Playlist for 18-Dec-12

Snowing or sunshine, here comes the Giftmas season. Whether or not you are a follower, it is a wonderful holiday that allows you plenty of time (in Canada at any rate) to nestle in to the warmth of home and good Canadian music. Here are some suggestions that we played for you this morning:
Dear Susy, Die Holle Orchestra, Preacher Don't;
Golden BC, Just Take It, Get Rid of It;
Bleachers, Bleachers, Sharks;
Roaming Storms, Roaming Storms, Life of Crime;
Hey Rosetta!, A Cup of Kindness Yet, The First Snow;
Hidden Towers, Olympus Mons, Gleaming the Cube;
Sinistrio, Modern Xmas, The Grinch;
Eybler Quartet, Haydn, String Quartet No.5 in G Major;
Ian K., Whiteout, Little Drummer Boy;
Ship Shape, Please Ask Before Stealing, Let's Fall Into the Roles We Play;
Andy Shauf, The Bearer of Bad News, Hometown Hero;
Old Man Luedecke, Tender Is the Night, Little Stream of Whiskey;
Evening Hymns, Spectral Dusk, Cabin In the Burn;
White Ash Falls, By the River Bend, Whatever You Want;
Retros Finest, Home Made, Shadow Warrior;
bRavenous, Outta the East, Gotta Know;
Ryan Stinson, Futura, Delorean;
Metis Fiddler Quartet, North West Voyage Nord Ouest, Blueberry Hill;
Trent Severn, Trent Severn, Snowy Soul;
Trevor Alguire, Till Sorrow Begins to Call, Darkness;
Barnaby Bennett, Shadows and Reflections, A Satisfied Mind;
Bori, Balade, Rêve;
Flowshine, Flowshine, Red Thread;

Background music today was provided by Dee Higgins from the old Canadian vinyl titled Love Is Still Around ... We heard almost all of it! Wishing you all much happiness over the winter holiday, and throughout the upcoming year!

Playlist for 11-Dec-2012

Well the countdown is on to the big present giving event. Now don't be like your Prime Minister and forget all about the Canadian people; especially don't forget about Canadian musicians . . . they brighten each and every Tuesday morning here on Put R in D for Dangle. Here's who entertained us this morning:

Wand, Mt. St. Helens, We Will Never Write You Off;
Dave Norris & Local Ivan, They Let You Paint Your Darker Dreams, The Enemy's Song Is My Song Now;
The Falcons, Rebel Jukebox, Daughters of Night;
Metz, Metz, Wet Blanket;
Lack of Sleep, Woods, Bullet;
Wild Ways, Wild Ways, Jaguar Mode;
Babysitter, Eye, Whole Hole;
Boats, Marblemouth, Marblemouth 2;
Groulx, Destinations 2, Samba Pro João;
Ken Aldcroft/Joe Leblanc, The Long and Short Of It, The Short (I);
Myriad, Tell, Drifters;
Ghost Lights, Saltwater, The Flask;
Indio Saravarijo, Travel On, Real Gone;
Tales of the Unquiet Dead, Book One, St. James the Moocher;
Flume, Flume, Sleepless feat. Jezzabell Doran;**
The Battle of Santiago, Followed by Thousands, Empire;
Great North Blues Band, Great North Blues Band, Bad Things;
Dylan Rysstad, Halfway Houses, Send 'Em to Jasper;
James 'Buddy' Rogers, My Guitar's My Only Friend, Let's Get Loose;
Lindi Ortega, Cigarettes and Truckstops, Demons Don't Get Me Down;

**This is the only non-Canadian selection we played this morning.

Our background music this morning was some wonderful Canadian jazz vinyl from the archives: from Tom Keenlyside Quintet we heard Side 1 of the album titled Returning and from June Katz we heard Side 1 of the album Lulu's Back in Town.

Remember music is a great gift to give, and giving Canadian music is just that much better.

Playlist for 04-Dec-2012

OK now chaps - there are only 21 days left to go to your favourite local music store and buy your Christmas presents. Here are a few more suggestions, that we heard today:
High Waters, Gather Wish EP, Decrepit;
Rain Over St. Ambrose, Truth for News, Walking Home;
Sex With Strangers, Behaviours, Behaviours;
Connoisseurs of Porn, Falling Down the Stairs, Gin;
Panos, Panos, Seven Eight;
Eccodek, Living for Live, Behind the Mask;
Orchid Ensemble, Life Death Tears Dream, Wind Desires the Clouds;
Pugs and Crows, Fantastic Pictures, We Must Befriend the Ice Queen;
Trent Severn, Trent Severn, Bluenose on a Dime;
Dalannah Gail Bowen, Them Menz, Timin';
Scott Macleod, Right As Rain, Best I Can;
Jesse Dollimont & the Ospreys, I'll Fly Away, Feet Face Forward;
Crystal Castles, III, Plague;
Tanuki, Far From the City Lights, Dirty Water;
Andy Shauf, The Bearer of Bad News, I'm Not Falling Asleep;
Grassmarket, You Are For the Ocean, Where I Wouldn't Be Without You;
Ruth Minnikin, The Minnikins' Photo Album, Logs on the Fire;
Brie Neilson, Picture Show, Green;
Papillon Mystique, The House of Nirvana, Papillon Mystique;
Sabo Forte, Sabo Forte, Take a Drive;

Our background music today was provided by Rob Carroll, from the LP titled Enstasis and was dedicated to my wonderful #3 sister, and to all third siblings born on the 3rd of December. HBD GPL!!

Don't forget to check out the awesome offer available as of the 10th of December from author/editor/publisher Sarah Yates - Looking Backward: A Guide to Memoir and Family History Writing is readable, informative andlively.
Visit www.gemmab.ca for more details and to purchase the PDF.

Playlist for 27-Nov-2012

Last show of November ... Hope we filled your ears with ideas for absolutely awesome and totally Canadian Christmas presents. Here's the list for your reference:
The Spades, Live From the Narrows, 49 Tons;
Cuff the Duke, Union, Carry On;
Mardeen, Miss You Forever, Paperbag;
Luke Lalonde, Rhythymnals, Inamorataos;
The Tom Fun Orchestra, Earthwormheart, Lungs;
Shearing Pinx, Dub Ditch Picnic: A Year of Haircuts 2011-2012 [Anthology], Caves;
Papermaps, Inferior Ghost, There Are Wolves;
Andy Haas, Notes on the Miasms, Tincture of Time;
Calamalka, All the Way Up, Shout Outs;
Make Haste, Make Haste, The Leader's Daze;
Kyp Harness, The Wrong Way, The Wrong Way;
The Lemon Bucket Orchestra, Lume Lume, Odessa Bulgarish;
Love Banshee, So Long Stone, Tear It All Down;
Annie Lou, Grandma's Rules for Drinking, Grandma's Rules for Drinking;
Ratchet Orchestra, Hemlock, Winnow;
The Peggy Lee Band, Invitation, Why Are You Yelling?;
Lina Allemano Four, Live at the Tranzac, Tiger Swallowtail;
The Spades, Live From the Narrows, The Unknown;
The Hoots, Best Wishes, Ghetto Fab;
The Zolas, Ancient Mars, Euphrates and Tigris;
Aidan Knight, Small Reveal, Singer-Songwriter;
Philly Moves, How to Drink Yourself Famous, Oh You Bad!;

In the background we listened to some wonderful Canadian jazz vinyl ... The Bill King Quintet - the album title is Avenue B.

You know that CJSR is the radio station that plays original music ... that's what makes us so great! And that's what makes you so great - your voracious appetite for ORIGINAL!! Thanks for listening!

Playlist for 20-November-2012

Great tunes come in all kinds of sizes and packages. Hey! That's a basic trait of all great Christmas presents!
Spencer Jo & the River Ramble, Mountain Jack, Howl;
The Hellbound Hepcats, No. 2, That Lady;
The Implicate Order, Hollow Process, Men & Money;
Hank and Lily, Crank City, Bathe Me in Butter;
Stalwart Sons, Stay Cold, Horse Blanket Rash;
A Tribe Called Red, A Tribe Called Red, General Generations;
OPOPO, Extracts, Safety Line;
Digits, Where Do You Belong?, So Cold;
Hiawatha, Language, Old Black (feat. Ohbijou);
Dead Red Pine, Dead Red Pine, Hold Still;
Mo Kenney, Mo Kenney, In My Lungs;
Myles Black & the Pearly Whites, Folk Ass Bitch Music, Totally Boss;
Kandle, Kandle, Play With Fire;
Little Birdie, Bare Bones, Anne Marie You Can't Cry Now;
Tyson Naylor Trio, Kosmonauten, Allee Der Kosmonauten;
Harris Eisenstadt, Canada Day III, King of the Kutiriba for Mamady Danfa;
Halabisky's Uprising, Slaying Maya, Crocodile Tears (feat. D-Sisive and Melissa Laveaux);
Sienna Dahlen, Verglas, L'il Drummer Boy;
Badbadnotgood, BBNG2 [soundcloud], Vices;
Lindi Ortega, Cigarettes & Truckstops, Demons Don't Get Me Down;
The F Holes, Red Hot, Cold Cold Heart;
The Thinly Veiled Double Entendres, Hangovers & Heartbreaks, Patterns and Particles;
Alex Cuba, Static in the System, Ruido En El Sistema;

Background music comprised Spencer Jo & The River Ramble, album Mountain Jack;
Gordon Lightfoot, album Dream Street Rose, side A and Gordon Lightfoot, album Sunday Concert. Also, we listened to one Badbadnotgood track in the background titled CHSTR; we got them off Soundcloud just in case you wanted to check them out.

Thanks for listening and supporting community/campus radio. Hope you had a chance to visit Expressionz this past weekend to get your SWAG, but if not come on down to the station and say HI to all of us while we make you up a parcel of your goodies. Here is a link to Expressionz Cafe, Market and Meeting Place for you to check out ... local artists, local musicians and great food!

www.expressionzcafe.com

Enjoy your week!

Playlist for 13-November-2012

Only 5 more shows til Christmas Day!! To help you with your musical choices for gifts, here are the awesome Canadian musicians we listened to this morning:
Neil Young, American Stars 'N' Bars, Home Grown;
Plumes, Plumes, Phone Booth;
The Dyeing Merchant, Tempest Roar, Cast Away;
Cowards, Cowards, In the Mouths of Thirteen Year Olds;
Dustin Bentall and the Smokes, Orion, Emmy-Lou;
The Natural Shocks, Kobayashi Maru, War of Attrition;
The Matinée, We Swore We'd See the Sunrise, December Slumber;
Kyle Brenders Quartet, Offset, Offset;
Susie Arioli, All The Way, Here's To the Losers;
Halabisky's Uprising, Slaying Maya, Nevermind;
Tillers Folly, Go the Road, Go the Road;
Bardic Form, Lethe, Divided Folk;
Hollerin' Pines, Hollerin' Pines, I Had a Dream;
Freeman Dre & The Kitchen Party, Old Town, We All Fall Down;
John Wort Hannam, Brambles and Thorns, Poor Man;
Love Banshee, So Long Stone, Townie;
Psychic Pollution, Deconstructed Architecture, Modillion Blocks;
Dirty Inputs, Many Earths, Cyan Mode;
The F-Holes, Red Hot, Jockey Full of Bourbon;
Kat Danser, The Engadine Sessions:Come to the Mountain (Anthology), Come to the Mountain;
Sarah Burton, Fire Breathers, My Man;
Paul Reddick, Wish Bone, Take Me Ruby;
Abdominal & the Obliques, Sitting Music, Words;

Enjoy your week! If you are a local and you donated to CJSR in our recent FunDrive, don't forget the SWAG party this weekend at EXPRESSIONZ CAFE. Come get your Stuff With A Gift, and hang with your favourite DJs.

Playlist for 06-November-2012

The snow can come and go - the temperatures can fall and rise - But the great Canadian music just keeps on flowing over the air waves, thanks to the Canadian musicians and thanks to great Canadian radio ... CJSR! Here's what tickled our auditory nerves this morning:
Mascara Nites, Mascara Nites, Wish List;
Mascara Nites, Mascara Nites, 527th Black Umbrella;
Mascara Nites, Mascara Nites, Red Sky at Night;
Mascara Nites, Mascara Nites, Tiger Lily (OO LA LA);
Pete Turland, Cruisin', Cannonball Rag;
Modern Superstitions, Modern Superstitions, Hometown Radio;
Neil Young with Crazy Horse, Psychedelic Pill, She's Always Dancing;
Run With the Kittens, Letters from Camp, How Hardcore is Your Manticore;
Craic the Lens, Craic the Lens, You're Friday's Flask;
Steve Taylor's Drum Boogie, Hot Nuts!, Salty Dog Blues;
Phono d'Enfant, Ragged Chute Blues, Burnt Down Reel;
Sightlines, "Summer" EP, Beleaguered;
Jukai, Pho King XII Mix (Anthology), Moons;
Spell, Lull, Home;
Jessica Jalbert, 88 1/2 Ways to Love Life and Be Happy (CJSR Compilation), Whatever 'Til You're Dead;
Dale Boyle, Throwback, You Might Come Around;
MaryJane Lamond & Wendy MacIsaac, Seinn, I Travelled More Than Nine Miles;
Hobson's Choice, Of the Waves, Falling Down;
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, Follow My Lead Lead Me to Follow, Lives Be Brave;
Keith William Miller, Poetry From the Glass Half Empty, Exponentially Speaking;
François Houle, Genera, Essay #7;
Tyson Naylor Trio, Kosmonauten, Book It;
Harry Eisenstadt, Canada Day III, Shuttle Off This Mortal Coil;
Lindi Ortega, Cigarettes & Truckstops, Heaven Has No Vacancy;
Corb Lund, Cabin Fever, Gettin' Down on the Mountain;
Stoning Mary, Stoning Mary, Memory Sickness;
Sophie Hunter, Sophie Hunter, This Old Town;
More Or Les, Mastication, Saltines;

Thanks for listening and supporting campus/community radio! CJSR listeners RULE!!!!

Playlist for 30-Oct-2012

Hey!! I finally figured out how to format this playlist! Now it's way easier for you to check out the fabulous Canadian musicians we heard this morning, which include:
Jesse Lebourdais, I Go By the Sound, If I Don't Get To Tell You;
Bardic Form, Lethe, Shatterstorm;
Rhoneil, Make Believe, We Hid We Ran;
Carolyn Mark, The Queen of Vancouver Island, Nobody ('s Perfect);
Annabelle Chvostek Ensemble, Rise, G20 Song;
The Karpinka Brothers, There's A Light, When The Storm Clears;
Jesse Lebourdais, I Go By the Sound, Union Man;
The Ford Pier Vengeance Trio, Huzzah!, The Sound of Laughter;
The Mad Doctors, Robots Lasers & Disembodied Brains, Moonbased Death Ray;
Digits, Where Do You Belong EP, Modern Mess;
Elf TV, Elf TV, Helium;
Brandi Disterheft, Gratitude, Open;
Kevin Dean/PJ Perry Quintet, Ubiquitous, Benny's Ballad;
Saint Dirt Elementary School, Abandoned Ballroom, Zombies Love Dancin' To This Number;
The Wilderness of Manitoba, Island of Echoes, White Woods;
Declan O'Donovan, Declan O'Donovan, Cheap Souvenir;
The Frolics, Live From the Underground EP, Hell House;
Peace, The World Is Too Much With Us, The Perp Walk;
The Cavalry, Dirty Music Dirty People, Pick of the Litter;
Brews Willis, Nerped By a Zircon, Thy King of Brewslehem;
Sophie Hunter, Sophie Hunter, This Old Town Remix;

CJSR ... Radio That Listens ... And Makes Good Listening as well!

Playlist for 23-Oct-2012

It's always a good morning when you share it with Canadian musicians. Here is what we heard this morning:
Mascara Nites, Mascara Nites, all of Side A (we heard this just before Put R in D for Dangle started);
Rah Rah, The Poet's Dead, Prairie Girl;
Great Bloomers, Distant Fires, Slowly in Your Gaze;
Freelove Fenner, Pineapple Hair EP, Workshop;
Catlow, Pinkly Things, Remorse Code;
Erin Costello, We Can Get Over, Everybody Wants to Be (In Love);
Lou Wreath, 88 & 1/2 Ways to Love Life and Be Happy (CJSR Compilation), Glassware;
Latchodrom, Latchodrom, Paper Trails;
A C Newman, Shut Down the Streets, Wasted English;
Latchodrom, Latchodrom, A Lonely Christmas for Coco Hayley Gordon Moore;
Opopo, Extracts, Minus One;
Kontravoid, Kontravoid, Native State;
The Battle of Santiago, Followed by Thousands, Brooklyn Aftermath;
Karpinka Brothers, There's A Light, Across a Crowded Room;
Tyler Butler, Violence, Sprinter in a Field;
Edgar Breau, Patches of Blue, Dandelion Kingdom;
Freeman Dre & The Kitchen Party, Old Town, She Goes Riding;
The Parkers, Don't Give Up, Song for K;
Chilly Gonzales, Solo Piano II, Kenaston;
Sienna Dahlen, Verglas, Sanguine;
Jimmy & The Sleepers, C'est La Vie, Playing Games;
Danny Marks, A Friend in the Blues, Blues Party Tonight;
Suzie Vinnick, Live at Bluesville, How'd You Know I Missed You;
Mister Lucky, Coming Home, Blues Jones;
Jonah K, Metal & Bone, Tooth and Claw;

We listened to all of Dutch Mason's Wish Me Luck vinyl as background music today, with a small sampling of an anthology titled Volume Two! It Came from Canada - which we will hopefully continue to explore in future shows.

Remember to support local businesses in your community when you are doing your early Christmas shopping.

Playlist for 16-October-2012

I love the adventure of exploration, especially in the territory of Canadian music. Hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did this morning. Here's what we heard: Stalwart Sons, Stay Cold, True North; Spencer Jo & The River Ramble, Mountain Jack, Howl; Jon Gant, Wheatfields, The Way It Goes; Sarah Beatty, Black Gramophone, Oil in the Ground; Chris Gheran, Matterhorn, Still Ain't Laughin'' Grey Kingdom, Light I'll Call Your Name Out "Darkness", Like the Wolf; Hiawatha, Language, Old Black (featuring Ohbijou); Ohama, The Synth Edition-Thick As a Brick, I Really Don't Mind if You Sit This One Out; Cowlick, Everybody Dance Now-Songs From Hamilton 7 (Anthology), Money Money; Two Hours Traffic, Siren Spell EP, Amour Than Amis; Dance Movie, Interlopers, A Quick Drink and A Slow Dance; Sienna Dahlens, Verglas, Stray; Diana Panton, Peter Appleyard Sophisticated Ladies (Anthology),Smile; Ken Aldcroft, Home, In the Kitchen; Suzie Vinnick, Live at Bluesville, All Night All Day; Danny Marks, A Friend in the Blues, A Friend in the Blues; Fraser & Daley, The Whole Fam Damily, The Devil Herself; Synthosaurus, Inter Galactic Friendship Squad, Tropical Highball Club; Gord Grdina's Haram, Her Eyes Illuminate, Sharpening; Brave New Waves, Brave New Waves, Wicked Man; Slim Twig, Sof' Sike; Marzipan Sands; Mystery Machine, Western Magnetics, Octagon Skylight; Nathan M Godfrey & The Bow River Buddies, Sonic Theories (Anthology), Crowsnest Pass; The Implicate Order, Hollow Process, Boardwalk;[**This is a 2-disc compilation produced at and by our sister radio station, CJSW in Calgary - 90.9 fm.**] DJ D-Mass, Graduate, Building Brains; We also heard some awesome background music. First was Stalwart Sons with their latest LP Stay Cold ... we heard all of Side B (having listened to Side A just prior to the start of the show); next was Spencer Jo & The River Ramble ... this is a ShortPlay vinyl and we heard all of it; and last but not least, from the old wax, we heard part of an anthology titled It Came From Canada #5. Stay tuned to CJSR - 88.5fm in Edmonton and surrounds, cjsr.com on the internet - home of great radio!!

Playlist for 09-October-2012

Apologies for being so late in updating with this week's playlist. FunDrive was fantastically successful - many thanks to listeners and supporters of CJSR, campus-community radio that is listener supported and volunteer driven! Here is what we listened to on Put R in D for Dangle this week: **Doug Hoyer, Tattoo EP, Please Don't Let the Wonder Leave;** **Small Town Knife Fight, Small Town Knife Fight, Magic Store;** **Joe Nolan, Bring Me a Candle, Famous Dolphin Earrings;** The Royal Crowns, Volume 3, Pickled Beats; Data Romance, Caves - Single, Caves (Radio Edit); Danny Michel & the Bemque Players, Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me, Just the Way I Am; **Falklands, Cold Favour, Don't Take My Word For It;** **Raptors, Raptors, Super Chorus;** Family Studies, PIXXX3, Gypsy Trapezoid Mobile; **Mitchmatic It's Probably Raining, Overgrown Roads;** **Great North Blues Band, Great North Blues Band, A Woman Like That;** Fraser & Daley, The Whole Fam Damily, Big Nickel Town; No Sinner, Boo Hoo Hoo EP, That'd Be the Day; **Mister Lucky, Coming Home, Bad Boy Boogie;** A Tribe Called Red, A Tribe Called Red, Woodcarver; **Shawn Bernard, Collabonation, NDN Car Remix;** **Propagandhi, Failed States, Things I Like [featuring Wab Kinew];** **The Give 'Em Hell Boys, Barn Burner, Drownin' the Memory;** Gordie Tentrees, North Country Heart, Wheel & Wrench; **The Sumner Brothers, In the Garage, The Man Can't Hardly Move;** Carolyn Mark, The Queen of Vancouver, The Cereal is the Prize; **Cygnets, Prophets, Leave the Prophets Dead Where They Lie;** All artists marked ** played a role in the success of CJSR's FunDrive. Many thanks to these fine Canadian musicians who volunteered time, music and energy to help promote independent, campus-community radio in Edmonton. 88.5fm FOREVER!!!!

Playlist for 25-September-2012

FunDrive events!! FunDrive music!! There's so much FUN in the air, it's palpable. Grab on to it - Enjoy Life!! Here is what we enjoyed this morning on the Canadian music front: Small Town Knife Fight, Small Town Knife Fight, Spiderman; Doug Hoyer, Busy Busy Busy EP, Busy Busy Busy (Jon? Jon); Mitchmatic, It's Probably Raining, Work in the Method; Hot Panda, Go Outside, Holidays; Stars, The North, Backlines; Christopher Smith, Earning Keep, Young Curmudgeon; Whale Tooth, Search Party, Wait It Out; Plex, Demons, Ready; Shawn Bernard, Collabonation, NDN Car Remix; Uncas, Old Boys, Big City Sickness; Kim Beggs, Blue Bones, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Sumner Brothers, Sumner Brothers, Yeah Blue; Twin River, Rough Gold, Jangler; Jason Haywood, A Thousand Miles Since Yesterday, Lonesome Soul; Gordie Tentrees, North Country Heart, Sideman Blues; Pizzarrhea!, Laser Bacon Eye Surgery, Pork Bennedict III (The Last Grilled Pope-wich); Scenic Route to Alaska, All These Years, Mountains; Great North Blues Band, Great North Blues Band, No Questions; Mister Lucky, Coming Home, Don't Let the Door Hit You; The Doll Sisters, The Road, Elijah's Rain; Hope you are collecting your pennies for the upcoming FunDrive - Dial or click to donate at 780-492-2577 ext.1 OR www.cjsr.com! CJSR loves you!!

Playlist for 18-Sep-2012

Just one week and one day until the FunDrive begins. Start stockpiling your pennies to help keep your favourite radical radio station on the air ... and try out our new webpage to click & donate after this Wednesday, the 19th of September (www.cjsr.com)! Here is what we listened to today: Smalltown Knife Fight, Smalltown Knife Fight, Mexican Gangster Cat; Penny Wilson, Sugarglider, Could've It Been Me?; Field & Stream, Field & Stream, Cabineer/Coyote; Ryan Ro, At Last My Dear, A Red-eye Lullaby; Mother Mother, The Sticks, Love It Dissipates; The Hellbound Hepcats, The Hellbound Hepcats, Underpants Dance; Campus Thieves, Campus Thieves, Organ Donor; Propagandhi, Failed States, Lotus Gait; Stars, The North, A Song is a Weapon; Chilly Gonzales, Solo Piano II, Epigram in E; The Parkers, Don't Give Up, Downturn; Corb Lund, Cabin Fever, Gettin' Down on the Mountain; Give 'Em Hell Boys, Barn Burner, Calaboose Stomp; Nick Ferrio & His Feelings, Nick Ferrio & His Feelings, When We Sang Together; Micropanik, Fall of Melancopolis, The Day Is Coming; Tennyson, Tennyson Tennyson Tennyson Tennyson Tennyson, Viento; Jimmy & The Sleepers, C'est La Vie, Devil In Me; Brian Gregg, Spirit of a Stone, Boogie School; Nadine Kellman, Up From the Basement, Love is Unkind; Mister Lucky, Coming Home, Coming Home; Ariane Mahryke Lemire, Wrecked Tangles and Love Knots, Wrecked Tangles; **The background music we heard throughout the show included: The Guess Who, The Guess Who?, Side one Fred McKenna, Plain Old Three Chord Hurtin' Country Tunes, Side one Mavis McCauley, Racer, Side one Remember! Keep listening to your favourite radio station - not only are we tonnes of fun but we have a lot of surprises up our sleeves for FunDrive, starting next Wednesday 26th of September.

Playlist for 11-September-2012

Oh the leaves are turning ... FunDrive is definitely in the air ... A great day for music! Here is what we heard today: Jesse & the Dandelions, Time & Space & Everything in Between, Fire; Fountains of Youth, Flood Season, Along These Lines; Whale Tooth, Search Party, Wolves; Rakam, Stranger Things Before, Lesser Known Gimmick; Brandi Dister Heft, Gratitude, Portrait of Duke; Roberto Lopez Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra, Azul, Carmen de Bolivar; Saint Dirt Elementary School, Abandoned Ballroom, Sara Move with Me to Canada; Suzie Vinnick, Live at Bluesville, Looking For a Kiss; Chuck Jackson's Big Bad Blues Band, A Cup of Joe, Boogie Woogie Country Girl; Dutch Mason Blues Band, Wish Me Luck, Barefootin'; Graham Guest, Relief, High Life; *Antibalas, Antibalas, Him Belly No Go Sweet;(*Non-Canadian) West Coast British Columbia, Brave New Waves, Wicked Man; Gordon Grdina's Haram, Her Eyes Illuminate, En Shakawt Al Hawa (If You Complain About Love); Dub Vulture, Brother Can You Spare a Gun, Bicycle Johnny; Lindi Ortega, Little Red Boots, Little Red Boots; Jason Haywood, A Thousand Miles Since Yesterday, It Don't Take Much; Gordie Tentrees, North Country Heart, Holy Moly; Lindi Ortega, Little Red Boots, Dying of Another Broken Heart; Shred Kelly, In the Hills, Rowed Away; Cadence & Nathan, Cadence & Nathan, My Friend is Going Away; A thousand thanks to all the Canadian musicians who contributed to our joy today! Keep it up!

Playlist for 04-September-2012

Great sunshine smiling down on all the new and veteran students returning to the classroom this morning. Hope your year at school will be as good as the music on CJSR. Here is what we listened to this morning: Homo Duplex, Homo Duplex, On Or On And On; Matt Mays, Coyote, Queen of Portland Street; White Lung, Sorry, St.Dad; The Waxbills, When Love Comes, Skeleton Man; Bend Sinister, Small Fame, She Lost Her Rock and Roll; Budokan, Spin a Little Gold, Bastards of Feel; Corb Lund, Cabin Fever, (You Ain't a Cowboy) If You Ain't Been Bucked Off; Nick Ferrio & His Feelings, Nick Ferrio & His Feelings, Otonabee; Kim Beggs, Blue Bones, Can't Drive Slow Yodel; Chilly Gonzales, Piano Solo II, Train of Thought; The JMC Project, Making a Statement, Ride the Wave; Kevin Dean/PJ Perry Quintet, Ubiquitous, Hip Bone; SnowBlink, Inner Classics, Safety Stories; Lou Canon, Lou Canon, To Find Your Bed; Cadence & Nathan, Cadence & Nathan, Wearing All My Old Things; Owls By Nature, Everything is Hunted, Heartbreaking Ways; A Tribe Called Red, Electric Powwow (from youtube), Red Skin Girl; Fraser/Daley, The Whole Fam Damily, (It's All) Medicinal Marijuana; Jimmy and The Sleepers, C'est La Vie, It's Alright Now; Mister Lucky, Coming Home, Sugarfoot Boogie; God Made Me Funky, Vive le NuFunk, Vive le NuFunk; The Alchemist, Russian Roulette, Apollo's Last Stand; My continued thanks to all the awesome artists who submit their music to the station (If you are an up and comer in the Canadian music scene, CJSR would LOVE to receive a copy of your CD to play over the airwaves!) and for the wonderful listeners who support the community and the campus with their ears ... (I'm not saying they are BIG ears ... just strong!)

Playlist for 28-August-2012

Another great show thanks to the awesome Canadian musicians! Here's what we listened to today: Mathias Mental, The Stateroom Scene,#1 (cannot find a song list with the CD..sorry); Fine Times, Fine Times, Hey Judas; John Antoniuk, Always With You, Good Girl Down; Scotty Hills, Year of Septembers, Roller Coaster Love; Whitehorse, The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss, Out Like a Lion; Tyrana Horse, Garbage Bears, Out of Control; You'll Never Get to Heaven, You'll Never Get to Heaven, Reliable Effects; Hanna Georgas, Dine Alone Advance Music, Ode to Mom; Michael Occipinti & Shine On, The Universe of John Lennon, Julia; Shuffle Demons, Cluster Funk, He's the Drummer; Roberto Lopez Afro-Columbian Jazz Orchestra, Azul, El Pescador; MendelsonJoe, Canuckian, Deemo Crassy; Wax Mannequin, No Safe Home, Body Black/Body White; Hollerin' Pines, Hollerin' Pines, Sailor's Love Song; Tim Chaisson, The Other Side, Bail You Out; Suzy Wilde, Suzy Wilde, Flame; Scott Cooper, Quiet Company, None of the Above; Cara Luft, Darlingford, The Ploughboy & The Cockney; Gang Signs, Gang Signs, Runnin'; Purity Ring, Shrines, Ungirthed; Sarah Burton, Fire Breathers, Raise the Bar; Nick Ferrio & His Feelings, Nick Ferrio & His Feelings, Story's Long Story's Old; MendelsonJoe, Canuckian, I Am Canuckian; Favourite songs are always difficult to pick, but I have to say that this morning MendelsonJoe takes the cake with his wonderful Deemo Crassy!! Enjoy your last week of freedom!!

Play List for 21-August-2012

Live Music! Live Theatre! It all contributes to keeping us alive. Here are the tunes we sampled today: Jay Arner, Jay Arner, Bad Friend; Whale Tooth, Search Party, Wolves; Fist Full O' Snacks, Of Course the Journey, I Like Food; Thomas D'Arcy, Tribute to the Monks Bad Habits, Love in Stereo; J P Mortier, The Only Bar, Maybe You Should Drink; Dub Vulture, Brother Can You Spare a Gun, Bicycle Johnny; Elk, Day Dreams, You're the One; Veszel, Cigarettes, (**Background); Pizzarrhea!, Laser Bacon Eye Surgery, Pork Benedict III (The Last Grilled Pope-wich); Learning, Kant: An Album by the Band Learning, Guns Around Here; Christa Couture, The Living Record, Pirate Jenny & The Storm; Melissa Payne, Melissa Payne, Liars; Welcome Sound, Hey Thanks for Everything, High Altitude Rhubarb; Brandi Dister Heft, Gratitude, Blues for Nelson Mandela; Susie Arioli, All the Way, Time After Time (portion only); Whale Tooth, Search Party, Battle Sex; Delhi to Dublin, Turn Up the Stereo, Tabla Boy; Stay Alive! Live and Love Art in all its forms!

Playlist for 14-Aug-2012

Live music clears up most ailments; keep listening for good health! Here's what we heard today: Jon & Roy, Let It Go, Tavern Song; From Birch to Yew, Whisper in the Trees, Dreamer; Gabrielle Papillon, Little Bug, Judah on His Knees; Brenna Lowrie, Body Electric, Do the Jesus; Shred Kelly, In the Hills, Cabin Fever; The Guess Who, Canned Heat, Side A (*Background); Lewis Nash Quintet, The Highest Mountain, Blues Connotation; Kevin Dean/PJ Perry Quintet, Ubiquitous, Scene in Passing; Nu Sensae, Sundowning, Spit Gifting; Hot Panda, Go Outside, Future Markets; Kelly and the Kellygirls, Club des Femmes, Lifeguards; Ground Level Falcons, Ground Level Falcons, Cease/Desist; Japandroids, Celebration Rock, Adrenaline Nightshift; VanGhost, Black & White, Chainsaw Heart; Jennah Barry, Young Men, Dead Give Away; Christopher Smith, Earning Keep, Old Testament Violence; Christopher Smith, Earning Keep, Samson; Jennifer Scott & Brasileira, Sonho Meu, Corrida de Jangada; Gordon Grdina's Haram, Her Eyes Illuminate, Ana Wa Habibi; Suzie Vinnick, Live at Bluesville, You'll Be Mine; No Sinner, Boo Hoo Hoo EP, If Anything; Lindi Ortega, youtube, Little Lie; Danny Marks, A Friend in the Blues, Caretaker; Thanks for listening. Remember - CJSR FunDrive 2012 is coming early this year - starts 26-September and runs to 06-October. Looking forward to hearing from you then!

Playlist for 07-August-2012

Summertime ... and the Canadian music is easy ... to find on the airwaves at your favourite radical radio station, CJSR! It's what we do! Here's who we listened to today: Cory Woodward, The Truth, Fallout; Cellos, Bomb Shelter, Bomb Shelter; Calista, Calista, Flowers; Cold Warps, Slimer, Slimer (*Background); Cory Woodward, The Truth, Define Yourself; Zebra Pulse, Ramshackle Day Parade 2012 (Anthology), Wild Bros Party; Twin Peaks, Spaceshipone: Chapter 1 In Search of Blackboltt (Anthology), Kaboom; Cold Warps, Slimer, Dream Creepin' (*Background); Nick Everett, Rocky Top, Sit Listen; S.G. Sinnicks, The Last Irishman in Corktown, You're Gonna Need it; Morgan MacDonald, Back to the Wilderness, The Fences; Stan Rogers, Turnaround, Song of the Candle; Bryan Joseph, Bryan Joseph, Taken by Surprise (*Background); Ivy Mairi, No Talker, Scar; The Sturgeons, The Wood Shop, Ocean Cries; Leroy Stagger & His Band, Radiant Land, Radiant Land; Bryan Joseph, Bryan Joseph, Halo of God (*Background); Anita Eccleston, Jazz EP, The Nearness of You; Jon McCaslin, Sunalta, Shuffle "G"; Graham Guest, Relief, (*Background); Scott Cook, This One's on the House, People Please; Pistol George Warren, Mindemoya, Be Your Dog; Kim Beggs, Wanderer's Paean, Banks of the Yukon; Dan Sinasac, Burnt Piano, Honeybee; Hope you enjoyed the morning of music as much as I did! Long Live Canadian Music!!

Playlist for 31-July-2012

On the last day of each month - whether or not it is a Tuesday - listen to a lot of Canadian music; it'll make the start of the next month that much easier. Today is a good example - here is what we heard this last day of July 2012: Blind God, A Feast for Mourners, My Razor; Cellos, Bomb Shelter, Mailroom Blues; Calista, Calista, Frictionatra; Homo Duplex, Homo Duplex, On or On and On; Rakam, Stranger Things Before, Lesser Known Gimmick; Cinderpop, Manic Sparkles, Sevens; Old World Vulture, Trophy Lovers, Patterson-Gimlin; Veszel, Cigarettes, Side A (*background music); Pizzarrhea, Laser Bacon Eye Surgery, Hol' Onta Dis Pear; Matthew A Wilkinson, Postnamers, Aurora; Purity Ring, Shrines, Obedear; The Element Choir & William Parker, At Christ Church Deer Park, At Christ Church Deer Park; Blind God, A Feast for Mourners, Phasers on Stun; Paula Perro, Make It Look Easy, Bubblegum; Suzie Vinnick, Live at Bluesville, Looking for a Kiss; Buzy B & The Honeycomb Kids, Live at Fairview Pub (youtube), Good Morning; Susie Arioli, All the Way, Here's to the Losers; Elizabeth Shepherd, Rewind, Lonely House; Saint Dirt Elementary School, Abandoned Ballroom, Lidia's Attached to the Stars; The Give 'Em Hell Boys, Barn Burner, Play Hank Williams at My Funeral; Gordie Tentrees, North Country Heart, Skinny Trees; Sarah Burton, Fire Breathers, Winnipeg; Jason Haywood, A Thousand Miles Since Yesterday, The Longest Walk; Hin In Dar, Absalom, Come in Alive; Remember - check out your favourite artists (as listed above) on youtube or myspace - or even google - for how to get a hold of their CD's etc. Support your local economy - go out to a live music gig!

Playlist for 17-July-2012

What the doctor has ordered for continued good health is ample amounts of Canadian sunshine coupled with ample amounts of Canadian music. Here is how we took our medicine this morning: Leonard Cohen, The Best of Leonard Cohen, Hey That's No Way to Say Goodbye; Drums and Wires, Waiting on the Moon, Turtle Song; PS I Love You, Death Dreams, Toronto; Royal Wood, We Were Born to Glory, Will We Ever Learn; Fist City, It's 1983 Grow Up!, Caveman's Lunch; Scenic Route to Alaska, All These Years, Settle Down; Morals, Taste Test, Free Agency; Mariachi Ghost, Machete EP, El Cascabel; Paul Luchkow/Michael Jarvis, Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin: Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Sonata III in E flat Major Adagio E Cantabile; Stewart Goodyear, Beethoven the Middle Sonatas, Sonata #14 in C sharp minor Opus 27 #2 "Moonlight" - Adagio Sostenuto; Chuck Jackson's Big Bad Blues Band, A Cup of Joe, Rebecca; Cameo Blues, 10000 Hours, Plowin' Our Row; Twin River, Rough Gold, Family Tree; Shout Out Out Out Out, Spanish Moss and Total Loss, Now That I've Given Up Hope I Feel Much Better; Carol Welsman, Peter Appleyard Sophisticated Ladies (*Anthology), Night and Day; Michael Occhipinti & Shine On, The Universe of John Lennon, Instant Karma! (We All Shine On); CFCF, Exercises, Exercise 4 (Spirit); Ivy Mairi, No Talker, Passing Cars; Good Pinsent & Keelor, Down & Out in Upalong, Shadows in the Sun; The Be Good Tanyas, A Collection (2000-2012), Little Black Bear; Jeremy Fisher, Mint Juleps, Gone; Snoqualmie, Snoqualmie, The World Voice; You know and I know it was good for you!

Playlist for 10-July-2012

The best accompaniment to lots of sunshine is lots of Canadian music. Hope you all enjoyed the tunes this morning. Here is what we sampled: Caymans, Caymans EP, How to Print Money; Cold Warps, Slimer/Dream Creepin', Slimer (**background); The Waxbills, When Love Comes, First Aid Kit; Metric, Synthetica, Speed the Collapse; Wilder Than We, Wilder Than We, Canopy Homes; Hermetic, Civilized City, Nixon Song; Cold Warps, Slimer/Dream Creepin', Dream Creepin' (**background); Micropanik, Fall of Melancopolis, The Day Is Coming; Tennyson, Tennyson, Knaves I Cannot Rule; Brave New Waves, West Coast British Columbia, One Man's Ceiling; Camp Radio, Camp Radio, The Girl Who Stole My Motorbike (**background); David Walsh & the Friendly Fire, David Walsh & the Friendly Fire, Point of View; S.G. Sinnicks, The Last Irishman in Corktown, Christians; Jeremy Fisher, Mint Juleps, The Part That Breaks; Edgar Breau, Patches of Blue, Dreams of Kerouac; Invasives, Embracing Evil/Murder in the Afternoon, Embracing Evil; Ken Aldcroft, Home, In the Kitchen; Elizabeth Shepherd, Peter Appleyard Sophisticated Ladies (Anthology), It's Only a Paper Moon; Michael Occhipinti& Shine On

Playlist for 03-July-2012

Life with music is sweet; life with Canadian music is just that much sweeter! Here is what we listened to today: Hot Panda, Go Outside, Go Outside; Elk, Daydreams, Come Home; Jesse & The Dandelions, Time and Space and Everything in Between, Only a Rocketship Can Save Us; Michael Rault, Whirlpool, Fall in Love with Every Girl I See; Jan Lisiecki, Mozart Piano Concertos, Concerto #20 Allegro; JBM, Stray Ashes, Forests; Rye & Fairy Tales, Rye & Fairy Tales, Play Me Out Jack; Sky Diggers, Northern Shore, Northern Shore; Jon & Roy, Let It Go, Kesey; Juliann Kuchocki, Broken Compass, My Name Is I'm With You; Andrew Boniwell and the Uncertainty Principle, Boomerang, Photographer's Eye; Robyn Hayle, So Much For Good Behaviour, Until Something Better Comes Along; Cory Weeds, Up A Step (The Music of Hank Mobley), Bossa For Baby; Dub Vulture, Brother Can You Spare a Gun, Skull and Wishbone; Del Barber, Headwaters, Can't Turn Around; Pistol George Warren, Mindemoya, Kingston Gully; Destar In Québec, Reconstructed Memories (Confabulating the Past, Simulating the Future), Taster Plate; Mugz, Gone One Day, Gone One Day; Hot Panda, Go Outside, Holidays; Hope you enjoyed listening as much as I enjoyed playing the tunes for you! Enjoy July!!

Playlist for 26-June-2012

Summertime ... and the music is excellent! When you want good music, you know to turn the dial to 88.5fm (or the internet to www.cjsr.com). Here is what we heard today: Cookie Duster, When Flying Was Easy, Cut Me Focus; Fire Next Time, Hungry River Hymns, Start a Panzram Fire; Nam Shud, Cascadia, Marble Cardigan; Blinker the Star, We Draw Lines, We Draw Lines; Graham Guest, Relief, That's Evolution!; Chuckee & the Crawdaddies, Got Mojo2 - Grand River Blues (anthology), Grooveyard Shift; Cameo Blues, 10000 Hours, Penguin Walk; The 24th Street Wailers, Unshakeable, Howlin'; Camouflage Nights, Camouflage Nights, Head Out; Girls Would Kill, Girls Would Kill, In Litres; Grey Screen, Thrillogy, Was Before Now Gone; Johanna Sillanpaa, Make of Me, Make of Me; Faye Blais, On the Bright Side, Over the Mountains; Luke Michielsen, Meddle in the Natural Order, Marshland Crow; The Crackling, Ashen, Suicide is Painless; Brian Dunn, TVs and Radios, Slow Learner; Benôit Delbecq/Francois Houle, Because She Hoped, Because She Hoped; Jon McCaslin, Sunalta, Shuffle G; Shuffle Demons, Cluster Funk, He's the Drummer; Matthew Barber, Songs for the Haunted Hillbilly, Otherworldly Artistry; The Sea Hags, Gospel, Barefeet; Del Barber, Headwaters, Queen of July; Please take every opportunity to support LIVE music this summer - As I've said before, it's low fat, no cal and a lot of fun to dance to!

Playlist for 19-Jun-2012

Summer solstice is almost upon us - Just think of all the Canadian music we'll be able to pack in to the longest day of the year! Well, today we didn't do too badly - here's is what we heard: (listed in the order of Artist, CD title, Song Title;) Shane Philip, Life. Love. Music, Life Love Music; Bryce Jardine, The Kids Are Gone, Feathers & Tar; Amy Campbell, Letters Home, I'm on Fire; Ben Olson, With Nothing Framed, Overdue Deadlines; Jon Bryant, What Takes You, Be Still; Shuffle Demons, Cluster Funk, Fukushima; The Battle of Santiago, Full Colour, Southern Coast; Jennifer Scott & Brasileira, Sonho Meu, Agua De Beber; Anita Eccleston, Jazz EP, Summertime; Shane Philip, Live at Baker Studios, Triple Shot; The Dizzies, Three's a Crowd, Rest (Is It Normal?); Forty Hands Two Songs, Educated; Kelly & The Kelly Girls, Club Des Femmes, Lifeguards; Union of the Snake, How Did We Even Get Here (Anthology), Decades; Wintersleep, Hello Hum, In Came the Flood; Music Maul, Boxy, Mayhemic Dogs; Crystxl Swells, Harshside/Sludge Freaks, Harsh Flux; Graham Guest, Relief, Checkmate; The 24th Street Wailers, Unshakable, Trouble; Rocky Mountain Rebel Music, Vic Sound System, Man Down; Phatt Al, The Chillionare, Go Away (feat Dana Jean Phoenix); City Real & Wes Mackey, Good Morning Blues, Hell Hound (feat. Mad Child of Swollen Members); Brian Dunn, TVs and Radios, Radios; Thanks for listening - help keep the world a better place by spreading the music!!

Playlist for 12-June-2012

Wonderful sunny mornings and great Canadian music are one of my favourite combinations. Here's hoping you are also getting the sunshine! Today we heard: Charles Bradley, No Time for Dreamin', Since Our Last Goodbye; Cold Warp, Slimer, Dream Creepin'; Hinterland, Ban Echo, Time Beats Kicking; The Belushis, Shaker, #5 (No song list included on the CD); Ben Olson, With Nothing Framed, Hard Working People; Yellowteeth, Astral Gunk, Jaded Pilgrim; Veszel, Cigarettes, 9th Fret Delight; Stephen Hummel, Meld, Sunshine; Shout Out Out Out Out, Spanish Moss and Total Loss, Never the Same Way Twice; The Bitterweed Draw, Heart of the Old West, Northbound; Del Barber, Headwaters, Love and Wine; The Strumbellas, My Father and The Hunter, Underneath a Mountain; Matthew Barber, Songs for the Haunted Hillbilly, Travelling Museum; Paul Rushka Quintet, As It Happens, Evermore; Mike Essoudry's Mash Potato Mashers, Hooray!, Procrastination; Joel Miller, Swim, Afternoon Off; Christina Martin, Sleeping with a Stranger, Water It; Danielle French, Drive, Long Drive; Debbie Spence, Keeping Me Close, Lighthouse; From Birch to Yew, Whisper in the Trees, Company of Mine; Cameo Blues, 10000 Hours, Gasoline; Thanks for listening and thanks for supporting campus/community radio ... with your ears!!

Playlist for 05-June-2012

It's lovely to be back in Canada, where the music is always that much sweeter. Here is what we listened to this week: Grim Skunk, Set Fire!, Set Fire to the Nation; The Awesome Hots, Wayfaring Stranger, Wayfaring Stranger; The Utilities, Flint, Automatic Teller Machine; Parlovr (pronounced Parlour), Kook Soul, Amaze Me Jane; Brasstronaut, Mean Sun, Hymn for Huxley; The Marquee, White Room, Beating Drums; IZOL (International Zombies Of Love), IZOL, Laughing on Instinct; Ghibli, Rare Pleasures, The Crows Fly Back After the Storm; Toilet Water Ponies (of St. John New Brunswick), Night Waves Volume 3 (Anthology), Demons in the Fog; Maqlu, FutureGhosts, Saint Camilla; Rocky Mountain Rebel Music, Vic Sound System, She's Got the Drop; Pistol George Warren, Mindemoya, Be Your Dog; Linda McRae, Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts, Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts; Ian Tyson, Raven Singer, Saddle Bronc Girl; Del Barber, Headwaters, Hen House Manifesto; Del Barber, Headwaters, Soul of the Land That's Mine (**background); Cory Weeds, Up a Step, Straight No Filter; Bill King, Gloryland (Tales from the Old South), The Devil Has 666 Fingers; Mike Essoudry's Mash Potato Mashers, Hooray!, Tripple Tipple; Robyn Hayle, So Much for Good Behaviour, Your Very Last Mistake; Graham Guest, Relief, Horus; The Crackling, Ashen, Keep Me Drunk; I hope that I have sorted out the format for the playlist, to ensure you are able to reference it and make sense of it. Talk to you next week!! Stay happy!!

Playlist for 15-May-2012

Oh dear - I still have not figured out the formatting for this blog - Please bear with me and I will eventually get a grip on that. In the meantime, here is a list of all the Canadian musicians you want to check out this week: Jay Semko, Sending Love, Undeniably Love; Astral Gunk, S/T, Hedonism; The Dudes, Barbers Thieves and Bartenders, Rocky Mountain Living; Pete Van Dyk & the Second Hand Band, Live at the Casbah, Rattling Your Cage; Rome Romeo, Make Up Her Mind, Short Inventory; Mercy Years, Sit, I Blew Overboard; Sitdowntracy, Twenty Something Winters, Toothpick Race; The Racoon Wedding, Onondaga, European Giver; Jon McCaslin, Sunalta, Marmalade Margaret; Andrew Boniwell & the Uncertainty Principle, Boomerang, Lake Country; Juliann Kuchocki, Broken Compass, 15 Minutes; Juliann Kuchocki, Broken Compass, Bassdrumsaxbone; Indio Saravanja,, Little Child, Peace In My Time; Leeroy Stagger and His Band, Radiant Land, Capitalism (Must Die!); Morgan MacDonald, Back to the Wilderness, The Fences; Ocra, Ramshackle Day Parade 2012 (Anthology), 2029; Mistress Barbara, Many Shades of Grey, Words; Dennis Ellsworth, Dusk Dreams, Electric Stars; Del Barber, Headwaters, Waitress; Stone Iris, Illuminations, New End; Don't miss the special Put R in D for Dangle shows prepared just for you - next week (22 May) conversation with Linden MacIntyre and Minister Faust; the following week (29 May) conversation with Sarah Yates and Corin Raymond. The blog will not be updated for the next two weeks. Talk to you in June!!

Playlist for 08-May-2012

My apologies for the lack of formatting in the blog - I'm thinking things will improve as soon as I finish my Blogging 101 course. Here are the wonderful pieces we heard from the Canadian musicians: Teapot Hill, Night Night Rock, We Will Never Quit; Facts, Like a Living Being, Retro Ocean; North Lakes, Grand Prix, Vixen; Ocean Noise, Lost Horizon, Always Be Enough; Krief, Hundred Thousand Pieces, Perfect Bodies; No Witness, No Witness, M.O.O.B.; Melissa Bel, Distance, Over and Done With; Picture the Ocean, Picture the Ocean, Erehwon; Christine Leakey, Tapping Trees in a Trinket Box of Treasure, Gloom Chime; Bill King, Gloryland (Tales From the Old South), One Blue Sheet Hanging in the Wind; Roger Chong, Send a Little Love, Stranded in a Love Affair; ABTrio, Take No Prisoners, Straight No Chaser; Avi Granite's Verse, Snow Umbrella, Tricycle Dreams; Leeroy Stagger and His Band, Radiant Land, Dirty Windshields; Brock Tyler, You Can't Keep the Sun Down, On Saturday Maybe; Steve Gates, A Bee in Her Mouth, A Bee in Her Mouth; Canailles, Manger Du Bois, Bien-Être; Mistress Barbara, Many Shades of Grey, Walk On By; Johannes Welsch, Schizophonia, Spell; Del Barber, Headwaters, Right Side of the Wrong; Del Barber, Headwaters, The Waitress; Del Barber, Headwaters, Running on a Wire; The format of the list is as follows: name of the band followed by comma, then name of CD followed by comma, then title of the song followed by semi-colon; Have a great and musical week!!

Playlist for 01-May-2012

It's always good to mix it up, and this morning we had a good variety of music but we also had something not usual on Put R in D for Dangle ... interview with an artist. I just love surprises - hope you do to! Here's what we heard before, during and after the interview clips: Said the Whale, Little Mountain, Big-Wave Goodbye; Lioness, The Golden Killer, Golden Thorn; Chains of Love, Strange Grey Days, He's Leaving (with Me); Mon Electric Bijou, Terror at the Gates, Walking High Steel; Mon Electric Bijou, Terror at the Gates, Lucifer Rising; Beatles, White Album, Birthday; Lisa Dalbello, Dalbello, Tango; Old Mare, You Deserve More, Jealous Heart; The Left, Cycles, Last Cigarette; Zachary Lucky, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan; Bella Fleck and the Flecktones, Greatest Hits of the 20th Century, Stomping Grounds (live); Jayme Stone, Room of Wonders, Troll Kingdom Polska; Jayme Stone, Room of Wonders, Planasko Horo; Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko, Africa to Appalachia, Bibi; Jayme Stone, Room of Wonders, Moresca Nuziale; Jayme Stone & Mansa Sissoko, Africa to Appalachia, June Apple; Jayme Stone, Room of Wonders, Ways of the World; Conor Gains Band, Got Mojo2: Grand River Blues (anthology), Lazy Boy; Many thanks to all you listeners who keep CJSR alive, and many thanks to Jayme Stone for taking time to speak with me and all you wonderful CJSR listeners. Check out Jayme Stone's website (jaymestone.com) for dates of his upcoming tour - he'll be in Edmonton on the 8th of May at the New Haven Social Club.

Playlist for 24-April-2012

Who cares if its raining? It just gives you a good reason to stay inside and listen to great Canadian music. Here is what we listened to today: Lioness, The Golden Killer, Tastefully Obscure; The Archers, Much More Than Merry Men, The Sun Will Rise; Brother Octopus, Yukilo, Underwater Mysteries; Chains of Love, Strange Grey Days, Mistake Lover; Mon Electric Bijou, Terror at the Gates, Red Mascara; Teenage Kicks, Be On My Side, Shook Our Bones; Learning, Live in a Living Room, Guns Around Here; Paul Rushka Quintet, As It Happens, Indivisible; Elizabeth Shepherd, Rewind, Love for Sale; Leonard Choen, The Best of Leonard Cohen, Last Year's Man; A. David MacKinnon, The Past Is a Foreign Country, Time vs The Sylvan Apartments; Steph MacPherson, Bells & Whistles, Bent & Unkind; The Sturgeons, The Wood Shop, Get Over It; Stompin' Tom, Believe in Your Country, Alberta Rose; Linda McRae, Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts, Hope It Lasts Through Supper; The Gunsmith and Mohit, Conquest, Bollywood Star; Kashoo, Kashoo, Water Prayer; Alex Silas, Catania, Cigar Smoke; Perfeck Strangers, Series Premiere, Perfeck; Thanks for listening! Apologies for formatting of this entry - blogger has changed it's look, and mine along with it. Remember to read the info as Band name first, Album/CD title next, and finally the Song title. I'll try to get this properly formatted by next week. - Figgy -

Playlist for 17-Apr-2012

It's always planting season in the music industry (where the seeds for new songs are never far from the minds of musicians), and luckily it's also always spring, when the strains of new music bud to life and fill the air waves of the radio ... for you and I. Here's what we listened to today:
Rheostatics, Live 1993, Record Body Count;
The Seahags, Gospel, Rivers of Jordan;
Patrick Watson, Adventures In Your Own Back Yard, Step Out for a While;
Geist, Fissures, A Tonal Eclipse of the Sun;
The Now Feeling, The Now Feeling, War Song;
MKL, Roots, Tears in the Snow;
The Pygmies, The Pygmies, Death of the Party;
The Deadly Hearts, The Deadly Hearts, (Come Down Off Your) Space Horse;
Joel Miller, Swim, Teeter Totter;
Ralf Buschmeyer, Jazzspeak (3 Meetings with a Common Language), Black Babber;
Roger Chong, Send a Little Love, Laugh Out Loud;
Avi Granite's Verse, Snow Umbrellas, Wayne Winks At the Radio;
Clinton St. John, Storied Hearts and the Three Assimilations, Where Speeding Ships Pass;
John Carroll & The Epic Proportions, Everybody Smokes in Hell, Frontal Lobotomy Blues;
Lucky Sonne, Lucky Sonne, El Vagabondo;
Lucky Sonne, RR One, Jeannie (Love is not a Business);
Lucky Sonne, Trailer, You in the Dark;
Skydiggers, Northern Shore, Deep Water (31 Mile Lake);
Brandon Quigley, Thread, Old Oak Casks;
Radio Radio, Havre De Grȃce, Gong Hotel;
Pigeon Breeders, Nocturnal Reveries, Light Clutter;
Steve Strongman, Natural Fact, Haven't See It Yet;
The Lonesome Weekends, Songs from a Barstool, Tonight the Highway is Looking Good;
The Bitterweed Draw, Heart of the Old West, Leavin Hinton;

Thanks for supporting community/campus radio by listening to the awesome programs available to you right here on CJSR (88.5 fm in Edmonton, www.cjsr.com around the globe).

Playlist for 10-Apr-12

Some days just conspire to give you beautiful music and beautiful weather, such as today. Here's what happened today, conspiring for such a great show:
The Counters, This Doesn't Mean We're Friends, Death Won't Slow Me Down;
Rick Reid, Reid Sings Loree, Money Tree;
Ken Tizzard with Bad Intent, The Goodness of Bad Intent Vol.II, If You Were Wrong;
Foam Lake, Force and Matter, Baggage;
The Just Barelys, Mad Bits, Ok Yeah Ok;
Elfin Saddle, Devastates, The Power and The Wake;
Camouflage Nights, Camouflage Nights, United Airlines;
Kirk & Dreamaura, Interesting Strange...ers, Omninaut;
Bocce, Future 1.0, X-Ray Specs;
Mr. Lucky, Coming Home, Blues Jones;
Brandon Isaak, Bluesman's Plea, A Little Wine;
Guitar Not So Slim, Bailout, You Call It Lazy;
Harpdog Brown with Graham Guest, Naturally, Ain't Misbehavin';
Benoit Delbecq & Francois Houle, Because She Hoped, Because She Hoped;
Karl Jannuska, The Halfway Tree featuring Sienna Dahlen, Million Miles Away;
The October Trio, New Dream, You've Been Flirting Again;
Graham Nicholas, Bury Me Beneath the Dance FLoor, Bury Me Beneath the Dance Floor;
Eric Bickerstaffe, New Day, From the Shore;
J.R. Louis, Talk is Cheap, Whiskey Costs Money; Where's My City;
Ewan Dobson III, Ewan Dobson III, The Pickle Jar;
Sweet Alibi, Sweet Alibi, Trial;
Rose Cousins, We Have Made a Spark, The Shell;
Petunia & The Vipers, Petunia & The Vipers, The Cricket Song;

Live music extends life expectancy ... and don't forget to dance!

Playlist for 03-Apr-12

Great music and Canada make such a good pairing, it's like choosing the right wine to go with your entree - Sooooo tasty!!!!!
Here's what we listened to today:
Yukon Blonde, Tiger Talk, Radio;
Ghost House, The Present Tense, Not Everything Ends;
Money in the Banana Stand, Giant Steps II, Korean Radio Blues;
Ariane Moffatt, Ma, In Your Body; (Figgy's comment: shades of Lisa DalBello)
Safety Show, O'Burro, Dive;
Silent Movie Type, Broken Horses, Lungs;
Alistair Christl, 8 Songs by Alistair Christl, Troubles to the Train;
Thea Neumann, Lady and the Tramps, Convenience Store;
James Danderfer Trio, Swingin' at the Patricia, Swingin' at the Patricia;
James Danderfer Trio, Swingin' at the Patricia, The Song I Wrote For You;
Karl Jannuska, The Halfway Tree, Four Leaf Clover;
Thea Neumann, Lady and the Tramps, Vancouver;
Colleen Brown, Foot in Heart, New Perfume;
Dwayne Cannan, All Those Years, The Cheapest Drink Around;
Canary Mine, Between a Rock and a Heartybreak, Orion's Belt;
Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas, Come Healing;
Price, Light Work, Ear to the Streets;
TGramz, Built 4 Tha Streetz, Tha Game;

Plus we listened to about 20 minutes of an interview with Corin Raymond - the Canadian Tire Money guy - You can hear another clip from this interview on Thursday's Soul of the City at noon on www.cjsr.com or 88.5fm, and I will also play the second half next week.
Thanks for listening!!

Playlist for 27-Mar-2012

Filling the Canadian airwaves with Canadian music, one tune at a time!
Here's what we heard today:
Amos the Transparent, Goodnight My Dear I'm Falling Apart, Sure as the Weather;
Screaming Daisies, Screaming Daisies, Swim Up Bar;
Federal Lights, Carbon, I Don't Mind;
Action News Team, Action News Team, Cat Up a Tree;
Ceti Alpha, Pista Loca, Pour Some Wine on my Mind;
Bleating Hearts, Bleating Hearts, TV Changed Our Lives;
Long Distance Runners, Tracks, Knuckles;
Mitch Gauzas, Good Man Bad Man, Hey Consequence;
Royal Canoe, Extended Play, Caught in a Loop;
Nature Of, Nature Of, Open Up;
Thom Gossage Other Voices, In Other Words, Id Est;
The Alex Goodman Quintet, Bridges, Spider Treaty;
Plants n Animals, The End of That, No Idea;
The Pernell Reichert Band, Highway of Tears, Highway of Tears (Song for Nicole);
Ethan Collister, Inner Alchemy, Happiness is Free;
Ryan McMahon, All Good Stories, Wake Up;
Lotropic, Fractions, Fractions;
Corin Raymond, dontspendithoney.com, Don't Spend It Honey;
Jake Ian & The Haymakers, Sad & Lonely Broken Man, Dollar Bill Blues;
Steve Coffey & The Lokels, Bovine World Rail, Intolerance Tune;
Grainne (pronounced Grawnya), Looking for Sunshine, Big Yellow Machines;
Sean Poluk, Never, Even When You're Wrong;

As always, thanks and props to all the Canadian musicians that continuously entertain us - every Tuesday morning.
Don't forget to send your Canadian Tire money along to Corin Raymond, and get yourself a stake in helping a Canadian artist create a new CD. You can get his address by going to www.dontspendithoney.com; you can also check in on all the various stories and so on that Corin has received along with the Canadian Tire money. Thanks for listening!

Playlist for 20-Mar-2012

There really is nothing like a cruise through the Canadian wax to awaken and refresh the senses - especially of the auditory variety. Here's what we tickled our ears with on this morning's cruise:
Talk Sick, Genetics, Fast Food Music Special;
The Lucky Ones, Heartbreak Hangovers & Punk Rock, Punk Rock Til We've Parted;
Acta Non Verba, Viva La Vulva, Viva La Vulva;
Bailey Sutton, Pass It On, Yellow Underwear;
Man Made Lake, Murky Water, She Wouldn't Dance;
Paradise Animals, Paradise Animals, Coastal Lines;
House of Daggers, Lightning Swords of Death, Alien Agenda;
Sissy, March of the Humans, Acid Cake;
Lal, Lal, Bunch of Maybes;
Rae Spoon, I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets, Ocean Blue;
Tim Harwill & The Legends, A Tribute to Catfish John, I've Always Been Crazy;
Petunia & The Vipers, Petunia & The Vipers, Che (Guevara's Diary);
Rose Cousins, We Have Made a Spark, If I Should Fall Behind;
The Empty Standards, Waiting Out the Flood, Rest Your Head;
Jane Bunnett, Mundo: The World of Jane Bunnett, Kaleidoscope;
Joe Waye, Back To Normal, Back To Normal;
ABTrio, Take No Prisoners, What Do You Call That?;
Miss Emily Brown, Wire Wood Wind, Man On Wire;
Bonn Smith, Secret Lives, Freeze Babe;
Living in the Boom Times, Beauty Lies & Grace, Pretty As Sin;
Trampled By Turtles, Stars and Satellites, Don't Look Down;

Don't forget to send your Canadian Tire money to Corin Raymond to help him make a VERY Canadian CD! Go here to see what I mean:
http://www.dontspendithoney.com
OR go here to have a little Tuesday morning giggle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9lVyhraw-A
Enjoy your week!

Playlist for 13-Mar-12

Tuesday mornings are always so sunny, with the New Wax shelves bursting with great offerings from the Canadian music industry - Thank you so much musicians and listeners!
Here's what we heard today:
The Ramblin' Ambassadors, Ramble On, Standoff At Calf Robe Bridge; **(We also listened to much of this album as background music throughout the show.)
Mad Bomber Society, Butchers Stompers & Cheats, You Can't Dance;
The Noble Thiefs, Beyond the 11th Deck, She's On Fire;
Erin Passmore, Downtown EP, Downtown;
The Left, Cycles, Last Cigarette;
The Oh Wells, Not That Girl From Transformers, Is It Too Late to Apologize?;
John K. Samson, Provincial, Letter in Icelandic From the Ninette San;
Anna Gutmanis, Glimmer in the Dark, When I Get Out of Bed;
House of Daggers, Lightning Swords of Death, In This Light I Look Like Simon Lebon;
Deadmaus, Melleefresh VS Deadmaus: At Play, Cocktail Queen;
Kytami, Kytami, 2 Lions;
Rose Cousins, We Have Made a Spark, Go First;
Reuben Bullock, Man Made Lakes, Bow and Arrow;
Samantha Martin & The Haggard, Samantha Martin & The Haggard, Hard Luck Woman;
The Wooden Sky, Every Child a Daughter Every Moon a Son, Dancing at My Window;
Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas, Come Healing;
Graydon James & The Young Novelists, Live at Dublin St. Church, Older Brothers Never Listen;
Dale Murray, Dream Mountain Dream, Song After the Storm;
John Southworth & Andrew Downing, Easterween, Morbid Fecundity;
Jane Bunnett, Mundo: The World of Jane Bunnett, Witch Tia To;
Joe Waye, Back to Normal, Portrait of Janice;
ABTrio, Take No Prisoners, Mud Boggin';
Catl, Soon This Will All Be Gone, Talk Too Much Blues;
Al Lerman, Crowe River Blues, Gypsy Feet;
Petunia & The Vipers, Petunia & The Vipers, Gitterbug;

Totally awesome - you get it every Tuesday morning!

Playlist for 06-Mar-12

Good morning fine listeners! This morning was quite a treat for me, having a co-host ... Pete the Rocker of The Shoebox (CJSR on Wednesday nights at 10pm) ... and ultra special guests Glen Matlock (of Sex Pistols fame) and Hugh Cornwell (of The Stranglers fame). Here is what we heard this morning - Please note that those songs marked with '*' are not Canadian content, quite unusual for Put R in D for Dangle.
Buddy Black, Buddy Black, Scoutmaster Bob;
Sabertooth, Making Light of a Shitty Situation, Watchasmokingmydartfor;
Ketamines, Spaced Out, Midnight Dawn;
Art Kenyon, Art Kenyon, Tuesday Night;
The Apres Nos, Deny Deny Deny, Boots;
Wild Hearses, Ruins, Again With the Fascists;
Jimmy & The Sleepers, C'est La Vie, Pretty but Gritty;
Jimmy Whiffen, Bad Guy, Let's Leave the Light On;
The Strumbellas, My Father and The Hunter, Lakes;
Peter Appleyard & the Jazz Giants, Peter Appleyard & the Jazz Giants, Tangerine (with studio dialogue);
Zaac Pick, Whitewater, Whitewater;
The Record Holder, To Sea, To Sea;
Hugh Cornwell, Hooverdam, Going to the City;*
Glen Matlock, Born Running, Born Running;*
Clarence Williams Washboard Band, The Chronological Clarence Williams 1927, P.D.Q. Blues;*
Frankie Half Pint Jaxon & The Harlem Hamfats,Those Dirty Blues Vol. 1, Wet It;*
Mose Allison, Lessons In Living, Your Mind is on Vacation;*
The Stranglers, No More Heroes, No More Heroes;*
Glen Matlock, Born Running, T.R.O.U.B.L.E.;*
Hugh Cornwell, Hooverdam, Rain on the River;
Jet Powers, Big Bad Rockabilly Boppers Vol.3, Go Girl Go;*
Ramshackle Daddies, Ramshackle Daddies, Bo Diddley;*
Faces, A Nod Is As Good As A Wink, Too Bad;*
The Who, Live At Leeds, Young Man Blues;*

A nice mix of old classics and new wax from two world-renowned musicians - It was an honour to have them share the air waves. Hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did!!

Playlist for 28-Feb-12

Well this being the last show for February, I tried to stuff in as many tunes as possible. Looking at the list, we did pretty well listening to 23 new tunes altogether ... and one not so new tune. Here's the list:
The Vibrating Beds, Sing the Blues, Six Eight;
Bronx Cheerleader, Real Punks Don't Sing About Girls, Get Out Your Guns;
Thousand Young, Thousand Young, Call Off the Arms Rae;
The Darcys, Ghostbusters 5 (Anthology), Shaking Down the Old Bones;
Memory House, The Slideshow Effect, Bonfire;
Sunshine Drive, Borrowed Time, Days That End in Y;
Goddamn Robots, Goddamn Robots, Fire;
Trst, Trst, Dressed for Space;
Rocktimc, Strange Devotions (Prerelease EP), Spring Break;
Grimes, Visions, Vowels - Space & Time;
Petunia & The Vipers, Petunia & The Vipers, The Cricket Song;
Cuff the Duke, In Our Time, Smothered in Hugs;
Jimmy Whiffen, Bad Guy, Let's Leave the Light On;
Craig Pedersen Quartet, Days Like Today, Points from Centre;
Ion Zoo, Venus Looks Good, Lunar Moth;
Lal, Lal, Bunch of Maybes;
Melissa Lauren, The Other Side, Secret World;
Indio Saravanja, Little Child, Hand of the Man;
Living in the Boom Times, Beauty Lies and Grace, So I Imagine;
Paul Stewart, Permanence, Out Patient;
J.R. Louis, Talk is Cheap Whiskey Costs Money, Mutual Disdain;
Joel Plaskett, Emergency, Drunk Teenagers;
Catl, Soon This Will All Be Gone, Talk Too Much Blues;

Hope you enjoyed the show as much as I did - Canadian musicians are just sooooo fine!

playlist for 21-Feb-12

Happy FAT Tuesday Everybody! Hope you enjoyed the tunes as much as I did this morning! Here's what we heard:
Tom Paxton-Beesley, From Now On, February;
Dr. John, The Brightest Smile in Town (I erroneously quoted Dr. John Plays Mac Rebennack as the album), Suite Home New Orleans;
Plants and Animals, The End of That, Control Me;
The Heavy Dream, Under the Golden Sun, Belleville Dreamers;
The Darcys, Aja - Interpreted by The Darcys, Black Cow;
Whiskey Wagon, AA Runaway, AA Runaway;
Durban Poison, Lost In Space, Ya Fit in Nice with the Scenery;
The Ripperz, You Are the Moon, Dancing on the Weekend;
Nadine Kellman, Up From the Basement, Love is Unkind;
Funkafeelya, Headphone Junkie, You Don't Have My Heart;
Brian Gregg, Spirit of a Stone, Boogie School;
Jimmy and The Sleepers, C'est La Vie, It's Alright Now;
Deadmaus, Mellefresh VS Deadmau5, Whispers;
Keith Price Quintet/Trio, Gaia/Goya, Reflections;
Keith Price Quintet/Trio, Gaia/Goya, Theme for Sal Paradise;
Dub Rifles, Dub Rifles, Testify;
Emma-Lee, Backseat Heroine, Backseat Heroine;
Fred Eaglesmith, 6 Volts, Betty Oshawa;
Corin Rayond, There Will Always Be a Small Time, Waitin' On the End of the Day;
Old Cabin, Old Cabin, Frosty Windows;
Kathleen Edwards, Voyageur, House Full of Empty Rooms;
Dear Sister, Dear Sister, Cocaine Lady;

** Our background music today was Downchild Blues Band and their "But I'm On the Guest List" album

Two very important things to remember this Mardi Gras! #1 - Eat too many pancakes today - it's the law; and #2 - Pack up all your unwanted Canadian Tire money and send it along to Corin Raymond (or to CJSR and we will forward it) to help make history - namely, making a CD using Canadian Tire money! I wonder if Corin is just trying to get his face on that money!
Thanks for listening to CJSR and Put R in D for Dangle!

Playlist for 14-Feb-12

An extra special day of love for Canadian music today! Have a great Valentine's Day, and be sure to spread some true Canadian love about the world! Today we heard:
Diehatzu Hijets Bros, Diehatzu Hijets Bros, Supertonic;
The Elwins, And I Thank You, Propinquity;
The Automation, The Automation, Human Reactor;
Galen Hartley, Good Dreams, Raised Like a Glass;
Mammoth Grove, Mammoth Grove, Generation;
The Falcoms, EP Collection, Wings of Love;
The Anatomy Cats, A Matter of Minutes, Selectively Blind;
Sick Friend, The Draft Dodger, Nothing Tragic;
Young Liars, Homesick Future, Newton Forgive Me;
Plants and Animals, The End of That, Song for Love;
Charming Ruins, Reckless Abandon, Can't Stop Loving You;
Jung People, Tenterhooks, Orient B.;
Mike O'Neill, Wild Lines, Don't Forget to Breathe;
Leonard Cohen, Old Ideas, Crazy to Love You;
Kim Beggs, Blue Bones, Terrible Valentine;
Cadence Weapon, After Party Babies, Do I Miss My Friends;
Cowpuncher, Call Me When You're Single, This Don't Feel Like Love;
BD Willoughby & The Lazy MK's, Forget About Me, True Lies;
Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen, Push Record: The Banff Sessions, She Loves It All;
Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos, Shakuhachi, several cuts starting at #1;

In the words of my dear friend, The Poetess of Hair, Happy Love Heart Day!

07-Feb-12

No matter the season, you can always count on the Canadian musicians to stuff our air waves with all manner of brilliant sounds. Here are the tunes we listened to today:
Redrick Sultan, Trolling for Answers, Sandcheck;
The Mark Inside, Nothing to Admit, Lime Green Monkeys;
Erin Passmore, Downtown DP, Downtown;
Vertigos, Vertigos, Fleet Footed Friends;
Rococode, Guns Sex & Glory, Death of a Payphone;
Rich Aucoin, Rich Aucoin, Hope For It;
St. Ange, Second Nature, Mtl;
Alice Kos, You Missed It All, Three;
Deadmaus, Melleefresh VS Deadmau5 At Play, Afterhours;
Government Tribunal, Government Tribunal, We Are the Government Tribunal;
Alcvin Ryuzen Ramos, Shakuhachi, Bamboo Chanting;
Yves Léveillé, Chorégraphie, Encodage;
The Keith Price Trio/Quintet, Gaia/Goya, Lithium;
Craig Pedersen Quartet, Days Like Today, So Far So Close;
Emma-Lee, Backseat Heroine, Backseat Heroine;
Robin Hood Ensemble, New Day Dawning, Silver Lining;
Jordan Klassen, Kindness, Call and Answer;
Jenny Berkel, Here on a Wire, After Moon Falls;
BD Willoughby & the Lazy MKs, Forget About Me, The Rock in the Roll;
Cornshed, Cornshed, Green Horn;
Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen, Push Record The Banff Sessions, Snow Plow;

Enjoy the mélange (weather, music, etc.) that will be this week! Hope you are having a superb February so far!!

Playlist for 31-Jan-12

Thanks for an excellent month of listening to all the musicians who work so hard and make my life so easy. And GOOD LUCK to the Edmonton entrants to the 28th International Blues Challenge in Memphis, TN!! Here's what we heard today:
Breezy Brian Gregg, Street, Mainly Cloudy;[Blues Challenge entrant]
Distant Calm, Distant Calm, RI Data;
The Heartwicks, The Heartwicks, The Merchant;
Wood Pigeon, For Paolo, By Lamplight;
Roger Hairseekers, The Pink Hotel, Lunch Break;
Government Tribunal, Government Tribunal, We Are the Government Tribunal;
Rational Youth, 30th Anniversary Ed, Coboloid Race 1981 Remix;
Professor Undressor, A Tin Box, Cute in 3's;
Fred Eaglesmith, 6 Volts, Cemetery Road;
The Schomberg Fair, Mercy, Orphan Bones;
Corin Raymond, There Will Always Be a Small Time, Better Him Than Me;
Ian Tyson, Ian Tyson, Tom Blasingame;
Michael Reinhart, Lost & Found, Falling Into the Sky;
Dear Sister, Dear Sister, Rooster;
Belle Plaine, Notes From a Waitress, Notes From a Waitress (Thanks Bulgakov);
Janice Finlay, Anywhere But Here, Anywhere But Here;
The Cookers, Volume One, See You Next Thursday;
Breezy Brian Gregg, Electronic Busker, Hot Plastic Man;[Blues Challenge entrant]
Nadine Kellman, Up From the Basement, $1800;
Funkafeelya, Headphone Junkie, Kiss My Funk;
Jimmy & The Sleepers, C'est La Vie, Little Silver Bullet;[Blues Challenge entrant]
Weekend Pass, Volume One, Nikamo;

Thanks for listening - and don't forget to send all your Canadian Tire money to Corin Raymond, or you can send it here to the station and we will forward it to Corin. Snail Mail address is CJSR, Room 0-09, SUB, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2J7.

Playlist for 24-Jan-12

What a great Tunesday! Here's what we listened to:
Great Lake Swimmers, Have Not Been the Same (Anthology), What Was Going Through My Head;
Diodes, Action/Reaction, City of the Dead;
Kathleen Edwards, Voyaguer, House Full of Empty Rooms;
Prince Perry, Love at the End of the Century, Walking On the Moon;
Elizabeth, Hazards Horrors and Liabilities, Beggar with a Bullet;
Uncle Zygote, Fresh Fruit Vol. Two (Anthology), Am I Going Mad?;
Ookpikk, Ookpikk/Adam Saikaley Split Cassette, (Light Limited) Flutter;
Matthew Wilkinson, Matthew Wilkinson, (I find the blog will not allow me to replicate the song title here, no matter what delimiters I use - the title is "lower case i, exclamation mark, less than mark, dot-above-line character, greater than mark, exclamation mark, lower case i");
Threatmachine, Threatmachine, Oh Yeah;
Oliver Schroer & Nuala Kennedy, Enthralled, Joy and Hope;
Painting with Ella, One Lost Kite, So Weatherman;
Geoff Berner, Folk Songs of Canada Now (Anthology), Come All Ye Bold Canadians;
Demetra, Lone Migration, I Am Written;
Graydon James & The Young Novelists, Live at Dublin St. Church, Alyson Everything I Know Is Wrong;
Purity Ring, Purity Ring website, Belispeaks;
A Tribe Called Red, soundcloud website, General Generations;
Belle Plaine, Notes From a Waitress, Sweet Tart;
Janice Finlay, Anywhere But Here, Good Neighbours (Make Great Fences);
Kim Beggs, Blue Bones, Summertime Lonesome Blues;
Funkafeelya, Headphone Junkie, Headphone Junkie;

Background music provided by Emergency Room, from Volume 2

Happy Lunar New Year! May the heat of the dragon's breath stir us all to action against bad government!

Playlist for 17-Jan-12

Well - Thank you Mother Nature for a serious taste of winter. And thank you Canadian musicians for a serious taste of music!
Today we heard:
Kim Beggs, Wanderer's Paean, Ain't Gonna Work;
The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer, Checkered Past, Wake Up;
Makeout Videotape, Makeout Videotape/Collagé Party, On the Yangzte;
Moses Child, Ghosts and Angels, Desolate Playground;
Delhi 2 Dublin, Delhi to Dubland EP, The Evolution;
Marco Claveria Project, Essencias, Fabulas Del Tercer Mundo;
Riddim Riders, Riddim Riders, Dreamin';
Brock Zeman, Me Then You, Push Them Stones;
Annabelle Chvostek, Resilience, Firewalker;
Ben Corno, Less With More, Oh Wow!;
Jack Pine & The Fire, Jack Pine & The Fire, Gather;
Ask the Oracle, Ask the Oracle, Scattered Through the Strings;
Mike Field, Ashes, Volcano Waltz;
Deb Rasmussen & Keith Smith, Heart Wide Open, Northern Lights;
Jon Gant & His Band, A Rough Start to the Night, Another Ghost;
Dinner Belles, West Simcoe County, Til the Dawn;
Kim Beggs, Blue Bones, Longest Dream;
Rae Spoon, I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets, Crash Landing;
Ejaz the Poet, Ejaz the Poet, Ejaz the Poet;

Canadian Tire money driving you crazy? It drove Corin Raymond so crazy he's going to use it to produce his next CD. (He was a bit dotty to begin with!) Here's the scoop, straight from the horse's mouth so to speak (excerpt from Corin Raymond's January e-mail newsletter - so sorry but you will have to copy and paste the links):
2. WE CAN MAKE THIS RECORD WITH CANADIAN TIRE MONEY!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, you read that right. We can make this record with Canadian Tire money.

Read all about it in The Star...

http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1114250--toronto-musician-aims-to-pay-for-his-next-recording-with-canadian-tire-cash?bn=1

and Inside Toronto!!!

http://www.insidetoronto.com/what's%20on/article/1277818--songwriter-has-novel-way-to-finance-recordings-canadian-tire-money


You can follow the whole beautiful saga at http://www.dontspendithoney.com.

Or, if you'd like to see what caused these two writers to track me down this
morning, check THIS out... I'm in new territory with this one. This is the
first time a video I've posted has ever gone contagious... there's
been nearly 1,000 hits in roughly 33 hours. You'll laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9lVyhraw-A

Thank you all for supporting Canadian musicians and their art!

Playlist for 10-Jan-12

Whether or not the meteorologists bring us some winter, you can count on Canadian musicians to bring you good music - no matter the season. Here is what we heard today:
Sonic Avenues, Television Youth, Late Summer Goner;
Organic Orbit, Divisions, Disco Biscuits;
Maximuim RNR, The Black and White Years, Storm Front;
River, Light Up to Burn Out, Call Me On the Phone;
Christ VS Krishna, Sidewalk Astronomy, Begin Your Sin;
Winter Coats, A Black Cloud Between You and the Sun, Shadows As Long As Bucaneers;
Carole Pope, Transcend, All Touch/No Contact;
Conduit, Year of the Dead, All I Want;
Rah Rah, Rahmixes, Arrows (Kitchen Party);
Ask the Oracle, Ask the Oracle, Surfing to Canada;
Ryan Davidson Trio, Ryan Davidson Trio, Texas Oracle;
The Vipers, The Vipers, Trouble In Mind;
Kirk MacDonald, Family Suite, Dark Autumn;
Elena Yeung, Dandelion, Old Crow;
Robin Hood Ensemble, New Day Dawning, The Ballad of Jojo & Snowball;
The Schomberg Fair, Mercy, Orphan Bones;
John Allaire, Heart of Steel, Little Sadie;
Glenn Chatten, Where You Need To Be, Rollin' to Surrender;
Brandon Isaak, Bluesman's Plea, Hard Workin' Woman;
Matt Andersen, Coal Mining Blues, Fired Up;
Hip Shakin' Mama & The Leg Men, Reclaim Your Land, Wanker Blues;
The Wanted, The Wanted, Fifty Miles of Elbow Room;
Jon Gant & His Band, A Rough Start to the Night, Another Ghost;

Enjoy the week - and hopefully, we'll all enjoy some winter!

Playlist for 03-Jan-12

With best wishes for a totally awesome Year in 2012, and birthday wishes for the Original Dangle for today, we listened to a lot of old Canadian jazz, and a bit of new Canadian Rock 'n Roll - Don't you just love a good gallimaufry?
Colleen Brown, Dirt, Happy Love Song;
Makeout Videotape, Split, Joe Buck;
Miesha & the Spanks, Split EP, So Bad;
Doug Organ Trio, Doug Organ Trio, Jealous Guy;
Kirby Sewell Band, Bought Myself a Hammer, White Light/White Heat;
Keith Price Trio/Quintet, Gaia/Goya, Lithium;
Jim Guthrie/S. Harmer/Bry Webb, National Parks Project, Long Time Before This;
Big Miller, Transcription, Honey Hush;
Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus, Triller;
Young Governor, Bloodstains Across Ontario (Anthology), I Wanna Girl from Wawa;
Ox, Tuco Original Soundtrack, Indie Rock Radio Nation;
The Barmitzvah Brothers, Growing Branches, Lovely Lines;
Moe Kaufman, Live at George's (background music);
Sultans of String, Move, Ernie's Bounce;
Oliver Jones, Live in Baden Switzerland, Up Jumped Spring;
Big Miller, Transcription, Hit That Jive Jack;
Lasu Lie, Abusually Intuit, Big Night Out;
Lisa DalBello, Whoman Four Says, Gonna Get Close to You;
Flying Down Thunder and Rise Ashen, One Nation, Andasokan Nimiwan;
Matthew and the Birds, Between the Waves, Sing It Sinatra;
Ensemble Pierre Cartier, Dirigeable, Dédié à Paul Bley;
Cairo, Young Love EP, Halfway There;

2012 is the year of the Canadian musician - Let's help make their dreams come true by supporting live music gigs and purchasing Canadian artists on CD/vinyl.