Blog: Direct Current

It happens so frequently now that it doesn't even phase us anymore. The heart and soul of what we think of as "American" music turning up in the most unlikely places, beyond our borders. The latest is the exceedingly wonderful Ladies of the Canyon , a quartet of talented young women from Montreal who, as their name implies, dig deep into the rich trove of 70's-styled countrified folk/pop and the traditions of fellow Canadian Joni Mitchell and her So-Cal Laurel Canyon cohorts: Gram Parson, early Eagles, CSN +Y, Stone Poneys . Like their [...]

• Ladies of the Canyon - "Every Minute" » Ladies of the Canyon - Every Minute.mp3
• Ladies of the Canyon - "Haunted Woman" » Ladies of the Canyon - Haunted Woman.mp3