Festival No. 0000021 · Est. 1995
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About the artists
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Ani DiFranco was born in Buffalo, United States, on 23 September 1970. Plays folk. -
Blue Rodeo formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1984. Plays country rock, folk, rock.
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Bonnie Raitt was born in Burbank, United States, on 8 November 1949. Plays blue-eyed soul, blues rock, folk, pop rock, rock, singer-songwriter, soft rock.
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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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Controller.controller formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2002, and split up in October 2006, after 4 years. Plays indie rock.
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Corb Lund was born in Taber, Canada, on 29 January 1969. Plays country.
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Dan Bern was born in Mount Vernon, United States, on 27 July 1965. Plays folk.
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Danny Michel was born on 31 January 1970.
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Deadstring Brothers formed in Detroit, United States, in 2001. Plays blues.
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Dickey Betts & Great Southern formed in Sarasota, United States, in 1976. Plays southern rock.
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Elliott Brood formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2002. Plays alternative country, bluegrass, folk.
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Etta James was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 25 January 1938, and died on 20 January 2012, aged 73. Plays blues, blues rock, funk, jazz, soul, soul blues, southern soul.
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Feist was born in Amherst, Canada, on 13 February 1976. Plays art pop, chamber pop, electronic, folk, indie pop.
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Gloria Gaynor was born in Newark, United States, on 7 September 1943. Plays dance-pop, disco, philly soul, pop soul, soul.
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Great Big Sea formed in St. John's, Canada, in 1993, and split up in 2013, after 20 years. Plays celtic, celtic punk, celtic rock, folk, folk rock, irish folk, pop.
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Hilotrons formed in Ottawa, Canada, in 2001.
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Jason Collett was born in Bramalea, Canada. Plays indie folk, singer-songwriter.
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Jim Bryson was born in Ottawa, Canada, on 27 July 1971.
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JJ Grey & Mofro formed in Jacksonville, United States, in February 1998. Plays blues rock, funk rock, jam band, soul, southern rock, swamp pop.
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KC and the Sunshine Band formed in Hialeah, United States, in 1973. Plays dance-pop, disco, funk, pop, pop soul.
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Live formed in York, United States, in 1990. Plays alternative rock, pop rock, post-grunge, rock.
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Luke Doucet was born in Halifax, Canada, on 9 June 1973.
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Meligrove Band formed in Mississauga, Canada, in 1997.
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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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Mobile formed in 1978.
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Nelly Furtado was born in Victoria, Canada, on 2 December 1978. Plays alternative rock, eurodance, folk, indie rock, pop, singer-songwriter, soft rock.
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Otis Taylor was born in Chicago, United States, on 30 July 1948. Plays acoustic blues, blues, folk, jazz.
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Rickie Lee Jones was born in Chicago, United States, on 8 November 1954. Plays folk.
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Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, United States, on 20 February 1988. Plays contemporary r&b, dance, dance-pop, dancehall, edm, electro house, electropop, hip hop.
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Roxanne Potvin was born on 31 March 1982. Plays blues.
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Sam Roberts Band formed in Montreal, Canada.
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Seu Jorge was born in Belford Roxo, Brazil, on 8 June 1970. Plays funk, latin, latin funk, mpb.
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Sister Sledge formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 1971. Plays boogie, dance-pop, disco, funk, pop soul, soul.
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Tavares formed in Providence, United States, in 1959. Plays disco, funk, r&b, soul.
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The New Pornographers formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 1997. Plays indie pop, indie rock, pop, power pop, rock.
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The Tragically Hip formed in Kingston, Canada, in 1983, and split up on 20 August 2016, after 33 years. Plays alternative pop, alternative rock, blues rock, folk rock, hard rock, indie rock, pop, pop rock.
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Wilco formed in Chicago, United States, in 1994. Plays alternative rock, americana, folk rock, indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Wintersleep formed in Halifax, Canada, in 2001.