Gordon Lightfoot is a goddamn Canadian treasure and it good that the next generation of musicians from Canada recognize that.
Diana Krall, the famed jazz musician from Nanaimo, British Columbia, was a bit of a pop/jazz sensation in the 90s, but she's still releasing music. In 2015, she released an album called Wallflower, which was a bunch of folky and not-really-jazzy covers. The album was a hit in the US and Canada - and there's a reason for that. It was really good.
One of the covers she did for the album was of one of Gordon Lightfoot's best known songs, and she enlisted then-future Canadian Music Hall of Famer Sarah McLachlan to sing it with her.
Which brings me to my 2nd reason for posting this today. Diana Krall is NOT in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, despite her 30 year career of bringing jazz to a broader audience, unparallel by any jazz artist in her success worldwide. Seriously. She's had more #1 jazz albums than anyone, and she continues to make music.
She very well may be the most successful eligible musician not yet in the the Hall. (Editor's note: Correction - the most successful eligible musician not named Céline Dion)
I am begging you to go to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame website and PLEASE suggest Diana Krall as an inductee here.
As a reward, here's Krall performing this song live, just her. No Sarah McLachlan needed.
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