List of musicians from Quebec

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

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
Detroit Diesel
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

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
World on Alert - Progressive 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

International

(origin in parentheses)

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

Jazz

Susie Arioli
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
Lauré 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
Philippe Brach - also folk
Busty and the Bass
Chantal Chamandy
Chapter 24
The Dears
Cindy Daniel
Maïa Davies
Céline Dion
Sara Diamond – also rhythm and blues
George Donoso
Lara Fabian
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
La Zarra
Zeina

Punk

Simple Plan
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

Angine de Poitrine
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

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