Festival No. 0000021 · Est. 1995
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About the artists
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Alexisonfire formed in St. Catharines, Canada, in September 2001. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, emo, emocore, experimental rock, noise rock, pop screamo, post-grunge. -
Alison Krauss was born in Champaign, United States, on 23 July 1971. Plays americana, bluegrass, contemporary country, country, folk.
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Black Eyed Peas formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1995. Plays dance-pop, electronic, hip hop, pop, pop rap, west coast hip hop.
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Broken Social Scene formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1999. Plays art rock, baroque pop, experimental, indie rock, post-rock, rock.
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Daniel Lanois was born in Hull, Canada, on 19 September 1951. Plays alternative rock, ambient, ambient pop, breakcore, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Dr. John was born in New Orleans, United States, on 21 November 1941, and died on 6 June 2019, aged 77. Plays blues, blues rock, folk, funk, jazz, new orleans r&b, psychedelic rock, soul.
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India.Arie was born in Denver, United States, on 3 October 1975. Plays blues, folk, neo soul, soul.
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John Mayall was born in Macclesfield, United Kingdom, on 29 November 1933, and died on 22 July 2024, aged 90. Plays blues, blues rock, british blues, electric blues, rock.
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John Prine was born in Maywood, United States, on 10 October 1946, and died on 7 April 2020, aged 73. Plays country, folk, singer-songwriter.
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Johnny Winter was born in Beaumont, United States, on 23 February 1944, and died on 16 July 2014, aged 70. Plays blues, blues rock, boogie rock, chicago blues, electric blues, electric texas blues, psychedelic rock, rock.
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K-Os was born in Toronto, Canada, on 20 February 1972. Plays alternative hip hop, hip hop, rock.
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Mary Gauthier was born in New Orleans, United States, on 11 March 1962. Plays country, folk.
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Metric formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1998. Plays electronic, indie rock, new wave, pop, soft rock.
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Michael Franti & Spearhead formed in San Francisco, United States, on 21 April 1994.
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Neko Case was born in Alexandria, United States, on 8 September 1970. Plays alternative country, americana, folk, indie rock, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Rufus Wainwright was born on 22 July 1973. Plays alternative rock, chamber pop, folk, indie rock, singer-songwriter.
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Simple Plan formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, pop punk.
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Stars formed in 2000. Plays dream pop, indie pop, indie rock.
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The Neville Brothers formed in New Orleans, United States, in 1977.
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ZZ Top formed in Houston, United States, in 1969. Plays blues, blues rock, boogie rock, classic rock, hard rock, new wave, rock, southern rock.