I was slowly, but surely, getting my introduction to traditional Celtic music as I wrapped up the third grade in 1981, and my earliest teachers in this… Read more “Canada 1981: Chasing “Gold” With Ryan’s Fancy”

Since I’ve devoted earlier blog posts to the likes of Neil Young, BTO, Loverboy and Keith Hampshire, you might be surprised that it took me until the… Read more “Canada 1981: All Roads Lead To Chilliwack”

As a proud, maple-syrup-swilling, Anne Murray-album-owning Canuck who loves being “oot and aboot” in our hockey-mad frozen tundra (please imagine the preceding sentence being read by the… Read more “Canada 1981: Bob and Doug McKenzie – Our Accidental Icons”

Even before he landed the gig that still defines him for hundreds of thousands of Generation-X Atlantic Canadians, Stan Johnson was already raising eyebrows at the Canadian… Read more “Canada 1981: Why Stan Was ‘The Man’ For CBC’s Switchback”