Some of the best Canadian music released so far in 2017:
SARAH DAVACHI
Fourth full-length album from electroacoustic composer Sarah Davachi, All My Circles Run, recorded at Hotel2Tango in Montreal with additional piano and voice work done in Vancouver and Calgary:
bit.ly/2s04V9U.
CAT TOREN
Brilliant new album, Human Kind, from Capilano University alumna explores the free-form, socially conscious jazz of the late ‘60s in the context of today’s resurgent civil rights movement: bit.ly/2suU3kd.
KAYLA LUKY
Stellar set of country tunes from Grandview, Manitoba singer/songwriter, Back to Dirt: bit.ly/2s5sXgH.
SARAH JANE SCOUTEN
Bowen Island musician will play tunes from her new album, When the Bloom Falls from the Rose, at the Fox Cabaret on July 27: bit.ly/2unlVVs.
KID KOALA
Montreal DJ Kid Koala delivers ambient pop set in collaboration with Icelandic singer-songwriter Emilíana Torrini – Music To Draw To: Satellite:
bit.ly/2slmS47.
NATHAN SCHUBERT
Folds: bit.ly/2t5aXV9. Wonderful Satie-like piano, synth and field recordings from Vancouver musician.
LEIF VOLLEBEKK
Twin Solitude (Secret City): bit.ly/2ttvgPf. Montreal singer/songwriter will perform at Vancouver Folk Festival July 13-16.
LYDIA AINSWORTH
Darling of the Afterglow (Arbutus): bit.ly/2ttu5PT. Comparisons to Kate Bush are apt but superfluous. Excellent Toronto electronic synthpop stands on its own.
GHOST LIGHTS
Three local musicians, Gordon Grdina, François Houle and Kenton Loewen join French pianist Benoît Delbecq on an experimental set. Released on the 25th anniversary of Tony Reif’s fiercely independent Songlines Records (songlines.com): bit.ly/2to0tmq.
ROSE COUSINS
East Coast singer/songwriter works with producer Joe Henry on Natural Conclusion: bit.ly/2iWVMK7. Henry will perform in a duo at folk fest with Billy Bragg.
