If there were any doubts as to her status on the Canadian music scene, they were officially destroyed after her recent weekend stint in Halifax. The two-time Juno winner put on the best shows of early 2006 with an amazing voice and breathtaking versions of material from Let It Die. “I guess because I was doing it for eight or nine or 10 years before I put this record out, I know that it’s so much about fluke and timing, right time and right place,” Feist told The Coast a few weeks ago. “I would never assume or want anything other than what I’ve been insanely fortunate enough to get.”
Runners-up: Sarah Harmer, Sarah McLachlan