We have spent the last two days travelling across the country so with that in mind we are going to begin a series on travel by first considering the compass. So today our theme is North. The word north is related to the Old High German nord, both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *ner-, meaning “left; below” as north is to left when facing the rising sun. The Latin word borealis comes from the Greek boreas “north wind, north”, which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. Septentrionalis is from septentriones, “the seven plow oxen”, a name of Ursa Major. The Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós) is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word Arctic.
“North to Alaska” is a 1960 hit song recorded by Johnny Horton that was featured in the movie of the same name. The song was written by Horton, along with Tillman Franks. Though Horton had sung several popular movie tie-in songs, this was the first one that was sung over the opening titles. Horton died in an automobile accident 5 November 1960 shortly after the song was released. Members of the Western Writiers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.
“Girl from the North Country” (occasionally known as “Girl of the North Country”) is a song written by Bob Dylan. It was recorded at Columbia Recording Studios in New York City in April 1963, and released the following month as the second track on Dylan’s second studio album, The Freewheeelin’ Bob Dylan. Dylan re-recorded the song as a duet with Johnny Cash in February 1969. That recording became the opening track on Nashville Skyline, Dylan’s ninth studio album. In 2012 this version appeared in the film ‘Silver Linings Playbook’.
The song “Heading South on the Great North Road” on Sting’s 2016 album 57th &9th refers to the Great North Road in paying tribute to artists from the North East who found success in London. The Great North Road was the main highway between England and Scotland from medieval times until the 20th century. It became a coaching route used by mail coaches travelling between London, York and Edinburgh. The modern A1 mainly parallels the route of the Great North Road.
North is an extended play released in 2017 by Otto Yliperttula, known professionally by his stage name, Yotto, is a Finnish DJ, songwriter. He is signed to English deep house label, Anjunadeep. Yotto came to prominence with a string of remixes and originals that caught the ear of Anjunadeep label boss, James Grant. Deemed “a man of many sounds” by Billboard and “an experimental house talent” by Dancing Astronaut, he produces a number of styles within the house music genre and sometimes other forms of electronic music.
North is a piece for guitar composed by Mateus Asato from Brazil, who now resides in Los Angeles. He rose to fame through by posting videos of himself playing guitar on Instagram, and has since amassed over one million followers. He has toured with several pop stars as a guitarist. He also has his own signature guitar with Suhr Guitars.
North is a song by Claire Elizabeth Cottrill known professionally as Clairo, is an American singer-songwriter. Born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Carlisle, Massachusetts, she began posting music on the internet at age 13. Clairo rose to prominence following the viral success of the music video for her lo-fi single “Pretty Girl” in 2017. Her debut studio album Immunity (2019) received critical acclaim and spawned the singles “Bags and Sofia”, the latter of which became her first single to chart on the Billboard. North is also taken from this album.
