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OTTAWA — A francophone band is booked to play on Canada Day despite the fact one of the group’s songs features lyrics such as “English pig” and “tete carr,” a term viewed by some anglophones as a racist slur. Le Groupe Swing is slated to play during celebrations at Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau, Que.

A Franco-Ontarian band is booked to play on Canada Day despite the fact one of the groups new songs features lyrics such as “English pig” and “tete carre,” a term viewed by some anglophones as a racist slur.

More than a year after the introduction of lyric licensing programs, several online music services that implemented them are reporting mixed feelings about their results.

Only a cockeyed optimist. That phrase from the lyrics from the 1949 groundbreaking Broadway musical South Pacific describe not only Nellie Forbush, the WAC Lieutenant who voiced them, but Mary Martin, the buoyant actress who created the role in the Joshua Logan, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II theatrical classic.

One would expect great things from a concert by a legend like Chaka Khan, whose hits include lyrics loaded with beautiful arrogance: “I’m Every Woman.” “Do You Love What You Feel.” “Tell Me Something Good (I’ll make you wish there were 48 hours to each day).”

Live! On Stage! Review by Mary Alderson The Music Man is a well written musical that gives us a snapshot of life in 1912 Iowa. What makes it interesting is the fact that it was entirely created by one man with the unlikely name of Meredith Willson: he wrote the book, music and lyrics.

An Ottawa-based Franco-Ontarian band is booked to play Canada Day celebrations in Gatineau’s Jacques Cartier Park despite the fact one of the group’s new songs features lyrics such as “English pig” and “tte carr,” a term viewed by some anglophones as a racist slur.