I was talking with my friend (and current houseguest) Anthony yesterday about Wade Hemsworth and how a couple of his tunes, such as the Long Driver’s Waltz and the Blackfly Song seem like they have been part of the Canadian experience for a very long… Read More
I was thinking about Wade Hemsworth today. I was trying to concentrate on something else, from which my mind needed a little break, and old Wade came to the rescue. His music just kind of crept in when I wasn’t expecting it. A lot of… Read More
I like log driving songs almost as much as I like train songs. Here’s legendary Canadian songwriter Wade Hemsworth. Here’s my favourite of Mr. Hemsworth’s tunes, The Land of the Muskeg Of course he also wrote the Log Driver’s Waltz and the Blackfly Song, both… Read More
Your Daily Dose today features the late Wade Hemsworth, a great Canadian songwriter. Never mind that he also wrote The Blackfly Song, The Logdriver’s Waltz and The Shining Birch Tree. Here’s Adam Miller performing The Shining Birch Tree. Let me say that if I had… Read More
I was thinking about the songs of Wade Hemsworth today. Every now and then, one of them finds its way into my head and sticks around for a while. Here’s The Wild Goose… Then there’s this clip….I’ve pointed to it before. I could listen to… Read More
The late Wade Hemsworth wrote some of the best songs that ever came out of this country, yet most people I know have never heard of him. I think it’s time to celebrate a few of those tunes here on 27th Street. Here’s the Wild… Read More
On the occasion of the passing of Kate McGarrigle, I found myself looking on YouTube at videos of Kate and her sister Anna, when I stumbled upon this lovely clip from Adrienne Clarkson Presents featuring the McGarrigles with their old friend, Wade Hemsworth, writer of… Read More
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