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The following is a list of notable events and releases that are expected to happen in 2016 in music in Canada.
Events
- April 3 – Juno Awards of 2016
- April 17 - Final concert by the influential folk-rock band Spirit of the West.[1]
- April - East Coast Music Awards
- May 15 - Prism Prize presented.
- May 24 - The Tragically Hip announce that lead singer Gord Downie has been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer,[2] and that their summer tour to support their new album Man Machine Poem may be their last.
- June 15 - Preliminary longlist for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
- July - SOCAN Songwriting Prize is presented.
- July 14 - Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
- August 20 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation broadcasts The Tragically Hip's concert at the K-Rock Centre in their hometown of Kingston, which may be the band's last-ever live concert due to Gord Downie's cancer diagnosis, as a live cross-platform broadcast on CBC Television, CBC Radio One, CBC Radio 2, CBC Music and YouTube.[3]
- September 19 - Kaytranada's album 99.9% is named the winner of the Polaris Music Prize.[4]
- December 3 - 12th Canadian Folk Music Awards
Bands disbanded
Albums released
A
- Matt Andersen, Honest Man - February 26[5]
- Ancient Shapes, Ancient Shapes
- Anvil, Anvil Is Anvil - February 26[5]
B
- Badbadnotgood, IV - July 8
- Jason Bajada, Volcano - February 12[6]
- Matthew Barber and Jill Barber, The Family Album - April 1[7]
- Bobby Bazini, Summer Is Gone
- Bear Mountain, BADU - September 9[5]
- Daniel Bélanger, Paloma
- Art Bergmann, The Apostate - May 13[8]
- The Besnard Lakes, A Coliseum Complex Museum - January 22[9]
- Black Mountain, TBA[5]
- Blue Rodeo, 1000 Arms - October 28
- Brasstronaut, Brasstronaut - November 11
- Jim Bryson, Somewhere We Will Find Our Place - February 12
- Basia Bulat, Good Advice - February 12[10]
- The Burning Hell, Public Library - April 1
- Louise Burns, TBA[5]
C
- Brendan Canning, Home Wrecking Years - August 12
- Charlotte Cardin, Big Boy
- Jazz Cartier, Hotel Paranoia
- Tanika Charles, Soul Run - May 10
- Classified, Greatful - January 15[5]
- Leonard Cohen, You Want It Darker
- Jason Collett, Song and Dance Man - February 5[10]
- Lori Cullen, Sexsmith Swinghammer Songs
D
- Dead Obies, Gestamtkunstwerk - March 4[5]
- Céline Dion, Encore un soir - August 26
- Gord Downie, Secret Path - October 18[11]
- Drake, Views - April 29
F
- The Flatliners, TBA[5]
G
- Karina Gauvin, Divine Karina - February 12[5]
- Hannah Georgas, For Evelyn[12]
- Great Lake Swimmers, Swimming Away
H
- Ron Hawkins, Spit Sputter and Sparkle - March 25[13]
- Tim Hecker, TBA[5]
- Angela Hewitt, Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas - February 12[5]
- The Hidden Cameras, Home on Native Land
- Holy Fuck, TBA[5]
J
- Junior Boys, Big Black Coat - February 5[5]
K
- Kaytranada, 99.9% - May 6
- Aidan Knight, Each Other - January 22[5]
- Chantal Kreviazuk, Hard Sail - July 17 [14]
- Patrick Krief, Automanic - September 30
L
- Land of Talk, TBA[5]
- k.d. lang with Neko Case and Laura Veirs, case/lang/veirs
- Little Scream, TBA[5]
M
- Ria Mae, Ria Mae - June 3
- Magic!, Primary Colours - July 1
- Majid Jordan, Majid Jordan - February 5[5]
- Kate Maki, Head in the Sand - May 20[15]
- Dan Mangan, Unmake - June 17
- Carolyn Mark, Come! Back! Special!
N
- Nap Eyes, Thought Rock Fish Scale
- Sarah Neufeld, The Ridge - February 26[5]
O
- Karim Ouellet, Trente - March 11[16]
P
- PartyNextDoor, PartyNextDoor 3 - August 12
- Plants and Animals, Waltzed in from the Rumbling - April 29
- Protest The Hero, Pacific Myth - November 18
R
- Radio Radio, Light the Sky - February 19[5]
- Royal Canoe, Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit
- Justin Rutledge, East - September 30[17]
- Serena Ryder, Utopia
S
- Sam Roberts Band, Terraform - October 28
- John K. Samson, Winter Wheat - October 21[18]
- Andy Shauf, The Party - May 20
- Shotgun Jimmie, Field of Trampolines
- Simple Plan, Taking One for the Team - February 19[5]
- Rae Spoon, Armour - February 19[19]
- Frederick Squire, Spooky Action at a Distance - May 27[20]
- The Strumbellas, Hope - February 5[5]
T
- Tanya Tagaq, Retribution - October 21[21]
- Tory Lanez, I Told You - August 19
- The Tragically Hip, Man Machine Poem - June 17
- Tuns, Tuns - August 26[22]
V
- Venetian Snares, Traditional Synthesizer Music - February 20[23]
W
- The Weeknd, Starboy - November 25
- Wintersleep, The Great Detachment - March 4[5]
- Woodpigeon, TROUBLE
- Royal Wood, Ghost Light
- Donovan Woods, Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled - February 26[24]
- Roy Woods, Waking at Dawn - July 1
Y
- You Say Party, You Say Party - February 12[5]
- Your Boy Tony Braxton, Adult Contempt - July 15[25]
Z
Deaths
- January 3 – Paul Bley, jazz pianist
- January 14 – René Angélil, 73, entertainment manager (Celine Dion)
- February 3 – Brad Kent, musician (D.O.A., Avengers)
- February 6 – Gilles Brown, singer
- February 15 – Vanity, 57, singer
- March 9 – Ray Griff, 75, country music singer and songwriter
- March 30 – Howard Cable, conductor, composer and arranger
- April 3 – Don Francks, 84, jazz vocalist and actor
- April 27 – Philip Kives, founder of K-tel
- May 26 – Joel Hastings, pianist
- June 4 – Bobby Curtola, 73, singer
- June 8 – Brian Rading, 69, bassist Five Man Electrical Band
- June 21 – Pierre Lalonde, singer and television host
- July 4 – William Hawkins, songwriter and poet
- July 9 – Geneviève Castrée, musician and comic book artist
- July 29 – Lucille Dumont, singer
- July 31 – Penny Lang, folk musician
- September 3 – Raymond Daveluy, composer and organist
- October 29 - Paul Demers, singer-songwriter
- November 7 - Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter
References
- ↑ "Spirit of the West performs final concerts in Vancouver". CBC News, April 14, 2016.
- ↑ Fraser, Laura. "Gord Downie, Tragically Hip singer, has terminal cancer". CBC. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
- ↑ "Tragically Hip's final concert to be broadcast live on CBC". CBC News, June 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Kaytranada wins 2016 Polaris Music Prize for his album 99.9%". The Globe and Mail, September 19, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "From Basia Bulat to Junior Boys: a guide to Canadian album releases in 2016". CBC Music, January 5, 2016.
- ↑ "Du nouveau de Karim Ouellet, Koriass et Jason Bajada". La Presse, December 9, 2015.
- ↑ "Matthew and Jill Barber Revisit Their Roots for 'The Family Album,' Share Neil Young Cover". Exclaim!, January 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Art Bergmann Returns with 'The Apostate,' Premieres New Track". Exclaim!, February 11, 2016.
- ↑ "The Besnard Lakes Return with 'A Coliseum Complex Museum' LP, Premiere New Track". Exclaim!, October 14, 2015.
- 1 2 "Four albums from Toronto artists coming early in 2016". The Globe and Mail, December 31, 2015.
- ↑ "Gord Downie to release solo album, graphic novel next month". CTV News, September 9, 2016.
- ↑ Adams, Gregory (April 28, 2016). "Hannah Georgas Readies 'For Evelyn' LP, Premieres New Single". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
- ↑ Ben Rayner, "Ron Hawkins, man of many bands". Toronto Star, March 24, 2016.
- ↑ Friend, David (July 7, 2016). "Women 'have to be on a pole': Chantal Kreviazuk reflects on state of pop music". Canada.com. The Canadian Press. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
- ↑ "Kate Maki Taps Fred Squire and Nathan Lawr for 'Head in the Sand'". Exclaim!, April 8, 2016.
- ↑ "L'album « Trente » de Karim Ouellet : l'enfance du doute". Huffington Post, March 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Justin Rutledge Embraces Canada's East Coast for New Album". Exclaim!, July 7, 2016.
- ↑ "John K. Samson Returns with 'Winter Wheat' Solo LP, Shares New Single". Exclaim!, August 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Rae Spoon Returns with 'Armour'". Exclaim!, December 16, 2015.
- ↑ "Frederick Squire: 'Spooky Action at a Distance' (album stream)". Exclaim!, May 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Tanya Tagaq Covers Nirvana, Collaborates with Shad on 'Retribution' LP". Exclaim!, August 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Sloan / Super Friendz / Inbreds Supergroup TUNS Announce Debut Album". Exclaim!, May 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Venetian Snares to Issue 'Traditional Synthesizer Music' on New LP". Exclaim!, December 17, 2015.
- ↑ "Donovan Woods Returns with 'Hard Settle, Ain't Troubled'". Exclaim!, December 7, 2015.
- ↑ "Stream Your Boy Tony Braxton Adult Contempt". Stereogum, July 15, 2016.
- ↑ "The Zolas Premiere Title Track to New Album 'Swooner': Exclusive". Billboard, February 4, 2016.
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