All posts in this series tell the stories behind some of the most memorable music by Canadian artists and bands. In addition, each post will highlight a specific part of Canada that is either named in the song, relates to the lyrical content of the song or has to do with the artist and/or their life.
The stories behind great Canadian songs that mention great Canadian places. One of the most exhilarating about being a fan of a singer/band is finding out that they are even… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Soing #16/250: Old Apartment by Barenaked Ladies
These are the stories behind great Canadian songs that mention great Canadian places. If I were to climb into my car and drive for approximately one half hour to the… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #15/250: It Hasn’t Hit Me Yet by Blue Rodeo
The stories behind great Canadian songs that mention great Canadian places. If you are familiar at all with the history of modern music then you will know that musical innovation… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #14/250: Nowhere With You by Joel Plaskett Emergency
The stories behind great Canadian songs about great Canadian places and events. At 6:30 a.m. on a January morning in 1969, Saskatoon nursing student Gail Miller stepped out into the… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #14/250: Wheat Kings by The Tragically Hip
The stories behind great Canadian songs that mention great Canadian places. I grew up in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Waves from the mighty Atlantic Ocean smashed into coal-streaked cliffs that… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #12/250: Small Of My Heart by Madison Violet
The stories behind great Canadian songs that mention great Canadian places. For those familiar with the evolution of modern music history, you will be aware that the late 1950s, into… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #11/250: Down By The Henry Moore by Murray McLauchlan
Great songs that mention great Canadian places. I hope that you are familiar with the classic TV comedy, Seinfeld. I have always held the genre of comedy in high regard… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #10/250: All Hell For A Basement by Big Sugar
Stompin’ Tom Connors was one of Canada’s most beloved troubadours. In his career, he recorded almost fifty albums, selling over four million copies in the process. He was invested into… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #9/250: Sudbury Saturday Night by Stompin’ Tom Connors.
***Note: This post is from the archives. It was originally written as The Men They Couldn’t Hang in 2019. It is a post that describes an English band singing about… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #8/250: Bobcaygeon by The Tragically Hip.
One of the real perks to living anywhere in any town or city for a certain length of time is that you come to know where the true gathering spots… Read More »The Great Canadian Road Trip: Song #7/250: Charlie’s Is Coming Down by Deep Dark Woods
