Heard On The Hill

Rolling Stone’s list of greatest Canadian artists ‘of all time’ stirs up a spicy Canada Day debate, eh?

Plus, Senator David Richards to speak at book fest; Ian Davey dies of cancer; and GG displays Métis art from the port-cochère in front of the Rideau Hall.

Pictured top left to right: Joni Mitchell; Neil Young; Rush (Geddy Lee); Leonard Cohen; Drake; The Band (Robbie Robertson); Shania Twain; The Weeknd; Alanis Morissette; and Céline Dion.Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

July 10, 2023

A rolling stone gathers no moss, but a Rolling Stone claim to have constructed the “definitive” list of the greatest Canadian artists gathered plenty of irate comments from Canadian politicos last week who pointed out where the magazine got it wrong.

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