Music from Canada – Austra

Austra is a three-man Canadian New Wave band founded  in 2010 around  the Toronto Latvian-Canadian singer-songwriter Katie Stelmanis. The band’s name refers to the goddess of light in Latvian mythology.

Here is her song “Home”

Music from Canada – Patrick Watson

Patrick Watson is a singer-songwriter from Montreal, Canada.  Patrick Watson is also the name of his indie band, they received a nomination for New Artist of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards.  Solo he has released one album and as the band they have released four albums, the most recent being Adventures in Your Own Backyard released in April 2012.  This is the single “Blackwind” off of that album.  The video was in the Top 5 of Genero Best Video of 2012.

Music from Canada – Jenny Woo

Jenny Woo, born and raised in Alberta , Canada played together with a lot of Oi and punk bands , until she created her own style of acoustic Oi music . Here is her song “Stronger”

and a cover from the Clash classic “Should i stay or should i go “

 

Music from Canada – Roxanna

Roxanna is a canadian pop music singer from Ontario, Canada. In her music, you can realy hear her world-wide influence. Here’s her great new single “Unforgotten”:

Music from Canada – Silverstein

OK this one is strictly for fans of hardcore music.  Silverstein are a hardcore rock band out of Ontario that formed in 2000.  The band has released seven studio albums, the most recent being This is How the Wind Shifts.  This song is called “Massachusetts” and is off of the new album.

Music from Canada – Whitehorse

Whitehorse is a Canadian folk, pop and rock band, formed in 2011 in Hamilton. Listen to their catchy song “Devil’s Got A Gun”:

Thanks for this awesome suggestion Sheryl!

Music from Canada – Le Rêve du Diable

Le Rêve du Diable is a canadian folk music band fro Quebec, founded in 1974.Listen to the song “Le Caribou”:

Music from Canada/Somalia – K’naan

K’naan was born in Somalia and spent most of his childhood in Mogadishu.  His real name Keynaan, means “traveler” in the Somali language.  When he was 13, K’naan and his family moved to Canada.  He rose to prominence with the success of his single “Wavin’ Flag”, which was chosen as Coca-Cola’s promotional anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.  We have featured other songs by K’naan on this site so also check them out.  This is one of my favourite called “Bang Bang” which was released in 2010 and features Adam Levine of Maroon 5.

Music from Canada – Heather Janssen

Heather Janssen is a talented singer from Ontario, Canada, best known for her great covers. Listen to “We Don’t Eat”, by James Vincent MCMorrow:

Ewan Dobson: World Candies

Genre: Acoustic World

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This one is not from ‘World Candies’, but it’s a great entry into his muic…

Ewan Dobson, born in 1981, is a canadian fingerstyle guitarist. He’s absolutely one of the most talented and best guitar players in Canada and won nearly every guitar single competition over the country. His song “Time 2” was a great success with more than 10 million visits on YouTube and was a #1 at the iTunes charts in Finland, Germany and Sweden. His music journey is a long one, influenced of many different music styles, e.g. bluegrass and techno. In 2012, he released two albums. ‘World Candies’ is the latest demonstration of his power and touch on the guitar.

“Ewan Dobson is a real magician of fingerstyle guitar music. Starting listening to his songs, you can’t stop. ‘World Candies’ is his latest album with folk songs as ‘Ieva’s Polka’ from the whole world.”