Haven’t heard much of Caribou, but I’ll be working through this list over the next week or so.

Kaia Kater’s album is lovely – reminds me a bit of The Weather Report. And so far, Ruby Waters has been a pleasant discovery.

I was all set to be outraged at the omission of one of the best albums in a long while, until I realized it was released in late 2023.

Garett T Willie is a wild electric blues player, with way more depth and soul than his 23 years would suggest.

I recognise some of the names. For sure Caribou deserves to be on the list.

I’ll throw out some names, but I’m not as up to date on Canadian music as I used to be.

She Told Me Where To Go by Old Man Luedecke has some great tracks and shows that just because you’re a folk artist doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with production and collaborations.

Rollercoaster by Cadence Weapon is great, as expected.

eNdgame by Cyberaktif isn’t amazing, but it was a nice surprise.

And Pub Royal by Les Cowboys Fringants. Beautiful work on that one. At least two of the songs make me cry. RIP Karl…

I think that’s all I got. Haven’t got around to the new Joel Plaskett but I think it’s just a rerecoding, Buck 65 hasn’t dropped anything this year, but all my old favourites are still out there makin tunes and that’s great!