2019 in Canadian music
# 2019 in Canadian music

Music of Canada :

Genres :

Blues

classical

country

grime

hip hop

jazz

punk

rock

Latin

subgenres :

Specific forms :

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Nationalistic and patriotic songs :

Regional music :

Ontario

Quebec

British Columbia

Prairie Provinces

AB

SK

MB

Newfoundland and Labrador

Maritime Provinces

NB

PEI

NS

Yukon

Northwest Territories

Nunavut :

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The following musical events and releases are expected to happen in 2019 in Canada.

## Events

* March – Juno Awards of 2019
* April – East Coast Music Awards
* May – Prism Prize
* June – Preliminary longlist for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize is announced
* July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize
* July – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced
* September – Haviah Mighty wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album 13th Floor

## Albums released

### A

* Absolutely Free, Geneva Freeport
* Alaskan Tapes, Millions
* Alaskan Tapes, Views from Sixteen Stories
* Altameda, Time Hasn't Changed You
* Anemone, Beat My Distance - February 15

### B

* Badge Époque Ensemble, Badge Époque Ensemble
* Tim Baker, Forever Overhead - April 19
* Bedouin Soundclash, MASS - October 4
* Begonia, Fear
* Beppie, Song Soup
* Bibi Club, Bibi Club
* Bleu Jeans Bleu, Perfecto
* Dean Brody, Black Sheep - April 26
* Chad Brownlee, Back in the Game - June 21
* Broken Social Scene, Let’s Try the After Vol. 1 - February 15
* Broken Social Scene, Let’s Try the After Vol. 2 - April 12
* Jon Bryant, Cult Classic - May 17
* Louise Burns, Portraits - November 8
* Burnstick, Kîyânaw
* Spencer Burton, The Mountain Man

### C

* Daniel Caesar, Case Study 01 - June 28
* Alessia Cara, This Summer - September 6
* Celeigh Cardinal, Stories from a Downtown Apartment
* Lou-Adriane Cassidy, C'est la fin du monde à tous les jours
* Tanika Charles, The Gumption - May 10
* Clairmont the Second, Do You Drive? - January 31
* City and Colour, A Pill for Loneliness - October 4
* Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites - September 20
* Leonard Cohen, Thanks for the Dance - November 22
* Charlotte Cornfield, The Shape of Your Name
* Corridor, Junior
* Les Cowboys Fringants, Les Antipodes
* Amelia Curran, Live at Massey Hall
* Isabelle Cyr, Brûle sur mes lèvres

### D

* Mac DeMarco, Here Comes the Cowboy - May 10
* Del Barber, Easy Keeper
* Devours, Iconoclast
* Le Diable à Cinq, Debout!
* Digawolf, Yellowstone
* Céline Dion, Courage - November 15
* Julie Doiron with Mount Eerie, Lost Wisdom pt. 2 - November 8
* Drake, Care Package - August 2
* Durham County Poets, Hand Me Down Blues

### E

* Efajemue, Motions and Methods
* André Ethier, Croak in the Weeds

### F

* Lara Fabian, Papillon
* Stephen Fearing, The Unconquerable Past
* FET.NAT, Le Mal
* Dominique Fils-Aimé, Stay Tuned!
* Flore Laurentienne, Volume 1
* Florian Hoefner Trio, First Spring
* Flying Hórses, Reverie
* FouKi, ZayZay
* The Franklin Electric, In Your Head EP - August 2
* Debby Friday, Death Drive

### G

* Hannah Georgas, Imprints
* Leela Gilday, North Star Calling
* The Glorious Sons, A War on Everything - September 13
* The Golden Seals, Something Isn't Happening
* Aaron Goodvin, V
* Jenn Grant, Love, Inevitable - May 31
* Great Lake Swimmers, The Waves, the Wake (Acoustic) - November 8

### H

* Half Moon Run, A Blemish in the Great Light – November 1
* Haviah Mighty, 13th Floor
* Joshua Haulli, Aqqut
* Headstones, PeopleSkills – October 25
* Hey Major, The Station
* Hollerado, Retaliation Vacation
* Hunter Brothers, State of Mind – January 25
* Nate Husser, 23+
* Andrew Hyatt, Abel

### I

* Iamtheliving, In This Thing Called Life
* Ice Cream, Fed Up
* iskwē, acākosīk - November 8, 2019

### J

* James Barker Band, Singles Only - May 24
* Yves Jarvis, The Same but by Different Means
* JayWood, Time
* Carly Rae Jepsen, Dedicated - May 17
* Lyndon John X, The Warning Track
* Julian Taylor Band, Avalanche - March 29
* Just John x Dom Dias, Don III (April); PROJECT (November)

### K

* Kanen, Kanen
* Kaytranada, Bubba - December 13
* Kid Koala, Music To Draw To: Io - January 25
* Patrick Krief, Dovetale - June 7

### L

* Laurence-Anne, Première apparition
* Avril Lavigne, Head Above Water - February 15
* Lee Harvey Osmond, Mohawk
* Jean Leloup, L'Étrange pays - May 24
* Murray Lightburn, Hear Me Out - February 22
* Lightning Dust, Spectre
* Loud, Tout ça pour ça - May 24
* The Lowest of the Low, Agitpop - May 31

### M

* Ryan MacGrath, That Woods
* Maestro Fresh Wes, Champagne Campaign - March 8
* Alexandria Maillot, Benevolence - November 22
* Manila Grey, No Saints Loading
* Mappe Of, The Isle of Ailynn - November 1
* Marianas Trench, Phantoms - March 1
* Memphis, Leave With Me - February 8
* Millimetrik, Make It Last Forever
* Monsune, Tradition
* Mounties, Heavy Meta - April 26

### N

* nêhiyawak, nipiy
* The New Pornographers, In the Morse Code of Brake Lights - September 27
* Safia Nolin, xX3m0 $0ng$ 2 $!nG @L0nG 2Xx

### O

* OBUXUM, Re-Birth
* Ocie Elliott, We Fall In
* Okan, Sombras
* Ouri, We Share Our Blood

### P

* Partner, Saturday the 14th
* Orville Peck, Pony
* Philémon Cimon, Pays
* Planet Giza, Added Sugar
* poolblood, Yummy
* PUP, Morbid Stuff - April 5
* Pvrx, 3.14 - July 26

### R

* Billy Raffoul, Running Wild
* The Reklaws, Freshman Year - August 27
* Amanda Rheaume, The Skin I'm In
* Riit, Ataataga - October 25
* John River, The Academy - January 25
* Royal Canoe, Waver
* Reuben and the Dark, un love - October 25
* Rheostatics, Here Come the Wolves - September 6
* Ruth B, Maybe I'll Find You Again - March 22
* Justin Rutledge, Passages - May 31

### S

* Said the Whale, Cascadia
* Saint Asonia, Flawed Design
* Sarahmée, Irréversible
* Jacques Kuba Séguin, Migrations
* Joseph Shabason, Anne EP - May 10
* Shay Lia, Dangerous
* Silverstein, Redux: The First Ten Years - April 12
* Siskiyou, Not Somewhere - May 17
* Dallas Smith, The Fall - March 13
* Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Trapline
* SonReal, The Aaron LP - May 10
* Rae Spoon, Mental Health
* The Strumbellas, Rattlesnake - March 29
* Sum 41, Order in Decline - July 19
* Super Duty Tough Work, Studies in Grey

### T

* Tariq, Telegrams - March 29
* Tegan and Sara, Hey, I'm Just Like You - September 27
* Devin Townsend, Empath
* Tobi, STILL - May 3
* Tre Mission, Orphan Black - July 26

### V

* Vile Creature, Preservation Rituals (2015-2018)
* Leif Vollebekk, New Ways - November 1

### W

* Ruby Waters, Almost Naked
* Dawn Tyler Watson, Mad Love
* Patrick Watson, Wave - October 18
* We Are the City, RIP
* Whitehorse, The Northern South, Vol. 2 - January 18
* WHOOP-Szo, Warrior Down
* JJ Wilde, Wilde Eyes, Steady Hands
* Wintersleep, In the Land Of - March 29
* Donovan Woods, The Other Way
* Hawksley Workman, Median Age Wasteland - March 1

## Deaths

* January 16 - Jean Chatillon, composer
* January 16 - Alfred Kunz, composer
* February 9 - Phil Western, electronic/industrial musician
* February 23 - Johnnie Lovesin, rock singer
* February 28 - Ed Bickert, jazz guitarist
* March 6 - Charlie Panigoniak, singer-songwriter
* March 22 - Joe Hall, singer-songwriter
* April 1 - Vladimir Orloff, cellist
* April 20 - David Zafer, violinist
* May 20 - Dave Bookman, musician (The Bookmen) and radio personality (CFNY-FM, CIND-FM)
* June 16 - Adam Litovitz, rock musician and film composer
* November 20 - John Mann, singer and guitarist (Spirit of the West)
* December 5 - Leon Cole, organist, composer and classical music radio host
* December 15 - Monique Leyrac, singer
* December 24 - Kelly Fraser, singer
