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Allison Au – jazz saxophonist. Rich Aucoin – indie rock singer-songwriter. Melissa Auf der Maur – rock bassist ( Hole, the Smashing Pumpkins) Shawn Austin – country singer and songwriter. Eva Avila – singer (winner of Canadian Idol, 2006) Mike Ayley – singer, bass guitarist ( Marianas Trench) Jay Aymar – guitarist and singer ...
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents Canada's music industry awards, the Juno Awards, which were first awarded in 1970. [10] The Canadian Music Hall of Fame , established in 1976, honours Canadian musicians for their lifetime achievements.
Fiddle player Singer musician. Susan Aglukark, ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ, Inuit folk, country, and pop singer. Arlette Alcock ( Métis) Don Amero ( Métis) John Arcand ( Métis) Jason Burnstick ( Plains Cree) Celeigh Cardinal ( Métis) Vern Cheechoo ( Cree) Andy de Jarlis ( Métis)
Anne Murray. Morna Anne Murray CC ONS (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian singer of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, who has sold over 55 million album copies worldwide during her over 40-year career. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Murray has won four Grammys including the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1979. Murray was ...
Indigenous music of Canada encompasses a wide variety of musical genres created by Aboriginal Canadians. [1] Before European settlers came to what is now Canada, the region was occupied by many First Nations, including the West Coast Salish and Haida, the centrally located Iroquois, Blackfoot and Huron, the Dene to the North, and the Innu and Mi'kmaq in the East and the Cree in the North.
Jeremy Dutcher is a classically-trained Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist, performer and activist, [ 1] who previously lived in Toronto, Ontario and currently lives in Montréal, Québec. [ 2] He became widely known for his first album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize [ 3] and the Juno Award for ...
The Band. Jaime Royal " Robbie " Robertson[ 1] OC (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) was a Canadian musician of Indigenous ancestry. [ 2] He was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan in the mid-late 1960s and early-mid 1970s, guitarist and songwriter with The Band from their inception until 1978, and a solo artist. Robertson's work with the Band was ...
Maestro Fresh Wes. Wesley " Wes " Williams (born March 31, 1968) is a Canadian rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and author. He is known professionally by his stage names Maestro Fresh Wes (formerly Maestro Fresh-Wes) or Maestro as a musician, and is credited by his birth name as an actor. One of the earliest Canadian rappers to achieve ...