songwriters

It's Canada Day weekend and what better time to celebrate the fine music that has come, and is still coming, from Canadian artists. I'll kick it off with an old classic. I first heard Both Sides Now in Grade 5 or 6 when our school choir sang it during a concert we did at a nearby longterm care...

The great singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot turns 80 today and is apparently celebrating with a charity gig in his hometown of Orillia, Ontario. The list of classic songs that have come from his pen goes on for a while: "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald", "If You Could Read My Mind","Canadian...

Another musical great is gone. We've known since 2011 that country and pop legend Glen Campbell was battling Alzheimer's. He lost today. I am not a country fan in general, but Glen was one of those singer-songwriters who defies genre. His songs are solid, powerful short stories set to music. As...

With our great nation of Canada about to turn 150 years old this year, it's time to celebrate Canadian music. Let's collaboratively put together a list of the top 150 Canadian songs of all time. For a song to qualify, the singer and/or songwriter must be Canadian. Everyone please post your...

Okay, I'm not literally expecting us to come up with 150 Canadian songs/pieces of music. But the more the merrier. This country has produced a lot of great musicians, singers, composers, and songwriters. So, I figured one way to honour Canada Day here would be to get a thread going for...