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)
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