2017_in_Canadian_music
2017 in Canadian music
Overview of the events of 2017 in Canadian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2017 in music in Canada.
- April 2 – Juno Awards of 2017
- April – East Coast Music Awards
- May – Prism Prize
- June – Preliminary longlist for the 2017 Polaris Music Prize is announced
- July – SOCAN Songwriting Prize is won by PUP in the English division and Klô Pelgag in the French division.
- July – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced
- September – Lido Pimienta wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album La Papessa
- Fall – 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards
- November 6 – Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen, a memorial tribute concert to singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen to mark the first anniversary of his death, is held at Montreal's Bell Centre
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- 2Frères, La Route
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- Afrikana Soul Sister, Afrikana Soul Sister
- The Age of Electric, The Pretty EP – February 17[2]
- Lydia Ainsworth, Darling of the Afterglow – March 31[2]
- Alaskan Tapes, In Distance We're Losing
- a l l i e, Nightshade[3]
- Alvvays, Antisocialites – September 8[2]
- Ammoye, The Light
- Tafari Anthony, Remember When
- Arcade Fire, Everything Now – July 28[4]
- Austra, Future Politics – January 20[2]
B
- Jason Bajada, Loveshit 2 (Blondie & the Backstabberz)
- Barenaked Ladies, Fake Nudes – November 17
- The Barr Brothers, Queens of the Breakers – October 13[5]
- The Beaches, Late Show – October 20
- Begonia, Lady in Mind
- Beppie, There's a Song Inside Me
- Bernice, Puff EP
- The Besnard Lakes, Are the Divine Wind – February 3[2]
- Beyries, Landing
- The Birthday Massacre, Under Your Spell – June 9
- Philippe Brach, Le silence des troupeaux
- Broken Social Scene, Hug of Thunder – July 7
- Roxane Bruneau, Dysphorie[6]
- Louise Burns, Young Mopes – February 3[2]
- Spencer Burton, Songs Of
- Matthew Byrne, Horizon Lines
C
- Daniel Caesar, Freudian – August 25
- Steph Cameron, Daybreak Over Jackson Street
- Patricia Cano, Madre Amiga Hermana
- Lou Canon, Suspicious – April 7[7]
- Charlotte Cardin, Main Girl
- Celeigh Cardinal, Everything and Nothing at All
- Casper Skulls, Mercy Works
- Keshia Chanté, Unbound 01 – March 24
- Cold Specks, Fool's Paradise
- Corridor, Supermercado
- The Courtneys, The Courtneys II – February 17
- Rose Cousins, Natural Conclusion – February 3[8]
- Crown Lands, Rise Over Run
- Alex Cuba, Lo Unico Constante – April 7[2]
- Eliana Cuevas, Golpes y Flores
- Amelia Curran, Watershed – March 10[2]
D
- Danko Jones, Wild Cat – March 3[2]
- Daphni, Joli Mai
- Desirée Dawson, Wild Heart
- The Dears, Times Infinity Volume Two – July 14
- Death From Above, Outrage! Is Now – September 8
- The Deep Dark Woods, Yarrow
- Mac DeMarco, This Old Dog – May 7[2]
- Le Diable à Cinq, Sorti de l'enfer
- Do Make Say Think, Stubborn Persistent Illusions – May 19
- Julie Doiron, Julie Doiron Canta en Español Vol. 2
- Gord Downie, Introduce Yerself – October 27[9]
- Drake, More Life – March 18
- Durham County Poets, Grimshaw Road
- dvsn, Morning After – October 13
E
- Fred Eaglesmith, Standard
- Earle and Coffin, Wood Wire Blood & Bone (February); A Day in July (September)
- Efajemue, Fragile
- Coral Egan and Karen Young, Dreamers[10]
- Elliott Brood, Ghost Gardens – September 15[11]
- Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton, Choir of the Mind – September 15
- Quin Etheridge-Pedden, Embark
- André Ethier, Under Grape Leaves
F
- Fast Romantics, American Love – April 28[12]
- Stephen Fearing, Every Soul's a Sailor
- Feist, Pleasure – April 28[12]
- Janina Fialkowska, Chopin Recital 3 – April 7[12]
- FouKi, Extendo
- FouKi, Pré_Zay
- FouKi, Sour Face Musique
- Fucked Up, Year of the Snake[2]
- Nelly Furtado, The Ride – March 31[8]
G
- The Garrys, Surf Manitou
- Ghostkeeper, Sheer Blouse Buffalo Knocks – March 31[12]
- The Glorious Sons, Young Beauties and Fools – October 13
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Luciferian Towers – September 22[13]
- Matthew Good, Something Like a Storm – October 20
- Jenn Grant, Paradise – March 3[8]
- Great Lake Swimmers, They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore[14]
H
- Harm & Ease, Wonderful Changes
- Headstones, Little Army – June 2
- Hedley, Cageless – September 29
- Hollerado, Born Yesterday
- Matt Holubowski, Solitudes (Epilogue)
- Nate Husser, Geto Rock for the Youth[15]
- Andrew Hyatt, Iron & Ashes
I
- Iskwé, The Fight Within
- Ivory Hours, Dreamworld
J
- Japandroids, Near to the Wild Heart of Life – January 27[8]
- Julie and the Wrong Guys, Julie and the Wrong Guys – September 8[16]
K
- Kae Sun, Canary – February[8]
- Kid Koala, Music to Draw To: Satellite – January 20[2]
- Brett Kissel, We Were That Song
- Keith Kouna, Bonsoir shérif
- Nicholas Krgovich, In an Open Field[17]
- Pierre Kwenders, Makanda at the End of Space, the Beginning of Time
L
- Land of Talk, Life After Youth – May 19[12]
- Richard Laviolette, Taking the Long Way Home – March 10[2]
- Exco Levi, Narrative – November 24
- Lights, Skin & Earth – September 22
- Loud, Une année record
- Russell Louder, Think of Light
- The Lowest of the Low, Do the Right Now
- Rob Lutes, Walk in the Dark
- The Luyas, Human Voicing – February 24[2]
M
- Maestro Fresh Wes, Coach Fresh – November 17
- Majid Jordan, The Space Between – October 27
- Mama's Broke, Count the Wicked
- Manila Grey, No Saints Under Palm Shade
- Matiu, Matiu
- Matt Mays, Once Upon a Hell of a Time – October 20[18]
- Patrice Michaud, Almanach
- Danny Michel, Khlebniknov – January 20[2]
- Millimetrik, Sour Mash
- Mother Mother, No Culture – February 10[2]
- David Myles, Real Love – September 15
N
- The New Pornographers, Whiteout Conditions – April 7[2]
- Nickelback, Feed the Machine[19] – June 9
- Justin Nozuka, High Tide – September 22
O
- Ocie Elliott, Ocie Elliott[20]
- Oh Susanna, A Girl in Teen City
- Our Lady Peace, Somethingness EP, Vol. 1 – August 25
- Ouri, Superficial
P
- Partner, In Search of Lost Time – September 8
- PartyNextDoor, Colours 2 – June 2
- PartyNextDoor, Seven Days – September 28
- Peter Peter, Noir Eden – February 24
- Dany Placard, Full Face
- Joel Plaskett and Bill Plaskett, Solidarity – February 17[2]
- Chad Price, Chad Price
- Propagandhi, Victory Lap – September 29
R
- Allan Rayman, Roadhouse 01
- The Real McKenzies, Two Devils Will Talk – March 3[2]
- Alejandra Ribera, This Island – January 27
- Daniel Romano, Modern Pressure
- The Royal Oui, This Is Someday – May 19[12]
- The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Wild
- Ruth B, Safe Heaven – May 5
- Serena Ryder, Utopia
S
- The Sadies, Northern Passages – February 10[2]
- Julien Sagot, Bleu Jane
- Said the Whale, As Long As Your Eyes Are Wide – March 31[2]
- Saukrates, Season 2 – November 17
- Jay Scøtt x Smitty Bacalley, Stockholm
- Seaway, Vacation – September 15
- Joseph Shabason, Aytche - August 25
- Shauit, Apu Peikussiaku
- Crystal Shawanda, Voodoo Woman
- Vivek Shraya with the Queer Songbook Orchestra, Part Time Woman
- Sister Ray, Untitled[21]
- Silverstein, Dead Reflection – July 14
- Zal Sissokho, Le Palabre
- Sarah Slean, Metaphysics – April 7[12]
- Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Snotty Nose Rez Kids – January; The Average Savage – September
- So Loki, Shine
- Souldia, Ad Vitam Æternam
- Leeroy Stagger, Love Versus – April 7[12]
- Stars, There Is No Love in Fluorescent Light – October 13
T
- Theory of a Deadman, Wake Up Call – October 27[22]
- Timber Timbre, Sincerely, Future Pollution – April 7[2]
- Tire le coyote, Désherbage
- Maylee Todd, Acts of Love – November 3
- Shania Twain, Shania Now[23]
- Twin Flames, Signal Fire
V
- Rosie Valland, Synchro
- Chad VanGaalen, Light Information – September 8
- Jennie Vee, Suffer – September 22
- Vile Creature, A Pessimistic Doomsayer
- Leif Vollebekk, Twin Solitude
W
- Frank Walker, 24
- The Weather Station, The Weather Station - October 6
- Weaves, Wide Open
- Whitehorse, Panther in the Dollhouse – July 7[12]
- Wolf Parade, Cry Cry Cry – October 6
- The Wooden Sky, Swimming in Strange Waters – April 7[2]
- Roy Wood$, Say Less – December 1
Y
- Neil Young, Hitchhiker – September 8
- Neil Young + Promise of the Real, The Visitor – December 1
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- January 1 – Stuart Hamilton, 87, pianist and vocal coach[24]
- February 4 – Steve Lang, 67, bassist (April Wine)
- February 13 – Trish Doan, 31, bassist (Kittie)[25]
- August 30 – Skip Prokop, 73, drummer (Lighthouse)[26]
- October 17 – Gord Downie, 53, rock singer and songwriter (The Tragically Hip)[27]
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- Ryan B. Patrick, "a l l i e: Nightshade". Exclaim!, July 19, 2017.
- "Après la Dysphorie, l’Acrophobie de Roxane Bruneau". Ici Radio-Canada, October 30, 2020.
- "10 Canadian albums to look forward to in 2017". CBC Music, December 29, 2016.
- "Gord Downie to release solo album Introduce Yerself in October". The Globe and Mail, September 27, 2017.
- Philippe Renaud, "Better Together: Karen Young and Coral Egan". Words & Music, March 10, 2017.
- "Spring 2017 preview: 24 albums you need to hear". CBC Music, March 20, 2017.
- Nantali Indongo, "Little Burgundy's Husser poised to take up mantle of Canada's rap royalty". CBC News Montreal, November 20, 2017.
- Alex Robert Ross, "Nicholas Krgovich's 'In an Open Field' Is Very Chill and Kinda Scary". Noisey, November 29, 2017.
- "Matt Mays Teases 'Once Upon a Hell of a Time' LP". Exclaim!, April 17, 2017.
- Childers, Chad (February 1, 2017). "Nickelback Reveal 'Feed the Machine' Album Release, Title Track + 2017 Summer Tour". Loudwire. Loudwire.
- Rae Porter, "Tender musical connections mark Ocie Elliott’s latest album". Victoria News, January 31, 2019.
- Paul Blinov, "Sister Ray: Untitled". Exclaim!, August 19, 2017.
- cmt.com staff (June 14, 2017). "Shania Twain's New Single Arrives This Week". CMT. Viacom.
- Pelley, Lauren. "Opera community mourns loss of Canadian vocal coach Stuart Hamilton". CBC News. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Kaufman, Gil. "Kitties Bassist Trish Doan Dies at 31". Billboard. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Bliss, Karen. "Skip Prokop, Co-Founder of Canadian Jazz-Rock Group Lighthouse, Dies at 73". Billboard. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Mazerolle, John. "Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dead at 53". CBC News. Retrieved 11 December 2019.