On Monday, May 1, 2023, we lost one of the greats of Canadian Folk and Pop music, Gordon Lightfoot. In fact, even to classify his music is a bit difficult. It was distinctly his own, and yet it was also everyone's. It has formed some of the soundtrack to many people's lives including mine, and the more of it I've heard over the years, the more I've come to view Lightfoot as a rarely gifted songsmith of the first order. Thus, I couldn't let this week pass without devoting an episode of Come by the Hills to this music. If you have a request or a memory you'd like to share, you can email me at sara@mushroomfm.com. We'll learn about his biography, his rise to stardom and what his music has meant to Canadians. Most of all, though, we'll just listen to the amazing songs.
Catch Come by the Hills live on Saturday at 2:00 PM Eastern, or check out the replay on Tuesday at 5:00 AM Eastern. Also, I should let you know that I'm experimenting with a service called MixCloud for providing archives of recent shows. They can be found at https://www.mixcloud.com/sarahillis. However and whenever you listen, enjoy!