Charlotte Cornfield

Early life Cornfield was born in Toronto, Ontario to an Israeli Jewish father, a classical musician and radio producer, and a mother from Toronto who was a writer and editor, and grew up in Ossington and Davenport, Toronto. While living in Montreal she began performing music live. Jason Molina, Angel Olsen, In a 2023 interview, Cornfield named Lucinda Williams as the artist who had most inspired her work.

It's Like That Here (2008) Cornfield's debut EP, It's Like That Here, was released in 2008.

Collage Light (2009) Cornfield's EP Collage Light was released in 2009. She cites Jeff Buckley, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell as influences, and has said the EP deals with themes of "people coming and going and drifting apart".

Two Horses (2011) Cornfield's debut album Two Horses was released in October 2011.

The critic Bob Mersereau of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation praised the album as "a strong collection of songwriter tunes backing by a solid rock groove", and wrote "there's a definite spark about" Cornfield.

Future Snowbird (2016) Cornfield's second album Future Snowbird was released in March 2016 through Consonant Records. The album was recorded live at Rooster Studios in Toronto, Ontario, was produced by Don Kerr and features appearances from Tim Darcy of Ought and Johnny Spence of Tegan and Sara. Music videos were released for "Big Volcano, Small Town" and "Time Bomb".

The writer Sean Michaels praised "Mercury", writing that "Her songwriting is ravenous. Even here, in uneasy happiness, [Cornfield] sounds like she will wolf down her life as fast as she is able. The windfalls, the crises, the concerts, the chance encounters – she'll sprint through them all, collecting burs." Michaels also named "Mercury" as one of his favourite songs of 2016. Sarah Greene, reviewing Future Snowbird for Exclaim!, wrote that Cornfield "usually opts for unlikely, slightly awkward rhymes and metaphors, her oddball lyrical choices walking the line between heartfelt and goofy but always quotable, with songs often landing in delightfully unexpected places" and concluded that "Kerr got some lovely organic performances out of Cornfield and the band, who sound like they lived in the songs a while before they recorded."

Cornfield said of the ideas behind the album: "With this record I was really thinking about space and breath, and I feel like it came from a meditative space of reflection. My life up to that point had been a lot of push, push, push, but then of a sudden I was in my late 20s, feeling a little more settled, a little bit wistful, and I think that really informed the songwriting process. I was not afraid of going slowly, and so there are a lot of slow jams and I’m alright with that." Writing in Pitchfork, Hannah Jocelyn noted that the album focuses "on the patience and reflection required for relationships with others", praised Cornfield's delivery and songwriting as "authentically conversational", and concluded that the album "benefits from not trying to be a masterpiece. Instead, it stays small and approachable, a reward reserved for those paying attention." The Shape of Your Name was longlisted for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize and named by Exclaim! as the fifth-best folk or country album of 2019.

In My Corner (2020) In My Corner, a four-track EP featuring two original songs alongside covers of Lucinda Williams and Yo La Tengo, was released in March 2020.

Highs in the Minuses (2021) Cornfield's fourth album, Highs in the Minuses, was released in October 2021. and Amy Millan of Broken Social Scene and Stars. Cornfield began work on the album during a residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, which ended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and completed it after returning home to Montreal. A music video, inspired by Wes Anderson's film Bottle Rocket, was released for "Partner in Crime".

Could Have Done Anything (2023) Could Have Done Anything is Cornfield's fifth studio album, released in May 2023. Across six days, she worked with producer Josh Kaufman at Dreamland Recording Studios in Hurley, New York. Carolyn Droke of Uproxx wrote that Cornfield's record is "touched with the feeling of safety and comfort that comes with falling in love". Dylan Barnabe of Exclaim! argued the album "weaves a rich tapestry of quotidian moments" and proposed that Cornfield could be a successor to Gordon Lightfoot's "mantle of quiet profundity". The Toronto Stars Richie Assaly described Could Have Done Anything as an expression of Cornfield's "gift for penning simple but evocative lyrics that carry listeners to a specific time or place". In Pitchfork, Peyton Thomas described the album as "an alt-folk record unmoored from place and time" and noted its brevity and the non-linear nature of its narratives.

Cornfield released the single "Audience of One", produced by Kaufman, in September 2024.

Hurts Like Hell (2026) Cornfield's sixth album and debut for Merge Records, Hurts Like Hell, was released in March 2026. The album features Feist, Maia Friedman, Christian Lee Hutson, Núria Graham, El Kempner, Buck Meek and members of Lake Street Dive.

In Exclaim!, Dylan Barnabe described Hurts Like Hell as "one of the year's best meditations on the embryonic nature of life's firsts and lasts, and everything in between" and identified the effect of the birth of Cornfield's first child as a theme. Matt Melis of The A. V. Club characterised the album as "a collection of charming, funny, and poignant stories from a vantage point that only comes from having once been young, awkward, and, yes, hurt like hell in the process", praised Cornfield's storytelling, and proposed ageing, confusion and self-doubt as its themes. In Pitchfork, Madison Bloom noted that Hurts Like Hells lyrics were less personal than those of Cornfield's earlier albums and praised Adam Brisbin's pedal steel guitar performance.

The album was shortlisted for the 2026 Polaris Music Prize, and its title track was shortlisted for the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize.

Other work Cornfield features on Joel Plaskett's 2020 album 44.