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Jonah Yano is a Canadian musician. [1] He is most noted as a two-time SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee, receiving nods in 2021 for "Delicate" [2] and in 2023 for "Always". [3]
Born in Hiroshima, Japan, and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec. [4]
A frequent collaborator with BadBadNotGood, he released his debut full-length album Souvenir in 2020, [5] and followed up with Portrait of a Dog in 2023. [6] His 2023 set at the Montreal Jazz Festival saw him compared to "a jazzier Homeshake or a funkier Andy Shauf". [7]
In late 2023, he released the non-album single "Concentrate". [8] In 2024, he collaborated with Ouri on her single "Quiet Drumming". [9]
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