MURRAY A. LIGHTBURN
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Murray A. Lightburn is a composer, musician, performer, and music producer. He is best known as the lead singer and principal songwriter of Montreal's acclaimed chamber rock band The Dears. He has released three solo albums, MASS:LIGHT (2013), Hear Me Out (2018), and Once Upon A Time In Montreal (2023). Hear Me Out is a lush, romantic strings-and-soul record, unabashedly inspired by ‘50s crooners, ‘60s girl groups, Muscle Shoals, and Motown. The album is made up of ten fragile, unforgettably gorgeous pop songs about family, adult relationships and what you might call non-toxic masculinity. His latest, Once Upon A Time In Montreal, draws on the folk, jazz, and pop sounds of the late-'60s, early-'70s paying tribute to his late father. It was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.
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