Sarah McLachlan, Tom Cochrane to be inducted into Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame
Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor and Quebec singer Diane Tell will also be honoured
Sarah McLachlan, Tom Cochrane, two members of Blue Rodeo and Quebec singer Diane Tell are among the latest inductees into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The songwriters will be toasted during an induction ceremony at Toronto's Massey Hall on Sept. 28, with presenters and performers still to be announced.
McLachlan's songwriting credits include her biggest hit, "Angel," and as co-writer on "I Will Remember You," along with Séamus Egan and Dave Merenda. McLachlan is currently on a North American anniversary tour of her third studio album, 1993's Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.
Among many others in his catalogue, Cochrane wrote his rollicking classic "Life is a Highway," which found a second life in the hands of Nashville act Rascal Flatts.
Blue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor, who share songwriting duties in their country-rock act, will be honoured together. The two were the masterminds of Blue Rodeo favourites that include "Try" and "Lost Together." Quebec songwriter Tell wrote the 1981 French-Canadian classic "Si j'étais un homme" (which translates to "If I Were a Man"), for which she won four Félix Awards.
Tickets for the induction ceremony and show will go on sale to the public on Friday, May 31, through Ticketmaster.
The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame selects new inductees every two years. Its last round of names included Alanis Morissette, Bryan Adams and David Foster, and past inductees also include Neil Young and Anne Murray.