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!!