"Dundas, Ontario" is also the title of a song from the album "Start Breaking My Heart" by the artist Caribou (formerly "Manitoba"), a native of the town. Dundas' sobriquet "The Valley Town" is used as the title of a song on the album "Mountain Meadows" by the band Elliott Brood; one of the band members, Casey Laforet, spent part of his childhood in Dundas. The town has produced other independent artists including Junior Boys, Orphx, Koushik, and smaller bands such as Winter Equinox and The Dirty Nil. Folk singer Stan Rogers, who died in an airplane fire in 1983, lived in Dundas. He grew up in the Hannon area and moved to Dundas as an adult. He is best remembered for his songs about Canada's Atlantic provinces.