The 2023 Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place on Thursday at Studio Bell in Calgary, highlighting four starkly different musical acts with storied Canadian careers during the event.
CBC Music host and mezzo-soprano Julia Nesrallah was the MC of the ceremony, the second of its kind. She introduced the evening’s inductees: Jazz pianist Oliver Jones, Quebecois songstress Diane Dufresne, country star Terri Clark and rock band Trooper.
Following a traditional performance by Blackfoot elder and knowledge keeper Eldon Weasel Child, Jones was the first to be honoured.
His longtime collaborator, Montreal-based American jazz singer Renee Lee, paid him tribute — noting
