One thing we will never lack is awesome Canadian tunes - as always, many thanks to the dedication of the Canadian musicians who offer up their CDs and vinyl for us to fill the air waves:

Here is who we sampled today:

A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation, Bread & Cheese;
Diamond Mind, Fake Tape, Closed Circuit;
Monkey Junk, All Frequencies, Yearnin' for Yesterday;
Kinnie Starr, Kiss It, Home is Everywhere;
Nap Eyes, Whine of the Mystic, Oh My Friends;
Free Judges, Above the Dust and a Little Below the Angels, Tip of the Spear;
Crissi Cochrane, Little Sway, Nobody's Bird;
Poppy Seed and the Love Explosion, Beyond the Seventh Sun, Saw You Outside;
Poppy Seed and the Love Explosion, Beyond the Seventh Sun, Melt Away;
Kim Beggs, Blue Bones, Longest Dream;
Van Funk, 13, Contagious Sound;
Casper Hollands, Seven Pieces, Polka Dot Dress;
Jeff Presslaff, The Complete Rebirth of the Cool, Sincerely Ours;
Rachel Nightingale, Rachel Nightingale, Just You Just Me;
Sugar Brown's Sad Day, Sugar Brown's Sad Day, 2 O'Clock;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Bucket of Time;

Two wonderful pieces of Canadian vinyl kept us company in the background; from the Jazz stacks, The Rick Morrison Project and his self-titled Mini-LP as well as the Ted Moses Quintet from a selection that was put out as part of the CBC Transcription series titled Sidereal Time. Both excellent samples of the historically healthy Canadian Jazz scene.

Don't forget - you'll have to double park your boots at the front door; that is, your winter boots right beside your rubber boots. The big melt is upon us! Happy spring!

The weather has finally broken with its own tradition of Winter, but Put R in D for Dangle continues with its tradition of playing 100% CanCon; why play second rate I ask?

Here's the awesome stuff we heard this morning:

Jom Comyn, In the Dark on 99 (All the Time, All the Time), Shivering Cold;
The Written Years, The Written Years, The Station;
Pif Paf Hangover, Curry Love, Some Say;
Boids, We Stalk Each Other Like Animals, Off We Go;
Harlan Peppers, Take Out a Twenty & Live Life to the Fullest, Party Shoes;
Red Ram, Slip Away, Land of Dreams;
Sink This City, Sink This City, Third Place in the Moustache Contest;
Bend Sinister, Animals, Through the Week;
The Heavyweights Brass Band, Brasstronomical, Booze Hounds;
Cory Weeds Quintet featuring Steve Davis, Let's Go, Tetracosmos;
David Blake, Next Year People, Not Your Lanai;
Poppy Seed and the Love Explosion, Beyond the Seventh Sun, Bales of Pot;
Visions of Freedom, Pathway to Infinity, Pot's a Herb;
Livingston, Artificially Intelligent Folk Songs of Canada Vol.1, I Am A Weary Immaterial Labourer In A Post-Industrial Wasteland;
Hunting, Hunting, Lonely Happy;
Kaley Bird, Don't Say You're Sorry, High Level Bridge;
Khotin, Normals Welcome, You Could Feel the Sky;
Khotin, Normals Welcome, Dawn Flowers;
The Souljazz Orchestra, Inner Fire, One Life to Live;
Jody Weger, On Land & Living, Talkin' Daytime Drinkin' Blues;
Merkules, Hunger Pains, Front Page;

Thanks to Sonny Greenwich for filling the background air waves so beautifully; we heard both sides of his LP vinyl titled Evol-ution, Love's Reverse.

Don't forget to keep your rubber boots handy - the Big Thaw is imminent! Hurrah!!

If March came in like a deep freeze, does it go out like an oven? It'll be hot no matter what because you listen to hot Canadian musicians on CJSR. Here's how we heated up the air waves this morning:

Thru Colorado, Ephemera, Where You Belong;
Ruff Talons, Tuff Stuff, Put You In a Box;
Slates, Taiga, New Factory;
Wax Atlantic, Wax Atlantic, Bunker Heart;
Connoisseurs of Porn, Dead Pets, Go Run Lady Zoro;
Poppy Seed & the Love Explosion, Beyond the Seventh Sun, The Comet;
Picastro, You, Temur;
Ruff Talons, Crushed, Breakup;
Matt Newton, Within Reach, Ends;
Mike Janzen Trio, Metronome, Sunshine Coast;
Bill Coon Quartet, Scudder's Groove, Fred's Bossa;
The Fretless, The Fretless, Big Trip;
Jenny Mayhem, Jenny Mayhem, Wide Open;
Nudie, Remember This, Walking the Streets;
Del Barber, Prairieography, Tell Me Where To Start;
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, South, North;
Hunting, Hunting, Everytime I'm With You;
Tigerwing, `Xela, Ether;
Valiska, Shifts, A Denseness of Trees;
Yankee Yankee, Segments, Track #1;
Bluesland with the Cold Sweat Horns, Down in New Orleans, Tobacco Blues;
Canadian Winter, The Snowball Effect, Breakfast on Bloor Street;

Background graciously filled in by Aroma, some Canadian Jazz vinyl that hit the CJSR stacks in 1987. This group comprises the following musicians: Michel Charles Therrien, John Rudel, Daniel Mathieu, Estelle Ste-Croix, Wayne Stoute, Daniel "The Rent" Loyer, Pierre Marcel Plante, Patrice Dubuc and Stephane Tasse.

Thanks for joining me. Stay warm; keep listening to CJSR.

February in January is almost finished! Though it's chilly outside, the music inside is heart warming.

Here's who warmed our hearts this morning:

Void, Robot Space Love, Planets Will Fall;
The Pygmies, Inside Your Mind, Cannibal;
Homeshake, A Fixture Records Sampler [Anthology], She Can't Leave Me Here Alone Tonight;
Cookie Duster, When Flying Was Easy, Living On a Fine Line;
Monkeyjunk, All Frequencies, Why Are People Like That?;
Firstbase!, Firstbase!, She's Boy Crazy;
Greg Arcade & The Electrics, Transmissions from UMFM 101.5 2013 [Anthology], My Baby Loves to Rock & Roll;
Hot Super Hot, Hot Super Hot, Sunshine;
Pizzarhea!, Laser Bacon Eye Surgery, Un Bear A Bull?;
Kickback, Kickback, Ride to Heavenn;
Skurkarna, Creepsville '13 A Tribute to Forbidden Dimension [Anthology], Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter;
Joel Kerr, Quintet, Koozbanian Sbooble;
Harris Eisenstadt, Golden State, What Is a Straw Horse Anyways?;
Petr Cancura, Down Home, Dry County;
Aaron Shorr Quartet, Farewell 274 Winnipeg's Jazz Community Celebrates Aqua Books, Living in the Sims;
Middle Sister, Middle Sister, The Old Man;
The Douglas Brothers, The Possibilities of More, Selling Mood;
Rachelle Van Zanten, Oh Mother, Beach Fire;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Time To Leave;
Van Funk, 13, Nice To Hear;
Cale Sampson, The Big Picture, The Truth Is;

Beautiful background music provided - as usual - from the vinyl stacks. Today we were accompanied by Lenny Breau and his vinyl Guitar Sounds From Lenny Breau.

Every Tuesday is Love day … Love your Community Radio Station; Love Canadian music!

Here's who we loved listening to today:

Ketamines, Ketamines, Always Small;
Corin Raymond, There Will Always Be a Small Time, Left Over Tears;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Ol' Fort Mac;
Scott Cook, This One's On the House, If It Won't Break Your Heart;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Sugar Candy Mountain;
Sexy Mathematics, Electronics, Urban Lovin';
Dustin Bentall & the Smokes, You Are An Island, Every Chord That Rings;
Barzin, To Live Alone in That Long Summer, It's Hard to Love Blindly;
Man Made Lake, Zinc, Zebra Tape;
Gord Grdina-Mark Helias-Kenton Loewen-Tony Malaby, No Difference, Fierce Point;
Petr Cancura, Down Home, Roasting;
Karen Young-Michel Donato, Karen Young Michel Donato, Black Orpheus;
Gunner & Smith, He Once Was a Good Man, The Burning Days;
The Gertrudes, Neighbourhood, All Give Thanks to the Banks of America;
Joe Nolan, Tornado, Tornado;
Cale Sampson, The Big Picture, The Money Song;

Background music - totally awesome Canadian jazz vinyl compliments of the self-titled album of Karen Young & Michel Donato. Talk about the love of - and for - Canadian music.

Oh and PS (That's P.S. in honour of Corin Raymond, the P.S. King) … if you want to re-listen to the clips of interview I played this morning with Corin Raymond, or perhaps check out the other clips I loaded up from the conversation - please go to soundcloud.com. They are all there for your listening pleasure.
Happy Tuesday!

January in February persists, and so what's a DJ supposed to do but fight back with awesome Canadian tunes.

Here's who helped warm our hearts this morning:

Ketamines, Ketamines, Stay Awake!;
Sexy Mathematics, Electronics, Feeling It All;
PolyEster Suicide, Holiday, Old Age;
Soft Serve, Sink Deep EP, Words;
Barzin, To Live Alone In That Long Summer, Without Your Light;
Mark Berube, Russian Dolls, Another Century;
The Poles, The Poles, The Pest;
Average Times, Average Times, Summer Nights;
Ken Aldcroft's Convergence Ensemble, Saskatoon (Basement 2007), The Yanks Are Coming;
Sheena Rattai, Farewell 274 - Winnipeg's Jazz Community Celebrates Aqua Books [Compilation], Yet To Be;
Midcoast, Steps, Steps Part 1;
Audrey Ochoa Quartet, Trombone & Other Delights, Zombie Apocalypse;
Corin Raymond, There Will Always Be A Small Time, If Wishes Were Horses;
Leonard Cohen, Songs of Leonard Cohen, The Stranger Song;
Gregory Hoskins Gary Craig, The Map of Above The Map of Below, It's Always Something;
Old Cabin, Old Cabin, Sandstone Daughter;
Her Harbour, Winter's Ghosts, Petunia;
Gunner & Smith, He Once Was a Good Man, River of Stone;
Poor Angus, Gathering, Gathering;
Old Man Luedecke, I Never Sang Before I Met You, Baby We'd Be Rich;
L.E.S., The Genesis, If Only;

Background noise was covered up in a masterful way with the beautiful strains of some old Canadian vinyl - specifically the Jazz group Contrevent from their offering titled Jeu de Paume. I promised you I would determine what Paume is in English - many thanks to our resident Francophone Chantal who tells me Paume is palm of hand, ergo the title of the vinyl in English is Game of Palm or Palm Game. The group's name Contrevent incidentally means Counter Wind.


Chase your winter blues away the inexpensive way … listen to CJSR.

Life is short - often brutish, often sweet. Hug those you love every time you have the opportunity, and let CJSR help add some sweet to it!

Here is who we listened to today:

The Pygmies, Inside Your Mind, Inside Your Mind;
Jom Comyn, In the Dark on 99, Waves No Water;
Monogrenade, Composite, Composite;
Fur Trade, Don't Get Heavy, Don't Get Heavy;
Kappa Chow, Kappa Chow, Love On Me;
Rebekah Higgs, Sha La La, Shake It Off;
Clockwork Towns, Dusk, Keep Looking;
Mid-Atlantic, The God of the Dead, Bird;
Gord Grdina, No Difference, Nayeli Joon;
Danielle Palardy Roger, Le Caillou, Le Caillou #13;
LePage, Le Lait Maternel, Miles Feuilles;
Alex Goodman, Etudes for Solo Guitar, Song for Mendelssohn;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Dutch;
Nadine Kellman, Up From the Basement, Love Is Unkind;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, A Big Truck Brought It;
Terence Jack, Reckless Abandon, Minus Love Minus You;
Middle Sister, Middle Sister, The Old Man;
The Royal Oui, The Royal Oui, Siren Song;
Milosh, Jet Lag, Skipping;
Van Funk, 13, Hold and Swing;
Relic, Rel McCoy, A Wink & A Nod;
Cale Sampson, The Big Picture, The Truth Is;
Fawn and Dallas, Blessings, Grandfather Rock;

One of the many beauties of CJSR is the contents of the vinyl stacks. One can … and I do quite literally … randomly pull awesome music without a tad of knowledge prior to one's selection. Today we discovered and devoured (albeit in the background) a 1989 beauty - The Barry Romberg Group performing their selections on their vinyl titled 2nd Floor Please.

Thanks for loving the New Canadian Wax with me!