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- ↑ Erin Lebar, "JayWood makes personal Time". Winnipeg Free Press , June 5, 2019.
- ↑ Chris Bryson, "Winnipeg's JayWood Turns His Influences into His Peers on 'Some Days'". Exclaim! , April 21, 2021.
- ↑ Myles Tiessen, "'Slingshot' Launches Winnipeg's JayWood into New Territory". Exclaim! , July 14, 2022.
- ↑ "2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more". CBC Music, June 13, 2023.
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