Canada
Prairie, ranch, mountain — Canadian Americana is its own animal.
Canada's Americana runs from Saskatchewan ranches (Colter Wall) to glam-noir desert country (Orville Peck) to a deep songwriter tradition that's older than most American scenes will admit (Ian Tyson, Stan Rogers, Gordon Lightfoot).
Look for: cowboy revivalism on the prairies, queer country in the cities, and a folk lineage that never had to be 'rediscovered'.
In rotation from Canada
Canada · 1995 — present
Colter Wall
A voice older than the calendar says it should be.
Canada · 1988 — present
Orville Peck
Glam outlaw country with a fringed mask.
Canada · 1933 — 2022
Ian Tyson
Wrote 'Four Strong Winds'. Then went back to the ranch.
Canada · 1967 — 1999
The Band
Made the foundational North American Americana record.
Canada · 1969 — present
Corb Lund
Alberta cowboy country, sharp and funny.
Canada · 1945 — present
Neil Young
Half a century of refusing to repeat himself.
