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Friday Listening Post: The Tragically Hip - Family Band

This week’s Friday Listening Post points you to some Rock & Roll Canadiana (back to iTunes links, I’m afraid - not I am not an affiliate). The Tragically Hip are the quintessential Canadian rock and roll band: wildly creative, ranging in style from Queen-epic to George Thorogood blues, they have a sound that’s uniquely their own, and are generally unknown outside of Canada.

Inside our borders, however, the Hip fill 30,000 seat arenas and sell out festival shows. At least in my demographic, pretty much everyone has the words to “Nautical Disaster,” “Blow at High Dough,” and “New Orleans is Sinking” memorized - these were the anthems for our houseparties and the soundtracks to our summer. Best of all, the Hip continue to grow and evolve - cranking out new albums, new sounds, and new anthems - like “Fireworks,” “Family Band“, “Bobcaygeon“, and “The Darkest One.”

FYI: Check out the rest of the Friday Listening Posts for more great tunes - and share your own with the “fridaylistening” tag!

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