My favourite new creative music from the rest of the world

Let's try a new segment that I'll call Outside the Changes: sharing my personal favourite new creative music releases I've heard over the past few months that I wouldn't normally cover here – that means nothing from Canada, and as usual nothing from my clients.

We'll start with releases from the recently-ended first quarter of 2025. I'll list them in alphabetical order by artist name. I have ten for you today, plus four honourable mentions. Let's do it...