Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Many thanks to all of you who helped keep CJSR on the air. We couldn't carry on without you. And - wow! - can we ever carry-on now! Here is who helped fill the air waves this morning for our collective listening delight:

Joni Mitchell, For the Roses, You Turn Me On I'm a Radio;
Kenna Burima, Kenna Burima, The Party;
Rich Aucoin, Ephemeral, Yelling In Sleep;
Dearly Beloved, Endvro, Seven Plagues;
Mozart's Sister, Being, My House Is Wild;
Eamon McGrath, Cold Water/Eamon McGrath 7" split vinyl, Chlorine;
Wilderness of Manitoba, Between Colours, Fade From My Light;
Tanya Tagaq, Animism, Uja;
Slowdown Molasses, Walk into the Sea, Late Night Radio;
Ethan Cole, Hazelwood Pines, Midnight Flight of Dynamite;
Jim Head, Zoetrope, For the Grace of You (for Susan);
Parker Abbott Trio, The Wayfinders, Nature Speaks;
Craig Brennan, Autonomic Robots, Kingdom;
Joni Mitchell, Shadows and Light, Goodbye Pork Pie Hat;
Sophie Hunter, home recording, This Old Town;
Dale Ladouceur & the Broke Ensemble, Do Ya Think, Ice Warmin' Glad;
Paula Perro & the Project, Make It Look Easy, Small Price to Pay;
Rita McDade & the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Blues Away;
Mayday and the Beatcreeps, Change, Antique Beaches;
F & M, At Sunset We Sing, For My Dear Recluse;

Background airwaves graciously filled by Joni Mitchell from her wonderful double vinyl titled Shadows and Light.

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

FunDrive 2014! Dig out your nickels & dimes and send them our way to keep your favourite radio show - and radio hostesses & hosts - on air! Long live non-commercial radio!

Here is who we heard from today:

Wizards/The Faps, Split Cassette, Karma;
Cold Specks, Neuroplasticity, Let Loose the Dogs;
Max Uhlich, Hakiko, Think Equanimous;
Young Liars, Tidal Wave, Blooming Hearts;
Rhythm of Cruelty, Dysphoria, Way of Grief;
Daydreaming, Dazed (Cassette), Scrape Your Knees;
Mozart's Sister, Being, Chained Together;
Mayday and the Beatcreeps, Change, Antique Beaches;
Brad Sime, Golden West Music Fest 2014 Sampler, Barcelona;
Caribou, Our Love, Your Love Will Set You Free;
The Awesomehots, Golden West Music Fest 2014 Sampler, Wayfaring Stranger;
Craig Brenan, Autonomic Robots, Woodward;
Paul Richey & the Fusionauts, Paul Richey & the Fusionauts, Pure and Simple;
Jim Head, Zoetrope, For the Grace of You;
Craig Brenan, Autonomic Robots, Rocket Sauce;
Dan Sinasac, Street Corner History [Electrified CD], Writing Back;
Dale Lacouceur and the Broke Ensemble, Do Ya Think, And Then the Work Begins;
Rita McDade and the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Sorry I Asked;
Van Funk, 13, Nice to Hear;
Dan Sinasac, Street Corner History [Acoustified CD], Walkin' to Work;
Colin Boland, Colin Boland, Campbell Bay;

Background beautifully filled by some old Canadian Jazz - vinyl of course; Skywalk's long play titled The Bohemians.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Winter in September? Bring it on, just don't take away our Canadian musicians!

Here is who we listened to today:

Strange Fires, Walkabout, Outside;
Instruments, The End of Light by Heat, Clock;
P S I Love You, For Those Who Stay, Limestone Radio;
Pandacorn, Synthesis of Opposites, Lifer;
Viking Fell, Pembina, Radio;
Oh Village, To Rely, Give Thy Fears;
Bella Clava, Medicine for Melancholy, Amnesty/Amnesia (A.A.);
Rhythm of Cruelty, Dysphoria, Way of Grief;
Better Half, Windy Rock (Compilation), Said & Done;
The Hydrothermal Vents, Secrets of the Deep!, Hydrothermal Vents;
Harsh Reality, Misery Love Co. [Vol.1] (Compilation), Lake;
The Archaics, The Archaics (cassette), Black Bamboo;
Banshee, Take Up Space, Lilac Tree;
Elizabeth Shepherd, The Signal, On Our Way;
Myriad, The Where, The Strong One;
Elizabeth Shepherd, The Signal, B.T. Cotton;
Owls By Nature, The Forgotten & The Brave, Honesty;
Mayday and the Beatcreeps, Change, Fields of Wheat;
Graham Nicholas, Sometimes Chicken Sometimes Feathers, Sunday Kinda Love;
Transmit, Übertragung, Gesalzen;
Eagle Lake Owls, Eagle Lake Owls, Tall Grass Dance;

Background beautifully filled by Lenny Breau, from the Canadian jazz vinyl titled The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau Live!.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Canadian musicians will never let you down! And I for one am mighty thankful for that! Here are the tremendous Canadian musicians that we listened to today:

Landfork, Trust, All I Need To Know;
Lydian Ainsworth, Right From Real Pt. 1, Malachite;
Wish, Wish, Nothing To Say;
Pink Moth, Eclipsed, River Song;
Elephant Stone, The Three Poisons, Worlds Don't Begin and End With You;
The Backhomes, Shake/Arama 14 [Compilation], Going Home;
Parker Abbott Trio, The Wayfinders, Big On Bloor;
Coon Proznick Black, Triology, Morocco;
Celsius Quartet, Moving Pictures, Cloud Nine;
Steve Kaldestad with Mike Ledonne Trio, Straight Up, Sweet Siggi;
Peripheral Vision, Sheer Tyranny of Will, Charleston Heston;
Kirby Sewell Band, Girl With a New Tattoo, A Better Reason;
Van Funk, 13, Detective;
Rita McDade & the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Blues Away;
Steve Hill, Solo Recordings Vol.2, Slim Chance;
MonkeyJunk, Tiger in Your Tank, Lucky One;
The Goatbox Rebel, The Goatbox Rebel, 401;
José Contreras, José Contreras, Psychic Radio;
The Devin Cuddy Band, Kitchen Knife, Ode to a Gypsy's Daughter;
Colin Boland, Colin Boland, Hot Sauce Williams;
Chin Injeti, The Reverb, Around the Outside;

Keeping the background all jazzed up was none other than local hero of the jazz guitar world, Lenny Breau (with Buddy Emmons) from some very old vinyl titled Minors Aloud! Look for it at your favourite local music store - check out cjsr.com and our list of Friends of CJSR businesses to see if you get a discount with your Friends of CJSR card (Star Card).

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Great radio will help you get set for your day, guaranteed! Try a dose of CJSR just before you have to go into the office - it'll do wonders for your day!

Here's who helped us get with it this morning:

The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers, Champions of Red Wine;
Cold Specks, Neuroplasticity, Old Knives;
Postnamers, Postnamers, Awaker;
A Tribe Called Red, Trapline EP, Unlimited Trap;
Chris Koster, 7F Series, I'm Your Man;
Sunny Pompeii, Vinegar, Better Half;
Gods, Oh My ..., High Level;
Bidiniband, The Motherland, Hey Jesus!;
Myriad, The Where, Little Lentil;
P J Perry & Tommy Banks, Old Friends, September Song;
The Craig Scott Quintet, Introducing ..., The Night We Called It a Day;
Slow Leaves, Beauty Is So Common, Country of Ideas;
Cud Eastbound, Leaving, Halifax;
Tower of Song, In City and In Forest, Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye;
Anchors North, Anchors North EP, You Will Never Hear This Song;
Mayday and the Beatcreeps, Change, Antique Beaches;
Mayday and the Beatcreeps, We Are Little Volcanoes, Rollin;
Mayday and the Beatcreeps, Change, Gypsy Song (Outro);
Rita McDade & the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Sorry I Asked;
Graham Nicholas, Sometimes Chicken Sometimes Feathers, Angel and the Monkey;
Kindest Cuts, Kindest Cuts, The Dive;
Colin Boland, Colin Boland, Alberta Skies;



Background fully supported by great Canadian Jazz vinyl ... the Tom Keenleyside Quintet from the Returning LP.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Awesome radio to accompany an awesome city! Get out there on The Fringe!! And keep listening to CJSR for Fringe reviews too!

Here is who we listened to today:

The Slabs, Instant Gratification, Not My Kind;
Lewis, L'Amour, Summer's Moon;
Strange Fires, Walkabout EP, Walkabout;
The Provincial Archive, It's All Shaken Wonder, Common Cards;
Daydreaming, Dazed, Sonic Youth is in My Cooler;
The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer, A Real Fine Mess, My Paradise;
Dub Rifles, No Town No Country, Bomb Shakes the Dancehall;
Powder Blue, Dream in Black, Go On Forever;
Monomyth, Saturnalia Regalia!, Medicine Man;
Jon McKiel, New Traces, I Know I Know;
Infamous Red, Inspired, Teardrops;
The Oliver Gannon Quartet, Easy Sailing, Chi Chi;
The Writers' Guild, Based On a True Story, Me Recorda;
Cory Weeds, As Of Now, Jamaica Plum Jam;
The Mackenzie Blues Band, Slam! Bam!, Down with Love;
Kenny 'Blues Boss' Wayne, Rollin' with the Blues Boss, You Bring the Jungle Out of Me;
Steve Strongman, Let Me Prove It To You, Lookin' for Trouble;
Monkey Junk, Tiger in Your Tank, Lucky One;
Karim Gillani, Raah-E-Ishq The Path of Love (Enchanting Tunes of Sufi Music), Yaad (Faint Memory);
The Once, Departures, The Town Where You Lived;
Van Funk, 13, Hold and Swing;
Mayday and the Beat Creeps, We Are Little Volcanoes, She Is Music;

Background provided by some old Canadian vinyl titled Friday the 14th by Bernie Senensky. Check it out! And enjoy the rest of your summer!!

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Apologies for missing the updates to the blog. Hopefully it won't happen again. And I'll try to get the old playlists in for you before the end of the week. Keep on supporting local musicians - they deserve it!

Here is who we listened to today:

Rita McDade and the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, I Want You Back;
Lynne Hanson, River of Sand, Trading in my Lonesome;
Jody Glenham, Dreamer, Gypsy Babe;
Vogue Dots, Toska, Skinny Thing;
T Nile, Tingle & Spark, Shaky Throne;
Glen Gorman, Big Serf, With the Radio;
Nick Faye & the Deputies, Worry, Howlin';
Pink Mountaintops, Get Back, Ambulance City;
Viet Cong, Cassette, Unconscious Melody;
The Zags, Stop the World Live @ UMFM, Magic Bullets Do X2 Damage;
P J Perry & Tommy Banks, Old Friends, Delilah;
Holly Cole Trio, Girl Talk, Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most;
Myriad, The Where, The Strong One;
The Schomberg Fair, I Won't Be Afraid, Drunkard's Prayer;
Clinton St. John, The Minor Arkhana, In Corners We Grow;
Jey Witten, The Wide Eyed, I Don't Buy It;
Matt Hutchings, Storm Clouds, Indian Bay;
The Franklin Electric, This Is How I Let You Down, Old Piano;
Kids Eat Crayons, The Dogs At Play Among the Ruins, Flouter;
Grankle, Human Contact, Mating For Life;
Chris Culgin, It's Only Time, You Were Always Dancing;
Petunia, Inside of You, One Thing;
Pink Mountaintops, Get Back, Ambulance City;

Keep music in your life - it helps with your sanity levels!