
“With certain music, you just feel really clean after you listen to it.” “Music is one of the closest and most efficient ways to express a beautiful high frequency,” explains Usher, who some time ago changed her name from Laura to Kaya (which can mean “restful place” among other things). She says the album is “infused with high levels of frequency,” or sonic vibrations, aimed at inducing tranquillity and promoting emotional resetting. Moreover, there’s a lot of healing in the record, according to Usher, a meditation enthusiast and self-discovery proponent. There’s been a lot of healing since that time, and a lot of healing actually that happened in the making of the record.” “It’s been four years now since Gord crossed over. “When the kids were younger, we always talked about the day there would be time to throw a drum set in a station wagon and have some fun as a family band,” Usher, 54, tells The Globe and Mail. The new song and the forthcoming album All This Is also feature two of the couple’s four children. Kaya Usher, Downie’s widow, just released the single Heart Clicks, credited to Kaya Usher and the Family Band. More than 15 years after Gord Downie wrote the lyrics to the song Family Band, the dream has finally happened. The Kingston concert marked the end of Tragically Hip’s Man Machine Poem tour, which started on July 22.Please log in to bookmark this story. “There’s something going on up north of the border tonight, and it involves somebody that we can say is a family member … and I just want to send them our energy … and wish the best to Mr.


In the United States, fellow musician Eddie Vedder honored the band at a Pearl Jam concert in Chicago. Forever in our hearts and playlists.- Justin Trudeau August 21, 2016ĭownie ended the concert after three encores with a simple, heartfelt “thank you for that.” On behalf of Canadians, I thank Gord Downie and the Hip for their decades of service to Canadian music. Wearing a black band T-shirt and denim jacket, the Prime Minster told CBC “there’s so much to celebrate tonight, there’s mixed feelings for sure … I don’t know whether we’re saying goodbye to Gord, whether we’re celebrating him, honoring him … or whether we’re celebrating Canada – all those things are folding in together.” #courage /kpLKVzfY63- Justin Trudeau August 21, 2016 The almost three-hour show in Kingston, Ontario, featured music from throughout the Tragically Hip music catalog – including fan favorites like Nautical Disaster, Bobcaygeon and Ahead by a Century, CNN partner CBC News reported.Ĭanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended the performance, which was broadcast live nationwide. And Downie, 52, is one of its most charismatic singers. “This feels like the right thing to do now, for Gord, and for all of us,” the band said in a statement before the performance Saturday night.įor 30 years, Tragically Hip has been one of Canada’s most successful acts, racking up 14 Juno awards and nine No.

The band announced in May that Downie has terminal brain cancer and planned its summer tour as a “way of dealing with the news.”

Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip played its last tour stop at the hometown of lead singer Gord Downie.
