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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^[1]

Albums released[]

A[]

Absolutely Free, Geneva Freeport^[2]
Anemone, Beat My Distance - February 15

B[]

Badge Époque Ensemble, Badge Époque Ensemble^[3]
Tim Baker, Forever Overhead - April 19^[4]
Bedouin Soundclash, MASS - October 4
Begonia, Fear
Bleu Jeans Bleu, Perfecto
Dean Brody, Black Sheep - April 26^[5]
Chad Brownlee, Back in the Game - June 21^[6]
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^[7]
Tanika Charles, The Gumption - May 10
Clairmont the Second, Do You Drive? - January 31
City and Colour, A Pill for Loneliness - October 4^[8]
Bruce Cockburn, Crowing Ignites - September 20^[9]
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^[10]

D[]

Mac DeMarco, Here Comes the Cowboy - May 10^[11]
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
FouKi, ZayZay
The Franklin Electric, In Your Head EP - August 2

G[]

Hannah Georgas, Imprints^[2]
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^[12]

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^[13]
Nate Husser, 23+^[14]

I[]

Iamtheliving, In This Thing Called Life
Ice Cream, Fed Up
iskwē, acākosīk - November 8, 2019^[15]

J[]

James Barker Band, Singles Only - May 24^[16]
Yves Jarvis, The Same but by Different Means
Carly Rae Jepsen, Dedicated^[2] - 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^[17]
Lee Harvey Osmond, Mohawk^[2]
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
Monsune, Tradition
Mounties, Heavy Meta - April 26^[2]

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^[18]
Okan, Sombras

P[]

Partner, Saturday the 14th^[19]
Orville Peck, Pony
Philémon Cimon, Pays
PUP, Morbid Stuff - April 5
Pvrx, 3.14 - July 26

R[]

Billy Raffoul, Running Wild
The Reklaws, Freshman Year - August 27^[20]
Riit, Ataataga - October 25^[21]
John River, The Academy - January 25
Royal Canoe, Waver^[2]
Reuben and the Dark, un love - October 25
Rheostatics, Here Come the Wolves - September 6^[22]
Ruth B, Maybe I'll Find You Again - March 22
Justin Rutledge, Passages - May 31^[23]

S[]

Said the Whale, Cascadia^[2]
Saint Asonia, Flawed Design^[24]
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^[25]
Dallas Smith, The Fall - March 13^[26]
Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Trapline
SonReal, The Aaron LP - May 10
Rae Spoon, Mental Health
The Strumbellas, Rattlesnake - March 29^[27]
Sum 41, Order in Decline - July 19^[28]
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^[2]
Tobi, STILL - May 3
Tre Mission, Orphan Black - July 26

V[]

Vile Creature, Preservation Rituals (2015-2018)
Leif Vollebekk, New Ways - November 1^[29]

W[]

Ruby Waters, Almost Naked
Dawn Tyler Watson, Mad Love
Patrick Watson, Wave - October 18
We Are the City, RIP^[2]
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^[2]
Donovan Woods, The Other Way
Hawksley Workman, Median Age Wasteland - March 1^[2]

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^[30]^[31]
November 20 - John Mann, singer and guitarist (Spirit of the West)^[32]
December 5 - Leon Cole, organist, composer and classical music radio host
December 15 - Monique Leyrac, singer^[33]
December 24 - Kelly Fraser, singer^[34]

References[]

^ David Friend, "NewsAlert: Haviah Mighty wins Polaris prize for '13th Floor'"^{[permanent dead link]}. Victoria Times-Colonist, September 16, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Here Are Exclaim!'s 22 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2019". Exclaim!, January 2, 2019.
^ Vish Khanna, "Badge Époque Ensemble, Badge Époque Ensemble". Exclaim!, June 10, 2019.
^ "Hey Rosetta's Tim Baker Details 'Forever Overhead' Solo Album". Exclaim!, February 12, 2019.
^ "'Dean Brody Releases Anticipated EP, Black Sheep, and new single in Advance of Fall Tour". Open Road Recordings. April 26, 2019.
^ "Back in the Game – Chad Brownlee". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
^ Marissa Groguhé, "Le vrai début pour Lou-Adriane Cassidy". La Presse, April 4, 2019.
^ "City and Colour announces new album, shares North American tour dates". Glide, June 3, 2019.
^ David Friend, "Bruce Cockburn avoids impulse to get political with lyric-less new album". Toronto Star, September 19, 2019.
^ "«Brûle sur mes lèvres»: Isabelle Cyr propose un nouvel album". Le Journal de Montréal, April 24, 2019.
^ "Mac DeMarco releasing fourth full length LP 'Here Comes the Cowboy' May 10th". Glide, March 5, 2019.
^ Sarah Murphy, "Great Lake Swimmers Reveal Acoustic Version of 'The Waves, the Wake' LP". Exclaim!, September 20, 2019.
^ Ella, Shannon (February 2, 2019). "Hunter Brothers Sophomore Album 'State Of Mind'". Complete Country. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
^ Clayton Tomlinson, "Nate Husser Is Montreal Rap's LeBron James". Exclaim!, February 12, 2019.
^ Graham Rockingham, "Hamilton-based singer-songwriter shares her journey of Indigenous self-discovery with new album". Hamilton Spectator, November 6, 2019.
^ "JAMES BARKER BAND RETURN WITH THEIR SOPHOMORE EP, SINGLES ONLY". UMusic.ca. Universal Music Canada. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^ Murray, Robin (December 13, 2018). "Avril Lavigne Announces New Album 'Head Above Water'". Clash. Retrieved December 20, 2018.
^ Rae Porter, "Tender musical connections mark Ocie Elliott’s latest album". Victoria News, January 31, 2019.
^ "Partner: Saturday the 14th EP". Pitchfork, April 10, 2019.
^ "BREAKOUT COUNTRY MUSIC STARS, THE REKLAWS, RELEASE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM, FRESHMAN YEAR, OUT NOW". UMusic.ca. August 27, 2019.
^ Ben Rayner, "Canadian music’s new north star, Riit, lets talent do the talking". Toronto Star, September 19, 2019.
^ Brock Thiessen, "Rheostatics Announce Their First New Album in 15 Years". Exclaim!, June 19, 2019.
^ "Justin Rutledge is alt-country with a little help from his friends". Hamilton Spectator, March 8, 2019.
^ "New album from Three Days Grace/Staind band Saint Asonia due out this year" Archived 2019-07-10 at the Wayback Machine. WOZZ, February 21, 2019.
^ "Siskiyou Announces 'Not Somewhere' LP, Shares New Song". Exclaim!, April 4, 2019.
^ "The Fall - EP by Dallas Smith". Apple Music (CA). Apple Inc. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ The Strumbellas announce 'Rattlesnake' album. Exclaim!, January 22, 2019.
^ "Upcoming Releases: Sum 41, Order in Decline". Punk Rock Theory, April 24, 2019.
^ "Leif Vollebekk Returns with 'New Ways' LP". Exclaim!, June 18, 2019.
^ "Jooj member Adam Litovitz dead at 36". Now, June 19, 2019.
^ "Friends remember 'enormously talented' Toronto musician Adam Litovitz". Thompson Citizen. Canadian Press. June 20, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
^ Marsha Lederman, "Spirit of the West singer John Mann dies at 57". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2019.
^ Mayssa Ferah, "La chanteuse Monique Leyrac s’éteint à 91 ans". La Presse, December 15, 2019.
^ Dyck, Darryl. "Kelly Fraser, Canadian Inuit Singer, Is Dead at 26". The New York Times. The Associated Press. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[1] David Friend, "NewsAlert: Haviah Mighty wins Polaris prize for '13th Floor'"^{[permanent dead link]}. Victoria Times-Colonist, September 16, 2019.

[exclaim22-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k "Here Are Exclaim!'s 22 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2019". Exclaim!, January 2, 2019.

[3] Vish Khanna, "Badge Époque Ensemble, Badge Époque Ensemble". Exclaim!, June 10, 2019.

[forever-4] "Hey Rosetta's Tim Baker Details 'Forever Overhead' Solo Album". Exclaim!, February 12, 2019.

[5] "'Dean Brody Releases Anticipated EP, Black Sheep, and new single in Advance of Fall Tour". Open Road Recordings. April 26, 2019.

[6] "Back in the Game – Chad Brownlee". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2020.

[7] Marissa Groguhé, "Le vrai début pour Lou-Adriane Cassidy". La Presse, April 4, 2019.

[8] "City and Colour announces new album, shares North American tour dates". Glide, June 3, 2019.

[9] David Friend, "Bruce Cockburn avoids impulse to get political with lyric-less new album". Toronto Star, September 19, 2019.

[10] "«Brûle sur mes lèvres»: Isabelle Cyr propose un nouvel album". Le Journal de Montréal, April 24, 2019.

[11] "Mac DeMarco releasing fourth full length LP 'Here Comes the Cowboy' May 10th". Glide, March 5, 2019.

[12] Sarah Murphy, "Great Lake Swimmers Reveal Acoustic Version of 'The Waves, the Wake' LP". Exclaim!, September 20, 2019.

[13] Ella, Shannon (February 2, 2019). "Hunter Brothers Sophomore Album 'State Of Mind'". Complete Country. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

[14] Clayton Tomlinson, "Nate Husser Is Montreal Rap's LeBron James". Exclaim!, February 12, 2019.

[15] Graham Rockingham, "Hamilton-based singer-songwriter shares her journey of Indigenous self-discovery with new album". Hamilton Spectator, November 6, 2019.

[16] "JAMES BARKER BAND RETURN WITH THEIR SOPHOMORE EP, SINGLES ONLY". UMusic.ca. Universal Music Canada. Retrieved April 27, 2020.

[17] Murray, Robin (December 13, 2018). "Avril Lavigne Announces New Album 'Head Above Water'". Clash. Retrieved December 20, 2018.

[18] Rae Porter, "Tender musical connections mark Ocie Elliott’s latest album". Victoria News, January 31, 2019.

[19] "Partner: Saturday the 14th EP". Pitchfork, April 10, 2019.

[20] "BREAKOUT COUNTRY MUSIC STARS, THE REKLAWS, RELEASE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ALBUM, FRESHMAN YEAR, OUT NOW". UMusic.ca. August 27, 2019.

[21] Ben Rayner, "Canadian music’s new north star, Riit, lets talent do the talking". Toronto Star, September 19, 2019.

[22] Brock Thiessen, "Rheostatics Announce Their First New Album in 15 Years". Exclaim!, June 19, 2019.

[23] "Justin Rutledge is alt-country with a little help from his friends". Hamilton Spectator, March 8, 2019.

[24] "New album from Three Days Grace/Staind band Saint Asonia due out this year" Archived 2019-07-10 at the Wayback Machine. WOZZ, February 21, 2019.

[25] "Siskiyou Announces 'Not Somewhere' LP, Shares New Song". Exclaim!, April 4, 2019.

[26] "The Fall - EP by Dallas Smith". Apple Music (CA). Apple Inc. Retrieved 25 November 2019.

[27] The Strumbellas announce 'Rattlesnake' album. Exclaim!, January 22, 2019.

[28] "Upcoming Releases: Sum 41, Order in Decline". Punk Rock Theory, April 24, 2019.

[29] "Leif Vollebekk Returns with 'New Ways' LP". Exclaim!, June 18, 2019.

[30] "Jooj member Adam Litovitz dead at 36". Now, June 19, 2019.

[31] "Friends remember 'enormously talented' Toronto musician Adam Litovitz". Thompson Citizen. Canadian Press. June 20, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

[32] Marsha Lederman, "Spirit of the West singer John Mann dies at 57". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2019.

[33] Mayssa Ferah, "La chanteuse Monique Leyrac s’éteint à 91 ans". La Presse, December 15, 2019.

[34] Dyck, Darryl. "Kelly Fraser, Canadian Inuit Singer, Is Dead at 26". The New York Times. The Associated Press. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

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