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Ora Cogan

Canadian musician and photographer

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Ora Cogan was a singer and singer-songwriter.

Ora Cogan is a Canadian indie folk singer-songwriter, based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. She is most noted for her 2026 album Hard Hearted Woman, which was a longlisted nominee for the 2026 Polaris Music Prize.

Born and raised in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia, she has also worked as an activist and photographer, including extensive photojournalism documenting the Fairy Creek old-growth logging protests of 2020 and 2021. until signing with Sacred Bones Records for the release of Hard Hearted Woman.

She also appeared as a collaborator on Backxwash's 2025 album Only Dust Remains.

Discography Sparrow - 2005 Tatter - 2007 Harbouring - 2008 The Quarry - 2010 The Boggy Mire - 2010 Ribbon Vine - 2013 Shadowland - 2016 Crickets - 2017 Bells in the Ruins - 2020 Formless - 2023 Hard Hearted Woman - 2026

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Canadian musician and photographer

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Ora Cogan was a singer and singer-songwriter.

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