Hear something on our station that doesn’t sound Canadian?
Here are some examples of the artists you may wonder about and why we play them:
- Alice Cooper – Hello Hurray was written by Canadian Rolf Peter Kempf
- B.B. Gabor – (Hungarian-born, Canadian citizen)
- Bad Company – Paul Rodgers (UK-born, Canadian citizen)
- Buffalo Springfield – songs written by Neil Young (Canadian citizen)
- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – songs written by Neil Young (Canadian citizen)
- Free – Paul Rodgers (UK-born, Canadian citizen)
- Heart – Canadian-based when Dreamboat Annie was recorded in Vancouver
- Linda Ronstadt – the song Heart Like A Wheel was written by Anna McGarrigle
- Mamas and Papas – the song I Saw Her Again was written my band member Denny Doherty
- Moby Grape = co-founder Skip Spence is Canadian born
- Steppenwolf – John Kay (German-born, career started while living in Canada)
- The Band – all members are/were Canadian except Levon Helm