Joyful Joyful are a Canadian musical duo, consisting of singer Cormac Culkeen and instrumentalist Dave Grenon.[1] Their self-titled debut album was released in April 2022,[2] and was longlisted for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize.[3]
The duo's style blends experimental drone music with folk-influenced devotional music,[2] inspired by Culkeen's background as a religious person who was excommunicated from an evangelical church community after coming out as queer and non-binary.[1] Culkeen and Grenon, who knew each other as volunteers at community radio station CFFF-FM in Peterborough, Ontario, came together for the first time as Joyful Joyful in 2016 for a live performance in which they performed the 12-minute track "Sebaldus" improvisationally.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Jesse Locke, "Joyful Joyful sing their own sacred hymns after being exiled from the church". Xtra!, May 24, 2022.
- ^ a b Allie Gregory, "Joyful Joyful Announce Self-Titled Debut Album". Exclaim!, February 22, 2022.
- ^ Allie Gregory, "Here's the 2022 Polaris Music Prize Long List". Exclaim!, June 14, 2022.
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