For those of you who follow the Algonquin Outfitters blog and the Wolf Den blog you have already read about the Great Canadian Song Quest, and how they asked us all to vote for Algonquin Park..... Well the song list is now out, and yes Algonquin Park made the list....
After months of campaigning and voting, Canadians selected the places across the nation they wanted to see immortalized in song and the singer-songwriters they wanted to write those songs. CBC Radio 2’s sponsored Great Canadian Song Quest challenged artists compose tributes to Canada’s favourite places during a four week span, and the final songs, lovingly crafted by some of Canada’s brightest stars, are finally complete.
“We’ve really made musical history here,” said Mark Steinmetz, director of music programming, CBC Radio. “Never before have Canadians from coast-to-coast been able to have such direct, immediate influence on the music that matters to them. These songs are for all of us—music about Canada, by Canadians, for Canadians.”
Here are The Final Songs, and yes Algonquin Park is repersenting Ontario
· Where They Left it Wild, (Algonquin Park, Ont.), by Hawksley Workman
and here’s a link to hear samples of each:
BC: OH SUSANNA and TOFINO
AB: JAY SPARROW and HOODOOS/BADLANDS
SK: DEEP DARK WOODS and GOOD TIME CHARLIE'S at THE PLAINS HOTEL
MB: CHANTAL KREVIAZUK and WASKADA
ON: HAWKSLEY WORKMAN and ALGONQUIN PARK
QC: MARTHA WAINWRIGHT and THE BLACK SHEEP INN
NB: DAVID MYLES and HOPEWELL ROCKS
PEI: CATHERINE MACLELLAN and SINGING SANDS BEACH
NS: JOEL PLASKETT and THE CABOT TRAIL
NF: HEY ROSETTA! and GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK
NUNAVUT : LUCIE IDLOUT and the ROAD TO NOWHERE
NWT: DANA SIPOS and the TUKTOYAKTUK PINGOS
YUKON: KIM BARLOW and DAWSON CITY
