Heroic Records Of 2016

Illustration by Irik Musin

All this love all this laughter all this music all this time shaped into feelings all this thought all this touring all this weather all this change all this searching all this struggle all these friends all this engagement of soul all this revelation all this spreading all this power all this development of ideas all this rigor all this attunement all this atonement all this concentration all this release.

Thank-you, for all of the above gifts, to all these artists, and many more, who gave us reason to believe in the light of words and the radiance of sounds this year. Bless the brightness that keeps your spirits true.

2016 Juno Nominees highlighted in green.

Heroic Music Released In 2016

Canadian Artists In Red

Lynn Miles                 Winter  > Christa Couture    Long Time Leaving Jordan Klassen    Javelin Steve Dawson      Solid States & Loose Ends Danny Michel    Matadora _____________________________________________ Lake Street Dive            Side Pony Liz Stringer              All The Bridges Louis Simao        A Luz Sienna Dahlen    Ice Age Paradise > Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur   Penny’s Farm _______________________________ Ruben `Beny’ Esguerra      A New Tradition: The Return Of The Kuisi Paul Reddick     Ride The One > Turkwaz                  Nazar A Tribe Called Quest       We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service A Tribe Called Red    We Are The Halluci Nation ______________________________ Chris Velan            Glow William Prince       Earthly Days  Tanya Philipovich      Paper Boats > Iauwata Amha Selassie        Rally Snaggle    The Long Slog ________________________________ Small Glories   Wondrous Traveler Kaytranada     99.9% SATE         REDBLACK&BLUE > Julian Taylor   Desert Star Park Eddy     Park Eddy ______________________________ Mike Janzen    Nudging Forever  > Amanda Tosoff          Words Anohni             Hopelessness Matt Patershuk    I Was So Fond Of You Joanna Chapman – Smith         Elon And the City Of Stone _____________________________ Coco Love Alcorn     Wonderland  > Gina Horswood       Porcelain Maria Dunn      Gathering Ulrich Taylor Bentall      Tightrope Walk Jadea Kelly     Love & Lust _______________________________  David Vest      Devestatin’ Rhythm > Sienna Dahlen & Joel Miller            Dream Cassette Yoser Rodriguez   Pollen Ron Hynes      Later That Same Life Big Little Lions     Just Keep Moving _______________________________ Tara Williamson    Songs To Keep Us Warm > Jen Lane     This Life Of Mine Ten Strings And A Goatskin                                       Auprès du Poêle   Al Tuck     Fair Country   Oh Pep!     Stadium Cake Corin Raymond    Hobo Jungle Fever Dreams Kaia Kater   Nine Pin > God Don’t Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson (Alligator) Countermeasure       Made To Measure Chloe Charles       With Blindfolds On