{"id":401583,"date":"2026-04-28T13:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/401583\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:44:08","slug":"tragically-hip-feist-roch-voisine-and-loverboy-members-to-be-inducted-into-the-canadian-songwriters-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/401583\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragically Hip, Feist, Roch Voisine and Loverboy members to be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Loverboy will be represented in the hall by the band\u2019s chief songwriters, singer Mike Reno and guitarist Paul Dean.AJ Roccaforte\/Supplied<\/p>\n

One, two, three, four: The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame will count the Tragically Hip, Roch Voisine, the songwriters of Loverboy and 1234 singer Leslie Feist as new members when the 2026 class is inducted this fall.<\/p>\n

The announcement was made days after it was revealed that Feist and the Tragically Hip\u2019s Paul Langlois would be among the headliners of TOgether, a free, all-day concert and wellness festival on June 6, at Toronto\u2019s Nathan Phillips Square. Other performers at the event in benefit of Toronto\u2019s University Health Network and Michael Garron Hospital are Alessia Cara and Broken Social Scene. <\/p>\n

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Feist is a four-time Grammy nominee and 12-time Juno Award winner .Norman Wong\/Supplied<\/p>\n

Feist is a four-time Grammy nominee and 12-time Juno Award winner born in Amherst, N.S., and raised in Calgary. The indie rocker first came into prominence upon the release of the album Let It Die and the single Mushaboom in 2004. Her fame skyrocketed when the catchy song 1234, co-written with Australia\u2019s Sally Seltmann, became an international hit in 2007 after its use in an iPod nano commercial. <\/p>\n

\u201cWriting songs is a way to locate myself in my own private speed of time,\u201d Feist said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019ve grown increasingly grateful for this ongoing conversation, mostly made of listening and attuning and preparing. I feel like a beginner every time I begin again, and am surprised and grateful for this recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n

The news of the Tragically Hip\u2019s induction coincides with It\u2019s a Good Life If You Don\u2019t Weaken, a new musical set to the retired rock band\u2019s material. The production, currently in previews at Hamilton\u2019s Theatre Aquarius, opens Friday.<\/p>\n

Formed in 1984 and led by the late singer-lyricist Gord Downie<\/a>, the Hip was at the forefront of a movement that saw Canadian rock bands beginning to write original songs about their country. The Kingston-bred group, which shared songwriting credits and 16 Juno Awards (plus membership in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame), consisted of Downie, Langlois, Rob Baker, Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay.<\/p>\n

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The Tragically Hip were formed in 1984 and led by the late singer-lyricist Gord Downie.Gordon Hawkins\/Supplied<\/p>\n

In 2002, The Globe and Mail named the band\u2019s thoughtful ballad Ahead by a Century the ninth greatest Canadian pop song<\/a> of all-time. A reimagined version of the tune by City and Colour, Ruby Waters and producer Boi-1da was released last week as part of the forthcoming album What If It All Goes Right?, put together by Canada Soccer\u2019s national music ambassador program Perfect Pitch.<\/p>\n

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Roch Voisine was the first Canadian artist to achieve a No. 1 record in France.Genevieve Charbonneau\/Supplied<\/p>\n

The bilingual Voisine was born in New Brunswick and moved to Quebec as an adolescent. He won the Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year in 1994 for the album I\u2019ll Always Be There and the single of the same name. He was the first Canadian artist to achieve a No. 1 record in France, with H\u00e9l\u00e8ne reaching the top of the charts in 1989 and launching a wave of international success for the singer-songwriter. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1997.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always considered myself as a songwriter first,\u201d Voisine said in a statement. \u201cBut I was very fortunate that the public gave me the chance to sing my songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Calgary arena rockers Loverboy will be represented in the hall by the band\u2019s chief songwriters, singer Mike Reno and guitarist Paul Dean. In the 1980s, they penned such party-starting international hits as Turn Me Loose and Working for the Weekend (with drummer Matt Frenette). <\/p>\n

The single The Kid is Hot Tonite, from the band\u2019s 1980 self-titled debut album, is believed to be a reference to Bryan Adams, who was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2022.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s induction ceremony takes place Sept. 26, at Toronto\u2019s Massey Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Loverboy will be represented in the hall by the band\u2019s chief songwriters, singer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[276,261,277,251,249,278,275,248,268,269,264,250,247,219,84,156,273,267,259,289,252,253,266,262,263,256,279,157,257,284,111,285,139,287,282,286,69,280,283,254,271,272,135,270,281,260,145,274,265,258,255,288],"class_list":{"0":"post-401583","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-canada","15":"tag-canada-news","16":"tag-canada-sports","17":"tag-canada-sports-news","18":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","19":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","20":"tag-canadian-news","21":"tag-economy","22":"tag-education","23":"tag-entertainment","24":"tag-environment","25":"tag-federal-government","26":"tag-foreign-news","27":"tag-globe-and-mail","28":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","29":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","30":"tag-government","31":"tag-life-news","32":"tag-lifestyle","33":"tag-local-news","34":"tag-manitoba","35":"tag-music","36":"tag-national-news","37":"tag-new-brunswick","38":"tag-new-zealand","39":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","40":"tag-newzealand","41":"tag-northwest-territories","42":"tag-nova-scotia","43":"tag-nunavut","44":"tag-nz","45":"tag-ontario","46":"tag-pei","47":"tag-photos","48":"tag-political-news","49":"tag-political-opinion","50":"tag-politics","51":"tag-politics-news","52":"tag-quebec","53":"tag-sports-news","54":"tag-technology","55":"tag-travel","56":"tag-trudeau","57":"tag-us-news","58":"tag-world-news","59":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}