Playlist for 28th of Jamuary 2014

Happy Jamuary everyone. Don't let it slip by without some bannock and jam!!

Here are the artists that we sampled today folks!

Hawksley Workman, For Him and the Girls, Sweet Hallelujah;
Kaley Bird, Don't Say You're Sorry, Flying with the Crows;
The Wet Secrets, Free Candy, Animals in Disguise;
Matthew Barber, Ghost Notes, Where the River Bends;
Rhythm of Cruelty, In Time …, In Time …;
Sirr, Prize, Suburban Blues;
KLM, Chamber Music, You Didn't Do It;
Society's Ills, Adversity, That's How It Goes;
Unwed Mothers, Unwed Mothers, White Knight;
Derome Goldstein Wiens, 6 Improvisations, L'Idée de Nature;
Ian Tyson, Raven Singer, Song in a Dream;
Del Barber, Prairieography, Yellowhead Road;
Tin & the Toad, Roots to Ramble On, Banks of the Bow River;
Chris Culgin, Goodnight Good Morning, The World is Cruel;
Kim Beggs, Wanderer's Paean, Wanderer's Paean;
Robert Marcel Lepage, Canard Branchu, Le Pelletier de Nuages;
Pete Mills, Sweet Shadow, Close to Never;
Joe Nolan, Tornado, I'll Still Remember Your Name;
The Gertrudes, Neighbourhood, All the Dollar Bills Sing Hallelujah;
Matt Andersen, Weightless, Alberta Gold;

In the background, two very different pieces of vinyl from the CJSR stacks - First we heard a side of Ron Proby, some excellent jazz from the vinyl titled Evian; Second we heard a side of Figgy Duff (I think the reason for this choice is rather self-evident) - the vinyl titled After the Tempest.

Aahhhhh - CJSR …. your constant source of alternative views, alternative news and alternative muse. Thanks for enjoying!!

Playlist for 21-January-2014

Happy Jamuary - See you at the NewCastle Pub (8170 - 50 Street) for many things Jammy! Taking place 25-Jamuary - that's this Saturday at 8pm.

Here is who we listened to today:

The Pack A.D., Do Not Engage, Stalking Is Normal;
Betrayers, Let the Good Times Die, Spinnin' Wheel;
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything, Little Ones Run;
Hawksley Workman, Milk, Warhol's Portrait of Gretzky;
The Frank Horvat Band, I Can See You, Was My Time Worth It?;
Wooden Sticks Wooden Sticks, Antler Lake Disaster, Broken Axle;
Mode Moderne, Occult Delight, She Untamed;
A Montreal Paul, Awaiting An Awakening, Tall in the Saddle;
The Poles, The Poles, Merman;
Mykindofkarma, Sweet Wild Life, Ukulele Lovin';
DOA, Welcome to Chinatown: D.O.A. Live, Slumlord;
Pete Mills, Sweet Shadow, The Snagel;
The Cory Weeds' Quintet, Let's Go!, Not So Solid;
Camie Leard, Come Out of the Blue, The Skin You're In;
Mister Lucky, Coming Home, Angel;
Van Funk, 13, Act of Escape;
The McGowan Family Band, Live, Time Flies By;
Pigeon Breeders, Oblique Temperatures, Clouds Scattered Like Lilies Across the Sky;
Joe Nolan, Tornado, Massey Hall;
Nudie, Remember This, Fiona'
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Anastasia;

Tasty bits in the background provided by Bernard Primeau Jazz Sextet from their vinyl titled Propulsion - just one of many fine examples of Canadian Jazz vinyl in the CJSR music library.

Many thanks to all the musicians who keep me on the air, and to yourself - who also help keep me on the air.

Playlist for 14th January, 2014

MMMMM - 140114 - I like that number … lots of double sevens. Speaking of double sevens and luck, how lucky am I to play great Canadian tunes for you every Tuesday morning? Allow me to answer that - really and truly mega lucky!
Here is what we were fortunate enough to hear this morning:

Mitten Claps, Tactics, Said Something;
Clunt and the Scrunts, Clunt and the Scrunts, Watch the World;
Rebekah Higgs, Sha La La, Shake It Off;
Random Order, Black Lipstick Kiss, Do It In Quattro;
AutoPilot, Diamond Rough, Bad Poetry;
Magnolia, Magnolia, Anyone's Neighbour;
Betrayers, Let the Good Times Die, Do You Smoke?;
Moths & Locusts, Mission Collapse in the Twin Sun Megaverse, Mathematics of Happiness;
Tower of Dudes, Tower of Dudes, Make Your Own Culture;
Egyptrixx, A/B Til Infinity, My Life is Vivid My Eyes Are Open;
Derome Goldstein Wiens, 6 Improvisations, Impromptu;
Joe Lapinski, The Beauty Beyond, Go Drive Off the Pier;
Jenny Mayhem, Jenny Mayhem, Shifter;
Fred Eaglesmith, Tambourine, Train Wreck;
East Boc, Cud, All the Seeds We Have Sown;
Steve Dawson, Rattlesnake Cage, Rattlesnake Cage;
Kim Beggs, Beauty & Breaking, M J Goddard Shipwreck;
Ken Aldcroft's Convergence Ensemble, Saskatoon Bassment 2007, Trolleys;
Midcoast, Steps, This Moves Like Water;
N3K, Radio Adventures in the Wild [2013 CJSR Compilation], $O$;
Neil Young, American Stars n Bars, Bite the Bullet;

Background music compliments of Uzeb, from of course the old Canadian vinyl collection down here at the station. We listened to the strains recorded on the LP titled Between the Lines. Uzeb is a Canadian Jazz group active in the mid 80's comprising Michel Cusson, Jean St-Jacques, Alain Caron & Paul Brochu.

Thanks to all of you awesome listeners, who helped us reach the ripe old age of 30 … that's a lot of volunteer DJ hours!