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”
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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 – 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 – 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
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.” Continue reading
Music from Canada – Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born 20 February 1941, real first name: Beverly) is a Canadian musician, composer, performing artist, educator and social activist of Indian descent. Between 1976 and 1981 Buffy appeared regularly in the children’s show Sesame Street, and gave younger, mainly North American, television viewers an idea of the lifestyle of the Plains and Pueblo Indians. For The song ” Up Where We Belong “, sung by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for the film” an officer and a gentleman “she received an Oscar in 1982. Her album “Illuminations ” has been added to the “Wire´s List “
Music from Canada – Nickelback
Nickelback is a canadian rock band from Hanna. They formed in 1995, and already sold more than 50 million albums on the whole world. Their song “Life Of A Soldier” is great. Respect to all soldiers fighting for peace, having a hard life far away from their families.
Music from Canada – Les Charbonniers de L’Enfer
Les Charbonniers de L’Enfer (in english: The little coal miners from Hell) are a canadian acadian folk music group known for a capella music. Listen to their song “Les Jour d’la Semaine”:
Music from Canada – Honeyman and the Brothers Farr
Honeyman and the Brothers Farr are a roots pop band based out of Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec.
Honeyman and the Brothers Farr – © 2009 Sam Benoit
They won the Avett Brothers’ “Live and Die” cover contest, and their submission isn’t only what I think is the best cover ever, but also the most amazing music in general that I have listened to in quite a while.
Could this get any better? The answer is no, no it couldn’t.
I couldn’t agree more with YouTube user Margaritamix566. Although they are only three it sounds like a choir singing. They have very powerful voices and sing beautiful harmonies which results in a divine sound.
