Playlist for 17th December 2013

Thank goodness for Canadian musicians continuously providing us all with ideas for stocking stuffers - after all there is nothing like a bit of hot new Canadian wax to warm a winter heart. Try it - you'll love it! Here is who we warmed our hearts with today:

Two Bears North, Come Ocean, Front Seat;
The Binz, The Binz, Hale Bop;
Mark Berube, Russian Dolls, Oak Tree;
Keep Me Safe, All All Ever See, Next In Line;
The Almighty Rhombus, Lucid Living, Butane Brain;
Flow My Tears, I (or Flow My Tears), The Wars The Wars;
Pistol George Warren, Hoots Deuce, Bobcat;
John Roney Jazz Lab, World Colors, Nara;
Tunnel Six, Alive, The Wagon & the Gun;
The Blue Warblers, Birds, Sweet Morel;
Good for Grapes, Man On the Page, Eskimos;
Strumbellas, We Still Move On Dance Floors, Home Sweet Home;
Postscript, Postscript, Impossible;
Skydiggers, She Comes Into the Room, All Our Dreaming;
Shaun Bosch, Silence, Poorman;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Ol' Fort Mac;
Scientists of Sound, Electric Scissors, Furiosity Killed the Cat;
Van Funk, 13, Abandon Ship;
Van Funk, 13, Toxic Love Blues;
Van Funk, 13, Contagious Sound;
Oxford Blue, Oxford Blue, Things Were Rough;
Teekay, Psyychology, Saturday Night;

Thanks to the listener who suggested we all check out Seasick Steve. I couldn't play him because he is not Canadian, but I'll keep him in mind for a Figgy Fillin'.

Today's background jazz was provided by Denny Christianson Big Band titled More Pepper, featuring Pepper Adams.

Want some original gifts for the Christmas season? Go to gypsydarling.com for original Canadian gifts for that special woman in your life. And of course, don't forget to stuff the stockings with great Canadian tunes.

Playlist for 9th of December 2013

Well the weather can go ahead and be frightful, the New Wax section at the station is so absolutely delightful I don't think anyone needs to worry about outside. Here are the musicians who diverted us from the weather this morning:

Clockwork Towns, Dusk, Kao Dade;
The Stormalongs, The Stormalongs, Street Queen;
TV Freaks, Two, Rewind;
Free Love Fenner, Do Not Affect a Breezy Manner, All Things Break Through;
Manmade Lake, Zinc, Horsefly;
Like a Motorcycle, #Motorpool, Pete Dogerty's Eyes;
Seas, Fade Out Into the Night, Blue Skies Sunshine;
Kaleigh Mason, The Outlaw Project, One Mind He Thought;
Andrew Austin, While It's Still Light Out, Missile Under My Bed;
Yes We Mystic, Floods and Fires, These Roads;
SoundSerious, SonicSkin, Burnin' a Wing;
Shannon Graham & the Storytellers, Shannon Graham & the Storytellers, Grey and Grey;
Amber Epp with Luke Sellick, Farewell 274 (Winnipeg's Jazz Community Celebrates Aqua Books) [Compilation], Inside Outside;
Canadafrica, Where's the One?, Mercurachrome Blues;
Daddy Long Legs, The Devil's in the Details, Your Love is Killing Me;
The Same Old New Grass Band, The Same Old New Grass Band, No Idea;
An Ant and An Atom, There Is No One, Starlets That Disembowel;
Texture & Light, The Hard Problem of Consciousness, Electric Behavior (band spelling);
Scientists of Sound, Electric Scissors, Stare the Wolf in the Eyes (and Become Him but Stronger);
A.W.Cardinal, Stainless Steel Heart, Jailhouse Whore;
C.E. Trubiak, Tiny Army (the D. Holmes Sessions), Prairie Boy;
Post Script, Post Script, Grande Prairie;
Good for Grapes, Man on the Page, A Worthier Man;
Freedom Writers, NOW, Freedom;
Shua James, The Return of Nigsy Brown, The Driver and the Passenger;
Jutes, Space Highway, Wrong Turn;
Quills, Dreamcatcher, Cold Nights;

Awesome background jazz provided compliments of the Hugh Fraser Quintet from their album titled Looking Up. Very well worth a listen in the foreground.

Thanks for joining me on the cruise through the new Canadian wax this morning. Check out your favourite artists on the internet to find out where you can obtain copies of albums … or grab your StarCard and head down to Blackbyrd Myoozik or Free Cloud or Listen Records. All of these wonderful local music shops are CJSR Star Card businesses, and all offer YOU - the StarCard holder - fabulous discounts. Enjoy your shop and don't forget to pickup something to put in your own stocking.

03-December-2013 Playlist

Awful weather; awesome music!! Thankfully Canadian musicians keep working no matter the weather. Here is the extensive list of all of the musicians we sampled from today:

PollyEster Suicide, Holiday, Before You Go;
Thomas D'Arcy, Wake Up Every Day, I Wake Up Every Day;
The Racoon Wedding, Racoon Dead on the Side of the Road, Racoon;
The Mark Inside, Dark Hearts Can Radiate White Light, Shark Attack (I Can See Them Circling);
Pistol George Warren, Hoots Deuce, Can You Get to That;
Autopilot, Diamond Rough, Bad Poetry;
Cockatoo, Present, Kashikikawa;
Void, Robot Space Love, Free;
Les Jupes, Negative Space, The Voices;
Four Stroke, Work Today Paid Today Drunk Tonight, Fascionistic State;
The Pleasurists, Once Were Stars, Summer Love;
The McGowan Family Band, Live, Went Downtown;
Francois Houle/Havard Wiik, Aves, Fallen Angel;
Jazz Lab (John Roney), World Colour, Eastwick;
Griffith Hiltz Trio, This Is What You Get, Strawman;
Joel Kerr, Quintet To Whom It May Concern;
Harris Eisenstadt, Golden State, Unless All the Evidence Is In;
Grdina Helias Loewen & Malaby, No Difference, Leisure Park;
Blue Warblers, Birds, Sweet Morel;
Old Folks Home, Black & Blue, Garland's Moving to Vancouver;
Local 164, Dreams From Belle County, Big Storm;
Doug Tielli, Keresley, Big Man of the Underbrush;
Rachelle VanZanten, Oh Mother, Beach Fire; **[Apologies I had tech trouble and we did not hear all of this, but check out Rachelle on the internet]
Tim Moxam, Tim Moxam, Blue Son;
Jared Klok, Honky/Tinker, Favourite Colours;
TreeTox, TreeTox EP, Christmas Trees;

The wonderful background music was provided by Paul Horn, from his vinyl titled The Peace Album … All about the upcoming season and spirit of Christmas.

There was so much excellent new wax today … a DJ's dream … a veritable cornucopia of awesomeness … that we did not get to sample absolutely everything. Never fear … we can catch up next week.

Enjoy music everyday, and dance to live music at least once a week!