Canada has produced an amazing array of musicians - the list of top-notch classical singers alone is enough to make St. Cecilia ratchet up her organ bench to its top notch. One only needs to consider early beacons of warbling icons such as Emma Albani, Lois Marshall, Maureen Forrester, Jon Vickers, George London and Louis Quilico. Today we have singers such as Isabel Bayrakdarian, Measha Brueggergosman, and much easier ones to spell, such as Ben Heppner and Gerald Finley. But what is it in this country that keeps spawning such uvulatic behemoths? I have a few theories, but the most important attributes which all of these great artists have shared are the unbelievably long Canadian winters and Kraft Dinner. Historically, it has been just too freaking cold to do anything but stay indoors, vocalize, and build up a tremendous reserve of carbohydrates. Kraft Dinner to the Canuck singer is as the potato was to the 19th century Irishman - lots of starch, inexpensive and no fuss to prepare.
(A little talent may have something to do with it too).
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