Canada’s most singular baritone belter delivers an insightful, vintage jazz-mode tribute to his late father, saxophonist William James Lightburn. The younger Lightburn tenderly weaves through eras—contemplating his dad’s time in the Quebecois music scene, his parents’ love story, and the contemporary gut-check of COVID death numbers—but comes back to the present with a determined life goal: “No more bullshit, only joy.”
By Natasha Rainey
The indie-folk songwriter explores the themes of memory, family, and the search for a place to belong on her debut EP.