From January 5th-16th, 2009, CBC Radio 2 invited Canadians to help select the top “49 songs from north of the 49th parallel” that would best define our country to the incoming U.S. President Barack Obama. Please take the time to click on each link and listen to some wonderful music. You may rediscover some old favourites and discover some new loves. Here is what we voted for:
- Affairs of the Heart: Marjan Mozetich
- American Woman - The Guess Who
- Barber: Violin Concerto: James Ehnes
- Bobcaygeon - The Tragically Hip
- Both Sides Now - Joni Mitchell
- Brother (Watching) - Shad
- Canada's Really Big - Arrogant Worms
- The Canadian Dream - Sam Roberts
- Canadian Railroad Trilogy - Gordon Lightfoot
- A Case of You - Joni Mitchell
- Closer to the Heart - Rush
- Dégénération - Mes Aïeux
- Democracy - Leonard Cohen
- Departure Bay - Diana Krall
- Évangéline - Marie-Jo Thério
- Four Strong Winds - Ian & Sylvia
- Goin' Up a Yonder - Measha Brueggergosman
- Goldberg Variations - Glenn Gould
- Hallelujah - k.d. lang
- Helpless- Neil Young
- The Hockey Song - Stompin' Tom Connors
- Home - Michael Bublé
- Hymn to Freedom - Oscar Peterson Trio
- If I Had $1,000,000 - Barenaked Ladies
- J'ai quitté mon île - Daniel Lavoie
- Jolie Louise - Daniel Lanois
- La complainte du phoque en Alaska - Beau Dommage
- Mario Takes a Walk - Jesse Cook
- Mon pays - Gilles Vigneault
- Montréal -40C - Malajube
- Northwest Passage - Stan Rogers
- One Great City! - The Weakerthans
- Ordinary Day - Great Big Sea
- Oublie-pas - Karkwa
- Place St. Henri (from Canadiana Suite) - Oscar Peterson Trio
- Pour un instant - Harmonium
- Quand les hommes vivront d'amour - Raymond Lévesque
- Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire
- Rêver mieux - Daniel Bélanger
- Rise Again - The Rankin Family
- Rise Up - Parachute Club
- Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young
- Suzanne - Leonard Cohen
- Swingin' Shepherd Blues - Moe Koffman
- Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie
- We'll Gather Lilacs - Ben Heppner
- Wheat Kings - The Tragically Hip
- Wondering Where the Lions Are - Bruce Cockburn
- The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
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LOL, this is great fun for us Yankees who don't live in Washington! Actually I live due west of you, along the same parallel. I plan to explore this playlist.
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