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DELUXE EDITION OF ECHO IN THE DUST OUT FEBRUARY 27, 2026 VIA MOONWHISTLE RECORDS
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE THIS WEEK - FULL DATES BELOW
PRE-SAVE ECHO IN THE DUST DELUXE EDITION HERE
“We've seen Canadian rock 'n' roll's future, and its name is Julianna Riolino. ..thoughtfully written songs exploring interpersonal transitions, almost like they're scenes in a larger play that's a memorably compelling emotional roller coaster.” - Exclaim!, Best Albums of 2025
"twangy, deliriously catchy blast of power-pop" - The New York Times
“The country-rock storyteller crafts her most self-possessed work yet with Echo in the Dust, a reflection on confidence, creation, and coming into her own.” - RANGE
"Big, bolshy, boundary-breaking catharsis"- MOJO
“Over a boisterous mix of guitar, banjo, organ, tambourines and more, Julianna Riolino's voice soars like a sun rising on a hot summer day on this track celebrating growth.”
- CBC Music, Top Songs of 2025, "On A Bluebird's Wing”
"The kind of visceral rock that you don't sing along to but belt out" - Shindig!
"The atmosphere of Riolino’s carefully crafted cosmic country lingers in the mind." – Pitchfork
"Channels Judee, Dolly and Emmylou on a lustrous, emotional country-rock set." – Uncut
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Julianna Riolino today returns with a new single from the upcoming deluxe edition of her recent album, Echo in the Dust, set for release via Moonwhistle Records on February 27. The new expanded version of the record arrives with three extra tracks including the new single "Would That It Were So Simple” and previous single “Don’t Put Me In The Middle”.
On “Would That It Were So Simple”, Riolino notes “the distant drum, the echoed hum, the sleeping beauty awakens to the world she has created. Surrounding her are past, present and future decisions. Floating through her circling thoughts, spinning her like a loom.. Wondering when the moment will be hers, or if it all is doomed.”
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MORE ABOUT ECHO IN THE DUST
The songs on Echo In The Dust consider relationships of all sorts as the foundation for her awakening into a different creative self and person in this world; working through loss, grief, habits, and decisions she once made, seeking clarity in the past before leaving it to move forward. The adage “you don’t know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been” rings especially true on this album.
By Riolino’s own admission, the album is different from her debut, All Blue. She breathes new confidence into her work. The celebrated songwriter is soft as she is tough on these songs; seeing the benefit of laying down armour and splitting her heart open so that we may get a glimpse of our own.
“What I'm talking about on Echo In The Dust are universally felt: you can have a romantic relationship, friendship, or professional relationship and start to identify as you grow and learn the toxic parts that can exist in all of those,” Riolino explains. “You think, ‘why do I feel bad? Why is this happening again?’ But I'm allowing this to happen because I haven't told myself I deserve better. This record helped me learn to accept and love myself. To put myself first and stand on my own two feet.”
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After non-stop touring for other projects she has since left, and wrapping up live promotion for All Blue, Riolino began recording for this new album in 2024 at Gold Standard Recorders in Toronto. While she played guitar, she also tapped her regular collaborators, Matthew “Roddy” Kuester to play bass and guitar, Peter Landi on drums, Thomas Hammerton on piano and synth, and producer of the album Aaron Goldstein on pedal steel. On top of that, a whole host of other instrumentalists rounded out the sound of the album including Alex Edkins (Weird Nightmare, Metz) on guitar for “Full Moon”, “Like a Rembrandt”, and “The Less I Know”, and Nashville’s Sean Thompson on guitar for “On A Bluebird’s Wing”.
The songs on All Blue, Riolino says, had the privilege of being played and workshopped in front of a crowd but the songs that make up Echo In The Dust were written before, during, and after her debut in moments of confusion and clarity. These songs are like journal entries; attempts at deciphering what she wants out of her relationships and creative life in music. She transports us into big feelings layered with guitar twangs, vivid pedal steel and walloping horns, anchored by her tender vocals as though she embodies Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt in one person.
Echo In The Dust builds on the alt-country elements of All Blue. Yet, no algorithm can contain Riolino or what moved her this time around. She cites Roy Orbison, The Roches, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, John Lennon’s “Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy),” and doom metal bands like Omas influences on the album. Riolino needed to unravel before she could clarify who she is now and who she’ll be next, and the result is Echo In the Dust, a beautiful sonic result of what it’s like to stay out of one’s own way.
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JULIANNA RIOLINO TOUR DATES
Feb 25 - Kingston, ON - Broom Factory
Feb 26 - St Catharines, ON - Warehouse
May 14 - St Andrews, NB - Paddlefest
July 17 - Tromsø, Norway
- Bukta Festival
July 18 - Kristiansand, Norway - Ravnedalen Live
ECHO IN THE DUST DELUXE TRACKLIST
1. Like A Rembrandt
2. Smile
3. Full Moon
4. Seed
5. Be Good to Your Mother
6. It's A Shakedown
7. Running
8. Let Me Dream
9. On A Bluebird's Wing
10. I Wonder
11. The Less I Know
12. Don't Put Me in the Middle
13. Pain
14. Would That It Were So Simple
