Champagne Weather is Canadian Folk Music Award-winners and JUNO nominees James Hill and Anne Janelle. Both have one foot in folk traditions and the other in improvised music. With a blend of songwriting and sound sculpture, Champagne Weather artfully bridges these worlds with a sound that evokes Philip Glass and Steve Reich even as it harks back to Appalachian fiddle and Maritime folksong. In each Champagne Weather composition, two motifs repeat, entwine and slowly change, creating serendipitous harmony that no-one can predict—not even the musicians. Cello, ukulele and violin sparkle like a field of stars, grounded only by the rumble of low-fi synth. It's ever-changing music that neither sleeps nor wakes, floating instead in a dreamy blue twilight of sound. The duo's lyrics paint impressions of modern life and the characters who call it home: the widower, the lost child, the busy people. Every song is a diorama, a shoebox-world with a peep-hole just wide enough to fall through.

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R. Grunwald is a Toronto-based composer and keyboardist. His second album, Iterations, expands on his debut Oma, blending piano, strings, voice, and synths to explore shifting perspectives. With echoes of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Meredith Monk, and Bing & Ruth, his cinematic and evocative compositions reveal new layers with each listen. Known for his work with Jill Barber, Donovan Woods, and film scoring, Grunwald crafts soundscapes that are both conceptually rich and emotionally immediate. Iterations is a journey in sound—tender, inquisitive, and profoundly moving.

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