February 7, 200818 yr Who are your favourite? I was thinking about this on the bus today as I was listening to City and Colour (Dallas Clark from Alexisonfire). Other Canadian I think are amazing at songwriting include Neil Young, Bruce Cockburn, and Feist.
February 7, 200818 yr Author ...changed the name/subject of this thread...was supposed to be a survivor poll for Radiohead but I messed up...so I turned it into this.
February 8, 200818 yr Ron Sexsmith! Briggins, I am downloading your January Mixtape - I'm looking forward to these each month, very cool of you :)
February 8, 200818 yr last month i was browsing wikipedia and keep searching for Chris Martin and i found this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_William_Martin who is he?? i know he's an actor not a singer but really his name is Chris Martin???
February 8, 200818 yr ^ yeah, some bloke who designs furniture for IKEA is named Chris Martin, too. :rolleyes: back to topic. i like Feist a lot as well as Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, Tegan And Sara. *cough* and my guilty pleasure Michael Bublé *cough*
February 8, 200818 yr ^^Haha no worries, Grace, I like Michael Bublé as well. I love the jazzy feel to his songs! :) Architecture in Helsinki are good.
February 9, 200818 yr ^^Haha no worries, Grace, I like Michael Bublé as well. I love the jazzy feel to his songs! :) Architecture in Helsinki are good. Architecture in Helsinki are from Australia. Buble is hilarious. I love him. Great voice too, though I have to be in just the right mood to listen to his music. Greatest songwriters... you're probably always going to end up with the likes of Joni Mitchell and Ron Sexsmith. Singers... too many to list. Though (and I may be biased) for sheer singing talent, I don't think you can top the Rankin sisters... My personal favorite for both singing and songwriting: Loreena McKennit.
February 9, 200818 yr Damn they are from Australia. :laugh3: Something felt weird when I said that. My bad! :P Aren't Stars Canadian as well?
February 9, 200818 yr Damn they are from Australia. :laugh3: Something felt weird when I said that. My bad! :P Aren't Stars Canadian as well? Yep, they're part of the whole Broken Social Scene thing. :cool:
February 9, 200818 yr Well since this thread title is "greatest singer/songwriter" and Win Bultler sings and writes for Arcade Fire and he's from Texas, Canada doesn't get to claim him. :P
February 9, 200818 yr Oh right, Arcade Fire are good, too. And Broken Social Scene and Stars as well. :) And I have one song by Axelle Red, she's ok too, I guess.
February 10, 200818 yr God Speed You! Black Emperor, some of the most emotional post rock music ever created... And their from Canada...
February 10, 200818 yr Author ^ Yeah he is a great artist as well. Hugely under rated, especially here in CAnada i find.
February 12, 200818 yr Author ^ not really a singer songwriter though is he? Isn't it mostly instrumental?
February 12, 200818 yr I don't know if The Weakerthans counts, but they are amazing and definitely worth mentioning!
February 16, 200818 yr Patrick Watson won this year's Polaris Music Prize...and well deserved it is. I LOVE Leonard, Joni & Bruce & Neil. Too many other good ones to list, but those 4 are royalty for me. *coughtraciemorgancough*
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