List of musicians from Quebec explained

This is a list of singers, bands, composers and other musicians from the province of Quebec.

Blues

• Garou – also pop
• Okoumé – also néo-trad, rock and electronica
• Roxanne Potvin – singer, guitarist
• David Wilcox

Chanson

• Daniel Bélanger – also electronica
• Dan Bigras – also rock
• Daniel Boucher
• Isabelle Boulay – also country and western
• Paul Cargnello – also rock
• Gregory Charles
• Nicola Ciccone
• Leonard Cohen
• Les Colocs – also ska and Africa-inspired music
• Sylvain Cossette
• Cœur de pirate
• Lhasa de Sela
• Marc Déry – also electronica
• Richard Desjardins
• Beau Dommage
• Georges Dor
• Claude Dubois
• Diane Dufresne – also rock
• Dumas – also electronica
• Jean-Pierre Ferland
• Serge Fiori
• Fred Fortin
• Lewis Furey – also rock
• Claude Gauthier
• Harmonium
• Laurence Jalbert
• Pauline Julien
• Pierre Lapointe
• Plume Latraverse
• Carole Laure – also pop
• Daniel Lavoie – also pop
• Jean Leloup – also rock
• Félix Leclerc
• Lynda Lemay
• Marilou – also pop
• Jérôme Minière – also electronica
• Ariane Moffatt – also electronica
• Kevin Parent
• Bruno Pelletier – also rock and jazz
• Marie Denise Pelletier
• Paul Piché
• Ginette Reno
• Michel Rivard
• Alys Robi
• Richard Séguin
• Stefie Shock – also pop and electronica
• Diane Tell
• Gilles Valiquette
• Gilles Vigneault

Classical

• Tim Brady
• Angèle Dubeau
• Charles Dutoit
• André Gagnon
• Marc-André Hamelin
• Jorane
• Louis Lortie
• Montreal Symphony Orchestra
• Kent Nagano
  • Yannick Nézet-Séguin André Ristic
• Stéphane Tétreault
• Airat Ichmouratov
• Wonny Song
• Claude Vivier
• Vic Vogel

Country

• Isabelle Boulay – also chanson
• Paul Brunelle
• Terri Clark
• Patricia Conroy
• Willie Lamothe
• Charlie Major
• Marcel Martel

Folk

• La Bolduc
• La Bottine Souriante
• Patricia Conroy
• Les Cousins Branchaud
• Genticorum
• Wade Hemsworth
• Jeremy Fisher
• Anna McGarrigle
• Kate McGarrigle
• Le Rêve du Diable
• Edouard Richard
  • Twin Flames (band) Le Vent du Nord
• La Volée d'Castors
• Les Cousins Branchaud

Electronica

• A-Trak
• aKido
• Akufen - a.k.a. Marc Leclair
• Beast
• Daniel Bélanger – also chanson
• E.P. Bergen
• Bran Van 3000
• Champion - a.k.a. Maxime Morin
• Chromeo
• Lili Fatale – also rock
• Tim Hecker
• Kid Koala
• David Kristian
• Lesbians on Ecstasy
• Jérôme Minière – also chanson
• Misstress Barbara
• Scott Montieth, a.k.a. Deadbeat
• Numéro
• Ghislain Poirier – also hip hop
• Ramasutra
• Tiga

Ethnic and multicultural

(origin in parentheses)

• Afrodizz
• Qurram Hussain
• Josh (South Asian)
• Kashtin (First Nations)
• Zekuhl (African)

Heavy metal

• The Agonist
• Anonymus – thrash metal
• Augury – technical death metal
• Beneath the Massacre – technical death metal
• Beyond Creation – technical death metal
• Blackguard – melodic death metal
• Cryptopsy – technical death metal, deathcore
• Dead Brain Cells - a.k.a. DBC
• Despised Icon – deathcore
• Mike Dyball
• Eudoxis – thrash metal
• Forgotten Tales – power metal
• Gorguts – technical death metal
• Mikey Heppner
• Ion Dissonance – mathcore
• Kataklysm – death metal
• Martyr – Technical death metal
• Mesrine – grindcore
• Neuraxis – technical death metal
• Quo Vadis – technical death metal, melodic death metal
• Slaves on Dope
• Unexpect – avant-garde metal
• Voivod – thrash metal, progressive metal, speed metal

Hip hop

• Anodajay
• Atach Tatuq
• A-Trak
• Criollo
• Dead Obies
• Dubmatique
• Jonathan Emile
• Koriass
• Yvon Krevé
• LMDS - a.k.a. Les Messagers du Son
• Loco Locass
• Muzion
• Ghislain Poirier – also electronica
• Sans Pression
• Shades of Culture
• Sixtoo
• Spek
• Alaclair Ensemble

Humour and irony

• Bowser and Blue
• Crampe en masse
• Yvon Deschamps
• François Pérusse
• Serge Robert - a.k.a. Mononc' Serge, also rock and heavy metal
• Rock et Belles Oreilles

Indie rock

• Arcade Fire – also rock
• Bell Orchestre
• Caveboy (band)
• The Franklin Electric
• Fred Fortin
• Half Moon Run
• Hashimoto
• Karkwa
• The Lovely Feathers
• Malajube
• Men I Trust
• Plants and Animals
• The Stills
• Torngat
• Patrick Watson
• We Are Wolves

Jazz

• Charlie Biddle
• Alain Caron
• Benoît Charest
• Melody Diachun
• Maynard Ferguson
• Oliver Jones
• Florence K
• Franklin Kiermyer
• Ranee Lee
• Oscar Peterson
• Uzeb
• Nikki Yanofsky
• Karen Young
• Rachel Therrien

Musique actuelle

• René Lussier

Néo-trad

• Les Cowboys Fringants
• Mes Aïeux
• Okoumé – also blues, rock and electronica
• Swing

New wave

• Norman Bedard - a.k.a. Norman Iceberg
• The Box
• Corey Hart – also pop
• Men Without Hats – also pop
• Rational Youth
• Trans-X
• World On Edge

Pop

• Véronique Béliveau
• Dominique Blais – also rock
• Joe Bocan
• Dan Boeckner
• Claudia Bouvette
• Busty and the Bass
• Chantal Chamandy
• Chapter 24
• The Dears
• Cindy Daniel
• Céline Dion
• La Zarra
• Lara Fabian
• George Donoso
• Mylene Farmer
• Garou – also blues
• Marc Hamilton
• Corey Hart – also new wave
• Luba
• Thomas Hellman
• Sass Jordan
• Kathleen
• Patrick Krief
• Stéphanie Lapointe
• Carole Laure – also chanson
• Daniel Lavoie – also chanson
• Murray Lightburn
• Loud (rapper)
• Lubalin
• Amanda Mabro
• Marie-Mai
• Marilou – also chanson
• Julie Masse
• Men Without Hats – also new wave
• Mitsou – also electronica
• The New Cities
• Aldo Nova
• Mario Pelchat
• Alexei Perry
• Projet Orange – Britpop, also rock
• Martine St. Clair
• Stefie Shock – also chanson and electronica
• Nathalie Simard
• René Simard
• Sky
• Soul Attorneys
• Stars
• Tadros
• Marie-Élaine Thibert
• Gino Vannelli
• Annie Villeneuve
• Roch Voisine
• Martha Wainwright
• Rufus Wainright
• Karl Wolf – also rhythm and blues
• Sara Diamond – also rhythm and blues

Punk

• Banlieue Rouge
• Doughboys
• Grim Skunk
• Groovy Aardvark
• The Nils
• Reset
• Ripcordz
• The Sainte Catherines
• Subb
• Vulgaires Machins
• The 222's

Reggae

• Les Colocs – also chanson and Africa-inspired music

Rock

• Arcade Fire
• Melissa Auf der Maur
• Véronique Béliveau
• The Besnard Lakes
• Dan Bigras – also chanson
• Howard Bilerman
• Dominique Blais – also pop
• Bonjour Brumaire
• Bootsauce
• Daniel Boucher
• Gerry Boulet
• Win Butler
• Xavier Caféïne
• Paul Cargnello – also chanson
• Robert Charlebois
• La Chicane
• Les Chiens
• Corbeau
• The Dears
• Martin Deschamps
• George Donoso
• Duchess Says
• Diane Dufresne – also chanson
• Marc Dupré
• Tim Fletcher
• Lewis Furey – also chanson
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
• Harmonium
• Kaïn
• Kermess
• Andy Kim
• Spencer Krug
• Kyo
• Steve Lang – bassist (April Wine, Mashmakhan)
• Éric Lapointe – also hard rock
• Jace Lasek
• Jean Leloup – also chanson
• Lesbians on Ecstasy – also electronica and punk
• Murray Lightburn
• Lili Fatale – also electronica
• Malajube
• Frank Marino
• Marjo – also chanson
• Efrim Menuck
• Moist
• Katie Moore
• Mystery
• Offenbach
• Okoumé – also néo-trad, blues and electronica
• Liam O'Neil
• Michel Pagliaro
• Paradox
• Bruno Pelletier – also chanson
• Vilain Pingouin
• Priestess
• Projet Orange – Britpop, also rock
• Brendan Reed
• Les Respectables – also pop
• Serge Robert – a.k.a. Mononc' Serge, also humor and heavy metal
• Sam Roberts
• Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band
• Marie-Chantal Toupin
• Les Trois Accords
• David Usher
• Vincent Vallières
• Visible Wind
• David Wilcox
• Wolf Parade
• Nanette Workman
• Zébulon

Rhythm and blues

• Corneille
• Luck Mervil
• Karl Wolf – also pop
• Sara Diamond – also pop
• France d'Amour

Ska, ska punk and ska rock

• The Kingpins
• Me Mom and Morgentaler
• The Planet Smashers
• King Apparatus

Yé-yé

• Pierre Lalonde
• Chantal Renaud

Lyricists

• Luc Plamondon

Children's

• Annie Broccoli
• Carmen Campagne

Miscellaneous

• Chantal Condor
• Erik Mongrain

See also

• Chanson
• Culture of Quebec
• List of Quebec festivals
• List of Quebec record labels
• List of Quebecers
• Music of Quebec
• Néo-trad

References

• Musicians Guild of Montréal. Directory, Musicians' Guild of Montréal, A.F.M. [i.e. American Federation of Musicians], Local 406 = Bottin, Guilde des musiciens de Montréal, F.A.M. [i.e. Féderation américaine des musiciens], Section 406. Montréal: The Guild. N.B.: Yearbook (annuaire).

External links

• BANDEAPART
• Instrumental Folk Music of Quebec
• Québec Info Musique
• Québec Pop