New & Upcoming Album Releases: Jazz Veteran Holly Cole, Montreal Duo Sarah Pagé & Patrick Graham, & More

There's a new slate of new Canadian music releases out this week, and we're adding them to our ongoing calendar of new and upcoming albums.

Prominent artists with new releases out this week include the adventurous Montreal duo of Sarah Pagé and Patrick Graham, veteran jazz stylist Holly Cole, acclaimed Juno-nominated singer-songwriter Tariq, Ottawa-based blues-rock combo Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin and Quebec singer-songwriter Lou-Adriane Cassidy(a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee).

Harpist Sarah Pagé (The Barr Brothers) and percussionist Patrick Graham release their collaborative instrumental album Littoral States via Envision Records. The record employs a unique array of exotic instruments from around the globe. To celebrate the release, the duo has booked a three-stop tour, including a launch show in Montreal on Jan. 26 at La Sala Rossa Montreal, alongside performances in Ottawa and Vancouver. Tickets are available here.

Platinum-selling Canadian jazz star Holly Cole releases her 13th album, Dark Moon, today. The self-produced effort features her longtime A-list ensemble (Aaron Davis, George Koller, Davide Direnzo and John Johnson) alongside star guests Kevin Breit, Howard Levy (Bela Fleck and the Flecktones) and The Good Lovelies. Expect a mix of new and old American standards.

Artists recently announcing upcoming album release dates include Housewife (aka singer-songwriter Brighid Fry), roots songsmith Braden Lam, Juno-nominated Indigenous singer-fiddle player Morgan Toney, rock duo cleopatrick and Edmonton punk rockers Real Sickies.

Here is the full album release calendar:

January

17: Marlaena Moore, Because You Love Everything (Session/Bonsound)

17: The Weather Station, Humanhood ( Next Door Records)

17: Various Artists, Her (204): Stories of One Great City Revisited

17:Edgar Breau, Acadian Drifter

17: Elephant Stone, Back Into The Garage

17: Strat Andriotis, Exits

17: Jonas & the Jaguar Moon, S/T

17: Drop It First, Fundamentals

17: Ken Presse, Someday

24: Motherhood, Thunder Perfect Mind (Forward Music)

24: Holly Cole, Dark Moon

24: Tariq, Scroll Before You Sleep (Tiny Kingdom)

24: Sarah Pagé & Patrick Graham, Littoral States (Envision Records)

24: Lou-Adriane Cassidy, Journal d’un Loup-garou

25: Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin, The Eye Of The Storm

31: Christian Sean , Hallelujah Showers (Bonsound)

31: Charlie Houston, After I Die (Arts & Crafts)

31: The Weeknd, Hurry Up Tomorrow (XO and Republic Records)

31: Gus Engelhorn, The Hornbook (Secret City)

31: N NAO, Nouveau Langage ( Mothland)

31: Featurette, Panic Pills (via Division11)

31: Jann Arden, MIXTAPE

February

3: Nia Nadurata, Still Living With My Parents (Arts & Crafts)

6: Busty and the Bass, The Mannequin

7: Gino Vannelli, THE LIFE I GOT (TO MY MOST BELOVED)(COA Productions)

7: Naya Ali, We Did The Damn Thing (Bonsound)

7: AHI, The Light Behind the Sun

14: Peter Dreams and MOONRIIVR, S/T (Six Shooter)

14: Fernie, Hopeless Dreams

14: Raj Ramayya, Love Thy Brown Brother

14: Alessia Cara, Love & Hyperbole

14: Neil Young, Oceanside Countryside(Reprise)

18: Mark McLaughlin, All I Can Say

21: Basia Bulat, Basia’s Palace (Secret City Records)

21: Ariane Racicot, Danser avec le feu

21: Tate McRae, So Close To What (RCA Records)

21: Silverstein, Antibloom (UNFD)

21: Laurie Torres, Après coup (Tonal Union)

27: JJ Miller, Hometown Believer

28: CJ Wiley, So Brand New (Tiny Kingdom)

28: Naomi SV, Timescape

28: Filmmaker, An Invitation to an Accident(Record Record Label)

28: Sacred Wolf Singers X Simon Walls, L’nu’k Mawiejik (The People Gather Together).

28: The Hylozoists, La Fin Du Monde (Record Record Label)

28: hHead, Jerk/Fireman (Record Record Label)

28: Ron Ledoux, Views, Visions & Destinations

28: Don Amero, Broken Record: Part 1 - Heart

March

6: The Shuffle Demons, Are You Really Real (ALMA Records)

7: No Frills, Sad Clown(We Are Busy Bodies)

7: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea, (Pale Chord /Rise Records)

7: Morgan Toney, Heal The Divide (Ishkode)

7: Housewife, EP Girl Of The Hour

7: Frog Eyes, The Open Up

14: cleopatrick FAKE MOON, (Nowhere Special Recordings/Thirty Tigers)

14: Real Sickies, Under a Plastic Bag

28: Salin, Rammana

28: Destroyer, Dan’s Boogie (Merge)

28: Bria Salmena, Big Dog (Royal Mountain)

28: The Blue Stones, Metro (Thirty Tigers)

28: Gloin, All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry) (Mothland)

April

4: Sister Ray, Believer (Royal Mountain Records)

8: Terry Gomes, Some Chunes

25: Rachella Wred, Leave The Light On

25: Braden Lam, The Cloudmaker's Cry

May

9: Hanorah, Closer Than Hell (Ensoul Records)