Lowell performs an acoustic rendition of Neil Young’s “My My, Hey Hey” as part of our NY70 festivities.
The Strombo Show celebrates Neil Young’s 70th birthday by welcoming various guests onto the program for intimate conversations and acoustic cover song performances. Guests include City And Colour, Basia Bulat, Joel Plaskett, Rah Rah, The Weather Station, Reuben and the Dark, Lowell, Barenaked Ladies, Jann Arden and more. The Strombo Show is celebrating 10 years on the radio dial in 2015, hosted by award-winning personality George Stroumboulopoulos on CBC Radio 2, Sunday nights 8 – 11 PM. It’s a program created by music lovers for music lovers, celebrating the conversation around song. There are no boundaries, with the gamut running from Aretha Franklin to Slayer and everything in between. We have welcomed many musical guests onto the program, including major international artists like Queens of the Stone Age, The National, Ani DiFranco, Vampire Weekend, Ghostface Killah, Steve Earle and Patti Smith to Canadian talent such as Neil Peart, Blue Rodeo, Gord Downie, Tegan & Sara, Death From Above 1979 and City & Colour.