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    True North: The Canadian Songbook
    True North: The Canadian Songbook
    True North: The Canadian Songbook
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    True North: The Canadian Songbook

    By Eleanor McCain

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    Celebrate Canada’s musical landscape with this lavishly illustrated, tablet-optimized songbook.

    Renowned singer Eleanor McCain showcases Canada’s most iconic songs through word and image. Featuring the lyrics of luminaries like Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen, True North: The Canadian Songbook takes us on a coast-to-coast musical journey.

    True North: The Canadian Songbook showcases music and lyrics of 32 beloved Canadian songs beside sumptuous full-colour landscapes captured by photographers from across the country. Behind-the-scenes photographs by Greg Locke and exclusive commentary from Canadian artists in English and French offer a unique perspective on our musical heritage. Co-curated by acclaimed photographer V. Tony Hauser, the book includes portraits in select Canadian landscapes, featuring stunning creations from Canadian fashion designers.

    Majestic, beautiful and evocative: True North: The Canadian Songbook is the ultimate gift book for music fans and lovers of Canadiana.

    Three-time East Coast Music Award nominee, Eleanor McCain is a recognized soprano vocalist and classical crossover artist. She has dazzled audiences in her appearances with symphonies across Canada with a voice the Halifax Chronicle-Herald declared “lovely...full and expressive.” Eleanor has recorded five albums including Runaway, Holiday, and Green Hills of Home. True North: The Canadian Songbook is her sixth album.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEleanor McCain
    Release dateMay 12, 2017
    ISBN9780995342316
    True North: The Canadian Songbook
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    Eleanor McCain

    Three-time East Coast Music Award nominee, Eleanor McCain is a recognized soprano vocalist and classical crossover artist. She has dazzled audiences in her appearances with symphonies across Canada with a voice the Halifax Chronicle-Herald declared “lovely...full and expressive.” Eleanor has recorded five albums including Runaway, Holiday, and Green Hills of Home. True North: The Canadian Songbook is her sixth album.

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