Canadian Songbook

Canada has produced many outstanding songwriters whom we hold dear to our hearts. Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, and Paul Anka are just a few such bards who've written modern classics covered by countless artists around the world, including Lenny Kravitz, who further supercharged the Guess Who's "American Woman," and Johnny Cash, who gave us a tear-jerking rendition of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold."

Who knew that Bob Marley once covered "Sugar Sugar," an Andy Kim song originally a hit for the Archies? Other surprises here include k.d. lang devoting an entire album to Canadian songs, the Cowboy Junkies citing Neil Young early in their career, and Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris both dipping into the Kate & Anna McGarrigle songbook.

Our Deep Cuts may make you laugh, holler, and run for cover. We've unearthed Billy Talent (when they were Pezz) with a hardcore thrashing of the Tragically Hip, Leonard Nimoy dictating his way through a Joni Mitchell track, and "Magic Carpet Ride" rocked accordion-style — all of this alongside faithful renditions of Gordon Lightfoot and Bruce Cockburn.

We all love cover versions, especially when our favorite artist can make someone else's song their own. The Canadian Songbook is overflowing with iconic songwriters: Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, and Robbie Robertson, to name a few. From Nina Simone's soulful version of Cohen's "Suzanne" to Slayer's thrashing of Steppenwolf's "Born To Be Wild," we bring you a collection of classic Canadian songs reinterpreted in ways likely never imagined by the original artists.