Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Playlist for 24-September-2013

I only have one word for you ... FunDrive!!! See? It's only one word, and entails one little phone call or click of the mouse to ensure that you have beautiful, truthful radio for another 365 days in a row. Now that's a deal.
Here is who we listened to today:

Federal Lights, We Were Found in the Fog, Sharks;
The Motor League, Acknowledge Acknowledge, Burned in Effigy;
Chevalier Avant Garde, Resurrection Machine, Honey Falls Apart;
Papermaps, Darker Lights, The Hedonist;
Hermetic, Heartbreakology, Conspicuous Production;
Monomyth, King Does This Not Please You? (Behold the Power), Voodoo Crack;
Fall Fair Car, ... Rides the Bus, The Fall of the Sun King;
Dale Ladouceur & the Broke Ensemble, Do Ya Think?, Mercy Mercy;
Bernice, from cbc music website, New Bodies;
Nightcrawlers, Volume 3, Snap Back Jack;
Ben Henriques, Captain Awesome, Cloud City;
The Miles Black Trio with Grant Stewart, Live at Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club, Thingy;
Peter Van Huffel's Gorilla Mask, Howl!, Legendarious;
Skydiggers, No.1 Northern, Don't Cry No Tears;
The Wicks, The Good Times Are Gone, Careful Hands;
The Deep Dark Woods, Jubilee, Red Red Rose;
Rusty Ford, My Truck My Dog & You, I Love That Too;
The Sadies, Internal Sounds, Another Tomorrow Again;
Cheering For the Bad Guy, Next Year Country, God Hates a Coward;
Lindi Ortega, Tin Star, All These Cats;
Amazing Grace & Chuck (aka Casuno & Intrikit), Mix-Tapingly Arranged Rapping Song Album 3 [Anthology], Substitute Super-Hero;
Dizzy, You Feelin' Dizzy Yet?, Am I?;

In the background - filling in all the holes - some wonderful old Canadian jazz from The Oliver Whitehead Quintet off the album titled Pulse/Impulse.

How many radio stations does it take to play every kind of music that you like? ONE - that's us! CJSR! Help keep us alive and kicking the big drum by donating any hard earned cash you can part with - we are definitely worth it!!!!

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Playlist for 17th September 2013

Canadian musicians and Canadian music rules my show - and you know it. That is why we explore the new Canadian wax every Tuesday morning together. Here is what we listened to this morning:

Shahman, Sounds That Look Like Us, Particles of All Known Possibilities;
Shahman, Sounds That Look Like Us, Are Novel Now As I Am Shrouded In;
Shahman, Sounds That Look Like Us, The Minuscule Taste of Years Days Moments Past;
Royal Canoe, Today We're Believers, Just Enough;
Diatessaron, Cobalt 60 Blue, A Magnet's Love Song;
Lab Coast, Walking On Ayr, Sister (Older);
Brazilian Money, Old Bones: Rarities Misfits and Loose Teeth, Disguise Yr Mind;
Steve Brockley Band, Le Boeuf, Classic Car;
Locomotive Ghost, Autumn, At Least I'll Know Tonight;
Cory Weeds/ Bill Coon Quartet, With Benefits, Cory's Story;
Gypsophilia, Horska, Oh My Oma;
Lefty McRighty, Nashville Roadkille, You Were Once My Sunshine;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Bucket of Time;
Lindi Ortega, Tin Star, Hard As This;
Shahman, Sounds That Look Like Us, Like A Flavour Pleases the Tongue;
Robert Bauer & Robert Daigneault, Guitar Extensions, White Line On a Green Fence;
Blues Curry, Wake Me Up, Indian Muselim Blues;
Mister Lucky, Coming Home, Stumbled & Fell;
Jimmy and the Sleepers, C'est La Vie, It's Alright Now;
Bloodshot Bill, The Lonesome Road, Sittin' With You;
The Unseen Strangers, Follow the Sound, Tater Bug;

Some groovy (notice the pun!) tunes in the background - and one in the foreground - were provided by Robert Bauer & Robert Daigneault from the vinyl titled Guitar Extensions. Now, the two Roberts composed all of the music, but it was performed by William Kuinka and Robert Bauer.

FunDrive start next Wednesday - that's the 25th of September! Looking forward to hearing from all of our wonderful donors ... first Dangle show for FunDrive is the 1st of October ... Hope I'm playing your tune then!!!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Playlist for 10-September-2013

Summer lingers and with it the sounds of great Canadians! ... especially if you tune in to Put R in D for Dangle - where you and I specialize in listening to Cancon (Canadian content)! Here is who we listened to today:

Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Ol' Fort Mac;
Jordan Klassen, Repentance, Strengthen Me with Raisins;
Al Tuck, Stranger at the Wake, That Married Life;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Little Bird;
Little Miss Higgins & the Winnipeg Five, Bison Ranch Recording Sessions, Moonlit Picnic;
Jayme Stone, The Other Side of the Air, The Cinnamon Route;
Breezy Brian Gregg, Street, You Are My Sunshine;
Celtic Fusion Illusion, Walk the Tweed, Waternish;
Colin Stetson, New History Warfare: Vol.3 To See More Light, High Above a Grey Green Sea;
Champion, ∘1, ∘359 Nothin' Nothin';
Jessy Lanza, Pull My Hair Back, Giddy;
Jade & Holon Colours, sound cloud, On My Own;
Jade & Holon Colours, sound cloud, Holding On To Let Go;
The Albertans, Dangerous Anything, L-friend;
Erika Werry & the Alphabet, Think Yer So Smart, Shirley;
Yes Nice, Warm Gun, Hot River;
The Lad Mags, The Lad Mags, You Don't Love Me;
Eternal Husbands, Eternal Husbands, An Explosion (II);
Islands, Ski Mask, Nil;
The Darcys, Warring, Muzzle Blast;
Axis of Conversation, The House of Stay Together, Metamorphosis;
Lindi Ortega, Tin Star, Something For You;

Background strains provided by ... of course ... some lovely old Canadian vinyl from Elmo Whiggett; seriously, this is a beautiful piece of vinyl titled Autographed/Copy ... and the cover is all over autographed by Elmo. Totally awesome Canadiana.

Don't forget ... FunDrive 2013 starts in two weeks! That's right - 25th of September to 5th of October. Save your pennies (well, nickels now I guess) and donate to receive great prizes, not the least of which is great alternative radio all year!

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Play list for 3rd September 2013

First day of classes for many of you; first day of many good music listening days for all! Here's who we heard from today:

The Breaks, Honeybees, Restless;
Dirty Beaches, Drifters/Love is the Devil, I Dream In Neon;
Still Life Still, Mourning Trance, Revolving Doors;
Ghost Cousin, Scotland, Take On Another One;
Construction & Deconstruction, Dark Lark, The Horse Returns;
A A Wallace, Disambiguation, Complaining About Airports;
A Tribe Called Red, A Tribe Called Red, Munchi - Shottas;
Chloe Albert, Dream Catcher, Promise;
Vicky Berg, The Light Between the Stars, Where Are We Going?;
George Ireland & the Willy Nillies, Waning & Waxing, King & His Castle;
Trifolia, Le Refuge, Coldwater Lake;
Oliver Jones, Par Amour Pour Philou [Anthology], Dors Mon Petit Dors;
Three Sun Sea, This Is Not a Question, Naima;
Lindi Ortega, Little Red Boots, Dying of Another Broken Heart;
Lindi Ortega, Cigarettes & Truckstops, Lead Me On;
Lindi Ortega, Tin Star, Hard As This;
CFCF, Music for Objects, Turnstile;
Jasper Sloan Yip, Foxtrot, Indian Summer;
Organic Orbit, Divisions, Tribal Tremor;
Elder Sister Plum, People Like Us, The Hempen Jig;

Background support provided by the end of the alphabet - Zero-One!!! ... awesome 80's Toronto rock. It's a self-titled album from 1980 - hope you enjoyed.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Play list for 27th of August, 2013

What? You thought festival season was over? Not so my friends ... Kaleido Family Arts Festival hits the north end of town from 13th to 15th of September 2013. Check it out - there will be plenty of tremendous local talent. And speaking of local talent here is the list of great Canadians we listened to today [as always listed artist, CD title, Song title;]:

Ghost Cousin, Scotland, Breakfast and Tea;
The Electric Revival, Pirate Radio, Hell Hath No Fury;
Still Life Still, Mourning Trance, Deer Holograms;
Construction/Deconstruction, Split EP, Sea Change;
Braids, Flourish/Perish, Hossak;
B.A. Johnston, Mission Accomplished, No Pancakes In Heaven;
Islands, Ski Mask, Sad Middle;
Cousins, Split EP, Crew;
Nick Buzz, A Quiet Evening At Home, The House With the Laughing Windows;
Craig Pedersen and Joel Kerr, It's a Free Country, Wildwood Flower;
Alex Pangman with Special Guest Bucky Pizarelli, Have A Little Fun, The Fog Song;
Cory Weeds/Bill Coon Quartet, With Benefits, Search For Peace;
Little Miss Higgins & the Winnipeg Five, Bison Ranch Recording Sessions, Moonlit Picnic;
The Fugitives, Bigger Than Luck, Slowly Undone;
Michael Reinhart, Echo, You Alone;
J.F. Robitaille, Rival Hearts, Cry (To Keep From Laughing);
Rebecca Lappa, Beating Strong: Heart of the City Festival [Anthology], Devils Child;
Elder Sister Plum, People Like Us, Northern Bound (Take Me);
Noise Level, Soaked in Dub, Soaked in Dub;
Marshall Lawrence, House Call, I Got to Ramble;
Zachary Lucky, The Ballad of Losing You, More Than Enough Road;
Moka Only, Doctor Do Much, The Rufus Ensemble;

In the background we were accompanied by some great classic Canadian Blues compliments of Ellen McIlwaine. We heard Side A from the album titled We the People, and we heard a song or two from Honky Tonk Angel.

Thanks for listening ... especially thanks to the listener that clued us all in as the artist that was mentioned in the Braids song "Hossak". Your phone call was an awesome example of "Community" radio - Thanks Listener Community!

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Playlist for 20th August, 2013

Whether you are on the Fringe or not, Canadian talent is abundant and awesome, and I am thankful every Tuesday morning for that alliteration! It makes my show!

Hope you enjoyed the tunes that we listened to today. Here is the playlist:

The Dryland Band, The Dryland Band, Charlie's Song;
Louise Burns, The Midnight Mass, The Artist;
Gold & Youth, Beyond Wilderness, Cut Lip;
Yes Nice, Warm Gun, She Left In a Hurry;
Leeroy Stagger, Truth Be Sold, Break My Heart;
Doug Hoyer, To Be a River, Minimum Wage;
UBT, Ego Orientation, Gypsy Woman;
Kate Reid, Queer Across Canada, Altona Manitoba;
Dinosaur Bones, Shaky Dream, End of Life Crisis;
Craig Pedersen and Joel Kerr, It's A Free Country, It's A Free Country;
Three Sun Sea, This Is Not a Question, Naima;
Oliver Jones featuring Josée Aidans, Just For My Lady, The Angel and Mr. Jones;
Craig Pedersen and Joel Kerr, It's A Free Country, It's A Free Country (Reprise);
Braden Gates, Break It To Me Gently, Alberta Eyes;
Rae Spoon, My Prairie Home, God Was On Your Shoulders;
Andrew Scott, Beating Heart: Heart of the City Festival [Anthology], A Ghost Inside These Walls;
KoKo Blue, Crosses and Planks, Gentle Gangster;
Jessica Fedorek, soundcloud.com, Emily;
George Ireland and the Willy Nillies, Waning Waxing, Awaken;
Grand Analog, Modern Thunder, 4am in Parkdale;
Test Their Logik, Be, Oilpocalypse Now;
Pale Eyes, Sweat Shop, Figure/Ground;

Background sound provided by some old Canadian vinyl put out by UZEB, a Canadian Jazz quartet. We listened to You Be Easy, Side A from 1984; then we heard Side A from Between the Lines from 1985. Wonderful old Canadian jazz! You might still be able to get a copy from Free Cloud here in Edmonton - one of our many Star Card businesses.

Enjoy the rest of the Fringe! Live Theatre is as energizing as Live Music! **Don't forget ... you can catch Jessica Fedorek and Kristy Nanise (of George Ireland and the Willy Nillies) starring in the Fringe production ... BRAINS! The Zombie Musical at Filthy McNasty's ... 5pm tonight (20th August) and Thursday (22nd August).

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Playlist for 13-August-2013

Here's hoping your summer is shaping up as musically as the festival season. Edmonton Folk Music Festival was an awesome treat of eclectic tuneage this weekend ... Blues Fest up next!!

Here is what we heard this morning:

Corb Lund, Five Dollar Bill, Short Native Grasses;
A Tribe Called Red, A Tribe Called Red, Moombah Wow;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, 100 Candles;
Maximum RNR, Rough Side of the Dial, Attack Panther;
Graham Nicholas, Ruby and Other Bedtime Stories, If You Lived Here ... You'd Be Homeless By Now;
The Marvelous Beauhunks, Who Said the Kids Are Alright, Don't Mind Doin’ (What I Just Did);
Vandana Vishwas, Monologues, Kaashh I (Wish);
Drumhand, Cheer On the Sun, On Second Thought;
Paula Perro, Beating Strong: Heart of the City [Anthology], Small Price to Pay;
Hank Pine, Late Night Spirituals, Life After Penelope Died;
Corinna Rose, Northeast Southwest, Lost Like You;
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Savvy Show Stoppers, Bennett Cerf;
Keith Price, Solo Guitar, Night Windows;
Gypsophilia, Horska, Oh My Oma;
Doug Hoyer, To Be a River, Bulgogi Pizza;
Corb Lund, Cabin Fever, Drink It Like You Mean It;
Free Judges, Free Judges, Brutes;
The Allens, 2012, Buy Me a Drink;
Young Benjamins, Less Argue, Jasper AB;
Whiskey Post, Tape and Twine, Journeyman Ticket;
Rise Ashen, Music in the City, Nalliutivuk - The Time is Now;
Derek Christoff X The Arkeologists, The D.Ark Tape, Minor Key;
Soso, Not for Nothing, A Map of All the Constellations I Can See From my Kitchen Window;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Ol' Fort Mac;

Background music was provided by a Canadian icon of folk music, Gordon Lightfoot from his vinyl recorded in 1970 titled Summer Side of Life. Now that's classic folk!!

Enjoying Live Music is good for your health! Get out there Edmonton ... and get HEALTHY!!!! ;)