Jonah Yano is a Canadian musician.Alisha Mughal, "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, "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Announces 2021 Finalists". Exclaim!, June 17, 2021. and in 2023 for "Always".Amélie Revert, "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, "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,"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, "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, "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, "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, "Ouri Enlists Jonah Yano for 'Quiet Drumming'". Exclaim!, June 20, 2024.
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