The folks behind the wonderful local/Canadian music website Herohill have prepared a Canada Day treat for you. On July 1st, they released a Gordon Lightfoot compilation featuring a whole whackload of bands taking on the catalogue of this Canuck elder folk statesman. The list of artists is broad and varied, and includes A.A. Wallace, Quiet Parade, Cursed Arrows, Olenka Kraus (of Olenka and the Autumn Lovers) and many many more.
Bryan Acker (who runs the site along with Shane Nadeau) says he’s a longtime Lightfoot fan, but was surprised at how many of his songs were new to the bands involved. “Some of the bands plan to release their versions as singles, which is really cool,” he says. Due to the variety of musicians, there are some surprising versions too — and Acker says it’s a testament to Lightfoot’s songwriting that they all sound great. The compilation will be online-only and is now available as a free download at herohill.com (or you can get it directly here.)
This article appears in Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2011.
Nice work Hero Hill! That is awesome!
They always keep me up to date with whats happening in music.
This should be cool, Mr Lightfoot has written some of the greatest songs ever