Bio

Hanorah is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal, known for her soulful sound and rich, textured voice.

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Following the release of her album, "Perennial" with Ensoul Records, she toured the U.K. with stops at Liverpool Soundcity and Focus Wales, headlined a SXSW show, and extended the tour to include LA and New York. She has been billed with Mavis Staples, Lee Fields, PJ Morton, and Coeur de Pirate. The album garnered over 50,000 Spotify streams in its first month and was featured on more than 20 Canadian radio stations. Exclaim! Magazine listed the album as a ‘staff pick’ for 2022 and she performed several tracks on the hit Quebec TV show Belle et Bum

 

Her debut EP, "For The Good Guys and the Bad Guys," released in 2019 via Dare to Care Records, gained over a million streams and numerous awards.

 

After the success of her music video for single "Time Waits for No Woman," a chance encounter with film director and producer George Assimakopoulos (Orphan Black) led to her being cast as the lead in her first feature film, which premiered at KCFF in 2025.

 

Her latest EP, “Closer than Hell,” produced by BC-born producer and shoegazer Max Frazer (PISS, Ribbon Skirt), dropped in May of 2025. The major sonic pivot has garnered national acclaim by ways of glowing reviews from Earmilk, CBC’s Q with Tom Power, Bandcamp Daily, and The Block with Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe.

 

While her next album is in process, she is launching a soul music festival in Montreal August 2026. It's called Soul de la ville.