CFBX Top 30 Charts to June 1, 2023

* indicates Canadian Content
** indicates a local artist

Artist – Album (Label)

1) Tynes* – Tynes (LHM)
2) Sarah Shafey* – Blackbox Universe (Independent)
3) John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim (Blues House)
4) Begonia* – Powder Blue (Birthday Cake)
5) William Prince* – Stand in the Joy (Six Shooter)
6) Wax Mannequin* – The Red Brain (Coax)
7) Debby Friday* – Good Luck (Sub Pop)
8) Zoon* – Bekka Ma’iignan (Paper Bag)
9) New Pornographers* – Continue As a Guest (Merge)
10) Tunic* – Wrong Dream (Artoffact)
11) A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick* – A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick (Independent)
12) Risto Milner** – A Gift of Emptiness (Independent)
13) Dawn Sev* – Tart EP (Independent)
14) Miami Nights 1984* – Sentimental (Independent)
15) Deb Callahan – Backbone (Independent)
16) GLDMTH* – GLDMTH (Warner)
17) Natalie McMaster and Donald Leahy* – Compass (Linus)
18) Roki* – Mother (Independent)
19) Prof. Louie and the Crowmatix – Rockin’ Legacy Vol. 1 (Woodstock)
20) Matt Andersen* – The Big Bottle of Joy (Sonic)
21) Julian Lage – The Layers (Blue Note)
22) Mud Bay* – Best Laid Plans (Independent)
23) L.T. Leif* – Coming Back to Me, But Lightly (Lost Map)
24) Planet Giza* – Ready When You Are (Independent)
25) Devin Townsend* – Lightwork (Century Media)
26) What Does it Eat* – Scraps (Independent)
27) Joni Void* – Everyday is the Song (Constellation)
28) The Rough and Tumble – Only This Far (Independent)
29) Sunnsetter* – The Best That I Can Be (Paper Bag)
30) Matt Holubowski* – Like Flowers on a Molten Lawn (Audiogram)

Specialty Charts for Last May 2023

Top 10 Jazz Albums

1. Julian Lage – The Layers (Blue Note)
2. Greenhouse Ensemble* – Rez de Chaussee (Independent)
3. Jackson Welchner* – Blink Twice (Independent)
4. Metropolitan Jazz Octet – The Bowie Project (Origin)
5. Emily Braden* – Cannon and Sparrow (Independent)
6. Nikki Yanofsky* – Nikki By Starlight (MNRK)
7. Mason Razavi – Six-String Standards (OA2)
8. Ally Fiola* – Inrerblaze (Independent)
9. East Axis – No Subject (Mack Avenue)
10. Paul Novotny and Robi Botos* – Summertime in Leith (Triplet)

Top 10 Worldbeat/International Albums

1. Dubmatix* – ReWired (Echo Beach)
2. Jane Bunnett and Maqueque* – Playing with Fire (Linus)
3. Kobo Town* – Carnival of the Ghosts (Independent)
4. Sika Valme* – Erosion Eksperyans (Independent)
5. Kune* – Universal Echoes (Lulaworld)
6. Gao Hong and Kadialy Kouyate – Terra Kunda (ARC Music)
7. O.B.F. Foundation* – Lava (Dubquake)
8. Payadora Tango Ensemble* – Silent Tears: The Last Yiddish Tango (Six Degrees)
9. Moonshine*- SMS for Location Vol. 5 (Moonshine)
10. Bruno Capinan* – Tara Rara (Independent)

Top 10 Metal/Loud/Punk Albums

1. Tunic* – Wrong Dream (Artoffact)
2. Fucked Up* – One Day (Merge)
3. Society’s Ills* – Lore (Independent)
4. Voivod* – Ultraman EP (Century Media)
5. Warpage* – Absolutely Delicious (Independent)
6. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutentants/The Suck – Split EP (Louder and Faster)
7. The This* – How Does it Feel When it’s Gone? (Kingfisher Bluez)
8. Devin Townsend* – Lightwork (Century Media)
9. JUSS* – Pour Toi (Independent)
10. The Holdouts* – 325 EP (Independent)

Top 10 Electronic Albums

1. Tynes* – Tynes (LHM)
2. Miami Nights 1984* – Sentimental (Independent)
3. Pradius** – Dreamcasting (Independent)
4. Debby Friday* – Good Luck (Sub Pop)
5. Mayfly* – Hideaway Vol. 1 (Duprince)
6. Toast Dawg* – HDMOF (Independent)
7. Joni Void* – Everyday is the Song (Constellation)
8. ctrl_alt_rock* – ctrl_alt_rock_forever (Independent)
9. Untrained Animals* – Seven (Independent)
10. Compander* – Diverdant (Independent)

Top 10 Hip-Hop/Rap Albums

1. Planet Giza* – Ready When You Are (Independent)
2. Domanique Grant* – Queendom Chapter One (Independent)
3. Jordann* – Safe Space (OneRPM)
4. TheOnlyRealOne and B. More* – No Late Apologies (Independent)
5. Skinny Josh and JDASHME* – Spring in Miami Part 1 (Keep the Grind)
6. Planet Giza* – You Don’t Understand (Independent)
7. Skulastic* – Skulastic Vol. 2 (Independent)
8. Grossbuster* – Grossbuster EP (Independent)
9. The Dirty Sample* – Beats to Murder Rappers To (Hand’Solo)
10. Snotty Nose Rez Kids* – I’m Good, HBU? (Independent)

Top 10 Roots Albums

1. Natalie McMaster and Donald Leahy* – Compass (Linus)
2. William Prince* – Stand in the Joy (Six Shooter)
3. Robinson Kirby* – Little Dreams (Independent)
4. John Showman and Chris Coole* – Much Further Out Than Inevitable (Independent)
5. Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire (Smithsonian Folkways)
6. Kate Weekes* – Better Days Ahead (Independent)
7. Rusty Creek* – Roads of Life (Independent)
8. Meredith Moon* – Constellations (True North)
9. The Rough and Tumble – Only This Far (Independent)
10. Ziggy Alberts – Dancing in the Dark (Commonfolk)

Top 10 Blues Albums

1. Matt Andersen* – The Big Bottle of Joy (Sonic)
2. John Primer – Teardrops for Magic Slim (Blues House)
3. Deb Callahan – Backbone (Independent)
4. Mud Bay* – Best Laid Plans (Independent)
5. A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick* = A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick (Independent)
6. Prof. Louie and the Crowmatix – Rockin’ Legacy Vol. 1 (Woodstock)
7. Johnny Wheels and the Swamp Donkeys – Keep on Pushin’ (Lightning in a Bottle)
8. Jason Lang* – Handled with Care (Outside)
9. Maple Blues Band* – Let’s Go (Cordova Bay)
10. Big Harp George – Cut My Spirit Loose (Blues Mountain)

Top 5 Classical Albums

1. Jason Zumpano* – Village Lights (Jaz)
2. Ark Trio – Ark Resounding (Navona)
3. Francois Couture* – Sonates por 1 a 7 Guitares (Boghei)
4. O Lake – Still (Patchrock)
5. Nelson Freire – Memories: The Unreleased Recordings (Decca)

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