Wavway generates a playlist based on your next Canadian road trip. Discover songs written about, and by artists from the places you’ll be travelling through.
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Alex Chu of the Clazziquai Project was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Listen on SpotifyMichael Bublé is a pop/jazz singer who was born in Burnaby, BC. When he was younger, his dream was to become a professional hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks.
Listen on SpotifyFerron is a singer/songwriter who grew up in Richmond, BC. She recorded her album "Ferron" in her basement.
Listen on SpotifyDavid Campbell is a song maker born in Guyana and living in Vancouver. He has created 29 albums and is currently writing a book.
Listen on SpotifyChains Of Love is an indie group from Vancouver, BC. The members recorded their debut album during their downtime on Tuesday afternoons.
Listen on SpotifyJayda G is a DJ based out of Vancouver and Berlin.
Listen on SpotifyBublé was born in Burnaby
Listen on SpotifyEconoline Crush was a rock band formed in Vancouver, BC. Their name is from the book "Jeu de Fountaine" in which econoline crush is a drug that provides optimism.
Listen on SpotifyWu Yifan known professionally as Kris Wu, was a former member of South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO. He is an alumni of Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver, BC.
Listen on SpotifyBarney Bentall & The Legendary Hearts was rock band from British Columbia. Member Barney Bentall grew up on Keat Island.
Listen on SpotifyTablo of the korean hip-hop trio Epik High, attended St. George's School when his family moved to Canada.
Listen on SpotifyD.O.A. are a Canadian punk rock band from Burnaby, BC
Listen on SpotifyLee Min-hyung, better known as Mark Lee of NCT U, NCT Dream and NCT 127 was born and raised in Vancouver, BC.
Listen on SpotifyActive Dog were a Vancouver based proto-punk band.
Listen on SpotifyJayda G is a DJ based out of Vancouver and Berlin.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian musician, singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range
Listen on SpotifyCanadian musician, singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range
Listen on SpotifyD.O.A. are a Canadian punk rock band from Burnaby, BC
Listen on SpotifyJo Passed is a project by songwriter Joseph Hirabayashi from Vancouver. The title "Jo Passed" was a suggestion from Joseph's brother in law that references the numerous labels who passed up releasing his album.
Listen on SpotifyCub was an indie pop group in the '90s based in Vancouver. Kurt Cobain gave his approval on their album "Betti-Cola". The artwork for the cover was made by Archies Comic artist, Don DeCarlo.
Listen on SpotifyTrevor Guthrie, David Bowman, and Ken Lewko were studying music together at Capilano College (now a University) when they formed the group SoulDecision.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian musician, singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range
Listen on SpotifyOra Cogan is a folk artist from Vancouver. She is not a trained musician, as she taught herself how to play the guitar.
Listen on SpotifyCopyright (also known as © or "Circle C") was an alternative rock band in the '90s from Vancouver. Their album "Love Story" was a shortlist nominee for a Juno for "Best Alternative Album" in 1998.
Listen on SpotifyJapandroids are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, BC. Between 2009 and 2013, the band performed approximately 500 shows in 44 countries.
Listen on SpotifyD.O.A. are a Canadian punk rock band from Burnaby, BC
Listen on SpotifyD.O.A. are a Canadian punk rock band from Burnaby, BC
Listen on SpotifyCanadian musician, singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range
Listen on SpotifyCanadian musician, singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range
Listen on SpotifyDoug and the Slugs were a rock band from Vancouver. Lead singer Doug Bennett was a graphic designer before he founded the band.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian musician, singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range
Listen on SpotifyJapandroids are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, BC
Listen on SpotifyDefault is a rock band who was discovered by Nickleback's Chad Kroger. Lead singer Dallas Smith is from Langley, BC.
Listen on SpotifyFaber Drive is a pop band formed in Mission, BC. They were discovered by Chad Kroeger from Nickelback.
Listen on SpotifyInez Jasper is a pop musician of Sto:lo, Ojibway, and Métis heritage. She was born in Chilliwack, BC. Inez works as a community health nurse for Stó:lō Nation Health Services.
Listen on SpotifyJepsen was born in Mission, British Columbia.
Listen on SpotifyChilliwack is a rock band from Vancouver named after the BC city, Chilliwack. It is also a Salish term meaning "valley of many streams".
Listen on SpotifyCheap High is a band from Abbotsford, BC.
Listen on SpotifyJann Arden (also known as Jann Arden Richards) is a singer/songwriter who was raised in Springbank, AB. She carried the Olympic Torch in 2010.
Listen on SpotifyNot only were Tegan and Sara featured in The Lego Movie, their songs have also been used in Grey's Anatomy. Seven times. The twin sisters are from Calgary, AB.
Listen on SpotifyRae Spoon is a singer-songwriter from Calgary. Her dream show bill is Dolly Parton and Beyonce.
Listen on SpotifySanctums are duo Dan Solo and Evangelos Typist, hailing from Nanaimo, BC, and Calgary, AB.
Listen on SpotifyChixdiggit! is a pop punk band from Calgary. This band started fictitiously as a way to sell t-shirts with "Chixdiggit!" on the front. With no musical experience, they used the money from the t-shirt sales to buy instruments and decided to start performing music.
Listen on SpotifyJann Arden (also known as Jann Arden Richards) is a pop singer born in Calgary, AB. She carried the Olympic Torch in 2010.
Listen on SpotifyBraids is a indie/folk band from Calgary, AB. Their album "Native Speaker" was short-list nominated for a Polaris Music Prize.
Listen on SpotifyKinnie Starr is a singer/songwriter from Calgary, AB. In 2006 she was a mentor for aspiring Aboriginal musicians.
Listen on SpotifyTegan and Sara are a Canadian indie pop singing duo formed in 1995 in Calgary, Alberta.
Listen on SpotifyChad VanGaalen is a singer-songwriter from Calgary, AB. In 2012, he worked on an animated science fiction feature called "Translated Log of Inhabitants".
Listen on SpotifyMelted Mirror is a synth-pop trio from Calgary, AB.
Listen on SpotifyChad VanGaalen is from Calgary.
Listen on SpotifyThe Medicine Hat is a band from Hamilton, Ontario making experimental pop music. The band was a finalist from the 2014 CBC Music Searchlight competition, where they beat out 171 Hamilton area acts.
Listen on SpotifyKurt Dahle, drummer and vocalist of The New Pornographers was born in Moose Jaw, SK.
Listen on SpotifyAwaken Aries (also known as Jesse Aaron) is a pop artist from Regina, SK. He was nominated for the "Best Pop Album" Indigenous Music Award for 2017.
Listen on SpotifyThe Age Of Electric is a rock band consisting of two sets of brothers: Ryan and Kurt Dahle, and Todd and John Kerns. The band is from Regina, SK.
Listen on SpotifyBuffy Sainte-Marie won an Oscar for this song in 1983, and was the first Indigenous person to win this award. She is from Qu'Appelle Valley, SK.
Listen on SpotifyBuffy Sainte-Marie was born in Qu'Appelle Valley, SK.
Listen on SpotifyJohn Ballantyne is a pianist and composer from Saskatchewan, Canada.
Listen on SpotifyLuke McMaster is a singer from Brandon.
Listen on SpotifyBrandon is the hometown of The Middle Coast
Listen on SpotifyMcenroe is a rapper from Brandon.
Listen on SpotifyRod Bailey, stage name Mcenroe, is a Canadian hip hop musician from Brandon, Manitoba.
Listen on SpotifyAmanda Stott is a pop singer from Brandon.
Listen on SpotifyPropagandhi is a Canadian punk rock band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Listen on SpotifyPropagandhi is a Canadian punk rock band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. In 2007, member Chris Hannah was voted one of the Worst Canadians in History by a journal published by Canada’s National History Society.
Listen on SpotifyPropagandhi is a Canadian punk rock band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
Listen on SpotifyImaginary Cities are an indie band from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyRenée Lamoureux is a French Métis singer/songwriter from Ile Des Chênes, MB. She won the 2016 "Female Artist of the Year" Manitoba Country Music Award. Her music has been used in American AT&T commercials.
Listen on SpotifyChic Gamine is a band from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyAlexa Dirks, aka Begonia, is from Winnipeg and writes music that empowers others. When describing her music, she said, “I especially want women who feel a little awkward and lost in their day-to-day life to feel like they are not alone”.
Listen on SpotifyDon Amero is an Aboriginal folk singer from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyTunic is a three piece punk band from Winnipeg. They created their songs in a musty room above a cellphone repair shop, but were refined in basements, warehouses, and bars across North America.
Listen on SpotifyThe Weakerthans are from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyEekwol is a Muskoday First Nation rapper from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifySweet Alibi is a trio from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyBachman-Turner Overdrive was a rock band from Winnipeg, MB.
Listen on SpotifyTerri Crawford is a rock singer who moved to Winnipeg at age 12. She does singing and voice-over work for the jingle industry in Canada.
Listen on SpotifyCrash Test Dummies is a rock band from Winnipeg, MB. They won "Group of the Year" at the 1991 Juno Awards. They have also received three Grammy nominations, and appeared on shows like "Saturday Night Live" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".
Listen on SpotifyLes Surveillantes are an indie group from Saint Boniface.
Listen on SpotifyChantal Kreviazuk is from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyThe Weakerthans is a band from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyThe Watchmen are an alternative rock band from Winnipeg. Their debut album, McLaren Furnace Room, is named for one of the band's rehearsal spaces; the furnace room of the McLaren Hotel in Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyBurton Cummings is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Winnipeg. He was also the lead singer for the Guess Who.
Listen on SpotifyImaginary Cities are an indie band from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyPersonality Crisis is a punk rock band from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyAmakudari is a band that creates avant-garde instrumental world music. Member Greg Gardner ran Into The Music Record store in Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyCasimir Gruwel is from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyIskwe was born Winnipeg. Iskwe means woman, and was taken from her traditional name Ratuski ("Blue Sky Woman"). She chose it because “it’s a reflection of a place in my spirit I turn to when I’m in a creative zone”.
Listen on SpotifyDel Barber is an alternative country singer from Winnipeg. In 2016, he released the album The Puck Drops Here, which is about Canada's love for hockey.
Listen on SpotifyTal Bachman is a singer from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyGhost Twin is a dark synthpop duo from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyMaria Aragon is a singer from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyRemy Shand is a R&B singer from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyWinnipeg's Most consists of two Aboriginal artists from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyBachman-Turner Overdrive was a rock band from Winnipeg, MB.
Listen on SpotifyThe Undecided was a pop-punk band from Steinbach.
Listen on SpotifyThe Waking Eyes was a rock band from Steinbach.
Listen on SpotifyImaginary Cities is a band from Steinbach.
Listen on SpotifyShingoose was the stage name of Ojibwa singer/songwriter, Curtis Jonnie. Jonnie was born in Winnipeg as a member of the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation. He was later adopted by a Mennonite family in Steinbach.
Listen on SpotifyRoyal Canoe is an indie pop band from Steinbach.
Listen on SpotifyMike Procyshyn is from Kenora.
Listen on SpotifyJaida Dreyer is an American-Canadian country music singer-songwriter. She was born in Thunder Bay, ON.
Listen on SpotifyIan Tamblyn is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter who was born and raised in Fort William, ON.
Listen on SpotifyGary Kendall, originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, is best known for his longstanding association with the Downchild Blues Band.
Listen on SpotifyDaniel Stewart MacMaster was the lead vocalist for the Canadian/British hard rock band Bonham. He lived in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyColeman Richard Hell is a Canadian musician from Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyDerek Sharp, current lead singer of The Guess Who, is from Thunder Bay, ON.
Listen on SpotifyColeman Richard Hell is a Canadian musician from Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyLauri Conger is notable primarily as the keyboardist and one of the principal co-writers of most of the songs of the Parachute Club. She is a native of Thunder Bay, ON.
Listen on SpotifyNadjiwan is a project created by Marc Meriläinen who is from Thunder Bay, ON. Marc is a member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation.
Listen on SpotifyGaye James Delorme was a Canadian songwriter, composer and guitar player. He was born in Thunder Bay, ON.
Listen on SpotifyBobby Curtola was a singer popular in the '60s from Thunder Bay. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 1998. The same year, he bought the SeaCzar Tomato Clam cocktail beverage mix business.
Listen on SpotifyJackson Reed is a singer from Goulais River, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyKalle Mattson is a Canadian singer-songwriter born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyConey Hatch is a rock band who opened for Iron Maiden for most of their shows in 1983. Member Carl Dixon was born in Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
Listen on SpotifyTreble Charger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1992 in Sault Ste. Marie.
Listen on SpotifyKevin Closs is a singer-songwriter, born in Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
Listen on SpotifyKalle Mattson is a Canadian singer-songwriter born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyJackson Reed is from Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
Listen on SpotifyKalle Mattson is from Sault Ste. Marie, ON.
Listen on SpotifyAngie Nussey was born and raised in Lively.
Listen on SpotifyStef Paquette is from Chelmsford, ON.
Listen on SpotifyMurder Murder is a bluegrass group from Sudbury ON. They sing exclusively murder ballads—someone dies in every song.
Listen on SpotifyMark Browning, singer-songwriter and founder of the band Ox, was born in Sudbury, ON.
Listen on SpotifyKassie Tyers is from Sudbury, ON.
Listen on SpotifyFrontman Nathan Lawr, of the band Minotaurs, currently lives in Sudbury.
Listen on SpotifyRyan Bishops is a rock and country guitarist and songwriter from Sudbury, Ontario. He is also a supporting musician in Ox.
Listen on SpotifyAntoine Tremblay-Beaulieu is from Sudbury, ON.
Listen on SpotifyJennifer Holub is from Sudbury, ON
Listen on SpotifyKate Maki was born and raised in Sudbury, ON.
Listen on SpotifyDead Celebrity Status is from Sudbury.
Listen on SpotifyFrontman Nathan Lawr, of the band Minotaurs, currently lives in Sudbury.
Listen on SpotifyÉric Landry is a Canadian musician from Sudbury who has performed at coffee houses and festivals all over Ontario.
Listen on SpotifyEdouard Landry is from Sudbury, ON.
Listen on SpotifyMimi O'Bonsawin is from Sudbury, ON.
Listen on SpotifyLightfoot was born in Orillia
Listen on SpotifyGordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Lightfoot was born in Orillia, Ontario. Before he became an international legend, he started his career by playing for "a couple of beers" in Muskoka.
Listen on SpotifySinger and guitarist Elizabeth Powell, of Land of Talk, currently lives in Orillia.
Listen on SpotifyRob Watts is from Dalston.
Listen on SpotifyBorn Ruffians are a Canadian indie rock band originally from Midland, Ontario.
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