The Arcade Fire [Montreal-based awesomeness]
Jane Sibbery [Canadian folk-art
goddess]
XTC [Originally punks, but have now done just about everything.]
Cake [Rude, sometimes
crude, but quite good guitar work!]
Altan [The premier Irish traditional group - they're incredible to see live.]
Sarah Masen [Brainy, common-sense, grounded, thoughtful
Christian music]
Sarah Mclachlan [Kind of sappy, sometimes, but quality compositions]
Mike Oldfield [Premier multiinstrumentalist; out of sight guitar-work]
Brian Eno
[What can one say about a Deity?]
Peter Gabriel
[Mastermind of the original Genesis, now into World Music]
de Palmas
[Très cool Franco-pop]
Rush [Hard rock dinos]
Dervish
[Another Irish traditional band with killer fiddle and buttonbox]
Collective Soul
[Yeah yeah]
Ariane Moffatt [Incredible
Canadian mod-technician]
Garbage [Raw, but polished. Not intended for children.]
Carrie Newcomer [Indiana songstress - one of my wife's favorites,
before she went Country]
Jorane [Canadian vocalist/cellist gone
crazy - in a good way]
Crasdant [THE current big Welsh trad-band]
Keren Ann [French songstress -
her earlier stuff is best.]
Deerhoof [Frisco
odd-ball alt-rock - try Friend Opportunity for a good rollick!]
King Crimson [This is
serious stuff]
Kathryn Tickell [Awesome
pipes from NorthUmbria!]
Dream Theater [Prog-Rock
masters]
Etc. etc. etc.
There are too many great artists out there to list here.
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