Jonah Yano has been played on NTS in shows including Rare Species w/ John Tiangco, featured first on 6 July 2020. Songs played include The Speed Of Sound!, Always and Echo.

Singer and songwriter Jonah Yano introduced a smooth, jazz-inflected soul-pop further tinged with hip-hop and electronic elements on his 2020 debut album, "souvenir". The lengthier follow-up, "2023's portrait of a dog", dived deeper into his love of jazz with help from producers, BADBADNOTGOOD.

Born in Hiroshima, Yano emigrated to Vancouver with his mother in 1998, when very young, after the separation of his parents. At the age of six, his grandmother introduced him to the…