Patrick Watson (musician)

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Patrick Watson
Patrick Watson
Background information
Origin	Montreal, Quebec
Label(s)	Secret City Records
Website	Official website

Patrick Watson (born 1979) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, and the name of the band that he fronts, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to Rufus Wainwright^[1], Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd for his experimental music.

Born in California but raised in Hudson, Quebec, Watson attended Lower Canada College. He began his musical career in high school as a member of a ska band called Gangster Politics. He subsequently left the band, and released his own solo debut, Waterproof9, in 2001.

He has toured with John Cale, The Cinematic Orchestra, Amon Tobin, The Dears, Feist and James Brown.^[1]

He received a nomination for New Artist of the Year at the 2007 Juno Awards.

His band's song "The Great Escape" was featured on a third-season episode of Grey's Anatomy.

He co-wrote and performed on several songs on The Cinematic Orchestra's 2007 album Ma Fleur including the opening track "To Build a Home". His "Missing You" remix of Champion's "Guy Doune", from Champion's 2006 album The Remix Album, reached #1 on CBC Radio 3's R3-30 chart in early 2007.

On September 24, 2007, he won the second annual Polaris Music Prize.