Let there be music!

Music! I couldn't live without it! I just love music! You will find here a selection of my favorite* French and English songs by Canadian performers.      (* available on YouTube... Sorry about the Quality)

I thought this humorous song would be a nice introduction for this strange blog ;-)

• Julia Bentley & Andrew Gunadie (Ontario)  Canadian, Please!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQf13B8epw&feature=fvst

On a more serious note, we have great singers and musicians

• The great Diana Krall, (British Columbia) Jazz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F2a_GkLzgA& NR=1
• Susie Ariolie with Jordan Officer, (Québec), Jazz / Swing, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQJCizXIB8&feature=related
• Sarah Maclaghlan, (British Columbia) Here, she decided to give to charities instead of having a nice fancy music video. She made this homemade video for 15$ and gave the rest ... The song is called World on Fire, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzoNInZ2ClQ&feature=related
• Nicola Ciccone (Québec, Italian Ancestry) very true love song,  J't'aime tout court  http://www.aufeminin.com/video/see_52196/je-t-aime-tout-court.html, ciao bella,
• K.D. Lang, (British Columbia) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qFKN68GSDY&feature=related
• Paul Anka (Ontario, America)
• Micheal Bublé,(British Columbia), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zc2dYKzw8a8&feature=related
• Gregory Charles (Québec) easy listening, This song was an instant success, he wrote it in memory of his best friend a young local actress who died in a plane crash (there's also spanish version), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnwn5PldTWE&feature=related
• Dany Bédard, (Québec) Make peace with love, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bciV1kcc0gY&feature=related
• Céline Dion and Ginette Reno (Québec), the two greatest local voices singing a song called "A little higher, a little further", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0slOZv19g-k&feature=related
• Céline Dion, my favorite song is about Love and AIDS, certainly not the best version here but I chose it because the lyrics were translated in English,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liC9aCkmHhQ
• Bryan Adams (British Columbia, England?), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2D7QGGKN84
• Hedley (British Columbia) Rock band came in third on TV series Canadian Idol , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0iUvhb1OX4
• Félix Leclerc (Québec, 1914-1988) Important singer and poet in the history of Québec, here is a good TravBuddy song as it can be translated by "me my shoes have travelled a lot..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og4Y5oAs10I
• Claude Dubois (Québec), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYwZOIs-018
• Jean-Pierre Ferland (Québec), he sings We're lucky to have each other, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FMa6WRh8kM
• Ariane Moffat (Québec) If you wondered what I sing these days, well this is it!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBhBPioOZ8E&feature=related
• Daniel Bélanger (Québec), sorry about the ridiculous video, if you have a feeling that the wind is about to turn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANx99X1dfog
• Les cowboy Fringants (Québec), a song about pollution and the fact humankind is doing little about it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InCeVCGtHak
• Dan Bigras (Québec), the story of the three little pigs French-Canadian way, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hva2IeJIvE
• Richard Desjardins, (Québec) unsusual song telling the story of a moose who mistakes a hunter for a potential mate... Local slang that I don't use http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsA-FUu5dng
• Loco Lacass (Québec) Rap
• Isabelle Boulay (Québec), another broken heart song but the lyrics are very poetic  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsA-FUu5dng
• Marie Élaine Thibert (Québec), sounds a bit like Edith Piaf here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUoeV8Sj1gM
• Leonard Cohen, (Québec) I don't think this man needs introduction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrPEM2qc-j8
• Oscar Peterson, (Québec) great Jazz pianist-composer who died recently  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkQNti8_EU&feature=related
• Cindy Daniel, (Québec), Pop Ballads, Under a rain of stars, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGHEiX74gzU
• Simple Plan, (Québec) punk-rock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdRjOWgFN8g
• Avril Lavigne (Ontario) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwf2qt6BJAQ&feature=related
• Eva Avila (Ontario-Québec) winner of the Canadian Idol,   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsmA00CNfKM
• Neil Young (Ontario), a few classics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvb65dCMjZI,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh44QPT1mPE,
• Nickelback (Alberta), a very popular rock band right now, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vYQI2csHv0
• Roch Voisine (New Brunswick), This was a very popular song at Weddings,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j4CGta0j9Y
• Jonas, (Québec), a rising rock star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdko9Vh2EXM&feature=related
• April Wine (Nova Scotia)
• Alexisonfire, (Ontario), heavy metal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Ivt-ikYIk
• Tom Cochrane, (Manitoba/ Ontario) a classic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TksAGzfw8Z0
• Corey Hart (Québec) classic pop-rock  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu5BpA7xRjs&feature=related, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UrsJfD1PJA&feature=related
• Shania Twain (Ontario), Country music, this artist was over played on the radio, I am a bit nauseous when here it now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SOh6mSEZss
• Colin James, (Saskatchewan), rock-blues-swing singer-writer, definitly my favorite Canadian blues man!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgRLUrBJyZQ&feature=related
• Rush (Ontario), the first song is what happens when poets are talking politics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWHEcIbhDiw&feature=related, a classic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNZru4JG_Uo
• David Usher (Québec....citizen of the world???), formely lead singer of Montreal's rock band "Moist",  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7iYqf_LF5E&NR=1
• Mes aïeux (Québec), folk music, Traditional music, this song is about different generations in Quebec and what kind of life/possibilities they had. I suppose it could apply to anywhere but the transition in Quebec from Catholic backwater to liberal modernity was particularly quick and harsh.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKCRHhmHvjg
• Sam Roberts (Québec) rock singer-songwriter, Where Have All The Good People Gone?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyx5qMjNaUg
• Chantal Kreviazuk (Manitoba), singer-songwriter, adult contemporary music, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hssTwcH8M0
• The great Alanis Morissette (Ontario) Rock singer-songwriter, the first sound like a TravBuddy song  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK1ktgvmCmo, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLXULfN77TQ&feature=related, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mri54t7YpKc&feature=related
• Bruce Cockburn (Ontario) folk-rock, environmental concern didn't start yesterday, yet still little is done to save our beautiful planet http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8CibAuvZM4&feature=related
• Nathalie Choquette (Québec), Opera, A diva with a  beautiful voice and great sense of humour. She contributed to bring opera to new places and to wider audiences. Here, we see her with the usually very serious Maestro Charles Dutois of the Montreal Symphonic Orchestra  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pR67d1Obgs&feature=related  and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUj-PPVCbBE&feature=related
• La bottine souriante (Québec) tradional -folk music, this reminds me of parties at my grand-parents when I was little
• Vincent Vallière (Québec) easy listening, This love song was written as a lullaby. One of my favorite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7s-fn-7U7I&feature=related
• Nelly Furtado (British Columbia/ Ontario - Portuguese ancestry) Pop music, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ADQg8Qcis
• Garou (Québec) pop, easy listening   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OcAX-PiE2w&feature=channel
• Marie Mai (Québec), pop/ punk-rock music very popular with teenagers,  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfOX6cfyqHo&feature=related
• Mario Pelchat (Québec) Ballad/soft pop, Aimer (to love) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIMtd9RNa08
• Jean Leloup (Québec - raised in Algeria) Pop - the first song was a big hit in dance clubs in the 90's it talks about the nonsense of our societies and the riducule of war http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=jean+leloup&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA_fr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#
• http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=jean+leloup&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA_fr&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=video_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title#

Much more to come...