Musical Gift

CBC Radio 2 has been soliciting listener suggestions for a compilation of 49 'must-hear' Canadian songs which will then be presented to Barack Obama come Inauguration Day - a nudge to remind him he has neighbours north of the 49th parallel who can make great music. Here's a link to a list of some of the suggested tracks:

http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/obamasplaylist/

There are a great many here that aren't familiar to me. I assume they are classical music, jazz or by French artists / groups. But scanning through it there are plenty of reminders for iPod fodder.

Monday they announce the top 100 and will begin to pare the list down to 49. I'm looking forward to seeing the result. It should be quite a combination of great material.