Peter makes an excellent (and unusual) point. 'Course we're talking apples and oranges aren't we? In answering "Guest, I Guess" (jeez Guest, can't you put a "name" to that?) I was at first thinking about Canadian SONGWRITERS in a "folk" style, but parallel to that we're also discussing "traditional" music as well. I'm no folklorist, so I'll stick with the "writers", but I think I would add Stan Rogers and Bruce Coburn to Lightfoot and Tyson as the folks who really defined Canadian style. Not because they were neccessarily better, but because they toured and recorded so extensively.

I have to say though that the most imitated Canadian artists have been Joni and Neil.

Rick