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"Northwest Passage" is one of the best-known songs by Canadian musician Stan Rogers.The original recording from the 1981 album of the same name is an a cappella song, featuring Rogers alone singing the verses, with Garnet Rogers, David Alan Eadie and Chris Crilly harmonizing with him in the chorus.
Northwest Passage is a 1981 album by Stan Rogers. "Northwest Passage" compares the singer's own travels across the prairie provinces to the exploratory adventures of Sir John Franklin, Alexander Mackenzie, David Thompson, and Henry Kelsey. "The Idiot" is about a man from the Maritimes working in Alberta who yearns for his home.
Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) [1] was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter who sang traditional-sounding songs frequently inspired by Canadian history and the working people's daily lives, especially from the fishing villages of the Maritime provinces and, later, the farms of the Canadian prairies and Great Lakes. [2]
The final scene of the series was set to Stan Rogers' "Northwest Passage", a classic Canadian folk song that has been referred to as an unofficial Canadian anthem. [ 19 ] Due South: The Original Television Soundtrack
"Northwest Passage" is a 1981 a cappella folk song written and performed by Stan Rogers. [31] The song commemorates Franklin's lost expedition by sea through the Canadian Arctic and finds parallels in the narrator's travel by land through the Canadian Prairies.
A book based on the well-known song "Northwest Passage" first sung by Stan Rogers in 1981, Northwest Passage tells a tale about the song and the facts behind it.The basis of the song and story is the fateful sea voyage made by John Franklin in 1845, which led to both his ships and his entire crew, as well as his life being lost.
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Between the Breaks ... Live! is a 1979 folk music album by Stan Rogers. [1] It was recorded at The Groaning Board in Toronto, Ontario. [2] The album was included in a series of reissued versions of Stan Rogers albums on Borealis Records. The Borealis releases were given completely new cover artwork.