The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is compiling a list of 49 Canadian-made songs to demonstrate to our new President-elect what Canada is all about. That's pretty neat. Here's a re-post of what they aim to accomplish:
"Beginning Monday, January 5, CBC Radio 2 invites 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. His playlist could definitely benefit from some Canadian content, especially given the depth of our musical offerings – spanning a wide variety of genres and representing our culture from coast to coast."
This article appears in Jan 14-20, 2009.