Spotlight On: the weather station

ABOUT this week’s radio hour:

There are certain artists that when you see them perform, immediately take your breath away. that keep you hanging on to every word and note, and are undeniable. I will never forget the first time I saw and heard Tamara Lindemann back in 2017. And I was already a latecomer. By then, the Juno and Polaris Prize-nominated Canadian singer, songwriter, producer and musician who records and performs as The Weather Station had already been at it for nearly a decade. While music was always an important part of Tamara’s life, she got her start in acting first, before a life-changing event presented her with an urgent need to express herself and process through songs. The result was her 2009 debut album, The Line. Over the next eight years and three albums, The Weather Station began to gain international and critical acclaim, and when her fourth and self titled album arrived in 2017, it ended up on multiple year end best of lists and earned The Weather Station a Juno Award nomination. Then came 2021’s Ignorance, The Weather Station’s gamechanging fifth album which was topically centered on the global climate crisis. It skyrocketed during a time when most artists were lucky to gain any attention at all. Not only did Ignorance top of every year end list including The New Yorker, New York Times, and The Guardian, it also was shortlisted for the coveted Polaris Prize. A fast follow up came in 2022 with songs from the same writing sessions, the Juno-nominated How Is It That I Should Look At The Stars, and now Tamara Lindemann is back with the highly anticipated seventh album Humanhood, already garnering rave reviews. We celebrate its release and welcome The Weather Station as this week’s SHERO In the Spotlight.