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Canadian Musicians

It recently occured to me that I like and listen to an awfully high percentage of Canadian music.
I am quite happy to make this confession because/although I am not Canadian.[Aussie]

Some of the Canadian artists I regularly listen to are-Bruce Cockburn,The Flying Bulgars,Holly Cole,Jane Siberry,Leonard Cohen,Mc Gariggle Sisters,Martha Wainwright,Rufus Wainwright,KD Lang,Neil Young,Blue Rodeo,Joni Mitchell,Ron Sexsmith,Harry Manx,Sarah McLachlan and Diana Krall.

I was hoping to expand this list and would be grateful for any other suggestions of good Canadian music in a similar vain[please no Rush suggestions].I'm sure that like many great Australian musos some great Canadians get little recognition outside of their own country.
If it is well recorded too that would be a real bonus.
A brief description of what type of music any suggestions typify would also help.

JT
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stevecham
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That's so funny...I just happening to be listening to Saga's Heads or Tails right now.
ausjoe
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Thought I would throw out a singer songwriter whose songs have been covered by some of the aforementioned artists. Name of Fred Eaglesmith.
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gawdbless
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And another.......Leonard Cohen
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jtgofish OP
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What!-no Celine fans around here?
How about a Shatner/Celine duet album with Mariah Carey contributing too.It could be titled something like Shove a Kirk in it Divas!.
Could be handy if you accidentally swallow poison and need to induce vomiting.
baddabob
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If you are into jazz, try David Braid (www.davidbraid.com) or Emilie-Claire Barlow (www.emilieclairebarlow.com).

If you like minimalist solo piano (e.g. Phillip Glass), try Bill Brennan (www.billbrennan.com)

Tafelmusik is terrific for Baroque stuff, but I find the sound quality of their stuff on Sony is a bit strained. They switched to Analekta a while back and the sound quality is much better. Maybe it's just me.
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