JayWood explained

JayWood is the stage name of Jeremy Haywood-Smith, a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba whose music blends soul, funk, hip hop, indie rock and psychedelic rock influences.^[1]

He released a number of singles and EPs in the 2010s before releasing his full-length debut album Time in 2019.^[2] He followed up in 2021 with Some Days, a newly rerecorded version of one of his early EPs,^[3] and followed up with his second full-length album, Slingshot, in 2022.^[4]

Slingshot was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/jaywood/slingshot-album-review "JayWood Unleashes Psych-Funk with a Mission on Slingshot"
2. Erin Lebar, "JayWood makes personal Time". Winnipeg Free Press, June 5, 2019.
3. Chris Bryson, "Winnipeg's JayWood Turns His Influences into His Peers on 'Some Days'". Exclaim!, April 21, 2021.
4. Myles Tiessen, "'Slingshot' Launches Winnipeg's JayWood into New Territory". Exclaim!, July 14, 2022.
5. https://www.cbc.ca/music/2023-polaris-music-prize-long-list-feist-jessie-reyez-and-more-1.6871592 "2023 Polaris Music Prize long list: Feist, Jessie Reyez and more"