“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. Laura and Gord were separated sometime in 2015, they were together for 23-years.Please log in to bookmark this story.
The couple is said to have split sometime before he was diagnosed with cancer last year. Several outlets reported, Laura Leigh and Gord had been separated for a while. The Huffington Post notes, her battle had a major influence on the band’s 12th studio album “Now for Plan A,” featuring the song “The Lookahead.” Gord revealed during an interview to George Stroumboulopoulos in late 2012 that his wife was once diagnosed with breast cancer. Laura Leigh Usher also had her own battle with cancer. The couple is known to keep their personal life out of the public eye. He is survived by his wife, Laura Leigh Usher and their four children. Earlier this year, he was appointed to the Order of Canada for his work with First Nations people. The tour culminated in a final show in Kingston, Ontario, the band’s hometown, that was broadcast live across the country. Shortly after Downie announced his cancer diagnosis last year, the band went on a sold-out nationwide summer tour, which helped raise C$1m ($800,000 £600,000) for brain cancer research. Gord had been diagnosed with an incurable glioblastoma in May 2016. In the final year of his life, he released a solo album and graphic novel titled The Secret Path, inspired by the true story of an indigenous boy who died while trying to escape a residential school. Their first studio album, Up to Here, arrived in 1989. weren’t as popular.ĭownie was a founding member of the Tragically Hip, which he formed in 1984 with Gord Sinclair and Rob Baker. Aside from his work with the band, Gord also released several solo albums.īorn, Gordon Edgar Downie on Februthe Ontario native and his band became giants in the Canadian music industry though in the U.S. Downie, best known as the lead singer of legendary Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, was also a writer and occasional actor.
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