Tag: Canada

March 7

Week 304: “Open” by Rhye

Here’s your fact of the day: for almost a century, Canada and Denmark have been…

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October 12

Week 283: “Yarrow And Mint” by The Weather Station

Today we celebrate that magical fall holiday known as Thanksgiving. Or, to be more specific,…

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September 14

Week 279: “Dawn’s Song” by Michael Kaeshammer

Small concerts are the best. There’s nothing wrong with super-sized, stadium-filling mega-shows, but sometimes music…

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August 3

Week 273: “White Night” by Thus Owls

Watching Thus Owls perform recently at a festival, I was struck by how quickly their…

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May 18

Week 262: “A Case of You” by Joni Mitchell

Millions of Canadians are staying home from work and school today, enjoying the statutory holiday…

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March 9

Week 252: “But Beautiful” by Clark Terry and Oscar Peterson

When I found out about Clark Terry, I couldn’t believe it had taken me so…

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December 29

Week 242: “Valediction” by Showroom

As the sun sets on another year, I’m reminded that I have no idea how…

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August 18

Week 223: “Blue Nightingale” by Madeline Tasquin

For a bird that weighs about as much as a handful of paperclips, the nightingale…

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February 17

Week 197: “All The While” by Barzin

With some songs, it’s the melody that gets lodged in your brain. It’s a guitar…

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February 10

Week 196: “Yeti’s Lament” by Berry Weight

As the album’s title suggests, the songs on “Music For Imaginary Movies” are very good…

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January 27

Week 194: “Deep Cold” by Carl Bray

A few days from now, groundhogs across North America will cheerfully emerge to let us…

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July 15

Week 166: “The Book of Love” by The Magnetic Fields (Patricia O’Callaghan cover)

The best-known version of this song is probably Peter Gabriel’s version, which was made so…

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July 1

Week 164: “Ballad to the East” by Oscar Peterson

In 1964, Canadian jazz legend Oscar Peterson released “The Canadiana Suite”, a record as beautiful…

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April 29

Week 155: “The Police and the Private” by Metric

Not only is Metric one of my favourite Canadian bands, but they might be the…

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February 18

Week 145: “Red” by Treble Charger

This is a 1990s alt-rock anthem that doesn’t get enough credit. Which is fitting, because the band…

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December 10

Week 135: “White Keys” by Chilly Gonzalez

Lots of people hate winter. It’s cold, it’s dark, and the novelty of snow quickly…

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August 13

Week 118: “UWM (feat. Leland Whitty)” by BadBadNotGood

Everything about BadBadNotGood seems designed to freak out old people. Their Bandcamp page proclaims that…

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August 6

Week 117: “Second Hand” by errunriv

I’ve always been interested in song titles. When I first heard this song, I assumed…

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July 9

Week 113: “Sit Still” by Christopher Stopa

The first few months of 2012 were pretty strange for Christopher Stopa. A baker with…

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June 18

Week 110: “Funk For Joy” by The Extremities

One of the best things about the mp3 age is the phenomenon of iPod serendipity.…

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