Juliana LaChance has spent years weaving melodies on the bandura, a 60-string folk harp slung over her back as she wandered the West Coast, serenading both city streets and shadowed forests.
Rooted in traditional Ukrainian folk, her music has since evolved into something both ancient and ethereal: road-worn ballads and hushed hymns that trace the ache of transformation.
Her latest album, The North Wind, arrives April 4, 2025, whispering through bandura strings and delicate autoharp like a ghost at the edge of a dream.
LaChance conjures an atmosphere of cold winds and quiet revelations, exploring the ghosts of memory and the surrender required to enter the unknown. Each track is a snowfall of harmonies, carrying echoes of Lana Del Rey’s wistful melancholy and The Cranberries’ airy resonance – yet unmistakably her own.
An entirely DIY creation dedicated to her Ukrainian grandmothers, the album stands as a love letter to ancestry and reinvention.
Even after nine albums and a decade of performances across Canada, LaChance remains an under-the-radar artist.
But with The North Wind, she reaches for something greater—balancing the raw, the regal, and the mystical in a deeply personal and timeless way. It’s the sound of an artist unearthing her own mythology, one haunting note at a time.
Pre-order The North Wind by Juliana LaChance on Bandcamp here.
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