Traditional Music
Manitoba is a center for the old-time fiddling of the Métis people, and the popular tune "Whiskey Before Breakfast" was popularized by the Métis fiddler Andy DeJarlis (1914–1975), who was from the Red River region.
In the early 1990s Susan Aglukark, born in Churchill, emerged as a nationally successful adult contemporary singer.
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