Bryan Adams
Although Bryan Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario, he moved with his family in 1974 to North Vancouver. The “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” singer got his start in music right here in the Lower Mainland, going on to rock icon of the ’80s and ’90s.
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Despite his massive success, Adams still calls Vancouver home even buying and refurbishing the oldest brick building in Vancouver to become his Warehouse Studio. The singer also showed his hometown pride with a performance at the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Sarah McLachlan
Sarah McLachlan is so associated with Vancouver, it’s hard to remember she hails from Halifax. The Grammy winner ended up in BC after she was offered a recording contract from Vancouver-based record label Nettwerk back in 1985 when she was just 17.
Was born on January 28, 1968, in Halifax. She was placed with the McLachlan family, who later legally adopted her.
She played music from a very young age, beginning with the ukulele when she was four. She studied classical guitar, classical piano, and voice at the Maritime Conservatory of Music.
At 17, while she was still a student at Queen Elizabeth High School, she fronted a short-lived rock band called The October Game. One of the band’s songs, “Grind,” credited as a group composition, can be found on the independent Flamingo Records release Out of the Fog and the CD Out of the Fog Too. It has yet to be released elsewhere.
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Little did Alison Jenkins know when she awoke Sunday that she would become an international social-media star, the target of a viral dragnet to discover the author of two diaries discovered during a home renovation in Toronto.
“I woke up, checked my phone for my emails and stuff, and there were four or five Facebook messages from people I didn’t know,” the Vancouver musician said Monday. “They were saying, ‘Is this you by any chance?’
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