December 20, 2006
Francophone bands find anglophone audience despite language barrier (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
TORONTO (CP) - In a year that saw Canada’s biggest-selling music acts conquer worldwide charts with straight-ahead formula rock and pop, it was the unexpected rise of francophone bands from Quebec that caught the attention of industry tastemakers and hipsters closer to home.
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