The Whole Nine Yards Episode 232     

With Roy Stannard

On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM

Sunday 6^th July 2025 3-5pm

www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen

True North Stories: Songs from across the 49th Parallel – Pt II

Last week, we set off across the 49th Parallel to mark Canada Day with songs that span rocky Atlantic shores to neon-lit alleyways in Toronto. But two hours was never going to be enough. So we’re back – mining deeper into Canada’s musical hills.

Canadian music doesn’t follow trends songs; they’re emotional landmarks, shaped by wilderness, migration, protest, and perseverance.

This isn’t the soundtrack of America’s upstairs neighbour—it’s the voice of a country that moves to its own beat. So let’s head north again, and let the songs lead the way.

Hour One

Aysanabee – Nomads (Watin 2022)

Metric – Gimme Sympathy (Fantasies 2009)

Broken Social Scene – Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl (You Forgot It in People 2002)

Feist – Borrow Trouble (Multitudes 2023)

Rufus Wainwright – Going to a Town (Release the Stars 2007)

Cowboy Junkies – A Horse in the Country (Black Eyed Man 1992)

Blue Rodeo – Try (Outskirts 1987)

Spirit of the West – Home for a Rest (Save This House 1990)

Great Big Sea – Ordinary Day (Play 1997)

Sarah McLachlan – Angel (Surfacing 1997)

City and Colour – The Girl (Bring Me Your Love 2008)

Serena Ryder – Stompa (Harmony 2012)

Mylène Farmer – À tout jamais (L’Emprise 2022)

Hour Two

Adaline – Running on Empty (Hymnal 2024)

Yves Jarvis – Gold Filigree (All Cylinders 2025)

Tia Wood T.I.A. ( T.I.A. 2025)

Rose Cousins – Forget Me Not (Conditions of Love – Vol 1 2025)

Allison Russell – The Returner (The Returner 2023)

Leif Vollebekk – Transatlantic Flight (New Ways 2019) William Prince  – The Spark (Reliever 2020) Charlotte Cardin – Confetti (99 Nights 2021) Ruby Waters – Feeling Good (If It Comes Down to It 2021) Andy Shauff – Catch Your Eye (Norm 2023) Saya Gray – Empathy 4 Bethany (Qwerty 2022) Rufus Wainwright – He Ain’t Heavy (Zoolander OST 2001)