SongQuest 2010 : The Road Song has moved onto its next stage. The nominating process is closed, and there are now 5 final roads (highways, avenues, etc) for each province and territory. Until Friday, you can vote for the route from your area you feel most deserves to have a song written about it. These are the artists who will write the songs:
- B.C.: Hannah Georgas
- Alberta: Corb Lund
- Saskatchewan: Jason Plumb
- Manitoba: Keri Latimer (Nathan)
- Ontario: Jully Black
- Quebec: Coeur de Pirate
- Nova Scotia: Hopeful Monster
- PEI: Two Hours Traffic
- NB: Thom Swift
- NFLD: Chris Kirby
- Yukon: Brandon Isaak
- NWT: Leela Gilday
- Nunavut: Madeleine Allakariallak
If you want to get involved and nominate a throughway, or just check the whole thing out, visit the official SongQuest 2010 website.
We can talk on the blog about which of the nominees you think is most deserving. Let's also chat about road trips. What's the best one you've taken? Highlights and lowlights of road trips you've taken. Road trips you're dying to take, or ones you can recommend. And so it begins...