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JayWood is the stage name of Jeremy Haywood-Smith, a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba whose music blends soul, funk, hip hop, indie rock and psychedelic rock influences.[1]
He released a number of singles and EPs in the 2010s before releasing his full-length debut album Time in 2019.[2] He followed up in 2021 with Some Days, a newly rerecorded version of one of his early EPs,[3] and followed up with his second full-length album, Slingshot, in 2022.[4]
Slingshot was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize,[5] and Leo Negro was longlisted for the 2026 Polaris Music Prize.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "JayWood Unleashes Psych-Funk with a Mission on Slingshot". Paste, July 15, 2022.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Sydney Brasil, "Polaris Music Prize Shares 2026 Long List". Exclaim!, June 11, 2026.
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