The Whole Nine Yards Episode 231                                                                                              

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 29th June 2025 3-5pm

http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

True North Stories: Songs from across the 49^th Parallel

Tomorrow is Canada Day, so we’re crossing the 49^th Parallel to celebrate the incredible music that has come from the windswept coasts of Newfoundland to the indie cafés of Montreal, from prairie ballads to urban beats, Canadian artists have consistently broken new frontiers crafting songs that create an identity, not as the 51^st state next door, but of resilience, heartache, and hope.

This collection covers some of the most iconic songs, but it’s a trek through stories – a sonic map of Canada’s soul, explored by remarkable artists whose work transcends borders and generations.

So let’s cross the border into Canada and listen to the voices that have invaded America, and the rest of the world..

Hour One

Stan Rogers Northwest Passage (Northwest Passage 1981)

Nadia Reid Oh, Canada (Out f my Province 2020)

Jann Arden Waiting in Canada (Blood Red Cherry 2000)

Buffy Sainte-Marie Until It’s Time for You to Go (Many a Mile 2000)

Leonard Cohen Suzanne (Songs of Leonard Cohen 1967)

Joni Mitchell A Case of You (Both Sides Now 2000)

The Band The Weight (Music from Big Pink 1968)

The Guess Who American Woman (American Woman 1970)

Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind (Sit Down Young Stranger 1970)

Kate & Anna McGarrigle Talk to me of Mendocino (Kate & Anna McGarrigle 1975)

Martha Wainwright Love will be Reborn (Love will be Reborn 2021)

Hour Two

Cowboy Junkies Sweet Jane (Trinity Session 1988)

Neil Young Like a Hurricane (American Stars ’n Bars 1977)

Bruce Cockburn If a Tree Falls (Big Circumference 1989)

Dan Mangan Rows of Houses (Oh Fortune 2011)

Alanis Morissette Thank Q (Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie 1995)

Ron Sexsmith Secret Heart (Ron Sexsmith 1995)

K.D. Lang Hallelujah (Hymns of the 49th Parallel 2004)

The Tragically Hip Bobcaygeon (Phantom Power 1998)

The Weather Station Neon Sign (Humanhood 2025)

The Weakerthans Plea from a Cat Named Virtute (Reconstruction Site 2003)

Arcade Fire Wake Up (Funeral 2004)