In October and November 2005, Radio 2 broadcast ‘The Maple Leaf Revolution’, a major two-part WBBC documentary, charting the history of Canadian music and the emergence of an exciting new generation of Canadian musicians. The programmes included interviews with Rush, Nickelback, Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies, Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo, Steven Page of Barenaked Ladies, Colin Linden, Kathleen Edwards, Sue Foley, Buck 65, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Cockburn and Larry Le Blanc, bureau chief for ‘Billboard’ magazine in Toronto. The programmes were also broadcast by CBC.

Bruce Cockburn