When we launched Searchlight 2014: the hunt for Canada's best new artist more than two months ago, we had no idea what we were going to find, and what we were going to hear.
What we did get was a landslide of original Canadian songs entered from every genre imaginable. From that initial list of more than 4,500-plus songs and artists from every Canadian province and territory, you helped us whittle it down to the very best each week, and down to the ultimate winner.
Over the course of those weeks of voting, we discovered many great artists and songs from all over the country. In case you missed them, we have compiled the very best of Searchlight 2014 — including the winner and many more — in this special edition of the CBC Radio 3 Podcast with Grant Lawrence.
Discover some awesome new Canadian music and prove to these artists that just entering Searchlight is winning.
Listen to the best of Searchlight 2014 CBC Radio 3 podcast with Grant Lawrence.
What was your favourite Searchlight discovery? What do you LOVE about Searchlight? What do you think we should do differently next year? Let us know in the comments below or tweet us @CBCRadio3.
