It’s Valentine’s Day and the CBC’s Jennifer Van Evra has thoughtfully compiled this Maple music collection to get us thinking about romantic interludes and loves past and present.
The Canadian pop star's seventh album dropped as a surprise today. Others releasing new music this week include Canadian/Kiwi roots star Tami Neilson, Toronto indie rock outfit Long Branch and Montreal indie rockers Karma Glider.
The Biebs is back!
A day after teasing a surprise album with an Instagram photo, pop superstar Justin Bieber has released Swag, his first album since Justice in 2021, via Def Jam Recordings.The 21-song opus, his seventh studio album, features collaborations with such songwriters and producers as Carter Lang, Dylan Wiggins, Dijon, mk.gee, Daniel Chetrit, Eddie Benjamin, Knox Fortune and more. Canadian R&B star Daniel Caesar, who was featured on the 2021 No. 1 hit "Peaches," is also credited as a writer and producer on the song "Devotion." Some of the album was recorded in Iceland in April. Streaming links here.
Also releasing a new album this week is acclaimed Canadian-Kiwi country/roots vocal dynamo Tami Neilson, with Neon Cowgirl, featuring notable guests JD McPherson, Ashley McBryde, Grace Bowers, Shelly Fairchild and fellow Kiwi Neil Finn. She recently played alongside Willie Nelson (a huge fan) and Bob Dylan on the Outlaw Festival tour and performed on The Grand Ole Opry and is now touring Europe.
Others releasing new albums this week include veteran Toronto indie rockers Long Branch, with Arc Of The Sun, Montreal band Karma Glider with a debut album, From the Haze of a Revved Up Youth , Toronto-based folk/Americana artist Stan Simon with Narrow Bridge, Yellowknife indie-folk project Hughes (an eponymous debut) and New Brunswick blues/roots artist JP LeBlanc with All In My Blood--Je l’ai dans le sang, featuring lyrics by noted music journalist Larry LeBlanc.
Renowned hip-hop artist Shad has announced he will put out his seventh studio album, Start Anew, on October 31 via Secret City Records. Others announcing upcoming release dates include dance-pop duo Purity Ring (a self-titled effort on Sept. 26) and veteran roots singer-songwriter John Borra (Last Dance at The E Room on Oct 24),
Here is our full schedule of album releases.
4: The Fox Big Band, Live At The Ironwood
4: Josiane, Toxic (To Me)
7: The 6th Letter & Ghostboyrj, Smoke Sumn Radio, Vol. 1 (Urbnet)
9: Stan Simon, Narrow Bridge (Slammin’ Media)
11: Justin Bieber, Swag (Def Jam)
11: Tami Neilson, Neon Cowgirl (Outside)
11: Hughes, S/T
11: Karma Glider, From the Haze of a Revved Up Youth (Mothland)
11: goodheart, Blue and Other Colours
11: Mallory Johnson, Over The Party
11: JP LeBlanc, All In My Blood--Je l’ai dans le sang ( Acadian Connection)
11: Long Branch, Arc of The Sun
17: Breagh Isabel, S/T
18: Ian James Bain, At Your Service (ArtHaus Music)
18: Raquel Marina, Kind Words
18: CHOICES, The Unburdening
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)
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
5: Anne Murray, Here You Are
5: Joni Mitchell, Joni’s Jazz
5: Guilhem, A Good One
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: Dun-Dun Band - Pita Parka, Pt. II : Nim Egduf (We Are Busy Bodies)
19: Matt Patershuk, DOG. TIGER. HORSES. (Black Hen Music)
26: Coeur de Pirate, Cavale
26: Sloan, Based on the Best Seller
3: Robert Adam, Governed by the Seasons
3: Laura Hickli, dark secrets
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)
24: Ark Identity, Deluxe Nightmare24: Julianna Riolino, Echo In The Dust24: John Borra, Last Dance at The E Room
31: Shad, Start Anew ( Secret City Records)
