The city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is considered a musical center of this region, having produced artists like Neil Young, The Guess Who, Bachman–Turner Overdrive, Crash Test Dummies, and many others.
Singer-songwriters from the region include Bob 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, and Neil Young.
Rock groups include The Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Stampeders, Loverboy, Nickelback, Crash Test Dummies, The Sheepdogs, The Watchmen, The Weakerthans, and Wide Mouth Mason.
[1] Notable jazz musicians from the Prairie provinces include Manitoba's Fraser MacPherson, Lenny Breau and Ed Bickert and Alberta's Eleanor Collins.