well, i live in canada, new brunswick to be more specific and Grand Theft Bus is my favorite band from around here.
i'm from austria... and struggling to think of austrian singers i really like. ah well mozart was an amazing musician. i'll pick him.
I must say that I love just about everything that the John Butler Trio play. I love anything that gives me chills or has an important meaning to me.
C'mon... Falco!!! RIP - Legend... I'm from the UK, off the top of my head in no particular order and there are many more: Trevor Horn and the Art of Noise Simon Posford aka Hallucinogen Richard D James aka The Aphex Twin Quantic Soul Orchestra Crass Seize The Day David Bowie Most music I like comes from mainland europe though....
I'm From South Africa Here are a few I like Miriam Makeba Vusi Mahlasela Duck & Cover Seether Jack Hammer Koos Kombuis Illana May & Dave Matthews
Fat Freddy's Drop... I love them! not from New Zealand tho.. I'm from DR.. my favorite band from here its called Masrhon... very cool, triphopish, most of it is in spanish tho.. but still great Love them and live thy are explosive.
I'm from Norway, and we have two really cool guys called Knudsen & Ludvigsen. They started in 1970 and still play. They make this absurdly funny and special songs for kids and very childish adults. They live in a tunnel (not for real, but as the caracters they "play") and one day they found a badger in the ceiling. And they make songs about how gross it is to eat lunch packets instead of food that lies on a plate. Really weird! I have been singing with them once on a concert, by the way. Not alone, but in a choir.
uk - kate bush, roger water, thom yorke, natasha khan (promising future and a very nice lady, met her at a gig ) probably more but they're the ones off the top of my hairy head!