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).