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I am amazed by the number of Canadian artists I now listen to. Apart from all the big names there are so many lesser known ones that put out some great music - some have for many years but go almost unnoticed by the masses.
Discovering new artists is (to me) by far the best thing about Roon.
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Discovered this on a Quebec LP pressers site. Also on Qobuz.
Referred to on the site as surf rock, but I see Uma Thurman and John Travolta dancing to it.
A real hoot.
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Just learned that founding member Gord Lewis passed on Sunday Aug 7. So listening to this Canuck classic
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Led by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Donnie “Mr. Downchild” Walsh, the Downchild Blues Band is the premier blues band in Canada. Their saxophone-driven jump blues provided a major inspiration for Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi’s Blues Brothers, who included Walsh’s tunes “Everything I Need (Almost)” and “Shotgun Blues” on their 1978 debut album, Briefcase Full of Blues. Formed in 1969 by Walsh and his brother, Richard “Hock” Walsh, the Downchild Blues Band endured continuous personnel turnover. More than 18 musicians came and went, including Gene Taylor, who went on to play with the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Kenny Neal, who joined after leaving the employ of Buddy Guy and relocating to Toronto. [AllMusic Guide]
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I just came across this via BBC Loose ends radio program, She was a guest singer…
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Ian William Craig
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Because I’ve gone to bed 
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New(ish) release from Alvvays…
Qobuz: Blue Rev by Alvvays
Tidal: Blue Rev by Alvvays
Spotify: Blue Rev by Alvvays
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Wait. There’s music north of the border? We were never taught that in the one day of geography in the exemplary US high school education.
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Sure!
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Hope I didn’t post this already, been enjoying this…
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Don’t Cry Too Hard is the debut album by Canadian folk rock band Leslie Spit Treeo, released in 1990. The album’s primary single on radio was a cover of John Prine’s “Angel from Montgomery”, although the songs “Heat” and “The Sound” (which had previously appeared on the soundtrack to Bruce McDonald’s film Roadkill) also garnered radio airplay.
Following the album’s release, the band won the Juno Award for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1991.
Helen Metella of the Edmonton Journal praised the album’s “stark but sturdy songs”, writing that they were made special by the “throaty, elastic and daring performance of [lead singer Laura] Hubert, who can switch from dreamy folk (Separate) to deeply ironic C&W (Talkin’) as quickly as most buskers can whip out the hat”. [Wikipedia]
Angel from Montgomery/ by Leslie Spit Treeo.mov (youtube.com)
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