Jonah Yano is the Hiroshima born, Montreal based, singer-songwriter whose journey into music began with recording music using his cellphone in 2016. Having played piano and guitar as a child, it wasn’t until Yano moved from Vancouver to Toronto in 2016 that he began putting his songs online, catching the eyes of Toronto’s thriving local music scene. Spending the next couple of years obsessively songwriting and practicing vocals, and learning technical skills, he collaborated with Toronto duo MONEYPHONE on the 2018 song “On Lock” which became an underground success.
In Yano’s latest album he explores his identity as a part of the Japanese-Canadian diaspora, the contemplation of different family dynamics, and the intricacies of interpersonal relationships.