Canadian Music History Radio
Some albums make an artist famous. Others change the direction of an entire genre. Shania Twain’s Come On Over did both. Released in 1997, the album built on the enormous success of The Woman in Me and transformed the Timmins, Ontario-raised singer into a global...
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Some jazz albums demand that listeners understand the music before they can fully appreciate it. Night Train does the opposite. From its opening moments, Oscar Peterson’s 1963 album invites you in. Recorded with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen, Night Train showcases Peterson’s extraordinary...
Canadian music is covering plenty of ground this week. September 18 brings major new releases from internationally recognised Canadian artists alongside albums and EPs from independent musicians deserving a wider audience. Carly Rae Jepsen returns with an ambitious double album, Neil Young revisits both new...
When Anne Murray released Snowbird in 1970, she was still near the beginning of a recording career that would eventually span decades, cross musical genres and open doors for generations of Canadian performers. Its title track changed everything. “Snowbird,” written by Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan,...
Canada’s new music calendar delivers an especially diverse mix this week, moving from young blues and experimental indie rock to garage punk, cinematic cello and a collaboration between two established Canadian bands. This week’s Maple Music Lounge picks include a remarkable debut from British Columbia...
Released on July 1, 1968, Music from Big Pink introduced The Band with a sound that seemed almost completely removed from the psychedelic experimentation dominating rock music at the time. Earthy, collaborative and deeply rooted in folk, blues, country and gospel traditions, the album helped...
September begins with a particularly varied week for Canadian music. One of Canada’s biggest international pop successes gets a 20th-anniversary expansion, a Canadian-born country artist delivers his debut album, and independent musicians are moving through R&B, jazz, ambient music, contemporary composition and electronic experimentation....
September has delivered some remarkable moments in Canadian music history. It is the birth month of Leonard Cohen, Neil Peart, Sylvia Tyson, Ian Tyson and Avril Lavigne; the month Rush released several important records; and the month Toronto hosted a concert that unexpectedly became part...
Released on December 27, 1967, Songs of Leonard Cohen introduced the wider music world to an artist unlike almost anyone else of his generation. Sparse, intimate and deeply poetic, Leonard Cohen’s debut album transformed his literary voice into songs that would eventually become standards. Cohen...
