Jonah Yano

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, BADBADNOTGOOD, Orville Peck Set for Montreal Jazz Festival 2023

PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2023

Summer is on the horizon, and the Montreal International Jazz Festival organizers are ready to bring the sunshine in a big way with a stack...

Toronto's Benja Announces Debut EP 'Ivy,' Shares New Single

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2023

Toronto singer-songwriter Benja has announced his debut EP, previewed today by new single "Slacker." Ivy covers us on March 24 via Good Pe...

Jonah Yano Creates Portraits of Memories

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2023

What is a song? For Hiroshima-born, Montreal-based musician Jonah Yano, it's something tangible, to be thumbed through like a collection of...

Exclaim!'s 27 Most Anticipated Canadian Albums of 2023

PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2023

We're still nearly 40 years out from the fantasy utopia of The Jetsons, but it's somehow never felt further away. The future doesn't necess...

Jonah Yano Announces 'portrait of a dog' LP, Produced by BADBADNOTGOOD

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2022

Hiroshima-born, Montreal-based songwriter Jonah Yano made one of the best Canadian albums you might have missed in 2020 with souvenir, and...

SOCAN Songwriting Prize Announces 2021 Finalists

PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2021

The 16th annual SOCAN Songwriting Prize is celebrating the next generation of brilliance in Canadian music creation by announcing its final...

25 Canadian Albums You Might Have Missed in 2020

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2020

The past year has been filled with plenty of incredible new music, including Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2020, but even the most fastidiou...

Canadian Artists Show Off Their Favourite Music Gear

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2020

More than nearly any other profession, musicians have a tendency to become closely associated with the tools of their trade. After all, who...