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Stand-up comics Andrea Jin, Keith Pedro, Matt Wright, Hisham Kelati and Seán Devlin earned the biggest laughs of the year

Apart from that, there’s not a weak album on the list. And the comics hail from across the country, so there’s that. Horse Power Vancouver-based comic  Jacob Samuel is technically one of the best stand-ups of the bunch. He’s perfected his wise, snarky delivery, and his material feels uniquely his own. But in  Horse Power (800 Pound Gorilla Records), something about his act seems too exact, almost chilly; there’s no warmth, nothing to endear him to us. That’s not to say he isn’t ...

Reviews of this year’s Juno-nominated comedy albums Matt Wright and Nick Nemeroff head up a strong list of hilarious, but not very diverse, comedy albums By Glenn Sumi Mar 12, 2021 Theres not a weak link among this years Juno nominees for comedy album, so its too bad the list lacks diversity. There’s a glaring lack of diversity in this year’s nominees for best Juno comedy album. All five comics are white, and four are straight dudes. Where’s Brandon Ash-Mohammed’s Capricornic...