List of musicians from Quebec

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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

• Les Cowboys Fringants
• 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

Apashe Black Tiger Sex Machine Adventure Club Infekt Snails Stoned Level Sam Lamar Humansion Ranz Future Exit Krimer Izzy Vadim Tengraphs Wraz Flix Motus

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
• Drowning In Blood- thrash metal
• 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
• Souldia
• 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
• Philippe Brach - also folk

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