Whispering Pines is the first comprehensive history of Canada's immense songwriting legacy, from Gordon Lightfoot to Joni Mitchell. Canadian songwriters have always struggled to create work that reflects the environment in which they were raised, while simultaneously connecting with a mass audience. For most of the 20th century, that audience lay outside Canada, making the challenge that much greater. While nearly every songwriter who successfully...

k.d. Lang performs songs written by fellow Canadians Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Jane Siberry, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Cockburn, and Ron Sexsmith.

Kate and Anna McGarrigle's first two albums, the 1976 self-titled debut and the 1977 follow-up, Dancer With Bruised Knees, are reissued together in a set that also includes a third CD filled with rare acoustic and demo recordings.