Patrick Watson (born 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian
singer-songwriter, whose blend of cabaret pop and classical music influences with indie rock has been compared to
Rufus Wainwright,
Jeff Buckley and
Andrew Bird. Singing in the local church choirs as a boy, studying jazz and classical piano performance, composition, and arrangement, and singing and playing keyboards in the ska band
Gangster Politics in high school. Watson left the band after graduating and began to explore other types of music, including electronica and ambient. In 2002, after returning from a trip…
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