Playlist for 19-Mar-2013

The only thing shining brighter this morning than that great big beautiful sun of ours, is all the Canadian musicians and their contributions to filling the radio air waves. Here is what we heard this morning:

The Express and Company, The Express and Company, Tall Tall Pines;
The Benvereens, Ready to Go, Cabbagetown Princess in Parkdale Clothes;
The Fagmies, The Fagmies, He's A Whore;
Jean Philip, Saigne Mon Coeur, Ma Tête Dégèle;
Young Running, Coming Home, Ohh My;
No Problem, No Problem, Living in the Void;
Grapes of Wrath, High Road, None Too Soon;
Wood Pigeon, Houndstooth Europa, In Praise of the West Midlothian Bus Service;
Dark Red Dark Blue, Dark Red Dark Blue, Lorelei;
Radius and Helena, Fangs - Sampler, The Wizard of Linn;
Class Action, An Extra Bar of the Wrong Song, Rise Up;
The Scenics, Dead Man Walks Down Bayview, No Sleep;
The Fuzz Kings, Accentuate Everything, Your Lipstick Only Gets In the Way;
Curtis Nowosad, The Skeptic & the Cynic, The Way You Make Me Feel;
Shirantha Beddage, Identity, Baker's Dozen;
Steve Kirby and the Northern Prairie Jazz Collective, Stepchild, Wicked Grin;
J.R. Shore, State Theatre, Poundmaker;
Albert, Prends Tes Deux Mains, Prends Tes Deux Mains;
Sarah Cripps, Change, Kissed by the Sun;
Hawk and Steel, Danger Road, Are We Strangers?;
The Sweet Lowdown, May, Big Wave;
Cowpuncher, Eh Side/ Be Side, Hooscow;
Mayday & the Beat Creeps, Great Northern Revival Vol. 3 [Anthology], Steppin';
Olenka & the Autumn Lovers, Hard Times, Misaligned;
Transit, Stale, Settled Smoke;

Background music was once again provided by the Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation, from the old vinyl titled VEJI. We heard only Side One this morning, including titles Richard the First, Sax Freeabin, and Vortney Sprazits - lovely stuff!

Thanks for listening this morning!

Playlist for 12-March-2013

The March winds may blow, but they can't blow away the joy of listening to fellow Canadians making music for our ears. Today we heard:
Hollerado, White Paint, Desire 126;
Lonnie in the Garden, Psychedelic Cottage EP, Skeletons vs. Beasts;
Book of Caverns, Homes, Margins;
Cobra & Vulture, Grasslands, Carve a Path Like a Valley Through the Land;
Matt Perri, Taste of Savage: His Pupils Sing His Music [Anthology], The Laughter of Bad Men;
Grapes of Wrath, High Road, Take On the Day;
Jerusalem in My Heart, Mo7it Al-Mo7it, He Titillates the Shepherd But Not the Sheep;
Dr. Rx Sonic, PRN Musications, Musication F;
100 Mile House, Wait With Me, Breakfast TV;
Indians, Somewhere Else, [cut #5 - sorry no song list available];
Leif Vollbekk, North Americana, From the Fourth;
Amy Van Keeken, So Long, Living Without;
Barry Romberg's Random Access Part 12, Crab People, Retroactive;
The Jim Brenan Quartet, January, Eleven Eleven;
The Be Good Tanyas, Hello Love, Crow Waltz;
Daniel Romano, Come Cry With Me, When I Was Abroad;
New Country Rehab, Ghost of Your Charms, Luxury Motel;
Lindi Ortega, Little Red Boots, Angels;
Kim Beggs, Blue Bones, Longest Dream;
Joanna Borromeo, Kaleidoscope, Your Shoes;
Saturns, Saturns, Dream Warrior;
Ill Tone, Bringin' the Hope Back, Bringin' the Hope Back;
Eccodek, Living for Live, Red White and Mali;

In the background we heard some totally wicked Canadian improvisational jazz on old vinyl compliments of Vancouver Ensemble of Jazz Improvisation titled Classic VEJI.

Thanks for sharing the morning with myself, and these awesome Canadian musicians!

Playlist for 05-March-2013

Keep the chill outside; warm your heart with Canadian music. Here's what we listened to this morning:

Elephantstone, Elephantstone, Hold Onto Your Soul;
We Are Wolves, La Mort Pop Club, We Are Made Of Fire (Sisyphus);
Andrew Vivona, Do Nothing, #5 [No Song List available with CD - my apologies];
October, October, High Heels Cheap Thrills;
Dot, Pet Memory, Bossed About;
The Flaps, Again, Day of Languor;
Hollerado, White Paint, Too Much To Handle;
The Shilohs, So Wild, Airliner Man;
Mark Templeton, Jealous Heart, Jealous Horse;
Fortner Anderson, Annunciations, Talking Fortner/Talking Teacher;
Bob and Wisdom, Jamaica to Toronto [Anthology], I Believe In Music;
Hawk and Steel, Danger Road, Paper Bird;
New Country Rehab, Ghost of Your Charms, The Bank and The Army;
Sophie Hunter, self-released Single, This Old Town;
Jesse Dollimont & The Ospreys, I'll Fly Away, Burn Your Ship;
Corin Raymond & The Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Change;
Erin Propp with Larry Roy, Courage My Love, Lonely Woman;
Jean-Francois Groulx, Destination 2, Transit;
The Brian Dickinson Quartet featuring Jerry Bergonzi, Other Places, Rockin' at the Hillside;
Shuug and the Temporary Men, Shuug and the Temporary Men, $50 Dodge;
Blind Mule, Blind Mule, Bend It;
Justin Rutledge, Valleyheart, Kapuskasing Coffee;

Background music complements of David Campbell, from his vinyl of 1984 titled Underneath the Blue Canadian Sky.

Playlist for 26-February-2013

Canadian music - soothes the inner self! Here's what soothed us this morning:

The Details, Draw a Distance Draw a Border, Always Always Always Never;
Hot Panda, Volcano...Bloody Volcano, Afraid of the Weather;
Thighs, Thighs, Ash Fantasy;
Type Monkey Type, Jungle Noise, Full-On Neon;
Flowshine, Flowshine, Mountain Queen;
Devil Splender, Hometown Riot, Stand On Up;
The Pleasurists, Hypnotized, Fireworks;
Golden B.C., Just Take It, Get Rid Of It;
Black Turtleneck, Musical Chairs, Miniature Mondays;
Tanuki, Far From the City Lights, Inked;
A Tribe Called Red, Trapline EP, Unlimited Trap;
Treasa Levasseur, Toronto Blues Now [Anthology], A Little Pride;
Dalannah Gail Bowen, Them Menz, Who's Foolin' Who;
Sunday Wilde, He Gave Me a Blue Nightgown, Telling Me to Hush?;
Michael Blake, In the Grand Scheme of Things, Cordiale Drive;
Coco Love, Play, Troubadour's Dream;
Kirk MacDonald Jazz Orchestra, Family Suite for Large Ensemble, I See Your Face Before Me;
Lindi Ortega, Little Red Boots, Dying of Another Broken Heart;
Daniel Romano, Come Cry with Me, I'm Not Crying Over You;
Corin Raymond, There Will Always Be a Small Time, If Wishes Were Horses;
The Unquiet Dead, Book One, St. James the Moocher;

Today in the background, we were accompanied by the strains of Cantin Begin, Collection is the title of the LP.

Thanks for listening! Always a blast coming up with a show of great Canadian musicians for you!

Playlist for 19-Feb-2013

Winter may be hanging around, but Canadian musicians have a way of keeping us warm ... agreed? Here is the list of artists that warmed us this morning:

Tenant, Planaris EP, A Gift Upon Return;
Twin Library, Lowways, Softer Bones;
This Hisses, Anhedonia, Icelandic Blue;
Velvet Chrome, Dub Ditch Picnic A Year of Haircuts 2011-2012 [Anthology], Étude en Psychobilly;
Box of Wolves, Transmissions from UMFM 101.5 [Anthology], Sunlight;
Young Running, Coming Home, Ohh My;
Rae Spoon, Love Is a Hunter, Death By Elektro;
Make Haste, Make Haste, Easier;
Olav, Making Art & Being A Human, Perc Press;
Classified, Classified, That's What I Do;
Long John Bladry, Canadian Blues Masters [Anthology], You Wanna Dance;
JW-Jones Blues Band, Northern Blues Music [Anthology], Defibrillatin';
Dutch Mason, Canadian Blues Masters [Anthology], I'm Back;
Sunday Wilde, He Gave Me a Blue Nightgown, I Guess I Didn't Hear You Right;
Kyle Brenders Quartet, Offset, Whisk;
Pugs & Crows, Fantastic Pictures, Take One Away;
The Jim Brenan Quartet, January, The Wolf & The Lion;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, A Big Truck Brought It;
The Collective West, Fire & the Ocean, Chevy-Bike;
Wake Owl, Wild Country, Wild Country;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Little Bird;
Rae Spoon, Superior You Are Inferior, Come On Forest Fire Burn the Disco Down;

In the background during the first half of the show, we were accompanied by Fraser MacPherson Quartet - Side One of the old vinyl (1987) Honey and Spice; during the second half of the show, we were accompanied again by Fraser MacPherson (this time) Quintet - Side One of the vinyl Jazz Prose.

Thanks for joining me this morning - If you have any questions, please feel free to e-mail me at:
figgy@cjsr.com

Playlist for 12-February-13

Today I featured the new CD/musical tome from Corin Raymond and the Sundowners, Paper Nickels. This CD caper was almost entirely funded by Canadian Tire money ... you can't get much more Canadian than that. But of course, the show - like Corin's new CD - also featured a lot of awesome Canadian musicians, songwriters and producers. Here's the list of what we heard today:
AA Sound System, Laissez Faire, I Don't Get You At All;
Ariana Gillis, To Make It Make Sense, Deep Blueberry Ocean Delight;
Carrie Day, Immaculate Night, Perfect Love;
Twin Library, Lowways, Abandon Everyone;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Ol' Fort Mac;
Scott Cook, This One's On the House, The Ramblin' Kind;
Kim Beggs, Wanderer's Paean, Heartache Shoes;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, If I Were You Instead of Me;
Curtis Nowasad, The Skeptic & The Cynic, The Skeptic & The Cynic;
The Jim Brenan Quartet, January, Fin Fang Foom!;
Sunday Wilde, He Gave Me a Blue Nightgown, Blue Spirit Blues;
Kirby Sewell Band, Bought Myself a Hammer, I Love To Watch You Walk Away;
Steve Dawson, Telescope, Nailbiter;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Blues Mama;
Dirty Inputs, Many Earths, Solid Star;
James Danderfer Presents, The Hummingbird Brigade, Joy in the Streets;
The Uncas, Drop the Ball, That Time on the Plow;
The Pernell Reichert Band, Highway of Tears, Fishnet Stockings;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Bucket of Things;
Nick Everett & Everybody, Elsethings, Bridge;
Corin Raymond, There Will Always Be a Small Time, The Lonely One;

Background music provided by two artists on some wonderful old vinyl: Side A of June Katz's Lulu's Back in Town! LP and Face 1 of Gaston Brisson's Corridor LP.

You can still pitch in on Paper Nickels by sending your Canadian Tire Money to Corin at:
Corin Raymond
39 Oxford St.
Toronto, On M5T 1N8
Canada
Another great and inexpensive way to support the Canadian music economy! What's the other way? Why ... listening to Put R in D for Dangle, on CJSR of course! Thanks for listening!

Playlist for 05-February-2013

Canadian music!!! You just gotta choose it!! You just gotta love it! And you just gotta groove to it!! Which is why you are a fan of Put R in D for Dangle. Here is the auditory lusciousness we tasted this morning:
A Volatile Mixture, A Volatile Mixture, Eat of the Apple;
Golden B.C., Doomsday #1, Walking;
The Noble Thiefs, Transmissions from UMFM 101.5 (Anthology), Drive-In;
Young Running, Coming Home, Quiver of Smoke;
Apparatjik & Lowell, If You Can Solve This Jumble, That's the Thing About Us;
Red Moon Road, Transmissions from UMFM 101.5 (Anthology), Hypothetical Girl;
Book of Caverns, Homes, Names & Numbers;
Notch 21, Cryptic Noise Machine, The Gunslinger;
Jerusalem In My Heart, Mo7it Al-Mo7it, Speak of the Woman in the Black Robe; (Yes that is the CD name!)
Meat Force, Radio Promos, Everybody Is Cain;
Rob Lutes, The Bravest Birds, Things We Didn't Choose;
Jom Comyn, 88 1/2 Ways To Love Life and Be Happy, Hatchet In Garage;
The Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Lume Lume, Fanfare;
The Express & Company, Tall Tall Pines, Tall Tall Pines;
James Danderfer Presents, The Hummingbird Brigade, State of Ruin;
Pugs & Crows, Fantastic Pictures, Take One Away;
Barry Romberg's Random Access Part 12, Crab People, 6 to the 5 to the 7 to the 9;
Corin Raymond, There Will Always Be a Small Time, Blue Mermaid Dress;
Ghettosocks, We're Gonna Drink a Lot of Wine, Ice Wine;
This Hisses, "Anhedonia", Icelandic Blue;

Background music was complements of the CJSR Vinyl library as always; Lightdreams performing Islands In Space - Stone Age Music from Vancouver in 1981.

Hope you enjoyed the show this morning. Sorry for the delay in getting the playlist up for you.