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Ava Delaney Shares New Album ‘everything’

Published

3 years ago

April 25, 2024

The multi-faceted music artist Ava Delaney first took the stage at four years old or a local production of The Sound of Music, playing Liesel, and practically didn’t ever leave. She claims that her mother implies she leaped out of the womb, singing Joni Mitchell and Norah Jones. She attributes her musical proclivities to the whirling sounds of sage lyrical ladies who fostered her musical propensity. She recently relocated to New York City to follow her musical theatre and music ambitions after earning her degree from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Her latest offering, everything, is an imaginative and expansive collection of songs. The 11-track record was recorded in 2022 with producer Brian Kennedy (Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson, Rascal Flats, The Weekend) at his home studio in Van Nuys.

Ava Delaney went on a journey of emotional, artistic, and spiritual discovery, and she placed a great deal of importance on establishing a serene, potent studio atmosphere when creating this album. She kept a copy of “Be Here Now” and her deck of spirit animal oracle cards close at hand, and she burned Inscesnce every day.

With every release, she reveals the sincerity and sensitivity found in her songs, driven by her creative exploration of new sounds and desire to establish a stronger connection with her audience.

everything, is an empowering storytelling offering while transporting listeners into a realm of engaging soundscapes. This collection of tracks in particular seems to embody her essence as a musician and artist—yet another superb effort. She is dedicated to making music that resonates deeply with audiences as she progresses in the music industry.

On the release, Ava Delaney comments, “‘everything’ was a journey of fully investigating and giving a voice to all the swimming, yearning, curious parts within me. It’s titled ‘everything’ because the deeper I go, the more infinite words there are to discover within. This album is a quest to find an oar, a spiritual center, an anchor, within the wild whirling tides of the sea of life.”

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sombr Brings the You Are The Reason Tour to Scotiabank Arena on November 16

Published

13 minutes ago

November 2, 2026

Leo Bodei

sombr performing live on stage during the You Are The Reason tour, holding a microphone.

sombr performs live on the You Are The Reason tour. Photo courtesy of sombr.

Toronto gets one of the last stops on the biggest breakout run in pop. sombr brings his You Are The Reason Tour to Scotiabank Arena on Monday, November 16, with Dove Cameron and Hannah Jadagu opening the night.

The show starts at 7:00 PM, and the Toronto date sits near the end of a 37 show North American arena tour. The run opened in July at the Pepsi Center in Mexico City and closes at Madison Square Garden in sombr’s hometown of New York City, which makes the Scotiabank Arena stop one of the final chances to catch the tour before it wraps.

The rise behind the tour is real. sombr is a Grammy nominee for Best New Artist, and his debut album I Barely Know Her turned one year old this fall. In April he made his Coachella debut, a set the tour announcement noted for a special guest appearance from Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins. Since then the You Are The Reason show has been traveling, and his own tour posts from the road have shown packed rooms and a singer who treats every stage like it is the one that matters.

Toronto’s support lineup is part of the draw. Dove Cameron brings her own pop following to the bill, and Hannah Jadagu opens, giving the night three distinct voices before the headliner takes the stage. Support has rotated across the tour, with names like Interpol, The Last Dinner Party and Tom Odell appearing in other cities, and the Toronto pairing of Cameron and Jadagu is set for this date only.

For an artist who was writing songs alone in his room not long ago, an arena in downtown Toronto on a Monday night says plenty about how far the music has traveled. Tickets for the November 16 show are available through Ticketmaster.