Aerialists

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Aerialists are a Canadian folk music band based in British Columbia, whose music blends Irish, Scottish and Norwegian folk styles with progressive rock and jazz influences. [1] They are most noted for their 2024 album I Lost My Heart on Friday, which received a Juno Award nomination for Traditional Roots Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2026. [2]

The group's core members, harpist Màiri Chaimbeul, fiddler Elise Boeur and guitarist Adam Iredale-Gray, formed the band in 2014 while studying at the Berklee College of Music. [3] They released a self-titled debut album in 2016, and followed up in 2017 with the album Group Manoeuvre. [4] They received a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination for New/Emerging Artist of the Year at the 14th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2018. [5]

In 2020 they released Dear Sienna, [6] and won the CFMA for Pushing the Boundaries at the 16th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2021. [7]

I Lost My Heart on Friday was released in fall 2024 on Fiddlehead Records. [8]

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