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Benjamin Russell

Thanks Richard Groce aka Big Daddy Ricc for spinning WHY AM I? last night on The Big Show on Star Radio Canada! The song is from my award winning 2024 album, PLEASURE CENTER.

PLEASURE CENTER website: tcbe.ca/pleasure/

Bandcamp: benjaminrussell.bandcamp.com/album/pleasure-center-2024

Everywhere: album.link/pleasurecenter

graphic showing song playing on website with album cover
#artpop#electropop#poprock
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1001 Other Albums

Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971, Canada)

Our next spotlight is on number 281 on The List, submitted by baz. Because k.d. lang’s cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Case of You” last spotlight was so good, here’s the masterpiece that has the original, from another absolutely iconic Albertan and Canadian.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight: 1001otheralbums.com/2025/03/11

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: album.link/ca/i/1492263092

Happy listening.

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1001 Other Albums

Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971, Canada)

Our next spotlight is on number 281 on The List, submitted by baz.

Because k.d. lang’s cover of Joni Mitchell’s “Case of You” last spotlight was so good, here’s the masterpiece that has the original, from another absolutely iconic Albertan and Canadian.

On the back of a cartoon coaster
In the blue TV screen light
I drew a map of Canada
Oh, Canada
With your face sketched on it twice

Blue is Mitchell’s 4th LP, and probably her most well-known. If you’re not familiar with her work, this is a great place to start.

The cover art is a blue and white photo of the artist's face, with long hair and eyes closed. The album name is in blue font in the top left corner, with the artist's name in smaller lighter blue font directly below it.
#1970s#Canada#folkRock
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The Ö ... Rock and Blog

Nina Hagen Band / Nina Hagen Band (1978); Heute feiert die einzigartige Nina Hagen ihren 70ten Geburtstag – ein perfekter Anlass, um an ihr bahnbrechendes Debütalbum „Nina Hagen Band“ (1978) zu erinnern. Mit diesem Album revolutionierte sie die deutsche Musikszene: eine explosive Mischung aus Punk, New Wave und exzentrischem Gesang, die bis heute nichts von ihrer Wucht verloren hat. #NinaHagen #NinaHagenBand #NewWave #PopRock #Punk #GermanClassic #Deutsch #GodmotherOfPunk

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theburmesedays

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Puisque disparu des archives de Canal B on reupload notre live de 2019 au festival i'm From Rennes. L'occasion de trouver une formule bien différente, avec une batterie survoltée, beaucoup de chants criés (ma période Animal Collective) et une setlist éclectique. #live #rennes #canalb #imfromrennes #concert #show #bandcmp #rock #altrock #indierock #artrock #poprock

The Burmese DaysLive I'm From Rennes 2019, by The Burmese Days track by The Burmese Days
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Benjamin Russell

Thank you New Tec Radio for playing THE STRANGER WITHIN (Heavy Guitar Mix) today! From my 2023 EP with Greg Fraser, GHOST PARTICLES (Messages From Rude Van Steenes), featuring Marcel La Fleur on guitar. This mix is only available as a bonus track on Bandcamp.

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Bandcamp: hbenjaminrussell.bandcamp.com/track/the-stranger-within-heavy-guitar-mix

GHOST PARTICLES website: tcbe.ca/ghost/

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Benjamin Russell

Thank you Carol Barrett for playing GENTLE MAN (Energy Mix) on the Ruby Slippers show on CIUT radio last night. The song is on my new WAVES album.

Catch the replay: mixcloud.com/carolbarrett545/ruby-slippers-radio-mar-7-2024-on-ciut895fm/

WAVES website: tcbe.ca/waves/

Bandcamp: benjaminrussell.bandcamp.com/album/waves-2025

Everywhere: song.link/benjaminrussell_waves

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1001 Other Albums

k.d. lang – Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004, Canada)

Our next spotlight is on number 522 on The List, submitted by swordgeek. Though she has had to put up with a lot of shit in her own home province (and abroad) for being vegetarian and for coming out as a lesbian, k.d. lang is now rightfully regarded as a Canadian icon. This album, lang's 6th, is a tribute to Canada and other Canadian icons.

Want to read more? See the full spotlight: 1001otheralbums.com/2025/03/08

Want to skip straight to the music? Here's a Songlink: album.link/i/1132717928

Happy listening.

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1001 Other Albums

k.d. lang – Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004, Canada)

Our next spotlight is on number 522 on The List, submitted by swordgeek.

k.d. lang is a Canadian icon from my very own hometown (Edmonton, Alberta) whose varied discography includes country, pop, soft rock, jazz, blues, rockabilly, and folk. If you know anything about Alberta, it will likely come as no surprise that lang, even after having gained international recognition, Grammy awards, a sign in the town where she grew up (Consort), etc., was banned on local radio after her 1990 “Meat Stinks” PETA campaign, if not also after coming out as a lesbian in 1992. The province has since at least started to atone for their sins, as in 2013 the Edmonton-based Alberta Ballet put on “Balletlujah!”, a production honouring lang via an artistic-take on her upbringing in the province, complete with a gay love story. A documentary of the same name by the CBC was also released in 2015, celebrating both the artist and the ballet. Perhaps there’s hope for this province yet.

The album we’re looking at here, lang’s 6th solo LP, is primarily composed of covers. lang had a couple previous covers albums (her 1988 debut Shadowland and the 1997 Drag), but this one is a loving tribute to Canada, the title referring to the latitude line that essentially makes up the Canada/US border and the songs all written by Canadians (Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Ron Sexsmith, Jane Siberry, Neil Young, plus one by lang herself). So, I may have picked this one to spotlight right now for, uh, reasons.

If you like what you hear and want to check out lang’s other work, fun fact is that both Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (i.e., of The Revolution and Wendy & Lisa) are on Drag (1997), and Wendy is also on Invincible Summer (2000)!

Happy listening.

The cover art is a moody blue-tinged black and white photo of large tree without any leaves, behind a low stone wall. Snow is on the ground, and the colour of the sky matches the ground. The artist's name and album name are in brown and white font in a single line along the bottom.
#Canada#CanadianMusic#JoniMitchell
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