A long time ago in a land that is or isn't part of Ontario when a map is shown on TV, there was a band lead by a singer who played guitar with a bow.
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Welcome to Maple Music, a community on the Lemmy.ca instance focused on bringing attention to Canadian music and musicians!
Like everything else, Canada has a rich music culture, spanning from the traditional music of the First Nations to a unique spot in the Punjabi music scene, a rich variety of folk performers to the big names in pop, and established underground music cultures such as the Edmonton hiphop and rap scene to the metal scene in the Atlantic provinces.
This community allows for postings of Canadian music news, covering anything from the local scene to world-renowned names such as Justin Bieber, Shawn Mendes, and Celine Dion. It also allows for sharing Canadian musicians you wish to give a spotlight to, individual songs and albums by Canadian artists you enjoy, and even a bit of Canadian music history seeing how poorly documented some Canadian music history can be at times.
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All rules of the host instance (Lemmy.ca) are to be followed at all times.
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Posts should follow the following format: "Musician - Title [Genre] (Year) (track length, optional)"
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The Sheepdogs are from Saskatchewan. I don't really know their music that well, but they were on the cover of Rolling Stone so they must be a big deal, lol.
And the Northern Pikes are from SK too. One of the former members of which frequents the business I work at, which is cool... A (musician)coworker always points him out.
Reading "The Sheepdogs" instantly started playing "I don't know" in my head.
Replying to my own posts always feels weird, but for me being from Alberta, the easy answer here is Tegan and Sara.
I had no idea Tegan and Sara were from Alberta.
You can also claim Paul Brandt as a big name Albertan singer. Whether or not he's still producing music is another question. I just remember him being a big deal in the mid 2000s.