Long Bio (150 Words)

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In a world that seems to spin faster every day, Champagne Weather makes time stand still. With a blend of songwriting and sound sculpture, the band artfully connects folk/roots to modern minimalism. Every song is a shimmering blanket of sound with flashes of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Appalachian fiddle and Maritime folksong. Their music wraps around the audience, creating transformative musical moments.

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Champagne Weather is new music from James Hill and Anne Janelle. Separately and together, Hill and Janelle have won a Canadian Folk Music Award and garnered both JUNO and ECMA nominations. They have performed widely at venues and festivals across Canada as well as internationally from New York to London to Tokyo. With Champagne Weather, the duo explores musical territory that reflects the full breadth of their musical lives and loves. The result is both healing and haunting: strange and beautiful music for strange and beautiful times.

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Short Bio (50 words)

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In a world that seems to spin faster every day, Champagne Weather makes time stand still. Blending songwriting and sound sculpture, the band artfully connects folk/roots to modern minimalism. Every song is a shimmering blanket of sound with flashes of Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Appalachian fiddle and Maritime folksong.

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Show Description

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Shimmering vocal harmonies, haunting cello melodies, textures bowed and plucked, all grounded by the warm pulse of analog synth. Imagine an old-time jam led by Philip Glass and Brian Eno and you won't be far off. It's singular, magnetic music in an orbit of its own.​

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Interviews

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A Life in Every Sound (20 minutes)

Interview by CBC's Margaret Gallagher on North by Northwest

April 10, 2025

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Canada's Ocean Playlist (23 minutes)
Interview by CBC's Jeff Douglas on Mainstreet NS
May 2, 2024

Queensland Southern Drive (13 minutes, starting at 34:10)
Interview by ABC's Annie Gaffney

July 4, 2025