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2013 in Canadian music

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Events

  • January 9 - Adam Gontier, lead singer of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, resigns from the band, citing health concerns.
  • March 10 - 2013 East Coast Music Awards
  • April 21 – Juno Awards of 2013
  • May 25 - Online streaming service CBC Music sponsors the first CBC Music Festival at Ontario Place's new Echo Beach music venue.
  • June 13 - Prelimimary longlist for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
  • July 10 - Mo Kenney and Keith Kouna are named the English and French winners of the 2013 SOCAN Songwriting Prize.
  • July 16 - Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
  • September 23 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor's 'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! is announced as the winner of the Polaris Music Prize.

    • Bands reformed

  • Despistado

    • A

  • Anciients, Heart of Oak
  • Arcade Fire, Reflektor - October 28
  • Austra, Olympia - June 18

    • B

  • Jill Barber, Chansons - January 29
  • Bear Mountain, XO
  • Daniel Bélanger, Chic de ville - March 5
  • The Besnard Lakes, Until in Excess, Imperceptible UFO
  • The Bicycles, Stop Thinking So Much
  • Justin Bieber, Believe Acoustic - January 29
  • Born Ruffians, Birthmarks - April 16
  • Basia Bulat, Tall Tall Shadow - September 30
  • Louise Burns, The Midnight Mass - July 9

    • C

  • City and Colour, The Hurry and the Harm, June 4
  • Classified, Classified - January 22
  • The Cliks, Black Tie Elevator

    • D

  • Thomas D'Arcy, What We Want
  • DIANA, Perpetual Surrender
  • Céline Dion, Loved Me Back to Life

    • E

  • Elephant Stone, Elephant Stone

    • F

  • Stephen Fearing, Between Hurricanes
  • Michael Feuerstack, Tambourine Death Bed - May 7
  • Front Line Assembly, Echogenetic - July 9
  • Fur Trade, Don't Get Heavy

    • G

  • Ghostkeeper, Horse Chief! War Thief!
  • Grand Analog, Modern Thunder, August 20
  • The Grapes of Wrath, High Road - March 19
  • Jim Guthrie, Takes Time - May 7

    • H

  • Hayden, Us Alone - February 5
  • Headstones, Love + Fury - July 23
  • The Hidden Cameras, Age
  • Hilotrons, At Least There's Commotion - February 5
  • Hollerado, White Paint
  • Hooded Fang, Gravez

    • I

  • Imaginary Cities, Fall of Romance - May 28

    • K

  • Ian Kelly, All These Lines - November 5
  • k-os, BLack on BLonde - January 29
  • Aidan Knight, Telecommunicate

    • L

  • Mélissa Laveaux, Dying Is a Wild Night
  • Avril Lavigne, Avril Lavigne
  • Lee Harvey Osmond, The Folk Sinner - January 15
  • Light Fires, Light Fires
  • Lightning Dust, Fantasy

    • M

  • Greg MacPherson, Fireball - October 29
  • Maestro Fresh Wes, Orchestrated Noise - June 25
  • Magneta Lane, Witchrock - February 12
  • Majical Cloudz, Impersonator - May 21
  • Minotaurs, New Believers
  • Ruth Moody, These Wilder Things

    • N

  • Naturally Born Strangers, The LegendsLeague Presents: Naturally Born Strangers
  • New Country Rehab, Ghost of Your Charms - March 5
  • The New Mendicants, Australia 2013 E.P.

    • O

  • Odds, the Most Beautiful Place on Earth - February 21

    • R

  • Daniel Romano, Come Cry With Me - January 22
  • Justin Rutledge, Valleyheart - February 12

    • S

  • The Sadies, Internal Sounds - September 17
  • Ron Sexsmith, Forever Endeavour
  • Shad, Flying Colours - October 15
  • Shotgun Jimmie, Everything Everything
  • Skinny Puppy, Weapon - May 28
  • SNFU, Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You - October 24
  • Rae Spoon, My Prairie Home
  • The Strumbellas, We Still Move on Dance Floors - October 22
  • Swollen Members, Beautiful Death Machine - March 19

    • T

  • Tegan and Sara, Heartthrob - January 29
  • Maylee Todd, Escapology, April 2
  • A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation
  • Two Hours Traffic, Foolish Blood

    • V

  • Various Artists, Arts & Crafts: 2003-2013
  • Various Artists, Arts & Crafts: X - May 28
  • Lindy Vopnfjörð, Young Waverer

    • W

  • Martha Wainwright, Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 4 - February 26
  • Wake Owl, Wild Country - January 29
  • Whitehorse, The Road to Massey Hall - February 15
  • Woodpigeon, Thumbtacks + Glue
  • Donovan Woods, Don't Get Too Grand - March 26

    • Y

  • Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, UZU
  • Young Galaxy, Ultramarine

    • Top hits on record

    The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

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    Deaths

  • January 7 - Kent Abbott, 32, rock musician (Grade)
  • January 15 - Yuli Turovsky, 73, Russian-born conductor and cellist (I Musici de Montréal Chamber Orchestra)
  • January 25 - Normand Corbeil, 56, composer
  • March 6 - Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, country singer-songwriter
  • April 16 - Rita MacNeil, 68, country and folk singer-songwriter
  • April 17 - George Beverly Shea, 104, gospel musician
  • May 5 - Greg Quill, 66, Australian-born musician and music critic for the Toronto Star
  • May 8 - Bill Langstroth, 81, country music producer (Singalong Jubilee), inducted into Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame (2011).
  • June 2 - Mario Bernardi, 82, conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra
  • June 3 - Chris Levoir, 31, singer and guitarist for The Mark Inside
  • August 18 - Wes Dakus, 75, rock and rockabilly musician

    • References

    2013 in Canadian music Wikipedia
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