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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Loving is a band that consists of Jesse Henderson, Lucas Henderson, and David Parry from Victoria, BC.
Listen on SpotifyEve Egoyan is a classical pianist born in Victoria, BC. She studied both at the University of Toronto and the University of Victoria.
Listen on SpotifyPsychic Pollution is an experimental project of composer J. Schuurman from Victoria. It began as a noise improv project in 1998.
Listen on SpotifyTara MacLean was discovered by record executives while singing on the deck of a Gulf Islands ferry.
Listen on SpotifyFerron is a singer/songwriter who was born in Saturna Island, BC. She started writing songs at age ten and left home when she was fifteen.
Listen on SpotifyD.O.A. are a Canadian punk rock band from Burnaby, 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 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 SpotifyD.O.A. are a Canadian punk rock band from Burnaby, BC
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 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 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 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 SpotifyJapandroids are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, BC. Between 2009 and 2013, the band performed approximately 500 shows in 44 countries.
Listen on SpotifyJapandroids are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, BC
Listen on SpotifyTablo of the korean hip-hop trio Epik High, attended St. George's School when his family moved to Canada.
Listen on SpotifyJayda G is a DJ based out of Vancouver and Berlin.
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 SpotifyActive Dog were a Vancouver based proto-punk band.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian musician, singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range
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 SpotifyJayda G is a DJ based out of Vancouver and Berlin.
Listen on SpotifyAlex Chu of the Clazziquai Project was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian musician, singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range
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 SpotifyFerron is a singer/songwriter who grew up in Richmond, BC. She recorded her album "Ferron" in her basement.
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 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 SpotifyChains Of Love is an indie group from Vancouver, BC. The members recorded their debut album during their downtime on Tuesday afternoons.
Listen on SpotifyBublé was born in Burnaby
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 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 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 SpotifyCheap High is a band from Abbotsford, BC.
Listen on SpotifyFaber Drive is a pop band formed in Mission, BC. They were discovered by Chad Kroeger from Nickelback.
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 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 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 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 SpotifyBraids is a indie/folk band from Calgary, AB. Their album "Native Speaker" was short-list nominated for a Polaris Music Prize.
Listen on SpotifyRae Spoon is a singer-songwriter from Calgary. Her dream show bill is Dolly Parton and Beyonce.
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 SpotifySanctums are duo Dan Solo and Evangelos Typist, hailing from Nanaimo, BC, and Calgary, AB.
Listen on SpotifyChad VanGaalen is from Calgary.
Listen on SpotifyMelted Mirror is a synth-pop trio from Calgary, AB.
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 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 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 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 SpotifyAmanda Stott is a pop singer from Brandon.
Listen on SpotifyBrandon is the hometown of The Middle Coast
Listen on SpotifyLuke McMaster is a singer from Brandon.
Listen on SpotifyRod Bailey, stage name Mcenroe, is a Canadian hip hop musician from Brandon, Manitoba.
Listen on SpotifyMcenroe is a rapper from Brandon.
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 SpotifyPropagandhi is a Canadian punk rock band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
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 SpotifyGhost Twin is a dark synthpop duo 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 SpotifyImaginary Cities are an indie band from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifySweet Alibi is a trio 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 SpotifyRemy Shand is a R&B singer from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyWinnipeg's Most consists of two Aboriginal artists from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyPersonality Crisis is a punk rock band from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyEekwol is a Muskoday First Nation rapper 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 SpotifyAmakudari is a band that creates avant-garde instrumental world music. Member Greg Gardner ran Into The Music Record store in Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyTal Bachman is a singer from Winnipeg.
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 SpotifyThe Weakerthans is a band from Winnipeg.
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 SpotifyMaria Aragon is a singer from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyThe Weakerthans are from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyChic Gamine is a band from 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 SpotifyChantal Kreviazuk is from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyImaginary Cities are an indie band from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyBachman-Turner Overdrive was a rock band from Winnipeg, MB.
Listen on SpotifyDon Amero is an Aboriginal folk singer from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyBachman-Turner Overdrive was a rock band from Winnipeg, MB.
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 SpotifyCasimir Gruwel is from Winnipeg.
Listen on SpotifyLes Surveillantes are an indie group from Saint Boniface.
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 SpotifyThe Undecided was a pop-punk band from Steinbach.
Listen on SpotifyImaginary Cities is a band from Steinbach.
Listen on SpotifyThe Waking Eyes was a rock 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 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 SpotifyGary Kendall, originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, is best known for his longstanding association with the Downchild Blues Band.
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 SpotifyGaye James Delorme was a Canadian songwriter, composer and guitar player. He was born in Thunder Bay, ON.
Listen on SpotifyJaida Dreyer is an American-Canadian country music singer-songwriter. She was born in Thunder Bay, ON.
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 SpotifyIan Tamblyn is a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter who was born and raised in Fort William, ON.
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 SpotifyLawrence Martin is a musician and a member of the Moose Cree First Nation. Martin was the mayor of Cochrane from 2003-2010. He became one of the few Canadian politicians to have been a mayor of two different municipalities (he was mayor of Sioux Lookout from 1991-1994).
Listen on SpotifyRichard Desjardins né le 16 mars 1948 à Rouyn-Noranda, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète et cinéaste canadien.
Listen on SpotifyRichard Desjardins né le 16 mars 1948 à Rouyn-Noranda, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète et cinéaste canadien.
Listen on SpotifySteve Jolin, mieux connu sous le nom Anodajay est un rappeur canadien de la région de Rouyn-Noranda, Québec. Il a travaillé comme professeur d'éducation physique à l'école D'Iberville pendant plusieurs années avant de poursuivre la musique en tant que carrière à plein temps.
Listen on SpotifyRichard Desjardins né le 16 mars 1948 à Rouyn-Noranda, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète et cinéaste canadien.
Listen on SpotifySteve Jolin, mieux connu sous le nom Anodajay est un rappeur canadien de la région de Rouyn-Noranda, Québec.
Listen on SpotifyRichard Desjardins né le 16 mars 1948 à Rouyn-Noranda, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète et cinéaste canadien.
Listen on SpotifySteve Jolin, mieux connu sous le nom Anodajay est un rappeur canadien de la région de Rouyn-Noranda, Québec.
Listen on SpotifyChantal Archambault est une auteure, compositrice et interprète. Sa carrière encore jeune l'a tout de même vue recevoir de nombreux prix et une tournée d'une dizaine de spectacles en Chine.
Listen on SpotifyChantal Archambault est une auteure, compositrice et interprète reconnue pour ses chansons d'amour charnelles, ses textes imagés, son style bien ancré dans le folk et son timbre de voix unique.
Listen on SpotifyWilly Mitchell is a Canadian First Nations musician who was raised in Kitigan Zibi, QC. He co-founded the 1980 Sweet Grass festival in Val-d'Or, which featured Inuit and First Nations musicians across Canada.
Listen on SpotifyDaniel Bélanger is a singer-songwriter from Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyMothlight (also known as Daniela Madrid) is a house musician who frequently performs at community-oriented and not for profit events in Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyBran Van 3000 was created by aspiring filmmaker Jamie "Bran Man" Di Salvio in Montreal. The band consisted of over 20 obscure musicians from the area.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyBéatrice Martin, better known by her stage name Cœur de pirate is from Outremont, Montreal, Quebec.
Listen on SpotifyPhern is a 5-piece band from Montreal. When songwriting they claim, "Most of the time, [we] come up with words or sentences, then we rearrange it to give the impression that there's a story out of it".
Listen on SpotifyTim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in LA and Montreal, Canada.
Listen on SpotifyTim Hecker is an electronic musician and sound artist based in LA and Montreal, Canada. He pursued a PhD at McGill University with a thesis on urban noise.
Listen on SpotifyProject Pablo aka Patrick Holland is a producer from Vancouver, now based in Montréal, QC.
Listen on SpotifyRiohv (aka Braden Thompson) is a house producer based out of Montreal via Ottawa.
Listen on SpotifyStephen Barry Band is a blues group. Member Stephen Barry was born and raised in Lachine, QC.
Listen on SpotifyEquipe 79 was a rock group from Laval, QC. They chose the number 79 because it was the sum of their ages.
Listen on SpotifyÉric Lapointe is a singer from Montreal
Listen on SpotifyCohen was born in Westmount, an affluent suburb of Montreal. This song has been performed by over 200 artists in varying languages, and is one of the most performed songs in North American history.
Listen on SpotifyBrave Radar are a pop music band made up of Tessa Smith and Conor Prendergast from Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyBorn in Montreal, Willie Dunn was a singer-songwriter with both Mi'kmaq and Scottish heritage. He wrote songs about the people of Canada's First Nation. Dunn was inducted into the Aboriginal Walk of Honour in 2005.
Listen on SpotifyDiane Dufresne is a singer from Montreal, QC. She has won many prestigious awards, including the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, and was made a knight of the National Order of Quebec.
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Listen on SpotifySky was a Canadian R&B/Pop-rock duo from Montreal, QC. Frontman Antoine Sicotte now has his own culinary tv show on Zeste.tv.
Listen on SpotifySimple Plan is a pop-punk rock band from Montreal, QC. The hometown of guitarist Sebastien Lefebvre is Laval, QC. Members Pierre, Chuck, Jeff and Sebastien all went to Beaubois High School in Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyBarde was an Acadian and Celtic band from Montreal. They headlined the 1978 Vancouver Folk Music Festival.
Listen on SpotifyKaytranada is a Haitian-Canadian DJ and record producer based in Montreal. He has opened twice for Madonna, and won the 2016 Polaris Music Prize.
Listen on SpotifyCorneille was born in Germany, grew up in Rwanda, and started his music career in Montreal, QC. He has worked with the Canadian Red Cross to raise awareness of children who are victims of war.
Listen on SpotifyPatrick Norman is from Montreal, QC.
Listen on SpotifyBeau Dommage was a folk band who wanted to spread the word about the life and times of Quebec's people. In 2013, Canada Post issued a first class commemorative stamp of the band members. Member Marie Michèle Desrosiers was born in Saint-Eustache.
Listen on SpotifyFlûte Alors! is a four piece ensemble of recorder players. They perform music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, as well as contemporary, jazz, and pop works.
Listen on SpotifyMarie Davidson is a Canadian singer, poet, and electronic music producer from Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyLoud Lary Ajust is a Quebec rap group founded in 2011 based out of Montreal.
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Listen on SpotifyStéphane Tétreault is an accomplished cellist from Montreal, QC.
Listen on SpotifyKaytranada is a DJ from Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyCFCF is the stage name of Canadian electronic musician/vocalist Michael Silver based in Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyKara-Lis Coverdale, also known as K-LC, is a Canadian composer, musician, producer, born in Hamilton, ON, now based in Montréal.
Listen on SpotifyMelissa Auf der Maur is a singer from Montreal, QC. During the 1990s, she was a bassist for two of the biggest alt-rock groups, Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyCreighton Doane is an award-winning songwriter from Lachine, QC. He has written music for various movies including "Santa Baby".
Listen on SpotifyTOPS are a four-piece band from Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyDion was born in Charlemagne, Quebec.
Listen on SpotifyCanadian-Lebanese singer born in Beirut, Lebanon
Listen on SpotifyMoss Lime is a post-punk band from Montreal. The three step-sisters learned how to play their instruments during the same months they wrote their first four songs.
Listen on SpotifyTommy Kruise is a DJ / producer from Montreal.
Listen on SpotifyKarl Wolf is a Lebanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Listen on SpotifyMariame Hasni is a pop artist of Cree heritage from Montreal. She was discovered by her sixth grade principal while singing in the school washroom.
Listen on SpotifyKarl Wolf is a Lebanese-born Canadian musician based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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