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Themusic of the Canadian Prairies includes the music of thePrairie Provinces ofManitoba ,Saskatchewan andAlberta .
The city ofWinnipeg, Manitoba , is considered a musical center of this region, having produced artists likeNeil Young ,The Guess Who ,Bachman–Turner Overdrive ,Crash Test Dummies , and many others.Country music is also popular in all three provinces. TheWestern Canadian Music Awards have been created to showcase artists from these provinces (along with British Columbia, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories).
Singer-songwriters from the region includeBob Nolan ,Daniel Lavoie ,Jann Arden ,Ruth B. ,Tom Cochrane ,Burton Cummings ,Mac DeMarco ,Feist ,Carolyn Dawn Johnson ,Chantal Kreviazuk ,Connie Kaldor ,k.d. lang ,Tate McRae ,Joni Mitchell ,Tegan and Sara ,Ian Tyson ,William Prince ,Fred Penner ,Colter Wall , andNeil Young .
Rock groups includeThe Guess Who ,Bachman Turner Overdrive ,The Stampeders ,Loverboy ,Nickelback ,Crash Test Dummies ,The Sheepdogs ,The Watchmen ,The Weakerthans , andWide Mouth Mason .
Active orchestras include theCalgary Philharmonic Orchestra ,Edmonton Symphony Orchestra ,Manitoba Chamber Orchestra ,Red Deer Symphony ,Regina Symphony Orchestra ,Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra ,Saskatoon Youth Orchestra , andWinnipeg Symphony Orchestra . TheCBC Winnipeg Orchestra was active from 1947 until 1984. The region is also home to opera and ballet companies including the notableRoyal Winnipeg Ballet , Canada's oldest.
Canada's first jazz concert was in 1914 at thePantages Playhouse Theatre inWinnipeg .[ 1] Fraser MacPherson ,Lenny Breau andEd Bickert and Alberta'sEleanor Collins .
Folk and regional music [ edit ] TheRough Guide to World Music notes that in the Prairie Provinces, "noUkrainian wedding band is complete without atsymbaly , and a small local recording industry there continues to produce cassettes of hybridtroista-country bands" (emphasis in original).[ 2] polka numbers like "Giants of the Prairies " by theKubasonics .
Folk performers includeOscar Brand ,Don Freed ,Hart-Rouge ,Andrea Menard , andThe Wailin' Jennys .
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