list of canadian musicians

This is a list of Canadian musicians.

A

Lee Aaron - jazz and rock singer-songwriter
Bryan Adams - singer-songwriter
Susan Aglukark - pop singer-songwriter
Charlie Angus - alternative country singer/songwriter, writer and politician
Paul Anka - 50's pop icon
Appleton - British-based singing duo
April Wine - hard rock group
Jann Arden - pop singer-songwriter
Melissa Auf Der Maur - rock guitarist (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins)

B

Bachman Turner Overdrive - rock group (BTO)
Randy Bachman - singer
Tal Bachman - singer and the son of the above
Long John Baldry - British-born blues singer
Barenaked Ladies - pop group
Barlow - singer/songwriter
The Battered Wives - punk band
Be Good Tanyas - contemporary old time music group
Willie P. Bennett - folk/alternative country singer-songwriter
Rob Benvie - alternative rock musician (Thrush Hermit, The Dears, Tigre Benvie)
Moe Berg - singer/songwriter, lead singer for The Pursuit of Happiness
Art Bergmann - punk/alternative singer-songwriter
Billy Talent - rock band
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings - alternative country supergroup (Stephen Fearing, Tom Wilson, Colin Linden)
Blue Rodeo - roots influenced music group
Madame Bolduc - singer, songwriter, harmonicist, violinist
La Bottine Souriante - Qubcois folk combo
The Box - Montreal new wave band
Liona Boyd - classical guitarist
Russell Braun - operatic baritone
Broken Social Scene - indie-rock "collective"
Michael Buble - singer
Buck 65 - hip-hop artist
Buffalo Springfield - Neil Young's first international success
By Divine Right - alternative/indie-rock group

C

Meryn Cadell - rock singer/songwriter and performance artist
The Canadian Sweethearts - 1960s-70s pop duo
Andrew Cash - singer-songwriter
Keshia Chant - urban/R&B singer
Chilliwack - rock band
Choclair - hip-hop artist
Jarvis Church - R&B singer/producer (real name Gerald Eaton)
Eric Clapton - Blues/Classic Rock musician, (father was Edward Fryer, a Canadian soldier stationed in England during WWII)
Terri Clark - country singer & songwriter
Classic Albums Live - rotating group of musicians who perform a classic rock album each month
David Clayton-Thomas - singer
Tom Cochrane - singer-songwriter
Bruce Cockburn - singer-songwriter
Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, poet
Holly Cole - jazz singer
Stompin' Tom Connors - country singer-songwriter
The Constantines - indie rock group
The Cottars - celtic group
Cowboy Junkies - roots group
Deborah Cox - pop/R&B singer
Crash Test Dummies - pop group
Crew-Cuts - 50s singing group
Allison Crowe - singer-songwriter
Crush - band
Cryptopsy - death metal band
Cub - pop-punk band
Burton Cummings - rock musician (The Guess Who, solo)
The Curse - punk band
Bobby Curtola - singer

D

Rick Danko - musician in The Band
Thomas Danton - rock singer in The KNA
Tracy Dares - pianist
Dayglo Abortions - hardcore punk group
The Dears - indie rock group
Death From Above 1979 - indie rock group
Default - rock group
The Demics - punk rock group
Dave "Rave" Desroches - singer/songwriter (Teenage Head, The Dave Rave Conspiracy)
The Diodes - power pop/punk band
Cline Dion - pop singer and diva
D.O.A. - Vancouver-based hardcore punk band
Melanie Doane - guitar hero and singer
Fefe Dobson - singer/songwriter
Denny Doherty - singer in The Mamas and the Papas
Julie Doiron - singer-songwriter
Gordon Downie - singer in Tragically Hip
The Doughboys - Montreal punk/rock group
Damhnait Doyle - pop singer-songwriter
Drastic Measures - new wave band

E

Fred J. Eaglesmith - alternative country singer/songwriter
Kathleen Edwards - singer-songwriter
James Ehnes - violin virtuoso
Eric's Trip - 90s indie-rock band
Gil Evans - pianist and arranger

F

54-40 - alternative rock band
Mylne Farmer - singer
Maynard Ferguson - jazz band leader, trumpet
Fifth Column - experimental punk band
FM - new wave band
Forgotten Rebels - punk band
Maureen Forrester - contralto
Judith Forst - operatic mezzo soprano
David Foster - composer
Moxy Frvous - folk-pop/geek-rock band
Nelly Furtado - pop singer

G

B.B. Gabor - Hungarian-born new wave artist
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - experimental post-rock band
Matthew Good - singer-songwriter (Matthew Good Band)
Gorguts - death metal band
Glenn Gould - pianist, composer, philosopher
Robert Goulet - singer, actor
The Government - punk/new wave band
The Grapes of Wrath - 1980s folk-pop band
Great Big Sea - Newfoundland and Labrador folk-rock combo
Grievous Angels - alternative country/folk band
Emm Gryner - singer, songwriter, pianist, guitarist
The Guess Who - rock group, composed "American Woman" while jamming live in Ontario

H

Gerry Hannah - bass player of Subhumans
Hagood Hardy - jazz vibraphonist
Sarah Harmer - singer
Corey Hart - singer
Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails - indie-rock band
The Headstones - rock band
Jeff Healey - blind guitar virtuoso and singer
Ben Heppner - operatic tenor
The Hidden Cameras - "gay church folk" band
Dan Hill - pop singer
Paul Horn - flute player
Hot Hot Heat - rock band
Garth Hudson - musician in The Band
Heather Hutchison - singer/songwriter and pianist

I

I Mother Earth - rock group
The Inbreds - indie-rock group
Ion Dissonance - hardcore/metalcore band
May Irwin - vaudeville singer

J

Susan Jacks - pop singer
Terry Jacks- pop singer/songwriter/producer
Jacksoul - soul/jazz group
Jacynthe - pop singer
Colin James - blues/rock musician
Molly Johnson - rock/jazz vocalist
Sass Jordan - rock singer, judge on Canadian Idol
Jorane - singer, violoncellist
Juliette - singer, television presenter

K

Kashtin - aboriginal folk rock band
Katakylsm - death metal band
Joey "Shithead" Keithley - singer for D.O.A., author (I, Shithead)
Kid Koala - hip-hop artist
King Cobb Steelie - dub-punk/electronica group
Kittie - hard rock group
Diana Krall - jazz pianist
Chantal Kreviazuk - singer

L

k.d. lang - country punk and diva
Daniel Lanois - composer, produced U2 albums
Avril Lavigne - singer/songwriter
Geddy Lee - singer, bassist, keyboardist Rush
Glenn Lewis - R&B singer
Gordon Lightfoot - singer
Lillix - pop/rock group
The Local Rabbits - rock group
Guy Lombardo - Big Band Leader
Oscar Lopez - Latin folk guitarist
Loverboy - rock group
The Lowest of the Low - alternative rock group

M

Ashley MacIsaac - violinist
Dave MacIsaac - guitarist/violinist
Tara MacLean - singer/songwriter
Buddy MacMaster - violinist
Natalie MacMaster - violinist/stepdancer
Maestro - hip-hop musician
Kate Maki - country rock singer-songwriter
Richard Manuel - musician in "The Band"
Richard Margison - operatic tenor
Marianas Trench
Amanda Marshall - singer/songwriter
Martha and the Muffins - new wave pop group
Matt Mays - some sort of country
Kate and Anna McGarrigle - folk singer-songwriters
Loreena McKennitt - celtic inspired musician, vocalist and entrepreneur
Sarah McLachlan - singer/songwriter
Melissa McLelland - singer/songwriter
Holly McNarland - singer/songwriter
Don Messer - fiddler
Metric - indie-rock band
Joni Mitchell - folk and jazz artist, painter
Mitsou - pop singer
The Mods - punk band
Alan Monk - operatic baritone
Alanis Morissette - rock singer
Mike Murley - jazz musician
Anne Murray - singer
Alannah Myles - singer

N

Bif Naked - punk/pop singer
National Velvet - 1980s goth rock band
Nickelback - rock group
Nomeansno - Vancouver punk group
The Northern Pikes - Saskatoon rock group

O

Patricia O'Callaghan - jazz singer
Mary Margaret O'Hara - pop/rock singer-songwriter
The Odds - indie-rock/power pop band
Oh Susanna - alternative country singer
Maren Ord - pop singer
Peter Oundjian - violinist and conductor
Our Lady Peace - rock group

P

The Paperboys - folk/pop band
Parachute Club - 1980s new wave synth pop band
Jon Kimura Parker - classical pianist
The Payola$ - new wave mand
Oscar Peterson - jazz pianist
Brett Polegato - operatic baritone
The Poles - punk band
Carole Pope - new wave rock/pop singer
The Poppy Family, early 1970s pop group
Bryan Potvin - singer-songwriter (also The Northern Pikes)
The Pursuit of Happiness - 1980s/1990s indie rock group
Don Pyle - drummer (Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Fifth Column)

Q

Quo Vadis (band) - Thrash/death metal band

R

The Rankin Family - folk-pop group
Rational Youth - Montreal new wave group
Sam Roberts - rock musician
Robbie Robertson - musician in The Band
Rock 'n Hyde - band formed out of The Payola$
Stan Rogers - folk musician
Royal City - indie rock group
Rush - rock group

S

Buffy Sainte-Marie - singer, songwriter, artist, activist
Sandbox - rock group
Ivana Santilli - R&B singer
Jack Scott - early rock and roll singer
Jonathan Seet - singer/songwriter
Lorraine Segato - singer-songwriter (Parachute Club)
Jay Semko - singer-songwriter (The Northern Pikes)
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - instrumental group
Paul Shaffer - musical director on Late Show with David Letterman
Shaye - pop "supergroup" (Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle, Tara Maclean)
The Shuffle Demons - jazz fusion group
Jane Siberry - singer entrepreneur
Simple Plan - punk rock band
Skinny Puppy - industrial band
Sarah Slean - singer, songwriter, pianist
Sloan - rock group
SNFU - Punk rock band
Hank Snow - country & western singer
Harry Somers - composer
Martina Sorbara - folk-pop singer
Speed to Kill
Spirit of the West - folk-rock combo
Lucille Starr, singer
Andy Stochansky - singer/songwriter and former drummer for Ani DiFranco
Kim Stockwood - singer
Skye Sweetnam - singer/songwriter
Ember Swift - singer/songwriter
Kurt Swinghammer - singer/songwriter
Subhumans - Vancouver punk band
Sum 41 - rock group
Harold Sumberg - violinist

T

Eva Tanguay, vaudeville singer
The Tea Party - musical group
Theory of a Deadman - rock music group
Teenage Head - punk/new wave group
Tegan and Sara - folk/rock duo
Thornley
Tin Foil Phoenix - musical group
Toronto - hard rock band
Devin Townsend - heavy metal musician of the bands Devin Townsend Band and Strapping Young Lad among others
The Tragically Hip - musical group
The Trews - rock band from Nova Scotia
T - pop music duo
Shania Twain - country/pop singer

U

David Usher - rock singer-songwriter
Uzeb - Jazz fusion group

V

Jon Vickers - operatic tenor
The Viletones - punk rock group
Gilles Vigneault - singer-songwriter

W

Rufus Wainwright - folk-pop singer
The Weakerthans - indie rock group
Weeping Tile - 1990s alternative rock group
Wide Mouth Mason - blues/rock group
David Wilcox - singer
Simon Wilcox - singer/songwriter and daughter of the above
Wintersleep - Indie-rock
Hawksley Workman - singer/songwriter
Luther Wright and the Wrongs - country rock group

List Of Canadian Musicians

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