I just found a treasure. Back in the 1970s, the CBC had a wonderful radio show hosted by Sylvia Tyson called Touch the Earth. I'm sure the master tapes of the show are (I surely hope they are) somewhere in the CBC's vast archives. So far they haven't shown up.
But what is online is a 2 LP set of The Best of Touch the Earth. If you want a sampling of some of the best Canadian folk and blues from the era, here it is. On just the first disk: Cedric Smith, Colin Linden, Willie P. Bennett, Bill Houston, Ian Tambyn, David Rea, and many others. It's a wonderful compilation and brings back many memories. (Out of the 25 artists on the record, I've seen more than half).
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