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Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 7th Annual Gala
Presented by BMO Nesbitt Burns
DANIEL LANOIS, WINTERSLEEP TO PERFORM AND PAY TRIBUTE TO 2011 INDUCTEES AT 7TH ANNUAL GALA ON APRIL 2 AT THE TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS
Daniel Lanois, and Wintersleep are among the artists who will perform and pay tribute to the 2011 inductees at the 7th Gala on Saturday, April 2 at The Toronto Centre for the Arts. This year’s gala performers, along with hosts Jian Ghomeshi and Geneviève Borne, will pay tribute to this year’s CSHF inductees that include Robbie Robertson and Luc Plamondon.
Daniel Lanois will perform ‘The Moon Struck One’ (Robbie Robertson); Wintersleep delivers their rendition of ‘Broken Arrow’ (Robbie Robertson); Figgy Duff Alumni will salute Newfoundlanders with ‘Squid Jiggin’ Ground’ (Arthur Scammell); Russell deCarle performs ‘What In the World’s Come Over You’ (Jack Scott); Divine Brown and Francine Raymond join Crowbar for a medley of ‘Wildflower’, ‘When I Die’ and ‘Oh What a Feeling’.
This year’s Francophone inductees will be celebrated by Pierre Lapointe, who will perform ‘La chanson des pissenlits’ (Pierre Létourneau); Antoine Gratton will perform ‘Je Suis Cool’ (Gilles Valiquette); and Wilfred Le Bouthillier will sing ‘Pas besoin de frapper pour entrer’ (Jacques Michel). A musical tribute to inductee Luc Plamondon will feature Brigitte Boisjoli performing ‘Oxygène’, and Eric Lapointe singing ‘L’amour existe encore’, as well as ‘Le Blues du Businessman’ in a Starmania medley. In this medley, Sébastien Plante will perform ‘Le monde est stone’ and Coral Egan will sing ‘Les uns contre les autres’.
The CSHF will present the Frank Davies Legacy Award, named after the founder of the CSHF/PACC, to prominent folklorists Edith Fowke and Helen Creighton. The CMPA (Canadian Music Publishers Association) Legacy Award will be given to influential Quebec producer and music impresario Yvan Dufresne.
The 7th annual Gala will once again be aired by broadcast partner CBC Radio as a special presentation of Canada Live on CBC Radio 2 on Thursday, April 7 from 6:00-8:00 p.m., and highlights can be heard on Espace Musique at 4:00 p.m. The gala will also be broadcast on CBC Radio One on Friday, April 8 at 2:05 p.m. (part 1) and Friday, April 15 at 2:05 p.m. (part 2).
Tickets for the CSHF Gala, starting at $55.00, are on sale and available through Ticketmaster at 1-855-985-ARTS, on-line at www.ticketmaster.ca, or in person at the TCA box office.
The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame/Le Panthéon des auteurs et compositeurs canadiens have announced their 2011 inductees! Among them are Robbie Robertson, formerly of The Band, and French-Canadian songwriter Luc Plamondon.
The 2011 inductees will be honoured at the CSHF’s 7th annual gala, presented by BMO Nesbitt Burns on Saturday, April 2, 2011, at the George Weston Recital Hall, Toronto Centre for the Arts.
Tickets for the April 2nd CSHF gala, starting at $55.00, are now on sale and are available through TicketMaster at 1-855-985-ARTS, on-line at www.ticketmaster.ca, or in person at the Toronto Centre for the Arts box office. The full line-up of performers for the 7th annual gala will be announced in the coming weeks.
To see a full list of our 2011 inductees, please download our press kit here.
On October 21, 2010, Canadian folk icons Ian Tyson and Jim Cuddy came together for an evening of performance and conversation in the second episode of “If You Could Read My Mind” presented by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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The beautiful and graceful statue that the CSHF inductees receive is based on a sculpture entitled Northern Island, created in 1927 by Ontario-born artist Elizabeth Wyn Wood. In 2003, the centennial year of Wyn Wood's birth, her family agreed to adapt Northern Island into small replicas that are now given to all inductees.
More information on Elizabeth Wyn Wood and the CSHF can be located on our About page.