Triple Canadian Blues Award Nominee Unveils A Deeply Personal New Chapter
Canadian-born, Ireland-based artist Ndidi O announces her new album It’s About Time, arriving March 6 at a pivotal moment in her career. The release coincides with three nominations at the 2026 Canadian Blues Music Awards — Blues Song of the Year (“Working Girl”), Female Vocalist of the Year, and Producer of the Year for longtime collaborator Steve Dawson — cementing Ndidi’s place as one of the most vital voices bridging blues, folk and soul today.
Recorded at Monique Studios in Cork City, the album brings together Dawson on guitar alongside Irish musicians including Alan Comerford, Mikey O’Connell and Christian Best. The result is a body of work that feels grounded in place yet shaped by movement — a reflection of Ndidi’s own journey from British Columbia to New York’s open-mic scene, through Toronto’s blues circuit, across Europe, and now rooted in County Kerry.
It’s About Time explores ageing, migration, belonging and resistance, drawing parallels between Irish traditional music and the blues — two traditions built on displacement and emotional endurance. “These songs are my reflections on the passing of time,” Ndidi shares. “In my body and in the world.”
The first Irish single, “Young One” (out February 20), offers one of the album’s most intimate moments. Written from the perspective of a woman moving through peri-menopause, it reflects on youth, memory and the quiet grief that accompanies change — while honouring the clarity and strength that come with it.
Elsewhere, “Old Crone” confronts ageism head-on, reclaiming invisibility as power. “Wanderer” traces a life shaped by motion and the search for home. “Come On Home” stands as a testament to chosen family, delivered with understated emotional authority.
Throughout, Ndidi’s voice remains the centrepiece: grounded, defiant, deeply human. The arrangements are rich but never overwhelming, allowing space for storytelling and nuance.
With It’s About Time, Ndidi O doesn’t just release an album — she offers a lived-in meditation on who we become when we allow time to mark us
