Punjabi Artists Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga & AR Paisley Team Up for 'East to West': New & Upcoming Canadian Albums

A diverse grouping of new Canadian releases just out features rising star Punjabi Wave artists Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga and AR Paisley. Their collaborative album, East To West, has just come out on 91 North Records, the innovative label launched by Warner Music Canada and Warner Music India to support South Asian artists across borders. The 7-song release merges Punjabi sounds with inspiration from '90s and 2000s hip-hop. The trio recently became the first Punjabi artists on popular hip-hop performance series From The Block.

Toronto blues, roots and soul band Bywater Call are releasing their new album Shepherd, a collection of 10 original songs that evolves from the group's blues roots to mix fiery rockers and soulful ballads. They've already made a mark in the U.K. and Europe, earning a nomination at the 2024 UK Blues Awards for International Blues Artist of the year. Their 2019 debut album earned them a nomination for the 2020 Maple Blues Awards as Best New Artist, and placed #1 on the Roots Music Report Canada’s Top 50 for 11 straight weeks.

Led by the powerhouse vocals of Meghan Parnell, the seven-piece band has built a reputation as a compelling outfit in performance, Bywater Call have turned into road warriors In 2023 alone, they played a total of 96 shows in 10 countries, 89 cities, 19 US states and 3 Canadian provinces, including Joe Bonamassa’s third Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea Mediterranean Cruise. Fresh from U.S. shows, they have Canadian dates from Aug. 29 to Sept. 7. Check the itinerary here.

Other new releases this week come from Juno-winning jazz singer Caity Gyorgy, acclaimed roots artist Bella White (signed to the prestigious U.S. label Rounder Records) and veteran jazz pianist/composer/broadcaster (and Billboard Canada FYI contributor) Bill King.

Announcing Oct. 9 as the release date of his debut LP, Wondermentis indie rock favourite Mike O'Neil of Zeus, now operating under the moniker of Meko Brain.

Here is the full schedule of new and upcoming Canadian albums.

August

9: Fucked Up, Another Day

9: Keshia Chanté, Keshia Chanté. Deluxe 20th anniversary reissue (Sony Music Canada)

9: Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga and AR Paisley, East To West (91 North Records)

9: Bywater Call, Shepherd

13: Bill King, Soul Jazz Vol. 1 There it is! (7 Arts)

16: KROY, Militia

16: Dee Holt, loving in the dark

16: Bella White, Five For Silver (Rounder)

16: Tara MacLean, Live In My Hometown

16: Christopher Parnis, Everything You Could Be

16: Lexxicon, Pink Fraternity

23: The Secret Beach, We Were Born Here, What's Your Excuse? (Victory Pool)

23: Colin James, Chasing The Sun (Stony Plain)

23: Hillsboro, White Trash

23: Sam Weber, Clear + Plain

23: Mike Evin, Something Stirs When You Sing

23: Michael Cloud Duguay, Succeeder (Watch That Ends The Night)

28: Ghostkeeper, Cipayak Joy (Victory Pool Records)

28: Quatuor Bozzini / junctQín keyboard collective4/ Rebecca Bruton/Jason Doell, a root or mirror, blossom, madder, cracks; together (Collection QB)

30: The Sound of Eddy, Ladders (Ensoul Records)

30: Greg Amirault, A Change of Pace

30: Dan Mangan, Being Elsewhere Mix CD

September

6: Hansom Ēli, Sip (The Vault)

6: Cuff The Duke, Breaking Dawn (Cardinal Records)

6: Michael Scott Dawson, The Tinnitus Chorus (We Are Busy Bodies)

6: D.D. Jackson, Poetry Project

6: Terry Donaghue, Looking For Redemption

6: Mojo Minefield, Watch Your Step

6: Thélonius García, Marche Nocturne (night walk)

6: SUUNS, The Breaks (Secret City)

6: Devin Cooper, Good Things: Deluxe Edition

6: Mo Kenney, From Nowhere

9: ASKO, S/T (Dine Alone)

13: Colin Stetson, The love it took to leave you (Envision Records)

13: The Fretless, Glasswing (Birthday Cake)

13: Dear Rouge, Lonesome High (Pheromone Recordings / Cadence Music Group)

13: Sarah Davachi, The Head As Form’d In The Crier’s Choir ( Late Music)

13: Michael Sarian, Live At Cliff's Bells (Shifting Paradigm Records)

13: The Devil's Sons, Now and at the Hour of Death

13: Joel Plaskett, One Real Reveal

13: Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Red Future

16: The Meringues, Pavlova's Dog

19: ASKO, S/T (Dine Alone Records)

20: Golden Feather, Release

20: Sunset Rubdown, Always Happy to Explode

20: Alex Henry Foster, A Measure of Shape and Sounds (Hopeful Tragedy)

20: Ontarians, More How It Is

20: Molly Annelle, Junebug (604 Records)

20: Craig Robertson, Running The Other Way

20: Jesse Waldman & Marc L'Esperance, The Shimmering Divide

20: Goldie Boutilier, The Actress

20: Nelly Furtado , 7

27: Leif Vollebekk, Revelation (Secret City Records)

27: Sharon, Lois & Bram, Elephant Show Stoppers! (Elephant Records Inc./Red Brick Songs)

27: Julian Taylor Pathways (Howling Turtle, Inc.)

27: Tea Fannie, It's All Love

27: Andy Colonico, Daytime Broker

27: Mustafa, Dunya(Arts & Crafts)

27: Contrived, Addicted to Sadness (LHM Records)

27: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Horizon Lines

October

4: Mia Kelly, To Be Clear

4: Devarrow, Heart Shaped Rock (Paper Bag Records)

4: Christo Graham, Music For Horses (We Are Busy Bodies)

4: The Low Sixes, The Oshawa Tree ( Forge Again Records)

4: Chris Gostling, Forest City Town Country

11: Klô Pelgag, Abracadabra (Secret City Records)

11: The August Arrival, Hillsides

11: Jadea Kelly, Weather Girl

18: Twin Flames, Hugging the Cactus

18: The Free Label , Songs for Sienna (Westwood Recordings)

18: Nap Eyes, The Neon Gate (Paper Bag Records)

18: Shawn Mendes, Shawn

25: Victime, En conversation avec (Mothland)

November

1: Jeremie Albino, Our Time in the Sun ( Good People Record Co./Easy Eye Sound)

1: Sarah Neufeld / Richard Reed Parry / Rebecca Foon, First Sounds (One Little Independent/Envision Records)

8: The Tragically Hip, Up To Here (box set)

8: We Are Wolves, title TBA

15: Alvvays, S/T -10th anniversary vinyl only reissue

December

5: Carmen Braden, A Hard Light

13: Menno Versteeg, Why We Run ( Royal Mountain Records)