A Tip of the Hat to Neil Young on His 80th Birthday
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:17 pm
Happy Birthday, Neil. Thanks for the songs over the years.
So just how did so many talented singers and songwriters end up out of Canada?
Neil Young joins Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Cockburn, Robbie Robertson and the Band, Alanis Morisette, Shania Twain, Brian Adams, k.d. lang, Sarah Mclachlan and other more recent musicians I'm less familiar with—all born north of the border.
Maybe it's something about the latitude, I'm not sure.
So just how did so many talented singers and songwriters end up out of Canada?
Neil Young joins Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Cockburn, Robbie Robertson and the Band, Alanis Morisette, Shania Twain, Brian Adams, k.d. lang, Sarah Mclachlan and other more recent musicians I'm less familiar with—all born north of the border.
Maybe it's something about the latitude, I'm not sure.