2022 In Canadian Music

The following musical events and releases that happened in 2022 in Canada.

Events

* April 2 – 17th Canadian Folk Music Awards
* May 15 – Juno Awards of 2022
* June 13 – SOCAN Songwriting Prize
* July 8 – Prism Prize
* September 11 – 2022 Canadian Country Music Awards
* September 19 – 2022 Polaris Music Prize
* November 6 – 44th Félix Awards

Albums released

#

*88Glam, ''Close To Heaven Far From God'' - August 26

A

*Bryan Adams, ''So Happy It Hurts'' - March 11
*Alexisonfire, ''Otherness (Alexisonfire album), Otherness'' - June 24
*Altameda, ''Born Losers''
*Alvvays, ''Blue Rev'' - October 7
*Matt Andersen, ''House To House'' - March 4
*Anyway Gang, ''Still Anyways'' - May 6
*Apollo Ghosts, ''Pink Tiger'' - March 11
*Aquakultre, ''Don't Trip'' - July 22"Summer 2022 guide: 14 albums you need to hear"
CBC Music, June 20, 2022.
*Arcade Fire, ''We (Arcade Fire album), We'' - May 6
*Arkells, ''Blink Twice''
*Jann Arden, ''Descendant'' - January 28
*Art d'Ecco, ''After the Head Rush''
*Shawn Austin, ''Planes Don't Wait'' - June 29
*Aysanabee, ''Watin'' - November 4, 2022

B

*Jason Bajada, ''Crushed Grapes''
*Tim Baker (musician), Tim Baker, ''The Festival'' - October 21
*Adam Baldwin (singer), Adam Baldwin, ''Concertos & Serenades'' - September 23
*Matthew Barber, ''No Singing or Dancing''
*Quinton Barnes, ''For the Love of Drugs''
*Alexis Baro, ''Mi Raiz''
*Brad Barr, ''The Winter Mission'' - January 21Kaelen Bell
"Exclaim!'s 32 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2022"
''Exclaim!'', January 4, 2022.
*Basement Revolver, ''Embody'' - February 18
*Bedouin Soundclash, ''We Will Meet in a Hurricane'' - October 28
*Daniel Bélanger, ''Mercure en mai'' - October 14
*Beppie, ''Nice to Meet You''
*The Besnard Lakes, ''The Besnard Lakes Are the Prayers for the Death of Fame''
*Bibi Club, ''Le soleil et la mer''
*Billy Talent, ''Crisis of Faith (album), Crisis of Faith'' - January 21
*The Birthday Massacre, ''Fascination'' - February 18
*Black Atlass, ''Infinite'' - August 5
*Jully Black, ''Three Rocks and a Slingshot'' - September 23
*Jean-Michel Blais, ''aubades'' - February 4
*Blue Hawaii (band), Blue Hawaii, ''My Best Friend's House'' - February 18
*Blue Moon Marquee, ''Scream, Holler & Howl''
*The Blue Stones, ''Pretty Monster'' - November 4
*Bob Moses (band), Bob Moses, ''The Silence in Between'' - March 4
*Boslen, ''Gonzo''
*Jacob Brodovsky, ''I Love You and I'm Sorry''
*Broken Social Scene, ''Old Dead Young'' - January 14
*Mariel Buckley, ''Everywhere I Used to Be'' - August 12
*Basia Bulat, ''The Garden'' - February 25
*By Divine Right, ''Otto Motto'' - September 30

C

*Lou Canon, ''Reimagine the Body'' - January 26
*Mathieu Charbonneau, Charbonneau & Pietro Amato, Amato, ''Synth Works Vol. 2'' - March 4
*Nuela Charles, TBA
*Tanika Charles, ''Papillon de Nuit: The Night Butterfly'' - April 8
*William Cloutier, ''On ira''
*Jason Collett, ''Head Full of Wonder'' - November 4
*Counterparts (band), Counterparts, ''A Eulogy for Those Still Here'' - October 7

D

*Destroyer (band), Destroyer, ''Labyrinthitis (album), Labyrinthitis'' - March 25
*Julie Doiron and Dany Placard, ''Julie & Dany'' - April 29
*Dragonette, ''Twennies'' - October 28
*Drake (musician), Drake, ''Honestly, Nevermind'' - June 17
*Drake and 21 Savage, ''Her Loss'' - November 4
*Dvsn, ''Working on My Karma'' - October 28

E

*Eccodek, ''Recalibrate'' - May 20
*Elephant Stone (band), Elephant Stone, ''Le Voyage de M. Lonely dans la lune'' - February 18
*Andre Ethier (musician), Andre Ethier and Joseph Shabason, ''Fresh Pepper''

F

*Christine Fellows, ''Stuff We All Get''
*Florian Hoefner Trio, ''Desert Bloom''
*Frontperson, ''Parade''
*Jeanick Fournier, ''Jeanick Fournier'' - October 7
*Angelique Francis, ''Long River''
*Fredz, ''Astronaute''
*Fucked Up, ''Do All Words Can Do'' - March 25

G

*Ali Gatie, ''Who Hurt You?'' - August 12
*Geoffroy (musician), Geoffroy, ''Live Slow Die Wise'' - January 19
*Ghostkeeper (band), Ghostkeeper, ''Multidimensional Culture''
*Alice Glass, ''PREY//IV'' - January 28
*Gloin (band), Gloin, ''We Found This''

H

*Nate Haller, ''Party in the Back'' - November 18
*Harm & Ease, ''Camino Loco''
*Georgia Harmer, ''Stay in Touch'' - April 22
*Headstones (band), Headstones, ''Flight Risk'' - October 14
*Kevin Hearn, ''There and Then: Solo Piano Improvisations'' - February 11
*Tim Hicks, ''Talk to Time'' - September 2
*High Valley, ''Way Back'' - May 20
*TheHonestGuy, ''How to Make Love''
*Andrew Hyatt (singer), Andrew Hyatt, ''Four Good Years''

I

*iskwē and Tom Wilson (musician), Tom Wilson, ''Mother Love''
*Iva and Angu, ''Katajjausiit''

J

*Emmanuel Jal, ''Shangah'' - July 8
*JayWood, ''Slingshot''
*Carly Rae Jepsen, ''The Loneliest Time'' - October 21
*Berk Jodoin, ''Half-Breed''
*Joyful Joyful, ''Joyful Joyful'' - April 29
*Junior Boys, ''Waiting Game'' - October 28

K

*Larissa Loyva, Kellarissa, ''Voice Leading''
*Francois Klark, ''Adventure Book''
*Pierre Kwenders, ''José Louis and the Paradox of Love'' - April 29

L

*Steph La Rochelle, ''Wildflower''
*Bells Larsen, ''Good Grief''
*Avril Lavigne, ''Love Sux'' - February 25
*Lisa LeBlanc, ''Chiac Disco'' - March 18
*Lights (musician), Lights, ''Pep'' - April 1
*Limblifter, ''Little Payne'' - October 31
*Les Louanges, ''Crash'' - January 21
*Alexander Ludwig, ''Highway 99'' - August 26
*Lysandre Ménard, Lysandre, ''Sans oublier''

M

*Mama's Broke, ''Narrow Line''
*Dan Mangan, ''Being Somewhere'' - October 28
*Mares of Thrace (band), Mares of Thrace, ''The Exile''
*Cory Marks, ''I Rise'' - November 11
*Tate McRae, ''I Used to Think I Could Fly'' - May 27
*Madeline Merlo, ''Slide (Madeline Merlo EP), Slide'' - September 23
*Metric (band), Metric, ''Formentera (album), Formentera'' - July 10
*Moist (band), Moist, ''End of the Ocean'' - January 14
*MorMor, ''Semblance''
*David Myles (musician), David Myles, ''It's Only A Little Loneliness'' - September 23

N

*Nemahsis, ''Eleven Archers''
*Nickelback, ''Get Rollin' (album), Get Rollin''' - November 18
*Eliza Niemi, ''Staying Mellow Blows''

O

*Oktoécho, ''Transcestral''
*OMBIIGIZI, ''Sewn Back Together''
*Johnny Orlando, ''all the things that could go wrong'' – August 19
*Our Lady Peace, ''Spiritual Machines 2'' - January 28

P

*Marcus Paquin, ''Our Love'' - November 25
*Peach Pit (band), Peach Pit, ''From 2 to 3'' - March 4
*Orville Peck, ''Bronco (Orville Peck album), Bronco'' - April 8
*Jonathan Personne, ''Jonathan Personne''
*Powfu, ''Surrounded by Hounds and Serpents'' - December 2
*Chad Price (Canadian musician), Chad Price, ''Introversion''
*PUP (band), PUP, ''The Unraveling of PUPTheBand'' - April 1

R

*Josh Ramsay, ''The Josh Ramsay Show'' - April 8
*Rare Americans, ''You're Not a Bad Person, it's Just a Bad World'' (July); ''Songs That Don't Belong'' (December)
*Allan Rayman, ''Roadhouse 02'' - March 18
*The Reklaws, ''Good Ol' Days (album), Good Ol' Days'' - November 4
*Reuben and The Dark, ''In Lieu Of Light'' - September 9
*Jessie Reyez, ''Yessie'' - September 16
*Amanda Rheaume, ''The Spaces in Between''
*River Tiber (musician), River Tiber, ''Dreaming Eyes'' - December 9
*Ariane Roy, ''Medium plaisir''
*The Rural Alberta Advantage, ''The Rise''

S

*The Sadies, ''Colder Streams'' - July 22
*Jay Scott (Canadian musician), Jay Scøtt, ''Rap Queb Vol. 1''
*The Secret Beach, ''Songs from the Secret Beach''
*Joseph Shabason and Nicholas Krgovich, ''At Scaramouche'' - October 7
*Mike Shabb, ''Sewaside II''
*Jairus Sharif, ''Water & Tools''
*Silverstein (band), Silverstein, ''Misery Made Me'' - May 6
*Simple Plan, ''Harder Than It Looks'' - May 6
*Dylan Sinclair, ''No Longer in the Suburbs''
*Sister Ray (singer), Sister Ray, ''Communion''
*Samantha Savage Smith, ''Fake Nice'' - April 22
*Sloan (band), Sloan, ''Steady'' - October 21
*Stars (Canadian band), Stars, ''From Capelton Hill'' - May 27
*Kiefer Sutherland, ''Bloor Street'' - January 21
*Stereos, ''Cheap Thrills'' - November 4
*Sykamore, ''Pinto (album), Pinto'' - August 12

T

*Tanya Tagaq, ''Tongues'' - March 11
*Julian Taylor (singer), Julian Taylor, ''Beyond the Reservoir'' - October 14
*Tegan and Sara, ''Crybaby (Tegan and Sara album), Crybaby'' - October 21
*Three Days Grace, ''Explosions (Three Days Grace album), Explosions'' - May 6
*Maylee Todd, ''Maloo'' - March 4
*Tory Lanez, ''Sorry 4 What'' - September 30
*Devin Townsend, ''Lightwork''

V

*Jake Vaadeland, ''Everybody But Me''
*Voivod (band), Voivod, ''Synchro Anarchy'' - February 11

W

*Patrick Watson (musician), Patrick Watson, ''Better in the Shade'' - April 22
*The Weather Station, ''How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars''
*The Weeknd, ''Dawn FM'' - January 7
*Wild Rivers (band), Wild Rivers, ''Sidelines''
*Royal Wood, ''What Tomorrow Brings''
*Roy Woods, ''Mixed Emotions'' - August 5

Y

*Nikki Yanofsky, ''Nikki by Starlight'' - October 21
*Yoo Doo Right (band), Yoo Doo Right, ''A Murmur, Boundless to the East''
*Young Guv, ''Guv III'' (March 11); ''Guv IV'' (TBA)

Deaths

*January 17 - Karim Ouellet, singer-songwriter
*February 3 - Donny Gerrard, rock singer
*February 17 - Dallas Good, country/rock musician (The Sadies)
*March 14 - Eric Mercury, songwriter
*April 5 - Boris Brott, conductor
*April 16 - Bill Bourne, folk musician
*April 18 - Jerry Doucette, rock singer and guitarist ("Mama Let Him Play")
*April 25 - Susan Jacks, pop singer
*April 25 - Shane Yellowbird, country singer-songwriter
*April 29 - Walter Rossi (musician), Walter Rossi, rock singer and guitarist
*May 29 - Ronnie Hawkins, rock singer
*June 16 - Big Rude Jake, swing jazz singer-songwriter
*August 7 - Gord Lewis, bassist (Teenage Head (band), Teenage Head)
*December 15 - Shirley Eikhard, singer-songwriter
*December 29 - Ian Tyson, singer-songwriterDavid Friend
"Folk legend Ian Tyson, known for 'Four Strong Winds' as part of Ian & Sylvia, dies"
CP24, December 29, 2022.

References

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