Cancon Thursday - A Love Song

Because It's Thursday, I'm sharing a Canadian song with you today.

Today's song is a duet by two of the most beautiful voices to ever sing in Canada or any country, Anne Murray and kd lang.  I believe that the first time that they performed this song together was in 1993 as part of a Juno Awards tribute to our Snowbird songstress, Anne Murray.  There are clips of that performance on YouTube and I'd encourage you to check them out.  The quality is very poor but it's pretty adorable to see a very young kd lang in her overalls singing her heart out with Anne Murray. "A Love Song" was originally recorded in 1973 by Loggins and Messina but Anne's 1974 release of it was a BIG hit in Canada and the US. 

In 2007, Anne released a collection of songs called "Duets: Friends and Legends."  It featured Anne singing with folks like Dusty Springfield, Jann Arden, Emmylou Harris, Carole King, Shelby Lynn and, of course, kd lang.  Today I'm sharing that 2007 version of their duet for "A Love Song."

Enjoy xo

Way Back Wednesday - Constant Craving

Seems odd to me that this song would even fall into the "Way Back Wednesday" category.  It is, however, over 25 years old now (!!!!) so I suppose that it really does fit.  Perhaps that is down to the timeless quality of the song.  Listening now, it doesn't seem like a oldie but a goodie song.  I suspect that's down to the singer.  She's truly the shit...

kd lang

That lady kd lang.

Even though I think she hangs her hat in sunny California most of the time, she's still a national treasure here in Canada.  Well, I think she is one anyway, lots of folks agree me too and I can get them together and show you if you'd like!  I mean, c'mon, when an iconic Canadian like Stompin' Tom sings about you, you know that you've hit national treasure status!!

kd lang's second solo album, Ingenue, which my Way Back Wednesday pick comes from, was an international success. It was a lot less country and far more polished than we were used to hearing but that voice, it slays me.  She could sing the phone book and I'd pay good money to stream it!  Fortunately, she just keeps singing fantastic songs so I have not had to put my money where my ears are on that one quite yet.

Lucky for you, dapper dude or glam gal, reading this page and clicking on the video below costs nothing (well just whatever it costs you to connect to a network, if you're at the library, it definitely costs nothing)... so click away and enjoy xo