobkin, "Status/Non-Status, Formerly WHOOP-Szo, Tells Complicated Stories of Indigeneity". Exclaim!, April 28, 2021.
  58. Allie Gregory, "Toronto Saxophonist Emily Steinwall Is a Force for Unity on 'Welcome to the Garden'". Exclaim!, March 30, 2021.
  59. Calum Slingerland, "Tragically Hip and Odds Offshoot Strippers Union Ready New Double Album". Exclaim!, January 18, 2021.
  60. Dorothy Stewart, "Adrian Sutherland launches deeply personal solo album". CBC North, November 3, 2021.
  61. Web site: Tebey To Release Debut Album 'The Good Ones' In January . Pip. Ellwood-Hughes. December 16, 2020. Entertainment Focus.
  62. Matt Bobkin, "TEKE::TEKE Showcase Many Possibilities of Their Kaleidoscopic Psych Rock on 'Shirushi'". Exclaim!, May 10, 2021.
  63. Aly Laube, "TiKA's 'Anywhere but Here' Is an Exuberant Celebration of Black Queer Love". Exclaim!, February 23, 2021.
  64. 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.
  65. Tim Peacock, "The Tragically Hip Announce Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition Of ‘Road Apples’". UDiscoverMusic, September 16, 2021.
  66. Vish Khanna, "Sloan/Super Friendz/Inbreds Supergroup TUNS Yield Even Richer Results on 'Duly Noted'". Exclaim!, March 22, 2021.
  67. Brock Thiessen, "Chad VanGaalen Returns with New Album 'World's Most Stressed Out Gardener'". Exclaim!, January 28, 2021.
  68. Natalie Harmsen, "The Pleasure and Pain of Jon Vinyl". Complex, October 1, 2021.
  69. 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.
  70. Jeff Bierk, "The Weather Station Announces New Album Ignorance, Shares New Single". Paste, November 18, 2020.
  71. Web site: Charlotte Day Wilson Announces Debut Album 'Alpha'. May 20, 2021. Allie Gregory. Exclaim!. en-ca.
  72. Stephan Boissonneault, "Yoo Doo Right Earn Their Spot Among Montreal Post-Rock Royalty with 'Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose'". Exclaim!, May 19, 2021.
  73. Web site: 'Trailblazer' Ojibway musician Shingoose dies of COVID-19 at 74. CBC News. January 12, 2021.
  74. 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.
  75. David Friend, "Paul Humphrey, suave frontman of ‘80s Toronto new wave band Blue Peter, dies at 61". Toronto Star, April 7, 2021.
  76. James Cullingham, "Veteran Quebec crooner Michel Louvain was a teen idol in the 1950s". The Globe and Mail, May 6, 2021.
  77. Jeff Mahoney, "Hamilton’s Bob Lanois dead at 73". Hamilton Spectator, April 20, 2021.
  78. Web site: Custom a.k.a. Duane Lavold, Dead at 54. 23 December 2021.