Landfall

A great Canadian treasure

     

Perhaps I was a goal post at Maple Leaf Gardens in my last life, but over the years I have gravitated towards many things musically Canadian. My first intersections with the intense vocal stylings of Carole Pope came from her band Rough Trade, and great songs like High School Confidential and All Touch (granted, my access to Rough Trade back in the vinyl era was limited to import copies, and the occasional US single release), but her music really crystalized for me when she started releasing solo music. If you've never heard her brilliant song "I'm Not Blind," do yourself a favor and ferret it out. Ballads like that only come along once every lunar eclipse or so :) I had the pleasure of hearing a few of these songs in their post-mix/pre-master phase and fell in love immediately. That duet with Rufus Wainwright ("Landfall") is reason alone to check this offering out. By supporting artists like Carole Pope, and albums like Landfall, you're sending a message to many younger and far less talented singer-songwriters that the bar is raised... Great work, Carole! I'm staying on your side of the ice :)