New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: Joni Mitchell Announces 'Joni's Jazz,' Kiesza Releases 'Dancing and Crying: Vol. 2' in July

The long holiday weekend in the U.S. traditionally slows the album release calendar, and 2025 is no exception to that. But there is some good news for albums coming later this summer and fall.

Canadian icon Joni Mitchell has just announced she will be revisiting her life in jazz with a brand new compilation box set,  Joni’s Jazz, set to be released on September 5.

Described as a “passion project years in the making,” Joni’s Jazz features 61 songs selected by Mitchell which speak to the influence of jazz on her artistry. The collection will be released as a 8 LP vinyl box set and 4 CD collection as well as on all streaming platforms. It includes studio recordings, live performances, rare alternate takes and two previously unreleased demos recorded in 1980. The collection also features collaborations with jazz greats such as Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, Charles Mingus and Wayne Shorter, confirming the great peer respect she enjoyed in the jazz world.

Some tasty musical treats are headed our way later this month. Multi-platinum selling dance-pop star Kiesza releases Dancing and Crying: Vol. 2 on July 25, a year after the first volume.

Critically acclaimed roots music vocal dynamo Tami Neilson delivers Neon Cowgirl  on July 11, East Coast pop-folk singer-songwriter Breagh Isabel (formerly in Port Cities) releases a new solo album on July 17, Vancouver artist and film composer Mary Ancheta puts out a debut album, Rituals, on July 18 and Hamilton hard rock heroes The Dirty Nil release The Lash on July 25.

June

25: The Souljazz Orchestra, Manifesto (vinyl)

27: Royale Lynn, Black Magic (Epitaph Records)

27: Penny & The Pits, Liquid Compactor (Forward Music)

27: Lammping, Never Never (We Are Busy Bodies)

27: The Heavyweights Brass Band, Knockout

27: Alex Porat, crushed!

27: Kerri, Don't Panic

28: Shuyler Jansen, DELUJN (vol. 1) (Pseudo Sound)

July

1: Friendly Rich, Friendly Rich Sings The Nihilist Spasm Band

4: The Fox Big Band, Live At The Ironwood 

4: Josiane, Toxic (To Me)

11: Tami Neilson, Neon Cowgirl (Outside)

11: Hughes, S/T

11: Karma Glider, From the Haze of a Revved Up Youth (Mothland)

11: Long Branch, Arc of The Sun

17: Breagh Isabel, S/T

18: Ian James Bain, At Your Service (ArtHaus Music)

18: Mary Ancheta, Rituals

22: JP LeBlanc, All In My Blood--Je l’ai dans le sang ( Acadian Connection)

25: The Dirty Nil, The Lash (Dine Alone Records)

25: Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, Bitter Sweet, Sweet Bitter (We Are Time)

25: Kiesza, Dancing and Crying: Vol. 2 (Zebra Spirit Tribe / Vydia)

August

1: Debby Friday, The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life (Royal Mountain)

1: Andy Stochansky, Poetry of Birds (ArtHaus)

8: Ada Lea— when i paint my masterpiece (Saddle Creek)

8: Curbside, A Lifetime To Outgrow (TIR)

8: No Joy, Bugland

15: Friendly Rich, The Birds of Marsville (We Are Busy Bodies)

15: Georgia Harmer, Eye Of The Storm (Arts & Crafts)

15: Billianne, Modes of Transportation (The Orchard)

22: Chambers Deslauriers, Our Time To Ride (40 Below Records)

22: Ellen Braun, The Doldrums

22: Kathleen Edwards, Billionaire (Dualtone/MNRK)

22: The Planet Smashers, On the Dancefloor (Stomp Records)

22: Mac DeMarco, Guitar (Mac’s Record Label)

22: Duo Concertante, Maier, Franck, Schumann

29: The Beaches, No Hard Feelings (AWAL)

29: Lhasa Petik, THYMIA (Friends of Friends)

29: Ron Sexsmith, Hangover Terrace

September

5: Anne Murray, Here You Are

5: Joni Mitchell, Joni’s Jazz

12: Camilla Sparksss, ICU Run (On The Camper Records)

12: Handsome Tiger, Diaspora II

12: Carson McHone, Pentimento (Merge Records)

19: Headstones, BURN ALL THE SHIPS

19: Yukon Blonde, Friendship & Rock 'n' Roll (Dine Alone)

19: Matt Patershuk, DOG. TIGER. HORSES. (Black Hen Music)

26: Coeur de Pirate, Cavale

26: Sloan, Based on the Best Seller

October

3: Robert Adam, Governed by the Seasons

9: Vivek Shraya, New Models

10: The Besnard Lakes, The Besnard Lakes Are the Ghost Nation (Full Time Hobby)

17: The Barr Brothers, Let It Hiss (Secret City)

17: Royal Wood, Dear John (Cordova Bay Records)