This is a list of musicians from British Columbia.

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Tommy Alto Hawking is a progressive metal band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, composed of vocalists and guitarists Tom Vanderkam and Saul Sitar, bassist and vocalist Chris Young, and drummer and vocalist Chartwell Kerr. Musical style The band's ...

* Carolyn Arends

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* Ashleigh Ball * Dan Bejar * Doug Bennett * Barney Bentall * Art Bergmann *

Geoff Berner Geoff Berner (born 1971) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician from Vancouver. Musical career Berner originally studied piano in his youth. At a party, somebody asked him why he did not play the accordion. As a result, he began learni ...

Kim Bingham Kim Bingham, also known by her stage names Mudgirl and The Kim Band, is a Canadian singer and musician. She is also known for collaborations with Nelly Furtado, Bran Van 3000 and David Usher. Career 1990–1994: Me Mom and Morgentaler Bi ...

Claire Boucher Claire Elise Boucher (; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her early work has been described as extending from "lo-fi R&B" to futuristic dance-pop, and has in ...

* Dean Brody * Chad Brownlee * Michael Bublé * Louise Burns

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* Kathryn Calder * Sean Casavant * Torquil Campbell * Warren Cann * Michelle Creber *

Allison Crowe Allison Louise Crowe (born November 16, 1981) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, whose home is Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. History Crowe began performing professionally in 1 ...

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Mac DeMarco MacBriare Samuel Lanyon DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield MacBriare Smith IV; April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. DeMarco has released six full-length studio albums, his debut ''Rock and Roll Night C ...

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* Stephen Fearing *

Jon-Rae Fletcher Jon-Rae Fletcher is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded both as a solo artist and with a back-up band, The River. Background Fletcher grew up in Kelowna, British Columbia, where as the son of a minister, he sang in his church's choir ...

* Roy Forbes * Frazey Ford * David Foster * Nelly Furtado

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* Hannah Georgas *

Jody Glenham Jody Glenham is a Canadian musician based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Jody is often joined by her six-piece backing band, The Dreamers. History In 2013, Glenham left her home in Vancouver, BC for California to work with producer Raymond Ric ...

* Matthew Good *

Grimes Claire Elise Boucher (; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her early work has been described as extending from "lo-fi R&B" to futuristic dance-pop, and has in ...

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Tim Hecker Tim Hecker is a Canadian electronic musician, producer, composer, and sound artist. His work, spanning atmospheric ambient albums such as ''Harmony in Ultraviolet'' (2006), ''Ravedeath, 1972'' (2011) and ''Virgins'' (2013), has been widely cr ...

* Bill Henderson *

Veda Hille Veda Hille (born August 11, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboardist and tenor guitar player from Vancouver, British Columbia. She writes songs about love and tragedy, as well as about topical British Columbia subjects.< ...

* Jacob Hoggard * Chris Hooper * Tom Hooper *

Paul Hyde Paul Reginald Nelson (born 21 May 1955), known by the stage name Paul Hyde, is a British-born Canadian singer-songwriter. He co-founded the rock band Payola$ with Bob Rock, serving as the band's main lyricist and vocalist. He later performed and ...

Joshua Hyslop Christopher Joshua Hyslop (born 1987) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter, signed to Nettwerk Records Nettwerk Music Group is the umbrella company for Nettwerk Records, Nettwerk Management, and Nettwerk One Publishing. Established in 1984, ...

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* Ingrid Jensen *

Carly Rae Jepsen Carly Rae Jepsen (born November 21, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. After studying musical theatre for most of her school life and while in university, Jepsen garnered mainstream attention after placing third on the fifth season of ...

* Vincent Jones

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* Kevin Kane * Joey "Shithead" Keithley * Geoffrey Kelly *

Brad Kent Bradley Grant Kent (22 June 1958 – 3 February 2016) was a Canadian musician who played guitar with many of the early Vancouver punk rock bands, particularly Victorian Pork, the band which spawned D.O.A., Pointed Sticks and the Subhumans. Lat ...

* Diana Krall *

Kyprios Kyprios is the stage name of David Coles, a Canadian hip hop musician. Career Formerly associated with the musical collective Sweatshop Union, he now records and performs exclusively as a solo artist. He appeared on all of Sweatshop Union's alb ...

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Tom Landa The Paperboys (sometimes billed and credited as Tom Landa and the Paperboys) are a Canadians, Canadian folk music band from Vancouver that formed in 1991. The Paperboys blend Celtic folk with bluegrass music, bluegrass, Mexico, Mexican, Eastern ...

* Sook-Yin Lee * Alex Lifeson *

Suzanne Little Suzanne Marie Little is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was a member of Lava Hay in the early 1990s, and subsequently released three albums as a solo artist. After Lava Hay's breakup in 1993, Little relocated to Salt Spring Island, British Col ...

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Brian MacLeod Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan in English) is a male given name of Irish and Breton origin, as well as a surname of Occitan origin. It is common in the English-speaking world. It is possible that the name is derived from an Old Celtic word meanin ...

* Madchild * Dan Mangan * John Mann *

Carolyn Mark Carolyn Natasha Mark is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. She has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the duo The Corn Sisters with American colleague Neko Case, as well as with the bands the Vinaigrettes, Jr. Gone Wild, ...

* Sarah McLachlan * Hugh McMillan *

Carey Mercer Carey Mercer (born c. 1975) is a Canadian musician best known for his work as lead singer of the indie rock band Frog Eyes and his work in Swan Lake and Blackout Beach. Overview Following the breakup of the Canadian indie rock band Blue Pine in ...

* Mae Moore * Scott Morgan *

Bob Murphy Robert, Rob, Bob or Bobby Murphy may refer to: Sports Ice hockey *Robert Ronald Murphy or Ron Murphy (1933–2014), Canadian ice hockey player * Bob Murphy (ice hockey) (born 1951), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player *Rob Murphy (ice ...

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* Bif Naked * Nardwuar the Human Serviette *

Darryl Neudorf Darryl Neudorf (born June 7, 1964 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian musician, record producer and audio engineer. He was the drummer for 54-40 from 1982 to 1986. He is best known during this time for co-writing the hit song "I Go Blin ...

A. C. Newman Allan Carl Newman (born April 14, 1968) is a Canadian musician and singer–songwriter. He was a member of the indie rock bands Superconductor and Zumpano in the 1990s. Following the breakup of those bands, he reemerged as the leader of the Ne ...

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* Oh Susanna *

Neil Osborne 54-40 (often stylized 54•40) is a Canadian alternative rock group from Tsawwassen, British Columbia. The band take their name from the slogan "54-40 or Fight!", coined to express the unsuccessful expansionist agenda of James K. Polk's presiden ...

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* Brandon Paris * Daniel Powter * Prevail

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* Josh Ramsay * Bob Rock

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Kristy Thirsk Kristy Thirsk is a platinum-selling Canadian singer-songwriter best known for her work with Delerium. Rose Chronicles She was the singer and a co-writer for the band Rose Chronicles, which was signed to Nettwerk in the 1990s. Rose Chronicles re ...

* Philip J. Thomas * Devin Townsend

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Shari Ulrich Sharon "Shari" Ulrich (born 17 October 1951) is a Canadian/American musician and songwriter. She has also worked as a television host, actress, film composer, and educator. A multi-instrumentalist, she plays Violin, Mandolin, guitar, piano, and D ...

David Usher David Usher (born April 24, 1966) is a British-born Canadian musician, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and activist best known as the front man for the band Moist. He has also released a number of solo albums. He is the founder of Reimagin ...

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* Daniel Wesley

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