Jonah Yano

{{Short description|Canadian musician}}

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• Souvenir (2020)
• Portrait of a Dog (2023)

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Jonah Yano is a Canadian musician.Alisha Mughal, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jonah_yano_interview_portrait_of_a_dog "Jonah Yano Creates Portraits of Memories"]. Exclaim!, January 23, 2023. He is most noted as a two-time SOCAN Songwriting Prize nominee, receiving nods in 2021 for "Delicate"Megan LaPierre, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/socan_songwriting_prize_announces_2021_finalists "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Announces 2021 Finalists"]. Exclaim!, June 17, 2021. and in 2023 for "Always".Amélie Revert, [https://ca.billboard.com/music/awards/nominees-for-2024-socan-songwriting-prize-include-maylee-todd-lydia-kepinski-more "Nominees for 2023 SOCAN Songwriting Prize Include Maylee Todd, Lydia Képinski & More"]. Billboard, November 10, 2023.

Born in Hiroshima, Japan, and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, he is currently based in Montreal, Quebec.Yasmine Shentesh, [https://www.straight.com/music/family-love-is-extraordinary-on-jonah-yanos-portrait-of-a-dog "Family love is extraordinary on Jonah Yano's Portrait of a Dog"]. The Georgia Straight, February 13, 2023.

A frequent collaborator with BadBadNotGood, he released his debut full-length album Souvenir in 2020,[https://www.npr.org/2020/06/21/881358630/in-souvenir-jonah-yano-explores-identity-loss-and-reconnection "In 'Souvenir' Jonah Yano Explores Identity, Loss and Reconnection"]. NPR, June 21, 2020. and followed up with Portrait of a Dog in 2023.Matthew Ritchie, [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jonah-yano-portrait-of-a-dog/ "Portrait of a Dog: Jonah Yano"]. Pitchfork, February 3, 2023. His 2023 set at the Montreal Jazz Festival saw him compared to "a jazzier Homeshake or a funkier Andy Shauf".Mathias Pageau, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jonah_yano_montreal_jazz_fest_recap_montreal_june_29 "Jonah Yano Brought Fake Storms and Real Feelings to Montreal"]. Exclaim!, June 29, 2023.

In late 2023, he released the non-album single "Concentrate".Ben Okazawa, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jonah_yano_concentrate "Jonah Yano's Shapeshifting "concentrate" Is a Year in Review"]. Exclaim!, November 26, 2023. In 2024, he collaborated with Ouri on her single "Quiet Drumming".Megan LaPierre, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/ouri-enlists-jonah-yano-for-quiet-drumming "Ouri Enlists Jonah Yano for 'Quiet Drumming'"]. Exclaim!, June 20, 2024.