A list of 23 songs that I enjoyed immensely in 2017…in no particular order. Many of these folks are local (to Vancouver) and many hail from Canada. I’ve had the honour to play and create music with some and others I’ve had the pleasure of listening to and watching them perform. Check them out – most of them have a presence on Facebook, Bandcamp, Spotify or Soundcloud.

– “Galaxies” – Jenn Grant
– “Hit My Head” – Ron Yamauchi (& Loc Dao)
– “Walked All the Way Home” – Oh Susanna
– “Caged Bird” – Lara Kroeker
– “Back to Nova Scotia” – Daniel Champagne
– “River” – Diane Barbarash
– “No Exit on Alice Road” – Silent Martin
– “Agua” – Lido Pimienta
– “In a Blackout” – Hamilton Leithauser
– “Planets” – Emily Haines
– “We Love You Tom” – blue dirt girl
– “Of Ghosts” – Lisa Butel & Brent Cross
– “Gino Odjick” – Geoff Berner
– “Paradise” – Terra Lightfoot
– “Murder” – Abigail Lapell
– “In Over My Head” – Collette Savard & the Savants
– “Beautifully Unconventional” – Wolf Alice
– “My Side of the Mountain” – Rae Spoon
– “Part-time Woman” – Vivek Shraya & the Queer Songbook Orchestra
– “No Long Talk” – Drake
– “Gravity” – Amelia Curran
– “In My Dream” – Jane Siberry
– “Electric Blue” – Arcade Fire