Are you a fan of Canadian popular music artists (maybe you don't know you are)

[gratuitous]

Here's a chance to weigh in on the Polaris Music Prize for "heritage" albums by Canadian artists:

https://polarismusicprize.ca/heritage-prize/2018-nominees/

You can vote once a day between now and October 23 for best album by a Canadian group or artist for the eras 1960-75, 1976-85, 1985-95 and 1996-2005. Some of the nominees are:

Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark
The Band, Music from Big Pink
Bruce Cockburn, Stealing Fire
k.d. lang, Ingenue

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

1. Bryan Adams

Huge in the 80's.

[Aristus]

20. "Reckless" was the chart-burner, but I think "Into The Fire" is an extraordinary album.

Intelligent, buoyant, and take-no-prisoners rock and roll.

'Native Son' is a heartbreaking elegy to the losses suffered by the First Nations people.

[red dog 1]

39. I think he still tours

He has a great back-up band.

I have a DVD of a concert he did in Lisbon, Portugal about 20 years ago, and it's probably the best live concert I've ever seen....They love him in Europe.

He does a lot of concerts for charity and donates the money he makes as a professional photographer (The Bryan Adams Foundation)

Also he's an animal activist.

[Armymedic88]

2. Shania Twain

For us country folk

[NightWatcher]

3. Alanis Morrisette and Bare Naked Ladies

[gratuitous]

6. Morrissette's Jagged Little Pill is on the ballot

1986-95 era.

[Sneederbunk]

4. Rush, Bachman-Turner Overdrive.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. No Gordon Lightfoot?

Of the ones listed, I'd say Stan Rogers and "Fogarty's Cove".

[WePurrsevere]

54. I was very surprised not to see him there. He's one of the absolute best IMO. nt

[customerserviceguy]

55. Hear, here!

I've been a Lightfoot fan since the early 1970's!

[sarge43]

67. Indeed.

That is a terrible omission.

[rzemanfl]

7. Diana Krall. n/t

[Lochloosa]

13. She was my date after her show here in Jacksonville FL.

Well, my wife was with us. I volunteered for the Jazz Fest and drove the artist around while they were here. I spent three days with her. My wife and I were heading to the after party on Saturday night and she jumps between us and announces that we are her date for the night.

Fun lady. And damn good looking.

[rzemanfl]

14. Did you have to peel her grapes?

You and your wife were lucky.

[Lochloosa]

17. Lol I would have. Right in front of my wife

[rzemanfl]

18. There you go. I think I should post the song so folks don't get the wrong idea.

[Lochloosa]

19. 5' 8"s of Damn...

[CentralMass]

26. Pardon me while I lift up my jaw.

[rzemanfl]

27. You're excused. n/t

[smirkymonkey]

58. I love Diana Krall!

And Joni Mitchell & K.D. Lang!

[rzemanfl]

59. Should I call you a hoser? n/t

[wcmagumba]

8. All of the above and...

Rush...

[gratuitous]

9. Rush is in the 1976-85 category

Unfortunately for them.

[LisaM]

10. No Guess Who? They had a number of good albums.

Also missing, Barenaked Ladies.

[ProfessorGAC]

28. I Noticed That Too

My wife recently found a Best of The Guess Who at the dollar store. Lots of really good songs on there. Surprisingly, No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature was not on there, which i thought was their 2nd biggest hit.

[LisaM]

36. American Woman, Raindance, No Time, These Eyes, She's Come Undun....

I would probably rate those as their biggest hits, though I love "No Sugar Tonight". "Clap for the Wolfman" was also a rather big hit, though it's not one of my own favorites.

They put out an album called "Rockin'" which is one of my all-time favorites, lots and lots of good songs.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. No Sugar Is #3 For Them

These Eyes is #2, which is higher than i expected.

American Woman, of course, is #1.

The Ultimate Classic Rock website is a great site for that.

[msongs]

11. neil young and leonard cohen nt

[msongs]

12. eh msongs yew forgot paul anka lol

[nolabear]

15. kd lang

[csziggy]

22. YES! I love her singing so much!

[LisaM]

37. And that was only her SECOND best rendition of "Hallejulah".

Her first was at the Juno Awards a couple of years before that; it was amazing. Leonard Cohen was there that night.

[Tikki]

16. I like this song by Martha and the Muffins

Tikki

[peekaloo]

21. Love that song, too!

[Kaleva]

23. Chuggo

If it wasn't for DU, I would never had heard of him.

[Dr. Strange]

61. All hail Tommy_Carcetti...

for spreading the word of Chuggo.

Hail, hail!

[Kaleva]

64. I would have never heard of Chuggo had it not been for Tommy_Carcetti

For the rest of my life, whenever the topic of Canadian music comes up, I'll think of the under appreciated Chuggo and his big hit that is often refered to as "Ahhh c'mon fuck a guy".

[Doc_Technical]

24. The Collectors

[Paladin]

25. I'm a big-time Ian & Sylvia fan, after all these years.

Used to hear their stuff ("Someday Soon," "Four Rode By) on an evening folk music radio show in Austin, back in the 60's.

[Totally Tunsie]

65. Thank you for the reminder about Ian & Sylvia!

Love their harmonies - great music, indeed. They're one of my favorites from "back then", and now I'm enjoying them in the background as I type this. Wonderful!

[Paladin]

66. Glad I furnished you with a reminder. (nt)

[MrScorpio]

29. BadBadNotGood.

[OriginalGeek]

30. Voivod makes any list better

but especially a Canadian music list

ETA~ Very nice to see Nothingface was nominated!

[vi5]

52. Didn't expect this here, but agreed 100%

[Rizen]

31. The Canadian band

Rush is one of my favorite bands along with REM.

[hurl]

32. Jane Siberry

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[SCantiGOP]

43. Mimi on the Beach approves of this

[JonLP24]

33. Chuggo is the only Canadian musician I like

[jmowreader]

45. He has a sense of humour, too

"I'm doing commercials like this because I can't sell records."

[Dr. Strange]

60. Aw man.

That fuckin' guy!

[lame54]

34. Neil Young, Pat Travers, April Wine

[malthaussen]

35. KLAATU and quite a few more.

Does Chris Hadfield count?

-- Mal

[red dog 1]

40. Neil Young and Bryan Adams

Neil Young's new band, "Promise of the Real," features Willie Nelson's son, Lukas Nelson, on lead guitar.

I think they're on tour now.

[whistler162]

41. Come on you heathens Oscar Peterson and Michael Buble!

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44. Oscar has an album in the 1960-75 era

Vote!

[whistler162]

46. Oscar Peterson/Stan Rogers/KD Lang

[True Dough]

42. Any of you familiar with

Walk Off The Earth? They're phenomenally talented. They have their own original tunes and do many, many creative covers.

[BluesRunTheGame]

47. Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cowboy Junkies

[BluesRunTheGame]

48. Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Rufus Wainwright, Hank Snow, David Clayton Thomas

[gratuitous]

49. And the results are in

Yeah, Bruce Cockburn won a heritage prize:

https://www.facebook.com/polarismusicprize/photos/pcb.10155692087197233/10155692079842233/?type=3&theater

As well as some other, lesser acts.

[red dog 1]

50. Dream Warriors??

How many world tours have they made?

Bruce Cockburn & Neil Young deserved it, Dream Warriors did not, imo.

(Bryan Adams should have gotten a heritage prize)

[guillaumeb]

51. Gordon Lightfoot. Ian and Sylvia Tyson.

[mr_lebowski]

53. The New Pornographers & Destroyer FTW ...

Too new of bands/peeps to make those lists, but ... next go-round!

[TlalocW]

56. Why y'all ignoring Canadian hip-hop?

TlalocW

[gratuitous]

57. Talk to the folks at Polaris Music Folks

Did no one get the aim of this post, which was to get folks to vote in the Heritage album vote?

I'm a failure.

[bif]

62. We live across the river from Canada and listen to the CBC all the time

They tend to play the same, mediocre Canadian songs over and over. And they claim they don't have a playlist!

[geardaddy]

63. Lots of new bands out there now, too!

Two of my faves:

Alvvays:

Metric:

Feist:

[Mendocino]

68. Indio (Gordon Peterson)

Five Man Electrical Band
A Foot in Coldwater
The Stampeders