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    1. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Canadian Folk Music Awards Unveil 2021 Nominees". Exclaim!, December 1, 2020.
    2. ^ David Friend, "Juno Awards postpone 50th anniversary show date to June 6 amid COVID-19 pandemic". Toronto Star, April 14, 2021.
    3. ^ "Cadence Weapon wins Polaris Music Prize for ‘Parallel World’". The Globe and Mail, September 27, 2021.
    4. ^ David Friend, "‘Drag Race’ winner Priyanka to co-host Canada’s country music awards with Lindsay Ell". Toronto Star, November 8, 2021.
    5. ^ Laura Robinson, "Viral Canadian Punk Star 347aidan Takes The Stage". Next Magazine.
    6. ^ Murray, Joshua (July 17, 2021). "Alee Releases New Album, Feels Like This". The Reviews Are In. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
    7. ^ Erik Leijon, "Two stars of the Montreal music scene unite for All Hands Make Light". Cult MTL, September 23, 2021.
    8. ^ Calum Slingerland, "a l l i e Announces New Album 'Tabula Rasa'". Exclaim!, August 13, 2021.
    9. ^ "Tenille Arts Thinks If You Can Relate To It, You Can Listen To It". B104. August 19, 2021.
    10. ^ a b c d "21 Canadian albums we can't wait to hear in 2021". CBC Music, December 30, 2020.
    11. ^ Richard Trapunski, "Toronto’s best music 2021: albums, concerts and so many songs to stream" Archived 2022-07-02 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 9, 2021.
    12. ^ a b c d e f Alex Hudson, "Exclaim!'s 29 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2021". Exclaim!, January 4, 2021.
    13. ^ Nicolson, Deb (May 26, 2021). "Award-Winning Country Star Gord Bamford". Patch.
    14. ^ Josiah Hughes, "Art Bergmann Details New Album 'Late Stage Empire Dementia,' Shares 'Entropy'". Exclaim!, March 19, 2021.
    15. ^ Alex Hudson, "The Besnard Lakes Share Trippy 'Feuds with Guns' Video". Exclaim!, December 29, 2020.
    16. ^ Bell, Kaelan (October 15, 2021). "Blue Rodeo Announce New Album 'Many a Mile'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
    17. ^ Mitch Mosk, "INTROSPECTIVE, CINEMATIC, & DARK”: BOSLEN DIVES INTO THE VULNERABLE DEPTHS OF DEBUT ALBUM ‘DUSK TO DAWN’". Atwood Magazine, October 4, 2021.
    18. ^ Vish Khanna, "Spencer Burton Keeps Hope Alive on 'Coyote'". Exclaim!, February 19, 2021.
    19. ^ a b "Spring 2021 guide: 21 albums you need to hear". CBC Music, March 19, 2021.
    20. ^ Alex Hudson, "Casey MQ Announces 'babycasey: ultra' Remix Album". Exclaim!, September 29, 2021.
    21. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Charlotte Cardin Readies Debut Album 'Phoenix'". Exclaim!, February 12, 2021.
    22. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Casper Skulls Detail Sophomore Album 'Knows No Kindness'". Exclaim!, August 26, 2021.
    23. ^ Louis-Philippe Labrèche, "Louis-Jean Cormier annonce son nouvel album : Le ciel est au plancher". Le Canal auditif, March 19, 2021.
    24. ^ Pappis, Konstantinos (August 5, 2021). "Charlotte Cornfield Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song 'Headlines'". Our Culture Mag. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
    25. ^ Schneider, Jason (August 18, 2021). "Essentials… with Del Barber". FYIMusicNews. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
    26. ^ Matt Bobkin, "Julie Doiron Announces 'I Thought of You,' First Solo Album in Nine Years". Exclaim!, September 21, 2021.
    27. ^ Sam Sodomsky, "Willie Dunn — Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology". Pitchfork, March 22, 2021.
    28. ^ Shawn Conner, "‘Great Aunt Ida’ Nilsen returns with the lush Unsayable". Vancouver Sun, September 1, 2021.
    29. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Great Lake Swimmers Announce 'Live at the Redeemer 2007'". Exclaim!, February 25, 2021.
    30. ^ Kerry Doole, "NDP MP Charlie Angus' Songwriting Remains Potent on Grievous Angels' 'Summer Before the Storm'". Exclaim!, January 13, 2021.
    31. ^ "Hunter Brothers Drop New Album, Been A Minute June 30th". Top Country. June 30, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
    32. ^ Michael Meanchoff, "Montréal’s Nate Husser enlists Mick Jenkins, Jean Deaux & Eva Shaw for Adult Supervision". HipHopCanada, June 30, 2021.
    33. ^ Stephen Cooke, "Mo Kenney’s got this covered: new album offers fresh takes of favourite tunes". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, February 24, 2021.
    34. ^ Conchita Galvez, "'Music is medicine': Shawnee Kish on her new EP, identifying as two-spirit". CTV News Edmonton, June 15, 2021.
    35. ^ Meister, Lauren (March 4, 2021). "Brett Kissel says new record is heart driven not hit driven". CochraneNow.
    36. ^ Stuart Derdeyn, "Nicholas Krgovich releases collection of Veda Hille songs This Spring". Vancouver Sun, May 14, 2021.
    37. ^ Yara El-Soueidi, "Quebec Media Rejected Hubert Lenoir, So He's Taking Over the World Instead". Exclaim!, September 13, 2021.
    38. ^ Jason Schneider, "Essentials… with Lowest Of The Low’s Ron Hawkins". FYI Music News, December 9, 2021.
    39. ^ Nick Krewen, "Martha and the Muffins’ fresh batch almost ready — but in the meantime, their anthology lets them look back". Toronto Star, October 30, 2021.
    40. ^ "The Sound of September 2021: This Month's Essential New Releases". Exclaim!, September 14, 2021.
    41. ^ Josée Lapointe, "Le nouvel album d’Ariane Moffatt sortira le 26 mars". La Presse, February 26, 2021.
    42. ^ Dagg, Nanci (January 28, 2021). "Mark February 19 on your calendar. That's the day that Jess Moskaluke's new album The Demos will be released". Canadian Beats Media.
    43. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini Detail Mouth Congress Retrospective Album". Exclaim!, October 26, 2021.
    44. ^ Kaitlin Irving, "Ocie Elliott Find Peace on 'Slow Tide' EP" Archived 2021-08-27 at the Wayback Machine. Exclaim!, March 12, 2021.
    45. ^ Matt Bobkin, "Odonis Odonis Announce New Album 'Spectrums'". Exclaim!, March 9, 2021.
    46. ^ "GRAMMY-NOMINATED SINGER-SONGWRITER STEVEN LEE OLSEN ANNOUNCES EP, RELATIONSHIP GOALS, OUT JULY 30". Universal Music Canada. July 22, 2021.
    47. ^ Daniel McIntosh, "Ouri Offers Something for Everyone, from Electronic to Neo-Classical, on 'Frame of a Fauna'". Exclaim!, October 20, 2021.
    48. ^ Alex Hudson, "Dorothea Paas Shows That Anything Can Happen on 'Anything Can't Happen'". Exclaim!, May 5, 2021.
    49. ^ "Meghan Patrick Announces New 'Heart On My Glass' Album Out June 25th With New Single, "Mama Prayed For" Out Today (5.7)". Shore Fire Media. May 7, 2021.
    50. ^ Mr. Wavvy, "REVIEW: Planet Giza, Don’t Throw Rocks at the Moon". Cult MTL, April 6, 2021.
    51. ^ Richard Woodbury, "2 decades after Down at the Khyber, the Joel Plaskett Emergency re-records landmark album". CBC News Nova Scotia, October 16, 2021.
    52. ^ Corey Atad, "‘Canada’s Drag Race’ Winner Priyanka Releasing Debut EP ‘Taste Test’. ET Canada, July 14, 2021.
    53. ^ David Pratt, "Justin Rutledge: Islands". Folk Radio UK, February 17, 2021.
    54. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Shabason, Krgovich & Harris Announce Instrumental Album 'Florence'". Exclaim!, February 5, 2021.
    55. ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "Stream Skiifall's New EP 'WOIIYOUI TAPES VOL. 1'". Complex, August 6, 2021.
    56. ^ Aly Laube, "It Took a Village to Raise Snotty Nose Rez Kids, and Now They're Paying It Forward". Exclaim!, October 21, 2021.
    57. ^ Matt Bobkin, "Status/Non-Status, Formerly WHOOP-Szo, Tells Complicated Stories of Indigeneity". Exclaim!, April 28, 2021.
    58. ^ Allie Gregory, "Toronto Saxophonist Emily Steinwall Is a Force for Unity on 'Welcome to the Garden'". Exclaim!, March 30, 2021.
    59. ^ Calum Slingerland, "Tragically Hip and Odds Offshoot Strippers Union Ready New Double Album". Exclaim!, January 18, 2021.
    60. ^ Dorothy Stewart, "Adrian Sutherland launches deeply personal solo album". CBC North, November 3, 2021.
    61. ^ Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (December 16, 2020). "Tebey To Release Debut Album 'The Good Ones' In January". Entertainment Focus.
    62. ^ Matt Bobkin, "TEKE::TEKE Showcase Many Possibilities of Their Kaleidoscopic Psych Rock on 'Shirushi'". Exclaim!, May 10, 2021.
    63. ^ Aly Laube, "TiKA's 'Anywhere but Here' Is an Exuberant Celebration of Black Queer Love". Exclaim!, February 23, 2021.
    64. ^ Jonathan Dekel, "The inside story of The Tragically Hip’s Saskadelphia, the band’s first new album since the death of Gord Downie". The Globe and Mail, May 20, 2021.
    65. ^ Tim Peacock, "The Tragically Hip Announce Deluxe 30th Anniversary Edition Of ‘Road Apples’". UDiscoverMusic, September 16, 2021.
    66. ^ Vish Khanna, "Sloan/Super Friendz/Inbreds Supergroup TUNS Yield Even Richer Results on 'Duly Noted'". Exclaim!, March 22, 2021.
    67. ^ Brock Thiessen, "Chad VanGaalen Returns with New Album 'World's Most Stressed Out Gardener'". Exclaim!, January 28, 2021.
    68. ^ Natalie Harmsen, "The Pleasure and Pain of Jon Vinyl". Complex, October 1, 2021.
    69. ^ Elio Iannacci, "Martha Wainwright’s ‘rebirth’: After a divorce, finding love again and returning to her music, singer-songwriter is starting over with a new album". Toronto Star, August 13, 2021.
    70. ^ Jeff Bierk, "The Weather Station Announces New Album Ignorance, Shares New Single". Paste, November 18, 2020.
    71. ^ Allie Gregory (May 20, 2021). "Charlotte Day Wilson Announces Debut Album 'Alpha'". Exclaim!.
    72. ^ Stephan Boissonneault, "Yoo Doo Right Earn Their Spot Among Montreal Post-Rock Royalty with 'Don't Think You Can Escape Your Purpose'". Exclaim!, May 19, 2021.
    73. ^ "'Trailblazer' Ojibway musician Shingoose dies of COVID-19 at 74". CBC News. January 12, 2021.
    74. ^ Niel Scobie, "Jay W. McGee, a groundbreaking vocalist, songwriter and Juno nominee, always went back to the music of his father". Toronto Star, May 2, 2021.
    75. ^ David Friend, "Paul Humphrey, suave frontman of ‘80s Toronto new wave band Blue Peter, dies at 61". Toronto Star, April 7, 2021.
    76. ^ James Cullingham, "Veteran Quebec crooner Michel Louvain was a teen idol in the 1950s". The Globe and Mail, May 6, 2021.
    77. ^ Jeff Mahoney, "Hamilton’s Bob Lanois dead at 73". Hamilton Spectator, April 20, 2021.
    78. ^ "Custom a.k.a. Duane Lavold, Dead at 54". 23 December 2021.
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