Every year the Canadian Independent Music Association puts on one heck of an impressive party at the SXSW Music Conference. Traditionally it acts as the first big day party of the festival and therefor, not just Canadians want to be at this free booze and BBQ rave-up but so do bands and delegates from all over the world. Of course, CIMA wants to show off how talented we are up here and so they also book the best of our country's up and comers. This year's performers were: Rah Rah, Daniel Romano, Hey Ocean!, Hannah Georgas, Paper Lions, and the Trews.
CBC Music covers this party every year, but this year alongside the photo gallery of performances, we thought we'd actually ask the global crowd their thoughts on Canadian music and what they think defines it.
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