Award winning radio for award winning listeners! Here's who we listened to today:

Hands & Teeth, Before the Light, Easy;
Maicamia, Des Era, Des Era;
Ought, More Than Any Other Day, The Weather Song;
Brave Radar, Message Centre, Get In Step;
The Fuzz Kings, The Fuzz Kings 7", I'm Your Goon;
Dearly Beloved, Endvro, Not My Pig;
Tanya Tagaq, Animism, Fracking;
Owen Pallett, In Conflict, On a Path;
Clementine, Kimberley '93, Black Sheep Get No Sleep;
Chad Vangalen, Shrink Dust, Evil;
Triology, Triology, Adanac;
The Jazz Descendants, Red, Red;
Joe Nolan, Tornado, Tightrope Dancer;
Van Funk, 13, Storms A Comin';
Swear By the Moon, Great Northern Revival Notes from the Edmonton Underground Vol.3 [Compilation], Beneath the Trees;
Boogie Patrol, Great Northern Revival Notes from the Edmonton Underground Vol.2 [Compilation], Can't Help Myself;
Mayday & the Beat Creeps, Great Northern Revival Notes from the Edmonton Underground Vol.3 [Compilation], Steppin';
Joe Nolan, Tornado, Massey Hall;
Steve Strongman, Let Me Prove It To You, Ain't Nobody Like You;
Fist Full O' Snacks, Climb the Glass Mountain, Bird Song;
David Vest, Roadhouse Revelation, Crooked Politician;
Michael Coughlan, The Sixth Avenue Verses, Minnenaweh (In Praise of Rawhide);
The Ashley Hundred, Postcards From the Moon, Sunrise;

In the background we listened … as always … to some fine old Canadian Jazz vinyl. The group's name is Time Warp and the album is titled Off Center - quite appropriate for Put R In D For Dangle! And speaking of great Canadian Jazz - don't forget that PJ Perry plays every Wednesday and Friday live at Brittany's Lounge downtown Edmonton - go and check it out and tell PJ that Figgy sent you.

Listening to great Canadian musicians leads to a great life! Perhaps you find that statement a little far-fetched but I think you will have an awesome time disproving it. Here is who improved our lives this morning:

Badbadnotgood, III, Triangle;
Jon McKiel, New Traces, Tropical Depression;
International Zombies of Love, You Heard This Wish, Oh What a Life;
Philippe B, Ornithologie La Nuit, L'Année du Serpent;
Night Committee, Heaven, Coal;
Hawksley Workman, Between the Beautifuls, All the Trees Are Hers;
SideKick, SideKick, Mentos;
Strange Planes, Makeshift Spaceship, The Big Parade;
Hawksley Workman, For Him and the Girls, Sweet Hallelujah;
Leisure Cruise, Leisure Cruise, Livin' It Up;
The Librarian, EVD Bass 3 [Compilation], Booksy Riddim;
Sabota, Sabota, Stumble;
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Rollin' with the Blues Boss, Hootenanny Boogie-Woogie;
Raoul & the Big Time, Hollwood Blvd, Amphetamine;
Matt Andersen, Weightless, Alberta Gold;
Greg de Denus, Solo Piano Live at Gallery 345, Falling Grace;
Audrey Ochoa Quartet, Trombone and Other Delights, The Shadow of My Shadow;
David Blake, Next Year People, Small Abyss;
Pacifika, Amor Planeta, Yo Te Amo;
Canailles, Ronds-Points, Coeur de Gawa;
Cripple Creek Fairies, Leather Witch, Mind Upon the Void;
Matthew Barber, Big Romance, Magnet Eyes;
The Fretless, The Fretless, June Tune;

Backup air waves filled graciously by Daniel Janke from a self-titled vinyl that hit the station in 1984. It was produced by Scratch Records of Whitehorse, Yukon and included such awesome Canadian musicians as Michel Donato on Acoustic Bass, Sophie Dugas on Violin, Muhammed Abdul Al-Khabyyr on Trombone, Jim Hillman on Drums, Aldo Mazza playing Vibraphone, Marimba & miscellaneous percussion, and Jean-Pierre Zanella on Sax Clarinet & Flute … not to mention Daniel Janke himself on Piano, Kora and something called Prepared Piano.

Hope you enjoyed!

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The benefits of consuming Canadian music are various and cumbersome when put into words, but suffice it to say that it just makes one feel so damn fine!! Here is who we listened to today:

Role Mach, Holy Shades of Night, Black Manhattan;
Twin Library, Historical Tumblers, Warmer Skeletons;
Slates, Taiga, Metelko Street;
Sprïng, Celebrations, You're the One;
Thru Colorado, Ephemera, Follow On;
Failing, The Apple in the Pig's Mouth, See Through;
Secretaries, pre-release of the 7" vinyl, Show Me;
Blank Cinema, Eras, Destroy Together;
Secretaries, go-the-Hot-Plains-Music-Festival-to-get-the-7"-vinyl pre-release, The Way I Feel;
Top Men, Gentleman's Techno: An Observation in Discotheque Clubbe Musics, (You Are) Little Scientists … (Love, Oprah);
Khotin, Khotin, Dawn Flowers;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Little Bird;
The Perpetrators, Stick 'Em Up, You've Got To Tell Me;
Jasmine Netsena, Take You With Me, Bad Cook;
Romi Mayes, Lucky Tonight, I Will;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, A Big Truck Brought It;
Jerrold Dubyk Quintet, Inviteishens, Every Sinner Has a Future;
Van Funk, 13, Hold and Swing;
Casper Hollands, Seven Pieces, Polka Dot Dress;
Monkey Junk, All Frequencies, You Make a Mess;

The show wouldn't be the same without background strains - this week provided by The Jim Galloway Quartet featuring Jay McShann and the wonderful 1981 vinyl titled Thou Swell - Check it out; guaranteed satisfaction (if not, contact Figgy Newtunes at figgy@cjsr.com).