If you were to ask someone in the 90s, “Who is the biggest rock band in Canada?”, the answer would almost certainly be: The Tragically Hip. As with any big band, their influence spread its wings and its progeny landed in places it might never have imagined. One of those landing places was in the brain of Canadian actress / director, Sarah Polley, who offered up a stunningly solemn version of their hit song, “Courage”, on the soundtrack of the Atom Egoyan film, “The Sweet Hereafter.”
