Festival No. 0000021 · Est. 1995
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- Venue
- LeBreton Flats
- Address
- 1 Vimy Pl. K1R 1C2
- City
- Ottawa, Canada
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About the artists
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A Perfect Circle formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1999. Plays acoustic rock, alternative metal, alternative rock, art rock, electronic, experimental rock, industrial rock, metal. -
Alex Cuba was born in 1974. Plays latin pop.
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Alyssa Reid was born on 15 March 1993.
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Amanda Rheaume plays folk.
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Amos the Transparent formed in Ottawa, Canada, in 2007.
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Andrew 'jr Boy' Jones was born on 16 October 1948. Plays blues, electric blues, electric texas blues, texas blues.
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Arkells formed in Hamilton, Canada, in 2006. Plays alternative rock.
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Baloji was born in Lubumbashi, Belgium, on 12 September 1978. Plays afrobeat, funk, hip hop.
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Bedouin Soundclash formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2001.
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Ben Harper was born in Pomona, United States, on 28 October 1969. Plays alternative pop, folk rock, rock, singer-songwriter, soul.
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Big Jeezus Truck formed in 1998.
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Big Sam's Funky Nation formed in New Orleans, United States.
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Billy Talent formed in Mississauga, Canada, in 1993. Plays alternative rock, pop punk, pop rock, punk rock.
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Blackie and the Rodeo Kings formed in Hamilton, Canada, in 1996. Plays folk.
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Blue King Brown formed in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2003.
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Blue Rodeo formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1984. Plays country rock, folk, rock.
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Bootsy Collins was born in Cincinnati, United States, on 26 October 1951. Plays christmas music, contemporary r&b, deep funk, funk, funk metal, metal, p-funk, soul.
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Braids formed in 2006. Plays art pop.
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Brock Zeman plays country.
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Buck 65 was born in Mount Uniacke, Canada, on 4 March 1972. Plays alternative hip hop, hip hop.
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Buddy Guy was born in Lettsworth, United States, on 30 July 1936. Plays blues, blues rock, chicago blues, electric blues, hill country blues.
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Cage the Elephant formed in Bowling Green, United States, in 2006. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, pop.
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Callers formed in 2004. Plays indie rock.
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Cancer Bats formed in Toronto, Canada, in May 2004. Plays hardcore punk, southern rock.
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Caravan Palace formed in Paris, France, in 2005. Plays electro house, electro swing, fidget house.
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Cassie Taylor was born in Boulder, United States, in 1986.
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Chali 2na was born in Chicago, United States, on 26 June 1971. Plays hip hop.
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Cheap Trick formed in Rockford, United States, in 1973. Plays aor, arena rock, classic rock, glam, glam rock, hard rock, new wave, pop rock.
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Coheed and Cambria formed in Nyack, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, progressive metal, progressive rock.
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Colin Linden was born in Toronto, Canada, on 16 April 1960. Plays folk.
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Court Yard Hounds formed in 2009. Plays country, country rock, pop rock, soft rock.
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Cuff the Duke formed in Oshawa, Canada, in 2001. Plays alternative country.
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Currents formed in 2012. Plays death metal, deathcore, djent, heavy metal, metalcore, progressive metal, progressive metalcore.
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Dana Fuchs was born in New Jersey, United States, on 10 January 1976. Plays blues rock, classic rock, rock and roll, soul.
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Dani Wilde was born in Wiltshire, United Kingdom, on 25 August 1985. Plays blues, blues rock, country, gospel.
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Danny Michel was born on 31 January 1970.
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David Clayton-Thomas was born in Kingston upon Thames, Canada, on 13 September 1941. Plays rock.
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Dawes formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2009. Plays alternative country, americana, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, rock.
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Death Cab for Cutie formed in Bellingham, United States, in 1997. Plays alternative rock, dream pop, emo, indie folk, indie pop, indie rock, midwest emo, rock.
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Death from Above 1979 formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2001. Plays dance-punk, disco, electronic, garage rock, hard rock, indie rock, noise, noise rock.
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Dennis Coffey was born in Detroit, United States, on 11 November 1940. Plays r&b, soul.
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Diamond Rings was born on 6 July 1985.
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Dropkick Murphys formed in Quincy, United States, in 1996. Plays americana, celtic punk, folk punk, folk rock, hardcore punk, pigfuck, punk, punk rock.
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dubé formed in 2009.
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Dumpstaphunk formed in New Orleans, United States, on 24 April 2003. Plays blues, funk, gospel, jazz, rock and roll, soul.
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, folk rock, indie folk, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, rock, stomp and holler.
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Erykah Badu was born in Dallas, United States, on 26 February 1971. Plays acid jazz, contemporary r&b, funk, hip hop, jazz, neo soul, soul.
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Final Flash formed in 2006.
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G. Love & Special Sauce formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 1992. Plays alternative hip hop, indie pop.
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Galactic formed in New Orleans, United States, in 1994. Plays acid jazz, funk, jam band, jazz-funk, rock.
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Ganga Giri was born in Port Fairy, Australia.
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Girl Talk was born in Pittsburgh, United States, on 26 October 1981. Plays experimental, glitch, hip hop, plunderphonics.
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Gomez formed in Southport, United Kingdom, in 1996. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, britpop, folk rock, indie pop, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, post-britpop.
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Half Moon Run formed in Montreal, Canada, in April 2010. Plays indie folk, indie pop, indie rock.
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Hannah Georgas was born in Newmarket, Canada, on 30 August 1983.
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Harper & Midwest Kind formed in Detroit, United States.
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Hey Rosetta! formed in St. John's, Canada, in 2005. Plays alternative rock, indie folk, indie rock, rock.
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Huey Lewis And The News formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1978. Plays pop rock, rock.
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Hypnotic Brass Ensemble formed in Chicago, United States. Plays jazz-funk.
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Ian Kelly was born on 30 March 1979.
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Imaginary Cities formed in Winnipeg, Canada, in 2010, and split up in 2016, after 6 years. Plays indie pop, indie rock.
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Infected Mushroom formed in Haifa, Israel, in 1996. Plays brostep, complextro, electronic, electronica, goa trance, psytrance.
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James Harman was born in Anniston, United States, on 8 June 1946, and died on 23 May 2021, aged 74. Plays blues, singer-songwriter.
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Jennifer Hudson was born in Chicago, United States, on 12 September 1981. Plays contemporary r&b, pop, pop soul, r&b, soul.
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Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat formed in 2001.
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Jimmy Bowskill was born in Bailieboro, Canada, on 16 September 1990.
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Joe Satriani was born in Westbury, United States, on 15 July 1956. Plays blues, blues rock, hard rock, instrumental, instrumental rock, progressive rock, rock.
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John Fogerty was born in Berkeley, United States, on 28 May 1945. Plays blues, blues rock, classic rock, folk, folk rock, rock, roots rock, southern rock.
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John Primer was born in Camden, United States, on 3 March 1945. Plays blues, chicago blues, electric blues, soul blues.
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Jolie Holland was born in Houston, United States, on 11 September 1975. Plays folk.
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Josh Ritter was born in Moscow, United States, on 21 October 1976. Plays contemporary folk, folk, folk rock, singer-songwriter.
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Justin Nozuka was born in New York, United States, on 29 September 1988.
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JW Jones plays blues.
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Kalle Mattson was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada, on 21 September 1990. Plays rock.
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Karkwa formed in Montreal, Canada, in 1998. Plays indie rock, pop rock, rock.
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Karl Denson's Tiny Universe formed in San Diego, United States, in 1998. Plays jazz.
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Keys N Krates formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2008. Plays electronica, grime, hip hop, trap.
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Kirk Franklin was born in Fort Worth, United States, on 26 January 1970. Plays contemporary gospel, gospel.
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La-33 formed in Bogota, Colombia, on 3 May 2001. Plays latin, salsa.
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Larry McCray was born in Magnolia, United States, on 5 April 1960. Plays blues, electric blues.
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Lee Harvey Osmond was born in Hamilton, Canada. Plays psychedelic folk.
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Leon Russell was born in Lawton, United States, on 2 April 1942, and died on 13 November 2016, aged 74. Plays blues, blues rock, country, country rock, folk, folk rock, piano rock, pop rock.
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Library Voices formed in Regina, Canada, in 2008.
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M. Ward was born in Thousand Oaks, United States, on 4 October 1973. Plays alternative country, american primitive guitar, americana, contemporary folk, folk pop, folk rock, indie folk, singer-songwriter.
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Mac Miller was born in Pittsburgh, United States, on 19 January 1992, and died on 7 September 2018, aged 26. Plays abstract hip hop, hip hop.
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Mark Kozelek was born in Ohio, United States, on 24 January 1967. Plays contemporary folk, indie folk, singer-songwriter.
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Metric formed in Toronto, Canada, in 1998. Plays electronic, indie rock, new wave, pop, soft rock.
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Miguel was born in San Pedro, United States, on 23 October 1985. Plays alternative r&b, contemporary r&b, neo soul, pop, psychedelic pop, r&b.
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Mother Mother formed in Vancouver, Canada, in 2005. Plays indie pop, indie rock, pop, pop rock, rock.
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My Morning Jacket formed in Louisville, United States, in 1998. Plays alternative country, alternative rock, indie rock, psychedelic rock.
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Neon Indian formed in Denton, United States, in 2008. Plays electronic.
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Nicole Atkins was born in Neptune Township, United States, on 1 October 1978. Plays country.
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Ornaments formed in 2003.
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Paul Thorn was born on 13 July 1964. Plays americana, blues, blues rock, country, singer-songwriter, southern rock.
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Peter Elkas was born in Montreal, Canada, on 24 July 1976.
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Peter Frampton was born in Bromley, United Kingdom, on 22 April 1950. Plays aor, hard rock, pop rock, rock.
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Protest the Hero formed in Whitby, Canada, in 1999. Plays mathcore, metalcore, progressive metal, progressive metalcore.
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Ra Ra Riot formed in Syracuse, United States, in 2006. Plays baroque pop, indie rock.
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Raghav was born in Toronto, Canada, on 2 April 1981.
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Red Baraat formed in 2008. Plays bhangra, jazz fusion.
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Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band formed in Brown County, United States. Plays country blues, cowpunk, folk.
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Rise Against formed in Chicago, United States, in 1999. Plays alternative rock, hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, pop punk, pop rock, punk, punk rock, rock.
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Samantha Fish was born in Kansas City, United States, on 30 January 1989. Plays bluegrass, blues, blues rock, country, funk, rock, singer-songwriter.
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Shawn McDonald was born in 1978. Plays contemporary christian.
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Sherman Robertson was born in Breaux Bridge, United States, on 27 October 1948, and died on 28 January 2021, aged 72. Plays blues, electric blues.
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Shpongle formed in 1998. Plays ambient, chillout, electronic, electronica, goa trance, psybient, psytrance, trance.
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Sierra Maestra formed in 1976.
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Skrillex was born in Los Angeles, United States, on 15 January 1988. Plays afro house, bass house, breakbeat, breaks, brostep, club, complextro, dance.
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Soundgarden formed in Seattle, United States, in 1984, and split up in 2017, after 33 years. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, grunge, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, psychedelic, psychedelic rock.
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Spam Allstars formed in 1998. Plays dub, electro, funk, hip hop.
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Steve Miller Band formed in San Francisco, United States, in 1967. Plays blues rock, country rock, new wave, pop rock, psychedelic rock, rock.
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Sweet Thing formed in Toronto, Canada, in 2005, and split up in 2011, after 6 years.
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Tegan and Sara formed in Calgary, Canada, in 1998. Plays acoustic rock, alternative rock, electropop, indie pop, indie rock, pop rock, rock, synth-pop.
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The Beauties formed in Los Angeles, United States, in 1992, and split up in 1993, after 1 year.
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The Black Keys formed in Akron, United States, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, blues, blues rock, garage rock, garage rock revival, indie rock, rock.
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The Dirtbombs formed in Detroit, United States, in 1996.
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The Flaming Lips formed in Oklahoma City, United States, in 1983. Plays alternative rock, experimental rock, indie rock, neo-psychedelia, noise pop, noise rock, progressive pop, psychedelic pop.
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The Greenhornes formed in Cincinnati, United States, in 1996. Plays blues rock, garage rock, indie rock, rock.
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The Jimmy Bowskill Band plays blues rock.
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The John Butler Trio formed in Fremantle, Australia, in 1998. Plays alternative rock, blues rock, folk, folk rock, jam band, pop rock, rock, roots rock.
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The Jolly Boys formed in 1955. Plays mento.
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The Resignators plays ska, ska punk.
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The Roots formed in Philadelphia, United States, in 1987. Plays alternative hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, jazz, jazz rap, progressive soul, rock, soul.
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The Sheepdogs formed in Saskatoon, Canada, in 2006. Plays blues rock, boogie rock, rock, southern rock.
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The Tea Party formed in Windsor, Canada, in 1990. Plays crossover prog.
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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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Theory of a Deadman formed in Delta, Canada, in 2001. Plays alternative rock, hard rock, post-grunge, rock.
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Thornetta Davis was born in Detroit, United States, on 11 August 1963. Plays blues, soul.
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Three Days Grace formed in Norwood, Canada, in 1997. Plays alternative metal, alternative rock, hard rock, post-grunge, rock.
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Tim Robbins was born in West Covina, United States, on 16 October 1958.
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Trampled by Turtles formed in Duluth, United States, in 2004. Plays bluegrass, folk rock, progressive bluegrass, progressive folk.
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Tristen was born in Lansing, United States, in 1983.
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Wanda Jackson was born on 20 October 1937. Plays country, gospel, rockabilly, singer-songwriter.
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Wayne Baker Brooks was born in Chicago, United States, on 30 April 1970.
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Whale Tooth formed in 2007, and split up in 2012, after 5 years. Plays rock.
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Winter Gloves formed in Montreal, Canada, in 2008.
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Yukon Blonde formed in Kelowna, Canada, in 2008. Plays indie rock.
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Zac Harmon was born in Jackson, United States. Plays blues.
A guest 100% for Leon Russell at Ottawa Bluesfest 2011 festival, Ottawa on Sun, 17 Jul 2011
Leon's show was great. One of the best parts of his show was that it was on one of the smaller stages. You could sit up front if you wanted. He played as if he was on the main stage in front of 20,000 people. I feel privileged to have been there.
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