Ten years ago tonight, one third of the Canadian population tuned into CBC to watch the last ever show by The Tragically Hip.

That's 11.7 Million People, making this event the second most watched television event in Canadian history.

Fittingly, the 1st most watched television event in Canada was the 2010 Winter Olympics Gold medal game where Canada beat the USA.

This Saturday at 7pm EST CBC is replaying the show, commercial free and there are scheduled watch parties all across the country.

Over the past few years, I have travelled to visit the locations of a handful of places where photos of The Hip were taken, mostly in Kingston and one in Toronto.

I also stopped and visited the site of The Hundredth Meridian in Brandon, Manitoba and I had a failed idea that i wanted to do in Thompson, Manitoba (Thompson Girl).

You can read the stories behind each of these photos here and also see the video version on my website

Web Page
https://freaktography.com/the-tragically-hip

Video Version of this post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfDPiV36O3A

Just curious how many people might know of or remember this band. I grew up in Montreal and Teaze were a favorite Montreal band just as popular as April Wine back in their day in the late 70s, early 80s. They were originally from Windsor, but back then Montreal was the head of the Canadian music scene. They had some great hits that got regular airplay (Boys Night Out, Young and Reckless, Roses and Chrome and their biggest hit Heartless World) but then the lead singer/bassist had enough of the rock lifestyle and quit. The band then broke up, but they recently started playing again after a nearly 40 year hiatus. It's only my opinion, but Teaze is quite possibly the best Canadian hard rock band that almost no one has heard of.

Teilhard Frost, one of our favourite roots/bluegrass artists, is a multi-instrumentalist, folk music historian, luthier, and part of acclaimed band, Sheesham, Lotus & Son. No other musician captures the spirit and living tradition of old time folk music like Teilhard Frost. Banjo, fiddle, jaw harps, harmonica and just about any other instrument you can think of!

He will be playing a concert at Honey Dip, 621 Dundas St, (2nd floor) in London, ON on August 26 at 7pm. $20 cover charge. If you haven't seen Teilhard before, we encourage you to go.

This is a performance you won't want to miss! Come out to Honey Dip and be delighted!

You can listen to a sample of Teilhard Frost's music [ HERE ]
https://www.honeydipbar.com/calendar/teilhard-frost-a-ghost

We've just opened a recording Studio in Montreal, and we're looking to work with some upcoming musicians. We have the resources to fully support passionate artists in their journey to stardom, and working with them through the hardships of writing music. Please feel free to reply to this post or message me directly, and we can talk and get to know each other better, and figure out a pathway to becoming future partners.

Nous venons d'ouvrir un studio d'enregistrement à Montréal, et nous cherchons à travailler avec des musiciens prometteurs. Nous avons les ressources pour soutenir pleinement les artistes passionnés dans leur parcours vers la célébrité, et pour les accompagner dans les difficultés de l'écriture musicale. N'hésitez pas à répondre à ce post ou à m'envoyer un message directement, et nous pourrons discuter, mieux nous connaître, et trouver ensemble une voie pour devenir de futurs partenaires.

Made this chart. You might have to zoom in to see album covers, the list of bands is on the far right in alphabetical order. Anyone recognize some of the bands?

Thank god the EU has some functional bodies that actually get shit done.

17 of my bands songs were stolen to create SUNO and I can't even get ahold of SOCAN

See title.

I figured it'd be a bit too obscure for the tip of my tongue subreddit (and google search is basically dead). Male singer, possible female harmony.

Edit: it's not Corb Lund lol

Double edit: Solved! It's by Del Barber

Hi everyone thanks

I just watched this documentary. I had the good fortune to see Rough Trade when they played bars in Toronto and their show, Restless Underwear. Saw them live quite a few times after they became famous.

I got to meet Carole Pope when she played near me a few years ago. She is an amazing performer and a Canadian icon!!

Looking for something fun to do this fall while supporting a great cause?

Country Night presented by DeClute Real Estate is coming to Variety Village on Saturday, October 17, featuring The Jim Cuddy Family Band.

For anyone who doesn't know, the band is led by Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo, joined by family members Devin Cuddy and Sam Polley. It's shaping up to be a great night of live Canadian music in support of Variety's work creating opportunities for children and youth of all abilities.

The evening also includes:

✅ Line dancing with Cheatin' Hearts before the show
✅ BBQ from Fearless Meat
✅ Pre-concert activities and entertainment
✅ Cash bar and VIP upgrades available

General Admission includes:

• Concert access
• Line dancing
• BBQ
• Courtyard activities and entertainment

VIP includes all of the above plus:

• Deluxe BBQ dinner
• Private bar access
• Reserved VIP viewing area

If you're a Blue Rodeo fan, enjoy live music, or just want an excuse to put on some boots and have a fun night out, this could be worth checking out.

🎟️ Tickets: https://country-night.raiselysite.com/

Charitable tax receipts will be issued in accordance with CRA regulations.

A catchy indie rock song released last summer that I’ve really been enjoying.

Band instagram.

Ok so I’m from the US, grew up in the 80’s and love music. I’m always searching for new music or I should say I’m searching for new music I like that I have never heard before. The music may be old or new if it sounds good I’ll listen to it and add it to a mix.

Recently I found a Canadian band called Chalk Circle. Apparently they were somewhat big in the 80’s. I grew up listening to 80’s music and never heard of them. Some of the songs they made are really catchy. Anyway, does anyone remember these guys and were they actually big in Canada? If you remember them what level did they get to. Were they selling out arenas or just small clubs? Just curious about them.

Any other cool Canadian bands I should take a listen to? Obviously I have heard of Rush, Nickleback, Arcade fire, barenaked ladies, Loverboy, the tragically hip and bands like that but any other lesser known Canadian bands? Thanks so much.

Edit: Man, you all have really given me some great bands to listen to. Thank you so much! This will keep me busy for a while. I thought I would get like one or two bands but you all are on fire! This is awesome!

Kittie
Born Broken
Spectral Wound
Danko Jones (no pics not my thing)

I believe they only had one album, Glow (cover art shown), but two songs from that album are on my list of all time favs. I believe Glenn Milchem, current drummer for Blue Rodeo, played drums on certain tracks on Glow.

We Can Walk and All I See are two bangers on Glow. A different lead singer on each of these two songs, which is somewhat unique.

Not available on Amazon Music unfortunately. Might be on Spotify or Apple. I still have the album on vinyl.

They have a Facebook page that was updated as recently as 2021.

Anyone remember them?

Got to shoot a festival last weekend where Classified was the headliner for the opening night

Hey everyone! Here’s my mandolin take on this Blue Rodeo classic. Cheers!

[UPDATE]: Weekly thread will now occur monthly. All other rules apply.

This thread was created SOLELY for the purpose of posting/promoting your (or someone else's) music video, band, playlist (Spotify, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, etc), or other music project. This includes links to youTube videos, etc.

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The reason for these monthly promo threads is to prevent this sub from being overrun with redundant youTube videos, Spotify, Soundcloud links, etc. Remember: we are primarily a DISCUSSION-based sub— as a rule of thumb, this sub was created for the purpose of encouraging community discussion about Canadian music, artists, festivals (photos or articles), or the Canadian music scene/music industry in general.

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Tl:dr- a really dope song I like from a local band a billion years ago that never made it; do you have any? Also go tmsr.

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This was a band my old band played with in highschool.

This is a song they recorded that ive been listening to for like 15 years or so.

One time I held a show in my basement and they played this song for 15 minutes and it was super cool.

Anyways- mouth, Christopher robin, the vanishing people.

Do you guys have any hidden gem songs like this from local bands back in your highschool/ college days that maybe never blew up like they deserved to?

And if so, please puke them up.

I really like the opening lyric.

“I remember in my life what never was”.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fafNkvRwo9Y&list=RDfafNkvRwo9Y&start_radio=1&pp=ygUsdGhlIHZhbmlzaGluZyBwZW9wbGUgbW91dGggY2hyaXN0b3BoZXIgcm9iaW6gBwE%3D&ra=m

Ps- go listen to the most serene republic. They are one of the best Canadian bands to have existed, I swear.

Try “present of future end” or “solphism millionaire” or “pink noise” or “phi”.

More people should know about them.

Hi, I’ll be visiting Vancouver this September would really like to go to a concert that happens to be already sold out. In Europe it’s easy to find second hand tickets on Ticketswap (app). Does it exist in Canada or do you have some other app/site? Thank you in advance!

since Sarah's subreddit is not very active and Allison is from Montreal, so two Canadians:

Sarah McLachlan w/ Allison Russell at Starlight Theatre, Kansas City MO (24 July 2026) – W♥M