Fernie, Emilie Kahn and Unessential Oils

Fernie’s finally ready. At 26 years old, the Montreal singer has gone international: fighting back his doubts and embracing his history, transforming seasons of pain into unflinching, cinematic R&B.

Montreal harpist and singer Emilie Kahn oscillates from sunburned hopelessness to a quickening confidence on her latest album Maybe (2023), a collection of shimmering, lovesick pop music.

Unessential Oils is a search for something authentic. Bits and pieces of Warren Spicer’s life’s traumas, weaknesses, successes and breakthroughs, moments of clarity and enlightenment mixed with the mundane and menial.

The result is an album that’s somewhat like a jazz record in that it’s about the musicians’ performances.