Category: MusicMonday

Music Monday – “For years they’ve been married/Not one day of trouble/Got two happy boys/Good luck/Daily double/Love to dance with each other/Say they live in a bubble”

I’ve written about Sam Baker before – a Texas singer-songwriter whose ultra-streamlined literary style and unique vocals have drawn comparisons to Leonard Cohen: Baker captivated me. His songs

Music Monday – “And that Holy Water, that you soak in is then poisoned/When everyone else Is more comfortable remaining voiceless/Rather than fighting for humans/That have had their rights stolen”

Hip hop isn’t always known for its sensitivity around issues of misogyny and homophobia so this song, written in support of efforts to legalize same sex marriage in

Music Monday – “How I wonder what you are/Up above the world so high/Like a diamond in the sky”

A pianist uses a popular children’s song to do a very cool demonstration the past century of recorded music…

Music Monday – “There are things that make me dad/You seem to be all of them.”

Pace turned six this weekend and I know it’s cliche but man, time has really flown. I haven’t had a chance to update this montage of photos we’ve

Music Monday – “For here am I sitting in a tin can/Far above the world/Planet Earth is blue/And there’s nothing I can do”

Canadian astronaut, Col. Chris Hadfield’s final message from the International Space Station before returning to earth after five months in space is quite fitting (and has already gone

Music Monday – “Oh Mr. Mom/Balancing check books, juggling bills/Thought there was nothing to it/Baby, now I know how you feel/Oh Honey, you’re my hero”

Back to work today after two and a half weeks at home with the new baby is pretty tough. I keep telling anyone who’ll listen that I’m really

Music Monday – “Everyone is at the mercy of another one’s dreams” (“Angels” by Sam Baker – A Song for Bombing Victims Everywhere)

Sam Baker is an amazing songwriter I discovered while attending the Fred Eaglesmith Charity picnic in Alymer, Ontario in 2006. Part of what makes him so amazing is

Music Monday – Junos in Regina

The Juno Awards were in Regina last night so it’s only fitting I post the greatest Canadian song of all-time… The Official Video One of many great live

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