Month: August 2013
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Random Songs From My Phone – Feist – “I Feel It All”
In case you hadn’t noticed, my iPhone is full of Canadian artists and Feist is one of them. Calgary‘s own Leslie Feist had a major hit back in 2007 with her album “The Reminder“. It contained her major hit “1234” which had a life of its own after being used in an Apple iPod […]
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Song Of The Day – Remembering George Duke
The world lost a great one on August 5. George Duke, the legend, passed away at the age of 67. Not many careers as fine as this jazz keyboardist, singer, composer and producer. And collaborator, wow, he played with Zappa on many of his albums and is recognized as a major keyboard pioneer. Truly […]
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Song Of The Day – Ron Sexsmith – “Snake Road”
Back from a “find the sun” weekend. Man, what a crap summer this has been. Enough whining, back to the business at hand, a song. In this case a Canadian singer with huge world-wide influence, Ron Sexsmith. Thirteen albums since 1991, recording since he was 21, first band at 14, huge stable of musical […]
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Song Of The Day – Blackie and The Rodeo Kings – “Got You Covered”
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are a Canadian alt-country group. I enjoy them as the country is more of a country blues sound. The group has been going strong since the early 1990’s and, in addition to the groups many record, has spawned many solo albums by its members, Colin Linden, Stephen Fearing […]
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