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Encyclopedia > List of Quebec musicians

This is a list of singers, bands, composers and other musicians from the province of Quebec. Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

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Blues

This article is about Quebecois pop singer Pierre Garand. ... For popular music (music produced commercially rather than art or folk music), see Popular music. ... Okoumé was a Quebec based folk-rock band from 1995 to 2002. ... Néo-trad is a musical style from Quebec that arose around the turn of the 21st century. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Electronica is a term that covers a wide range of electronic or electronic-influenced music. ...

Chanson

Beau Dommage is a 1970s rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, who achieved great popular success in Quebec and France. ... Daniel Bélanger (born in Montreal, 1962) is a Québécois musician and singer. ... Dan Bigras (born 23 December 1957 in Montreal, Quebec) is a francophone rock singer from Canada. ... Isabelle Boulay (born 6 July 1972 in Sainte-Félicité, Quebec) is a francophone Canadian pop singer. ... Grégory Charles born (February 12, 1968 in Montreal) is a performing artist of Canadian and Trinidadian origin. ... Nicola Ciccone (born 1974) is a francophone singer-songwriter based in Quebec. ... Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. ... Les Colocs were a major musical band of the Quebec music scene of the 1990s. ... Ska is a Jamaica-originated music genre that combines elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. ... An African woman, wearing native garments, performs during a visit from participants in the West Africa Training Cruise 1983. ... Jim Corcoran (born 10 February 1949 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian singer songwriter. ... Sylvain Cossette is a Quebecois vocalist from Grand-Mère, Québec. ... Lhasa de Sela, better known as Lhasa, is a Canadian singer of Mexican and Jewish descent. ... Marc Déry (born 4 November 1963) is a French Canadian singer and guitarist who was part of the band Zébulon. ... Richard Desjardins (born 16 March 1948, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada) is a quebecois folk singer and film director. ... Georges Dor (March 10, 1931-2001) (born Georges-Henri Dore) was a Quebecois author, composer, playwright, singer, poet, translator, and theatrical producer and director. ... Claude André Dubois (born 24 April 1947 in Montreal) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. ... Diane Dufresne (born 30 September 1944 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a singer and painter, and has sung a number of classics of Quebec repertoire of horrible, popular songs. ... Dumas (born Steve Dumas, 1979) is a Québécois singer and a native of Victoriaville, Quebec. ... Jean-Pierre Ferland (born June 24, 1934, Montreal) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. ... Lewis Furey is a Canadian composer, singer, violinist, pianist, actor and director. ... Claude Gauthier (born Lac Saguay, Quebec, January 31, 1939) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actor. ... Harmonium was one of the most influential rock bands from Quebec. ... Laurence Jalbert (born Lise Jalbert 18 August 1959 in Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec) is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter. ... Pauline Julien (born May 23, 1928 - died September 30, 1998) was a singer, songwriter, actress, feminist activist and Quebec sovereigntist. ... Pierre Lapointe (photo by Sylvain Dumais) Pierre Lapointe is a Canadian singer born in 1982 in Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Carole Laure is a Québécoise actress and singer from the province of Quebec in Canada. ... Daniel Lavoie (born March 17, 1949) is a French-Canadian singer and songwriter. ... 1999 Canada Post stamp Félix Leclerc (August 2, 1914-August 8, 1988) was a Québécois folk singer, poet, writer, actor and political activist. ... Lynda Lemay, born 25 July 1966 is a Canadian francophone singer. ... Jérôme Minière is a french musician and singer born in Orléans, France established in Québec. ... Ariane Mofatt Ariane Moffatt (born 26 April 1979 in Lévis, Quebec) is a Québécois singer-songwriter. ... Miranie Morissette is a French Quebec singer. ... Kevin Parent (born 12 December 1972 in Greenfield Park, Quebec) is a French Canadian singer-songwriter. ... Bruno Pelletier (born August 7, 1962), is a Quebecois singer. ... Marie Denise Pelletier (born 3 April 1960 in Rosemont community of Montreal, Quebec) is a francophone Canadian singer. ... Paul Piché is a Québécois chansonnier, environementalist, political activist and renown Quebec sovereigntist. ... Ginette Reno (née Raynault) (born April 28, 1946) is a Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. ... Michel Rivard was born in Montreal in 1951 and was the son of the comedian, Robert Rivard. ... Alice Robitaille (born February 3, 1923) was the first international star from Quebec, under the stage name Alys Robi. ... Richard Séguin (born March 1952 in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Québec) is an author, composer and singer. ... Stefie Shock (born Stéphane Caron) is a Québécois singer-songwriter. ... Natasha Saint-Pier performing in Le Tampon in october 2006. ... Diane Tell (born Diane Fortin in Quebec City on 24 December 1957) is a francophone singer-songwriter from Canada. ... Gilles Vigneault (born 27 October 1928) is a poet, publisher and singer-songwriter from Quebec, and well-known Quebec nationalist and sovereigntist. ... Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter. ...

Classical

Angèle Dubeau, CM, CQ (born March 24, 1962) is a Québécoise violinist. ... Charles Édouard Dutoit (born October 7, 1936) is a Swiss conductor. ... André Gagnon O.C. (born 1 August 1942 in St-Pacôme-de-Kamouraska, Quebec) is a Canadian musician. ... Marc-André Hamelin (born September 5, 1961) is a French-Canadian classical pianist and composer. ... Jorane (b. ... Louis Lortie (born 27 April 1959) is a French-Canadian pianist. ... The Montreal Symphony Orchestra (MSO) (in French: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM)) is a major orchestra based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with its home venue at Montreals Place des Arts. ... Orchestre symphonique de Québec / The Quebec Symphony Orchestra is one of the major orchestras of Canada The Quebec Symphony is also Canada’s oldest active orchestra. ...

Folklore

Mary Rose-Anna Travers, born June 4, 1894 in Newport in the Gaspé region of Quebec, Canada – died February 21, 1941, was a Quebecois singer best known as La Bolduc. ... La Bottine Souriante is a folk band from Quebec specialising in traditional Quebecois music, often with a modern twist. ... Les Cousins Branchaud are a traditional folk group from St. ... Kate and Anna McGarrigle are a Canadian folk music duo from Quebec. ... Le Rêve du Diable is one of the oldest bands of folkloric music in Québec. ... Le Vent du Nord are a folk music group that won a 2004 Juno Award. ... La Volée dCastors (The flight of beavers) is a Quebec folk band formed in 1993. ...

Electronica

Akufen is the musical pseudonym of Montreal, Canada based artist, Marc Leclair. ... Akufen is the musical pseudonym of Montreal, Canada based artist, Marc Leclair. ... Aikido (合気道 Aikidō, also 合氣道 using an older style of kanji), literally meaning harmony energy way, or with some poetic license, way of the harmonious spirit, is a gendai budo â€” a modern Japanese martial art. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Official logo on Discosis Bran Van 3000 (also known as Bran Van and BV3) is a Canadian collective (or musical band) from Montreal, Quebec with a techno-infused sound. ... Deadbeat is the stage name of Scott MoNtieth, a Canadian electronica musician. ... Lili Fatale is a Quebec-based band whose members are lead vocalist Nathalie Courchesne, Richard Valmont Binette and Uranian Valcéanu. ... Freebass is a band currently under construction. The group curently comprises three bass players: Andy Rourke (of The Smiths fame), Peter Hook (from New Order) and Gary Mounfield (formerly of The Stone Roses and currently in Primal Scream). ... Freeworm (a. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Lesbians On Ecstasy is an electroclash band from Montréal, Québec. ... A kilobyte (derived from the SI prefix kilo-, meaning 1000) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to the decimal 1024 bytes (2 to the 10th power, or 1,024 bytes based in the binary system). ... David Kristian (born November 5th, 1967) is a critically acclaimed and world-renowned Electronic musician and film composer with dozens of CD and vinyl releases on labels as diverse as Crème Organization, Ninja Tune, Lo Recordings, Schematic Records, and Alien8 Recordings. ... Jérôme Minière is a french musician and singer born in Orléans, France established in Québec. ... Barbara Bonfiglio, better known as Misstress Barbara (the misspelling is intentional, from the english words miss and stress), is an Italian born, Canadian electronica disc jockey. ... The Mole US logo The Mole Australia logo The Mole is viewed as one of the more complex and intelligent reality television game shows. ... muzik 4 machines in studio muzik 4 machines logo Muzik 4 machines is a band from Montreal, Canada, which produces electronic music with a grunge twist. ... Ramachandra Borcar is a musican/composer/producer/DJ whose work mixes ethnic techno, Science Fiction vibes and a spaggetti western ethos. ... Sarcasm is the making of remarks intended to mock the person referred to (who is normally the person addressed), a situation or thing. ... Tiga can refer to two different things. ... Eric San (born 1974 in Vancouver, Canada), who records under the name Kid Koala, is a Montreal, Quebec based DJ and turntablist. ...

Heavy Metal

There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Speed metal is a loosely defined sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the mid-late 1970s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal[1] [2]. When Speed metal first emerged as a genre, it innovatively increased the tempo of the music template set forth by Black... B.A.R.F. was a Canadian heavy metal band from Quebec, headed by lead vocalist Marc Vaillancourt. ... Beneath the Massacre is a hardcore band from Montreal, Canada. ... Technical death metal, or tech death for short, is a term used to describe bands in the subgenre death metal. ... Cryptopsy is a brutal/technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Dahmer is a grindcore band formed in Quebec City, Canada in 1995 by Sebastien (Seb) and Yvan Dionne. ... Grindcore, often shortened to grind, is an evolution of hardcore punk, most commonly associated with death metal and crust punk. ... D-beat is a drum beat, specifically a fast rock beat unique to hardcore punk, especially in its UK and European variants. ... Despised Icon is a band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada which plays a combination of metalcore, grindcore, and death metal commonly called deathcore. ... Eudoxis was a thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Montreal, Canada. ... Forgotten Tales is a Canadian power metal band from Quebec City, Quebec originally assembled in 1999. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Gorguts was a technical death metal/avant-garde metal band from Quebec, Canada. ... Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mononc Serge (Serge Robert) is a Quebecois musician best known for his irreverent songs making fun of local celebrities and politicians. ... Neuraxis is a Canadian death metal band. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... // uneXpect uneXpect is an avantgarde extreme metal band hailing from Canada, whose importance in the metal world today lies in the unique amalgamation of completely different styles of music, from classical, gypsy music, and the entire spectrum of extreme metal. ... Symphonic black metal has the same components as melodic black metal but a lot more orchestral pieces, mostly during the entire length of the song, mixed with the black metal element. ... Voivod is an influential progressive metal band from Canada. ...

Hip Hop

Alain Macklovitch performs and records under the name A-Trak. ... Dubmatique were a francophone hip hop group from Montreal, Quebec. ... Yvon Krevé, also known as Von Von, is a French Canadian hip hop artist. ... Loco Locass, founded en 1995, is a Quebec City hip hop group. ... Offside, off-side or off side can mean: The offside rule that occurs in a number of field sports including most versions of football (see offside law (football)), ice hockey (see offside (hockey)) and, until recently, in field hockey. ... Ghislain Poirier is a DJ/producer from Montreal working under the Chocolate Industries, Rebondir, Shockout, Intr_version and 12k record labels. ... Sans Pression is a Québécois rap group. ... Vaughn Robert Squire, aka Sixtoo (formerly CL S.C.A.R.R.) is a hip hop artist originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who now lives in Montreal, Quebec. ... Spek is a Canadian hip-hop artist best known for his single Smell the Coffee which received significant airplay on Canadian music television station, MuchMusic. ...

Humour and irony

Crampe en masse is a Québécois comedy duo. ... Yvon Deschamps (born July 31, 1935 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian (Quebecois) author, actor, comedian and producer best known for his monologues. ... Mononc Serge (Serge Robert) is a Quebecois musician best known for his irreverent songs making fun of local celebrities and politicians. ... “Heavy metal” redirects here. ... Rock et Belles Oreilles, aka R.B.O., is a Québécois television comedy group, the equivalent of the British Monty Python, the English Canadian Kids in the Hall or the French Les Inconnus, very popular in the essentially French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec during the 1980s. ... François Pérusse is a Québécois humorist and singer famous for his radio sketches featuring puns and absurd humor. ... George Bowser and Rick Blue, better known as Bowser and Blue, are a musical duo from Quebec, Canada who write and perform comedic songs. ...

Jazz

Charlie Biddle otherwise known as Charles Reed Biddle (July 28, 1926 – 4 February 2003) was a Canadian jazz bassist. ... Alain Caron is a Canadian jazz musician born in Saint-Éloi, Quebec, the yongest of 11 children. ... Benoît Charest was born in 1964 in Canada. ... Oliver Jones was born on September 11, 1934, in Montréals Little burgundy district, which is near the St. ... Ranee Lee (born 1942 in New York City) is a Canadian jazz vocalist and musician. ... Oscar Emmanuel Peterson, CC, CQ, O.Ont. ... Karen Young (born 19 June 1951) is a Canadian singer and jazz musician. ...

Néo-trad

Les Cowboys Fringants (English The Frisky Cowboys ) are a popular band and cult phenomenon from Quebec, who perform Québécois néo-trad music (modernized Quebec folk music with a rock flavour), the band also draws on Country music. ... Mes Aïeux (My ancestors) is a French-Canadian folklore music group, founded in 1996. ... Gaboon (Aucoumea klaineana), a tropical hardwood also known as okoumé or angouma and commonly described as ebony. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ... Swing is a Canadian néo-trad band of Franco-Ontarian origins. ...

New Wave

The Box was a Canadian New Wave group from Montreal in the 1980s. ... Corey Mitchell Hart (born 31 May 1962, in Montreal, Canada) is a Canadian musician. ... Norman Iceberg (born Norman Joseph Bédard on July 30, 1962) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. ... Men Without Hats are a Canadian pop group from Montreal, Quebec who were popular in the early 1980s. ... Rational Youth is a Canadian new wave synthpop band, originally from Montreal, Quebec, centered around singer and synthesizer player Tracy Howe. ... Too Many Cooks is a Nero Wolfe detective novel by American mystery writer Rex Stout first published in 1938. ...

Pop

Eva Avila (born Eva Gougeon-Ávila, in Ottawa, Ontario, February 25, 1987) is a Canadian singer from Gatineau, Quebec and the winner of the 2006 season of Canadian Idol, the fourth year or installment of the show. ... Véronique Béliveau (born January 24, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec), originally Nicole Monique, is a Canadian actress and pop/rock singer who won the 1987 Juno Award for Female Vocalist of the Year. ... Chantal Chamandy is a singer/songwriter of Greek and Lebanese descent, and was born in Alexandria, Egypt. ... Céline Marie Claudette Dion, OC OQ (born March 30, 1968) is a Canadian Grammy and Juno award winning pop singer and occasional songwriter. ... Ivan Doroschuk, also known by the artist name of Ivan, was born in Illinois, USA and he and his family moved to Montreal, Quebec at a young age. ... This article is about Quebecois pop singer Pierre Garand. ... Corey Mitchell Hart (born 31 May 1962, in Montreal, Canada) is a Canadian musician. ... Thomas Hellman, is a French Canadian singer born in 1975 to a Texan father and French mother. ... Kathleen is a Québécoise pop singer from Quebec, Canada who records only under her first name. ... Stéphanie Lapointe performing during the 2004 Star Académie season. ... Carole Laure is a Québécoise actress and singer from the province of Quebec in Canada. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Marie-Mai Bouchard, (born on July 7, 1984, in Varennes, Quebec) also known as her stage name Marie-Mai, is a Quebec singer. ... Julie Masse (born June 3, 1970, in Greenfield Park, Quebec) is a Canadian pop singer. ... Men Without Hats are a Canadian pop group from Montreal, Quebec who were popular in the early 1980s. ... Mitsou-Miel Rioux-Gélinas (born September 1, 1970) is a Canadian pop singer, businesswoman, television and radio host, and actress. ... Mario Pelchat (born 1 February 1964 in Dolbeau, Quebec) is a francophone singer. ... Projet Orange is a Canadian musical band from Quebec City, Quebec. ... Britpop was a British alternative rock genre and movement that was at its most popular in Great Britain in the mid 1990s. ... Stefie Shock (born Stéphane Caron) is a Québécois singer-songwriter. ... Nathalie Simard (Île dOrléans, near Quebec City on 7 July 1969) is a pop singer from Quebec. ... René Simard is a pop singer from Quebec, chiefly popular in the 1970s. ... Simple Plan is a pop-punk band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada—all five members are French-Canadians who were born in the province of Quebec. ... A typical daytime sky. ... J. Gaines and the Soul Attorneys is a Canadian pop/R&B band formed in 1994 as Soul Attorneys, which at the time consisted of Jacques Gaines, Eric Filto and Mathieu Dandaurand. ... Martine St. ... Natasha Saint-Pier performing in Le Tampon in october 2006. ... Chanson is a French word for song, and in English-language contexts is often applied to any song with French words, particularly a cabaret song. ... Gino Vannelli (born June 16, 1952 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer/songwriter. ... Roch Armand Joseph Voisine, O.C. (born 26 March 1963) is an Acadian-Québécois singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and TV host who lives in Montreal, Quebec, when he is not performing in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...

Punk

Simple Plan is a pop-punk band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada—all five members are French-Canadians who were born in the province of Quebec. ... Grim Skunk is a rock band from Quebec with punk, rock, progressive and world music influences. ... Groovy Aardvark was a Canadian rock band noted for its longevity (19 years) in the Quebec music scene. ... The Prowlers are an Oi!/hardcore band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Ripcordz are a Canadian punk band, formed in Montreal in 1980. ... Vulgaires Machins is a French Canadian punk rock group of Granby, Quebec. ...

Reggae

Introduction Kulcha Connection Is A Canadian Reggae Group from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

Rock

Arcade Fire is an indie rock band formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada comprised of band members Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Melissa Gaboriau Auf der Maur (born March 17, 1972) is a Canadian rock musician of Franco-Swiss ancestry, who currently resides in Montreal, Quebec. ... Véronique Béliveau (born January 24, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec), originally Nicole Monique, is a Canadian actress and pop/rock singer who won the 1987 Juno Award for Female Vocalist of the Year. ... Dan Bigras (born 23 December 1957 in Montreal, Quebec) is a francophone rock singer from Canada. ... Daniel Boucher is a Quebecois musician. ... Joseph Gaétan Robert Gérald (Gerry) Boulet (March 1, 1946-July 18, 1990) was a Canadian rock singer. ... Robert Charlebois (born June 25, 1944) is a Canadian author, composer, musician, performer and actor. ... Categories: Canada-related stubs | Music stubs | Indie rock groups | Quebec musicians ... Species See text Many large black birds of the genus Corvus are called ravens. ... The Dears are a Canadian indie rock band. ... Martin Deschamps is a Canadian rock singer from Quebec. ... Destroyalldreamers is a Post-Rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. ... Diane Dufresne (born 30 September 1944 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a singer and painter, and has sung a number of classics of Quebec repertoire of horrible, popular songs. ... Marc Dupré is a French-Canadian (Québécois) humorist (comedian) and Francophone musician. ... Efrim Menuck is a Canadian musician involved in a number of Montreal-based post-rock groups, most notably Godspeed You! Black Emperor and A Silver Mt. ... eXtério are a francophone punk rock band from Île Bizard, Quebec, Canada. ... Lili Fatale is a Quebec-based band whose members are lead vocalist Nathalie Courchesne, Richard Valmont Binette and Uranian Valcéanu. ... Jerry Fielden is a Montreal, Canada, guitarist and songwriter for AraPacis and for Miranie Morissette. ... Lewis Furey is a Canadian composer, singer, violinist, pianist, actor and director. ... Godspeed You! Black Emperor (formerly punctuated Godspeed You Black Emperor!) is a Canadian post-rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. ... le Karlof orchestra est le projet pop de lartiste multi-disiplinaires Karlof Galovsky. ... Kermess was a rock band from Quebec, Canada. ... Andy Kim, born December 5, 1952 in Lala Land, Jupiter, is a pop singer/songwriter. ... Éric Lapointe (born 28 September 1969 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a francophone rock singer. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Jean Leloup on the cover of La vallée des réputations Jean Leloup (born May 14, 1961) is a Quebecois singer-songwriter. ... Lesbians On Ecstasy is an electroclash band from Montréal, Québec. ... Malajube is an indie rock band from Montréal, Québec. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Frank Marino Frank Marino (born November 20, 1954 in Montreal -) is the guitarist and leader of Canadian band Mahogany Rush which was quite popular in the 1970s, playing such venues as California Jam II together with bands such as Aerosmith and Heart. ... Marjolène Morin (born 2 August 1953 in Montreal, Quebec), professionally known as Marjo, is a francophone Canadian singer-songwriter. ... Moist was a five-piece Canadian alternative rock band that was popular in the mid-to-late-1990s. ... Mononc Serge (Serge Robert) is a Quebecois musician best known for his irreverent songs making fun of local celebrities and politicians. ... “Heavy metal” redirects here. ... Miranie Morissette is a French Quebec singer. ... Octobre is a 1994 Quebecois movie by filmmaker Pierre Falardeau. ... Offenbach is a Canadian blues rock band, initially active from 1969 to 1985. ... Gaboon (Aucoumea klaineana), a tropical hardwood also known as okoumé or angouma and commonly described as ebony. ... Michel Pagliaro (born 1948 in Montreal), often credited as simply Pagliaro, is a rock singer, songwriter and guitarist from Quebec. ... Paradox was a Canadian band formed in the 1980s by singer/guitarist Sylvain Cossette. ... Bruno Pelletier (born August 7, 1962), is a Quebecois singer. ... Projet Orange is a Canadian musical band from Quebec City, Quebec. ... Britpop was a British alternative rock genre and movement that was at its most popular in Great Britain in the mid 1990s. ... Sam Roberts (born October 2, 1974) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2002 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history. ... Les Trois Accords is a rock/pop band from Drummondville, Quebec. ... David Usher performing in 2005. ... Vincent Vallières is a Québécois singer from the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec. ... Vilain Pingouin is a rock band from Quebec. ... Visible Wind is a canadian progressive rock band from the province of Québec. ... Wolf Parade is an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, now based in Montreal, Quebec. ... Nanette Joan Workman (born 20 November 1945 in Brooklyn, New York) is a singer-songwriter and actress. ... Zébulon is a music group based in Quebec, Canada. ...

Rhythm & Blues

Corneille is the name or pseudonym of several artists: Pierre Corneille (1606-1684), French dramatist Thomas Corneille (1625-1709), French dramatist Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (born 1922), Dutch painter Corneille Nyungura, German-born Québécois rhythm and blues singer Corneille is a French word for raven. ... Luck Mervil (born 20 October 1967 in Port-au-Prince, Haïti) is a francophone Canadian actor and singer-songwriter. ...

Ska and ska punk

Les Colocs were a major musical band of the Quebec music scene of the 1990s. ... An African woman, wearing native garments, performs during a visit from participants in the West Africa Training Cruise 1983. ... Me Mom and Morgentaler were a Canadian ska band from Montreal Quebec in the 1990s. ... The Planet Smashers are a third-wave ska band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

Yé-yé

Pierre Lalonde is a singer and television host from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Chantal Renaud is a Quebecois script writer, and a past yé-yé singer and actress. ... Anthony Roman (born January 17, 1936 in Velky Ruskov, Czechoslovakia; died October 30, 1992 in Markham, Ontario) was the Mayor of the Town of Markham, Chair of the Regional Municipality of York, and Member of Parliament (MP) for the now extinct riding of York North from 1984 to 1988. ...

Lyricists

Luc Plamondon (born March 2, 1942) is a french-canadian song lyricist. ...

Children's

Annie Brocoli is the name of a very popular childrens character in Quebec. ... Carmen Campagne is a Canadian singer and childrens entertainer. ...

Miscellaneous

Chantal Condor (released 1986) Chantal Condor (later known simply as Chantal) was a Canadian dance and pop singer from Quebec in the 1980s. ... Joel Zifkin is a Canadian musician and songwriter. ...

See also

Chanson is a French word for song, and in English-language contexts is often applied to any song with French words, particularly a cabaret song. ... Néo-trad is a musical style from Quebec that arose around the turn of the 21st century. ... A patriotic song is a song that demonstrates love for ones country. ... This is a list of music labels from Quebec. ... This is a list of festivals held within Quebec. ... List of famous Quebecers: citizens of the Canadian province of Quebec. ... Being a modern cosmopolitan society, today, all types of music can be found in the Canadian province of Quebec. ... As a North American society, and the only society on the continent with a French-speaking majority, the culture of the province of Quebec, Canada shows many unique features. ...

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