JayWood
Canadian musician
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.
He released a number of singles and EPs in the 2010s before releasing his full-length debut album Time in 2019. He followed up in 2021 with Some Days , a newly rerecorded version of one of his early EPs, and followed up with his second full-length album, Slingshot , in 2022.
Slingshot was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize , and Leo Negro was longlisted for the 2026 Polaris Music Prize .
References
↑ "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.