2019 in Canadian music
The following musical events and releases are expected to happen in 2019 in Canada.
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National anthem | "O Canada" |
Other | Anthems and nationalistic |
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Events
- March – Juno Awards of 2019
- April – East Coast Music Awards
- May – Prism Prize
- June – Preliminary longlist for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize is announced
- July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize
- July – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced
- September – Haviah Mighty wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album 13th Floor[1]
Albums released
A
- Absolutely Free, Geneva Freeport[2]
- Anemone, Beat My Distance - February 15
B
- Tim Baker, Forever Overhead - April 19[3]
- Bedouin Soundclash, MASS - October 4
- Begonia, Fear
- Bleu Jeans Bleu, Perfecto
- Dean Brody, Black Sheep - April 26[4]
- Chad Brownlee, Back in the Game - June 21[5]
- Broken Social Scene, Let’s Try the After Vol. 1 - February 15
- Broken Social Scene, Let’s Try the After Vol. 2 - April 12
- Jon Bryant, Cult Classic - May 17
- Louise Burns, Portraits - November 8
- Burnstick, Kîyânaw
C
- Daniel Caesar, Case Study 01 - June 28
- Alessia Cara, This Summer - September 6
- Celeigh Cardinal, Stories from a Downtown Apartment
- Lou-Adriane Cassidy, C'est la fin du monde à tous les jours[6]
- Tanika Charles, The Gumption - May 10
- Clairmont the Second, Do You Drive? - January 31
- City and Colour, A Pill for Loneliness - October 4[7]
- Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites - September 20[8]
- Leonard Cohen, Thanks for the Dance - November 22
- Charlotte Cornfield, The Shape of Your Name
- Corridor, Junior
- Les Cowboys Fringants, Les Antipodes
- Amelia Curran, Live at Massey Hall
D
- Mac DeMarco, Here Comes the Cowboy - May 10[9]
- Devours, Iconoclast
- Le Diable à Cinq, Debout!
- Digawolf, Yellowstone
- Céline Dion, Courage - November 15
- Julie Doiron with Mount Eerie, Lost Wisdom pt. 2 - November 8
- Drake, Care Package - August 2
F
- Lara Fabian, Papillon
- Stephen Fearing, The Unconquerable Past
- FET.NAT, Le Mal
- Dominique Fils-Aimé, Stay Tuned!
- The Franklin Electric, In Your Head EP - August 2
G
- Hannah Georgas, Imprints[2]
- Leela Gilday, North Star Calling
- The Glorious Sons, A War on Everything - September 13
- The Golden Seals, Something Isn't Happening
- Aaron Goodvin, V
- Jenn Grant, Love, Inevitable - May 31
- Great Lake Swimmers, The Waves, the Wake (Acoustic) - November 8[10]
H
- Half Moon Run, A Blemish in the Great Light — November 1
- Haviah Mighty, 13th Floor
- Joshua Haulli, Aqqut
- Hey Major, The Station
- Hunter Brothers, State of Mind - January 25[11]
J
- James Barker Band, Singles Only - May 24[13]
- Yves Jarvis, The Same but by Different Means
- Carly Rae Jepsen, Dedicated[2] - May 17
- Lyndon John X, The Warning Track
- Julian Taylor Band, Avalanche - March 29
- Just John x Dom Dias, Don III (April); PROJECT (November)
K
- Kaytranada, Bubba - December 13
- Kid Koala, Music To Draw To: Io - January 25
- Patrick Krief, Dovetale - June 7
L
- Laurence-Anne, Première apparition
- Avril Lavigne, Head Above Water - February 15[14]
- Lee Harvey Osmond, Mohawk[2]
- Jean Leloup, L'Étrange pays - May 24
- Murray Lightburn, Hear Me Out - February 22
- Lightning Dust, Spectre
- Loud, Tout ça pour ça - May 24
- The Lowest of the Low, Agitpop - May 31
M
- Ryan MacGrath, That Woods
- Maestro Fresh Wes, Champagne Campaign - March 8
- Alexandria Maillot, Benevolence - November 22
- Mappe Of, The Isle of Ailynn - November 1
- Marianas Trench, Phantoms - March 1
- Memphis, Leave With Me - February 8
- Monsune, Tradition
- Mounties, Heavy Meta - April 26[2]
N
- nêhiyawak, nipiy
- The New Pornographers, In the Morse Code of Brake Lights - September 27
- Safia Nolin, xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx
P
- Partner, Saturday the 14th[15]
- Orville Peck, Pony
- Philémon Cimon, Pays
- PUP, Morbid Stuff - April 5
- Pvrx, 3.14 - July 26
R
- The Reklaws, Freshman Year - August 27[16]
- Riit, Ataataga - October 25[17]
- John River, The Academy - January 25
- Royal Canoe, Waver[2]
- Reuben and the Dark, un love - October 25
- Rheostatics, Here Come the Wolves - September 6[18]
- Ruth B, Maybe I'll Find You Again - March 22
- Justin Rutledge, Passages - May 31[19]
S
- Said the Whale, Cascadia[2]
- Saint Asonia, Flawed Design[20]
- Sarahmée, Irréversible
- Jacques Kuba Séguin, Migrations
- Joseph Shabason, Anne EP - May 10
- Shay Lia, Dangerous
- Silverstein, Redux: The First Ten Years - April 12
- Siskiyou, Not Somewhere - May 17[21]
- Dallas Smith, The Fall - March 13[22]
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Trapline
- SonReal, The Aaron LP - May 10
- Rae Spoon, Mental Health
- The Strumbellas, Rattlesnake - March 29[23]
- Sum 41, Order in Decline - July 19[24]
- Super Duty Tough Work, Studies in Grey
T
- Tariq, Telegrams - March 29
- Tegan and Sara, Hey, I'm Just Like You - September 27
- Devin Townsend, Empath[2]
- Tobi, STILL - May 3
- Tre Mission, Orphan Black - July 26
V
- Leif Vollebekk, New Ways - November 1[25]
W
- Dawn Tyler Watson, Mad Love
- Patrick Watson, Wave - October 18
- We Are the City, RIP[2]
- Whitehorse, The Northern South, Vol. 2 - January 18
- JJ Wilde, Wilde Eyes, Steady Hands
- Wintersleep, In the Land Of - March 29[2]
- Donovan Woods, The Other Way
- Hawksley Workman, Median Age Wasteland - March 1[2]
Deaths
- January 16 - Jean Chatillon, composer
- January 16 - Alfred Kunz, composer
- February 9 - Phil Western, electronic/industrial musician
- February 23 - Johnnie Lovesin, rock singer
- February 28 - Ed Bickert, jazz guitarist
- March 6 - Charlie Panigoniak, singer-songwriter
- March 22 - Joe Hall, singer-songwriter
- April 1 - Vladimir Orloff, cellist
- April 20 - David Zafer, violinist
- May 20 - Dave Bookman, musician (The Bookmen) and radio personality (CFNY-FM, CIND-FM)
- June 16 - Adam Litovitz, rock musician and film composer[26][27]
- November 20 - John Mann, singer and guitarist (Spirit of the West)[28]
- December 5 - Leon Cole, organist, composer and classical music radio host
- December 15 - Monique Leyrac, singer[29]
- December 24 - Kelly Fraser, singer[30]
References
- David Friend, "NewsAlert: Haviah Mighty wins Polaris prize for '13th Floor'". Victoria Times-Colonist, September 16, 2019.
- "Here Are Exclaim!'s 22 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2019". Exclaim!, January 2, 2019.
- "Hey Rosetta's Tim Baker Details 'Forever Overhead' Solo Album". Exclaim!, February 12, 2019.
- "'Dean Brody Releases Anticipated EP, Black Sheep, and new single in Advance of Fall Tour". Open Road Recordings. April 26, 2019.
- "Back in the Game – Chad Brownlee". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
- Marissa Groguhé, "Le vrai début pour Lou-Adriane Cassidy". La Presse, April 4, 2019.
- "City and Colour announces new album, shares North American tour dates". Glide, June 3, 2019.
- David Friend, "Bruce Cockburn avoids impulse to get political with lyric-less new album". Toronto Star, September 19, 2019.
- "Mac DeMarco releasing fourth full length LP 'Here Comes the Cowboy' May 10th". Glide, March 5, 2019.
- Sarah Murphy, "Great Lake Swimmers Reveal Acoustic Version of 'The Waves, the Wake' LP". Exclaim!, September 20, 2019.
- Ella, Shannon (February 2, 2019). "Hunter Brothers Sophomore Album 'State Of Mind'". Complete Country. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- Graham Rockingham, "Hamilton-based singer-songwriter shares her journey of Indigenous self-discovery with new album". Hamilton Spectator, November 6, 2019.
- "JAMES BARKER BAND RETURN WITH THEIR SOPHOMORE EP, SINGLES ONLY". UMusic.ca. Universal Music Canada. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- Murray, Robin (December 13, 2018). "Avril Lavigne Announces New Album 'Head Above Water'". Clash. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
- "Partner: Saturday the 14th EP". Pitchfork, April 10, 2019.
- "BREAKOUT COUNTRY MUSIC STARS, THE REKLAWS, RELEASE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM, FRESHMAN YEAR, OUT NOW". UMusic.ca. August 27, 2019.
- Ben Rayner, "Canadian music’s new north star, Riit, lets talent do the talking". Toronto Star, September 19, 2019.
- Brock Thiessen, "Rheostatics Announce Their First New Album in 15 Years". Exclaim!, June 19, 2019.
- "Justin Rutledge is alt-country with a little help from his friends". Hamilton Spectator, March 8, 2019.
- "New album from Three Days Grace/Staind band Saint Asonia due out this year". WOZZ, February 21, 2019.
- "Siskiyou Announces 'Not Somewhere' LP, Shares New Song". Exclaim!, April 4, 2019.
- "The Fall - EP by Dallas Smith". Apple Music (CA). Apple Inc. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
- The Strumbellas announce 'Rattlesnake' album. Exclaim!, January 22, 2019.
- "Upcoming Releases: Sum 41, Order in Decline". Punk Rock Theory, April 24, 2019.
- "Leif Vollebekk Returns with 'New Ways' LP". Exclaim!, June 18, 2019.
- "Jooj member Adam Litovitz dead at 36". Now, June 19, 2019.
- "Friends remember 'enormously talented' Toronto musician Adam Litovitz". Thompson Citizen. Canadian Press. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
- Marsha Lederman, "Spirit of the West singer John Mann dies at 57". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2019.
- Mayssa Ferah, "La chanteuse Monique Leyrac s’éteint à 91 ans". La Presse, December 15, 2019.
- Dyck, Darryl. "Kelly Fraser, Canadian Inuit Singer, Is Dead at 26". The New York Times. The Associated Press. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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