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by Gary E. Andrews - 09/21/26 04:03 PM
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Soft Loft
by Gary E. Andrews - 09/21/26 11:52 AM
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It could be a songwriter, but it doesn't have to be.
I have to think about this one myself. I'll post my answer later.
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I would say Hank Snow and Wilf Carter,both dead now but their music lives on.That was back in the days when country was real country,not todays pop country.
I sent you an email a few days ago,did you get it.
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Does it have to be one? Gordon Lightfoot for sure, kd lang, Terri Clark, Shania Twain, Richard Margnisun, Paul Brandt, Rankin Family, Jimmy Rankin, Wilkinson's, Great Big Sea... gosh, the list is endless. Can I put myself in there somewhere :-) :-)? ------------------ Vikki Flawith, Canadian Singer/Songwriter & Voice Teacher This bird sings at: http://www.soundclick.com/vikkiflawithBlog: http://theshysinger-songwriter.blogspot.com/Web: http://www.theshysinger.com
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I'd Say K-Os, DL Incognito...two guys from Toronto.Classified...Halifax.
Offsides and Sans Pression from Montreal.
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Alanis Morrissette and Sarah McLachlan ROCKS !!! Best of all times , on my part anyway !!! If we all had the same tastes it would be boring, wouldn't it ? ------------------ French and English singer-songwriter and performer. www.chantalechante.com
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there was a band a few years back that wrote some of the most creative stuff they were ahead of their time and actually got started in europe because of their style of music the band was Saga and their early recordings still catch my immagination.
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I guess one would be Neil Peart from RUSH.
Gordon Lightfoot another.
Bryan Adams is one of the most successful Canadian songwriters.
I'll keep thinking!
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There is one name missing here...or maybe its just me thats a huge fan...
Stompin Tom Conners, while technically not a great musician I feel he promoted Canadian pride better than anyone.
Also Dave Gunning from Pictou is a great, singer songwriter and is on his way to the top...
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all of the names here are great, any one heard of ian tyson or pagliaro
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Blue Rodeo
Sarah McLachlan
Ron Sexsmith
Rheostatics (check out "Whale Music"...listen TWICE)
Wolf Paradise
Besnard Lakes
Broken Social Scene
Write on, Man,
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Ditto for Sarah McLachlan. She's the only anglophone Canadian artist I can think of off the top of my head. I'm probably in a tiny minority here, but I also listen to French Canadian artists. I'm not as familiar with French Canadian music as I am with other French music, but I do have a favorite artist: Jean-Franois Breau. He hasn't released many albums but I love his music. I heard his song "Tu me manques" (I miss you) while I was in Quebec a few years ago on vacation and had to get it. I eventually found the album and enjoyed the whole thing. I couldn't find "Tu me manques" on iTunes but I did find this one. You don't have to speak French to enjoy the song.  Jean-Franois Breau - Ainsi soit-il
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Loverboy
Bryan Adams
Shania Twain
Corey Hart
Markus
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Cecilee,
Very nice......thank you.
Write on, Man,
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Just filling in some very obvious blanks that should be on everyone's list Neil Young Burton Cummings Murray Mclaughlin Robbie Robertson David Foster Dan Hill Bruce Cockburn Joni Mitchell Leonard Cohen Daniel Lanois (besides being a world class producer, he has some awesome CDs to his credit)
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There's a Canadian bluegrass band I like called the Spinney Brothers (Rick Spinney on banjo and Allan Spinney on guitar) and a guy called Sean Cyr, who I found on ReverbNation and has some good French-language songs. Also like Joni Mitchell (have to, seeing as I was conceived to Big Yellow Taxi).
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Oh my! I posted this 11 years ago, and now I'm back to keep it going. It's good to be back. I'm glad the Canadian Wing still exists here at JPF, even though it's not too active. I have only recently began to appreciate the talents of the late and great Stan Rogers. So I'll add him to our list of great Canadian musicians.
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Isn't it in the Canadian constitution that you MUST answer Gordon Lightfoot?
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Loverboy
Bryan Adams
Shania Twain
Corey Hart
Markus Ah.. this list reminds me of High School! Never Surrender! It was the Summer of '69! Everybody's Working For The Weekend! Man I feel like a woman? Not so much.. heh..
Brian Austin Whitney Founder Just Plain Folks jpfolkspro@gmail.com Skype: Brian Austin Whitney Facebook: www.facebook.com/justplainfolks"Don't sit around and wait for success to come to you... it doesn't know the way." -Brian Austin Whitney "It's easier to be the bigger man when you actually are..." -Brian Austin Whitney "Sometimes all you have to do to inspire humans to greatness is to give them a reason and opportunity to do something great." -Brian Austin Whitney
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Kate and Anna McGarrigle by a mile (or should that be a kilometre?)
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