Tracks on Tracks arrived today. Piles of semi-conscious R3 listeners and musicians poured out over the platform in waves to set siege to the city of Toronto for the rest of the week. It’s NXNE in Hogtown.
Those intrepid music lovers made an epic journey across the continent on miles of tracks, effectively propelled on tiny ever rolling wheels of steel in a tin can.
The humble train!
The train is a large part of Canadian history connecting sea to sea to sea. Gordon Lightfoot even wrote an awesome song about it…
Today on the blog I thought we’d pay homage to the train (from steam to clean “electric” trains).
Apart from love, there must have been more songs written about trains than any other subject! Here’s a few of the best…
Please add you own favourite train song to the blog below (not the band train ok wise guys!) and follow along with the show on TUMBLR where you'll find a feast of fun stuff for your ears and eyes.