2021 In Canadian Music

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

Events

* April 10 – 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards
* 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
* 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
* September 27 - Cadence Weapon wins the 2021 Polaris Music Prize for his album '' Parallel World''
* November 7 - 43rd Félix Awards
* November 29 - 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards

Albums released

0-9

*347aidan, ''Chasing Harmony''

A

* Afrikana Soul Sister, ''Kalasö''
* AHI, ''Prospect''
* Alaskan Tapes, ''For Us Alone''
* Jeremie Albino and Cat Clyde, ''Blue Blue Blue''
* Alee, ''Feels Like This'' - July 16
*All Hands Make Light, ''All Hands Make Light''
* a l l i e, ''Tabula Rasa''
*Arkells, ''Blink Once'' - September 30
*Tenille Arts, '' Girl to Girl'' - October 22

B

*Backxwash, ''I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses'' - May 28"21 Canadian albums we can't wait to hear in 2021"
CBC Music, December 30, 2020.
*BadBadNotGood, '' Talk Memory'' - October 8
* James Baley, ''A Story''
*Ashleigh Ball, ''Before All the Magic's Gone''Alex Hudson
"Exclaim!'s 29 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2021"
''Exclaim!'', January 4, 2021.
*Gord Bamford, ''Diamonds in a Whiskey Glass'' - June 4
*Barenaked Ladies, '' Detour de Force'' - July 16
*Quinton Barnes, ''As a Motherfucker''
*The Beaches, ''Sisters Not Twins (The Professional Lovers Album)''
* Beatchild, ''Unselfish Desires'' - August 13
* Bell Orchestre, ''House Music'' - March 19
* Belly, '' See You Next Wednesday'' - August 27
* Beppie, ''Dino-Mite!''
*Art Bergmann, ''Late Stage Empire Dementia'' - May 21
* Bernice, ''Eau de Bonjourno''
*The Besnard Lakes, '' The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings'' - January 29
*Justin Bieber, ''Justice'' - March 19
*Big Brave, ''Vital''
*Big Brave with The Body, ''Leaving None but Small Birds''
*Big Wreck, ''Big Wreck 7.1'' - November 19
*Blue Rodeo, '' Many a Mile'' - December 3
* The Blue Stones, '' Hidden Gems'' - March 19
*Born Ruffians, ''Pulp'' - April 16
* Boslen, ''Dusk to Dawn''
* Boy Golden, ''Church of Better Daze''
* Boys Night Out, ''Nevermind 2'' - July 16
* Jon Bryant, ''Psychidyllic Salutations'' - November 26
* Spencer Burton, ''Coyote''

C

*Cadence Weapon, '' Parallel World'' - April 30"Spring 2021 guide: 21 albums you need to hear"
CBC Music, March 19, 2021.
*Alessia Cara, '' In the Meantime'' - September 24
* Casey MQ, ''babycasey: ultra''
*Charlotte Cardin, '' Phoenix'' - April 23
* Casper Skulls, ''Knows No Kindness'' - November 12
* Choses Sauvages, ''Choses Sauvages II''
* Annabelle Chvostek, ''String of Pearls''
*Cœur de pirate, '' Perséides'' (April 30); '' Impossible à aimer'' (October 15)
* Louis-Jean Cormier, ''Le ciel est au plancher'' - April 16
* Charlotte Cornfield, ''Highs in the Minuses'' - October 29
* Crown Lands, ''White Buffalo''

D

*Death From Above 1979, ''Is 4 Lovers'' - March 26
*Art d'Ecco, ''In Standard Definition''
* The Deep Dark Woods, ''Changing Faces''
* Del Barber, ''Stray Dogs (Collected B-Sides / Vol. 1)'' - August 20
* Devours, ''Escape from Planet Devours''
* The Dirty Nil, ''Fuck Art'' - January 1
*Julie Doiron, '' I Thought of You'' - November 26
*Drake, '' Certified Lover Boy'' - September 3
*Drake, '' Scary Hours 2'' - March 5
*Kevin Drew, ''Influences'' - July 16
* Dru, ''The Rebirth MMXX'' - May 27
* Ducks Ltd., ''Modern Fiction''
* Willie Dunn, ''Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies''
* Marc Dupré, ''Où sera le monde''
* 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

* Jade Eagleson, ''Honkytonk Revival'' - November 12
*Efajemue, ''Aesthetics''
* Emanuel, ''Alt Therapy''
* Micah Erenberg, ''For the Ones Who Love Me Now''; ''Frozen in Time''
* André Ethier, ''Further Up Island''

F

* Michael Feuerstack, ''Harmonize The Moon'' - March 19
* Dominique Fils-Aimé, ''Three Little Words'' - February 12
* Jeremy Fisher, ''Hello Blue Monday''
* The Franklin Electric, ''This Time I See It'' - September 24

G

* The Garrys, ''Get Thee to a Nunnery''
*Gayance, ''No Toning Down''
*Godspeed You! Black Emperor, ''G_d's Pee AT STATE'S END!'' - April 2
* Great Aunt Ida, ''Unsayable'' - September 7
*Great Lake Swimmers, ''Live at the Redeemer 2007'' - May 14
* Grievous Angels, ''Summer Before the Storm''
* G. R. Gritt, ''Ancestors''

H

*Half Moon Run, ''Inwards & Onwards''
* Hillsburn, ''Slipping Away''
*Home Front, ''Think of the Lie''
* TheHonestGuy, ''Love Songs for No One''
* Hunter Brothers, ''Been a Minute'' - June 30
*Nate Husser, ''Adult Supervision''
*Andrew Hyatt, ''The Wanderspace Sessions'' (February); ''Wild Flowers'' (July)

I

* Brandon Isaak, ''Modern Primitive''
*Islands, ''Islomania'' - June 11

J

* JayWood, ''Some Days''
* Jazz Cartier, ''The Fleur Print'' - September 10
* Sean Jones, ''Weekend Lover'' - November 5

K

*Greg Keelor, ''Share the Love''
* Mo Kenney, ''Covers'' - February 26
* Shawnee Kish, ''Shawnee Kish'' - June 25
*Brett Kissel, ''What Is Life?'' - April 9
* Kiwi Jr., '' Cooler Returns'' - January 22
*Korea Town Acid, ''Metamorphosis'' (April); ''Cosmos'' (October)
*Nicholas Krgovich, ''This Spring''

L

* Land of Talk, '' Calming Night Partner'' - November 12
*Daniel Lanois, ''Heavy Sun'' - March 19
* Thierry Larose, ''Cantalou''
* Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz, '
* Hubert Lenoir, ' - September 15
*Simon Leoza, ''Albatross''
* Loony, ''Soft Thing''; ''Turf''
* Loscil, ''Clara'' - May 28
* Russell Louder, ''Humor''
* Love Language, ''Trying to Reach You''
*The Lowest of the Low, ''Taverns and Palaces'' - December 10

M

* Majid Jordan, ''Wildest Dreams'' - October 22
*Manila Grey, ''No Saints on Knight Street''
*Martha and the Muffins, ''Marthology: In and Outtakes'' - November 5
*Matt Mays, ''From Burnside with Love''
* Kyle McKearney, ''Down-Home''
* Kairo McLean, ''Easy Now''
* Kelly McMichael, ''Waves''
* Myst Milano, ''Shapeshyfter''
* Millimetrik, ''Sun-Drenched''
* Ariane Moffatt, ''Incarnat'' - March 25
* Monowhales, ''Daytona Bleach''
* Jess Moskaluke, '' The Demos'' - February 19
* Mother Mother, ''Inside'' - June 25
* Mouth Congress, ''Waiting for Henry'' - December 10
* Mustafa, '' When Smoke Rises'' - May 28

N

* N Nao and Joni Void, ''L’oiseau chante avec ses doigts''
* Nimkii and the Niniis, ''Nang Giizhigoong''
* Laura Niquay, ''Waska Matisiwin''
*Safia Nolin, ''Then, Now & Again'' - April 9

O

* Ocie Elliott, ''Slow Tide''
* Odonis Odonis, ''Spectrums''
*Steven Lee Olsen, '' Relationship Goals'' - July 30
* The Oot n' Oots, ''Ponderosa Bunchgrass and the Golden Rule''
* Ouri, ''Frame of a Fauna''

P

* Dorothea Paas, ''Anything Can't Happen'' - May 7
*Meghan Patrick, ''Heart on My Glass'' - June 25
* Nico Paulo, ''Live at First Light''
* Dany Placard, ''Astronomie (suite)''
* Planet Giza, ''Don't Throw Rocks at the Moon''
* The Joel Plaskett Emergency, ''Twenty Years Gone: The Joel Plaskett Emergency Revisits Down at the Khyber''
*Plaza, ''Nocturnes'' - October 1
* Postdata, ''Twin Flames'' - March 5
* Garth Prince, ''Falling in Africa''
* Priyanka, '' Taste Test'' - July 16

R

* Raised By Swans, ''Raised By Swans Is the Name of a Man, Volume 1'' - February 9
* Rare Americans, ''Rare Americans 2'' (March); ''Jamesy Boy & The Screw Loose Zoo'' (November)
*Rhye, ''Home'' - January 22
* Daniel Romano, ''Cobra Poems''
* Daniel Romano, ''Fully Plugged In''
* Daniel Romano, ''Kissing the Foe''
* Royal Canoe, ''Sidelining'' - July 9
*Justin Rutledge, ''Islands'' - March 26
* Ruth B., ''Moments In Between'' - June 11
*Serena Ryder, ''The Art of Falling Apart'' - March 12

S

* Julien Sagot, ''Sagot''
*Said the Whale, ''Dandelion'' - October 22
*SATE, ''The Fool''
* JP Saxe, ''Dangerous Levels Of Introspection'' - June 25
* Jay Scøtt, ''Ses plus grands succès''
* Joseph Shabason, ''The Fellowship'' - April 30
* Shabason, Krgovich and Harris, ''Florence''
*Shad, ''TAO'' - October 1
* Andy Shauf, ''Wilds''
* Jairus Sharif, ''Mega Optics''
*Tyler Shaw, ''Tyler Shaw'' - August 20
* Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, ''Theory of Ice''
* Skiifall, ''Woiiyoie Tapes Vol. 1''
* Small Sins, ''Volume II'' - February 12
*Snotty Nose Rez Kids, ''Life After''
*Spiritbox, '' Eternal Blue'' - September 17
* Arielle Soucy, ''Unresolved Collection''
* Souldia, ''Dixque d'art''
* Status/Non-Status, ''1 2 3 4 500 Years''Matt Bobkin
"Status/Non-Status, Formerly WHOOP-Szo, Tells Complicated Stories of Indigeneity"
''Exclaim!'', April 28, 2021.
* Emily Steinwall, ''Welcome to the Garden''Allie Gregory
"Toronto Saxophonist Emily Steinwall Is a Force for Unity on 'Welcome to the Garden'"
''Exclaim!'', March 30, 2021.
*Jeffery Straker, ''Just Before Sunrise''
* Stripper's Union, ''The Undertaking''
* Adrian Sutherland, ''When the Magic Hits''
*Suuns, '' The Witness''

T

* Talk, ''Talk to Me''
*Tebey, '' The Good Ones'' - January 22
* TEKE::TEKE, ''Shirushi''
* TiKA, ''Anywhere But Here''
* Tommy Lefroy, ''Flight Risk''
* Morgan Toney, ''First Flight''
*The Tragically Hip, '' Saskadelphia'' (EP) - May 21
*The Tragically Hip, '' Road Apples: 30th Anniversary Edition'' - October 15
*The Trews, ''Wanderer'' - November 19
* Tuns, ''Duly Noted'' - March 26

U

*Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, ''My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider'' - August 13

V

* Mathew V, ''The Outer Circle''
* Jake Vaadeland, ''No More Pain in My Heart''; ''Retro Man''
*Vincent Vallières, ''Toute beauté n'est pas perdue''
*Chad VanGaalen, '' World's Most Stressed Out Gardener'' — March 19
* Jon Vinyl, ''Lost in You''

W

*Martha Wainwright, '' Love Will Be Reborn'' - August 20
* The Weather Station, ''Ignorance'' - February 5
*Whitehorse, ''Modern Love''
*Whitehorse, ''Strike Me Down''
* The Wilderness of Manitoba, ''Farewell to Cathedral'' - October 29
* Charlotte Day Wilson, ''Alpha'' - July 9

Y

*Yoo Doo Right, ''Don’t Think You Can Escape Your Purpose''

Deaths

*January 12 - Curtis "Shingoose" Jonnie, singer-songwriter (COVID-19)
*January 28 - Jay W. McGee, R&B, soul and hip hop musician ("Ladies Delight", "Another Love in Your Life")
*April 4 - Paul Humphrey, lead singer for Blue Peter (multiple system atrophy)
*April 14 - Michel Louvain, singer (cancer)
*April 19 - Bob Lanois, record producer and recording engineer
*June 23 - Ellen McIlwaine, blues singer
*December 18 - Custom, filmmaker and musician (cardiac arrest)

References

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