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Maïa Davies
Maïa Davies is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal, Quebec.Karen Bliss"Pro songwriter Maia Davies thrives on diversity" '' Words & Music'', September 13, 2018. She is most noted for her album ''Lovers' Gothic'', which won the Juno Award for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2025. Formerly a member of the folk-rock band Ladies of the Canyon, she released her first solo album ''Héritage'' in 2012. The album was recorded and released as an outlet for French language songs she had written while on tour with the band. After the band's breakup she turned to co-writing songs with other artists, including Serena Ryder, Jill Barber, Monster Truck, One Bad Son, Clayton Bellamy and Mother Mother Mother Mother is a Canadian indie rock band based on Quadra Island, British Columbia. The band consists of Ryan Guldemond on guitar and vocals, Molly Guldemond and Jasmin Parkin on vocals and keyboard, Ali Siadat on drums, and Mike Young on ba ..., before rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, second-largest country by total area, with the List of countries by length of coastline, world's longest coastline. Its Canada–United States border, border with the United States is the world's longest international land border. The country is characterized by a wide range of both Temperature in Canada, meteorologic and Geography of Canada, geological regions. With Population of Canada, a population of over 41million people, it has widely varying population densities, with the majority residing in List of the largest population centres in Canada, urban areas and large areas of the country being sparsely populated. Canada's capital is Ottawa and List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena Ryder
Serena Lauren Ryder (born December 8, 1982) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Born in Toronto, she grew up in Millbrook, Ontario. Ryder first gained national recognition with her ballad "Weak in the Knees" in 2007 and has released eight studio albums. Early life and musical interest Serena Lauren Ryder is the daughter of Barbara Ryder and Glen Sorzano and was born into a musical family. Her biological father was a Trinidadian musician who immigrated to Canada in the early sixties. Her uncle, part-Ojibwe (Temagami First Nation) singer-songwriter Bob Carpenter, worked with producer Brian Ahern and singer Emmylou Harris and recorded the unreleased ''Silent Passage'' (1974), which has since become a folk- rock cult classic. Ryder, youngest of three children, was raised by Barbara and her second husband, Andrew McKibbon, just outside Peterborough, in Millbrook, Ontario, and grew up listening to old records by the Beatles and Leonard Cohen from her parents' collection. At age eight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Musicians From Montreal
A musician is someone who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate a person who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters, who write both music and lyrics for songs; conductors, who direct a musical performance; and performers, who perform for an audience. A music performer is generally either a singer (also known as a vocalist), who provides vocals, or an instrumentalist, who plays a musical instrument. Musicians may perform on their own or as part of a group, band or orchestra. Musicians can specialize in a musical genre, though many play a variety of different styles and blend or cross said genres, a musician's musical output depending on a variety of technical and other background influences including their culture, skillset, life experience, education, and creative preferences. A musician who records and releases music is often referred to as a record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Women Singer-songwriters
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21st-century Canadian Singer-songwriters
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Mother Mother
Mother Mother is a Canadian indie rock band based on Quadra Island, British Columbia. The band consists of Ryan Guldemond on guitar and vocals, Molly Guldemond and Jasmin Parkin on vocals and keyboard, Ali Siadat on drums, and Mike Young on bass. Longtime bassist Jeremy Page left the band in 2016. After forming in 2005, they independently released their self-titled debut album the same year under the name Mother. They later changed their name to Mother Mother, and re-released the album on Last Gang Records in 2007. Retitled ''Touch Up'', the reissue also featured several new songs. The band's second album, ''O My Heart'', was released on September 16, 2008; their third album, ''Eureka (Mother Mother album), Eureka'', was released on March 15, 2011;"Mother Mother Announce New Eureka LP" ''Exclaim!' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Bellamy
Clayton Bellamy is a Canadian singer-songwriter He grew up in Bonnyville, Alberta before his family settled in Nashville, Tennessee. He has won many awards including a JUNO for Best Country Recording, a five time Canadian Country Music Award winner Canadian Country Music Awards, and SOCAN Songwriter of the Year award, Radio Music Award song of the year, five CMAB awards for song, video, Entertainer, Group, and Roots Artist. Clayton has dominated the stage performing at the Grand Ole Opry has been featured in People Magazine The New York Times and Rolling Stone and even performed for President Carter. He has released five solo studio records and has had songs recorded by Big Sugar Matt Anderson Grady Dan Davidson Jason Blaine W3apons The Standstills FKB Willie Mack, Hayley Jensen and many more. He has had top ten singles in both Country and Active Rock radio. Bellamy is also one of the three members of the group The Road Hammers, the highest selling Canadian Country grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Bad Son
One Bad Son is a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, consisting of Shane Connery Volk (vocals), and Kurt Dahl (drums), Tara McLeod (lead), Ryan Kuly (bass). Kurt Dahl is an entertainment lawyer in Canada. Shane Connery Volk is a comic book artist with Mad Cave Studios. History The band formed in 2004 in Saskatoon, when Dahl, Hicks and Volk started writing songs that would become part of their debut album, ''This Aggression Will Not Stand''. The album was recorded in Saskatoon in 2005, and released by U.S. independent record label Versailles Records. The album title is a reference to the movie The Big Lebowski. The single 'Alive in Texas' from the album was a surprise radio success in Saskatoon, after a part time employee at the local rock station Rock 102 was listening to the song, which was overheard by announcer and music director Scott Nicholls and it was subsequently added into rotation. Dahl, Hicks and Volk moved into a house in Saskatoon together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monster Truck (band)
Monster Truck is a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. Members include guitarist Jeremy Widerman, and keyboardist Brandon Bliss. History Monster Truck's 2011 EP ''The Brown EP'' found success for them in Canada. The single "Seven Seas Blues" charted in the top ten of both the active rock airplay chart and the alternative rock airplay chart in the spring of 2012. After the release of two EPs, their debut album ''Furiosity'' was released on Dine Alone Records on May 28, 2013 and distributed on Universal. The band's second studio album entitled ''Sittin' Heavy'' was released on Mascot Records on February 19, 2016. The band won the 2013 Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year. They played the Download Festival in 2013 and supported Vista Chino on their European tour in October and November 2013. The band started recording the ''Sittin' Heavy'' album in January 2015 after touring with Alice in Chains, opening for them on their 2014 North American tour. Their track "Sweet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Barber
Jill Barber (born Gillian Grace Barber; February 6, 1980) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Originally associated with the folk-pop genre, she has performed vocal jazz and pop music on her more recent albums."Jill Barber sings in French for 1st time with Chansons" , February 13, 2013. Early life Barber was born and raised in , a neighbourhood in the south-central part of |
