In honor of Grandmother’s Land.
Buffy Ste. Marie— “Now that the Buffalo’s Gone” & “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee”
Robbie Robertson— “Ghost Dance" & "Mahk Jchi”
Ta’Kaiya Blaney— “Turn the World Around”
Joni Mitchell— “Coyote”
Neil Young— “Like a Hurricane”
Leonard Cohen— “Hallelujah”
Share your favorite Canadian music here.
Joyeux Jour du Canada from your south of the border friend!
Phasors On Stun – FM
“Nothing is a dream until you wake up…”
Perhaps some Rush?
April Wine, “Just Between You and Me”
Alanis Morissette, “You Oughta Know”
Glenn Gould, any of Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Barenaked Ladies, “Call and Answer”
Something by rock guitarist Jeff Buckley
Something by folk fiddler Natalie McMaster
Oscar Peterson, “Shadow of Your Smile”
Triumph, “Magic Power”
The Hip, Barenaked Ladies, April Wine, Bryan Adams, Céline, Shania, BTO, Guess Who, Mitsou, Hart Rouge, Roch Voisine, Luba would all be on mine.
Bieber would not
and…
Gordon Lightfoot, “The Way I Feel”
Bryan Adams, “Cuts Like a Knife”
Nelly Furtado, “Turn Off the Light”
A L’Oree des Bois, “Plants and Animals”
Anything by k.d. lang
Canadian Brass, “Trumpet Tune” (Purcell)
Celine Dion, “En Attendant Ses Pas”
Men Without Hats, “Safety Dance”
“Werewolf” by The Five Man Electrical Band
The theme to “The Littlest Hobo”
Absolutely. Go with “Fly By Night.”
Teenage Head - Let’s Shake
Bruce Cockburn - Wondering Where The Lions Are
Platinum Blonde - Doesn’t Really Matter
Corey Hart - Never Surrender
The Pursuit Of Happiness - I’m An Adult Now
Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns
Loreena McKennitt - Samain Night
Crash Test Dummies - Superman’s Song
Spirit Of The West - And If Venice Is Sinking
The Tea Party - Psychopomp
Sam Roberts Band - Don’t Walk Away Eileen
Great Big Sea - Sea Of No Cares
Simple Plan - I’d Do Anything
Sloan - Gimme That
Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
The New Pornographers - Sing Me Spanish Techno
Amelia Curran - Scattered and Small
Monster Truck - Old Train
Chromeo - Old 45s
Crystalyne - Secret
Tegan And Sara - Stop Desire
Carly Rae Jepsen - Cut To The Feeling
You don’t say, Rushgeekgirl. Say hi to By-Tor for me.
Nice one! I was listening to Nash the Slash just yesterday. I have American Bandages on my car playlist!.
I’d add one that fits the Canadian multicultural theme - it’s a remix of Nelly Furtado’s Powerless by Montreal bhangra duo called JoSH.
I’ll avoid the obvious (Neil, The Guess Who etc.) to make sure that the very nice guy Craig “Craigtube” Farraway isn’t overlooked.
Anvil - Metal on metal
Ron Hynes - Sonny’s Dream
Rankin Family - You feel the Same Way too, and Fare Ther Well
Murray McLaughlin- Farmer’s Son
Kate and Anna McGarrigle - The Log Driver’s Waltz
Great Big Sea: Ordinary Day
Gordon Lightfoot: Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Jeff Buckley ain’t no stinkin’ Canadian!
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Having an Average Weekend (This may sound familiar to some of you.)
I’d have gone with Home For a Rest, a song I always associate with Canada.