The Tragically Hip's "Saskadelphia"
On Saturday, August 20, 2016, tens of millions of Canadians watched and listened to the final Tragically Hip concert from Kingston\u2026given Gord Downie\u2019s illness, we knew that was the last time we\u2019d see the band perform together live\u2026\n\nThat was followed by one of the saddest days in the history of Canadian music\u2026. October 17, 2017, the day Gord Downie died\u2026one tweet summed up everything: \u201cCanada closed: death in the family\u201d\u2026\n\nSo that was it, then\u2026after more than 30 years, the most Canadian rock band of all time was done\u2026all we had were the music and the memories\u2026\n\nBut what if we were wrong about that?...what if, somewhere, there was a trove of unreleased material that no one knew existed?...and what if a strange confluence of events led to that cache of music\u2014songs that no one (even the band) had heard for decades\u2014being found and released?...and what if those long-lost songs were really, really good?...\n\nTo answer those questions: yes, there was a stash of unheard songs\u2026yes, their rediscovery was the result of an accident\u2026and yes, they are really, really good\u2026\n\nThe result was essentially a brand new Tragically Hip album that brings fans back to the band\u2019s glory years of the early 90s\u2026it\u2019s like a time machine\u2026the hip are together playing great\u2014and Gord is back\u2026\n\nThe new record is called \u201cSaskadelphia\u201d\u2026we\u2019ll hear all these once-missing tragically hip songs: how they were made, what happened to them, and how they were finally found\u2026\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices