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Ten Canadian Records You Shouldn’t Live Without

Gary Pig Gold, Cosmik Debris, April 2001

CULTURALLY, CANADA is without a doubt one of the most diverse nations on the planet, and with its record stores awash since the 1950's in both the best of American AND British releases (it's interesting to note The Beatles were stars in Canada as early as the Summer of '63), it's not surprising that big white country has produced countless songwriters, musicians, and bands who can each offer their own, oddly unique approaches to the beast we lovingly call both Rock and Roll.

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