25-May-2010 Playlist

What a great morning for listening to new music! Here's what we explored on the show today:
Devon Sproule, I Don't Hurry for Heaven, Ain't That the Way;
Keith and Renee, Detour, Ferriswheel;
Good Question, Safety Shackles, Mystery of Some Things;
Dehli 2 Dublin, Planet Electric, Laughing Buddha;
Music from the Film, Music from the Film, Bit;
Project, Alchemist, Canyon & Skye;
Davita G, 100 Bus Tickets, Sleep is Nothing;
The Olympic Symphonium, Chapter 1, Speaking Touch;
Jill Zmud, As We Quietly Drive By, Pilot Light;
Billy Holiday, Billy Holiday Story: Volume II, Let's Call the Whole Thing Off;
KD Lang, Watershed, Coming Home;
Beatles, White Album, Birthday;
The Sadies, Darker Circles, Another Day Again;
Deep Dark Woods, Winter Hours, As I Roved Out;
The Beauties, The Beauties, Tired Fired Blues;
Drumheller, Glint, Quilted Hands;
Inhabitants, A Vacant Lot, Whistling Past;
Gruvoria, Dirty Fuel, Gasoline;
Sun Wizard, Sun Wizard, You Had the Answer;
Emblematics, Emblematics, Puzzle;
Selina Martin, Disaster Fantasies, I Know Dullness;
Brandon Quigley, Brandon Quigley, Unkindness of Ravens;
Sauk, Sauk, Complex Inferiority;
The John Henrys, White Linen, Peace of Mind;

Excluding what we hear today from Music from the Film, Billy Holiday and The Beatles - we listened to all Canadian! Supporting local talent is good for your economy and your spirit!

Playlist for Tuesday, 18-May-2010

Here is the list of the musicians we listened to this morning:
Jim Serediak, Image and Reflection, Image and Reflection - Joy;
Two Kids Running Away, Coffee and Cigarettes, We Ain't Building Pianos;
Rae Spoon, Your Trailer Door, Honky Tonk (Toronto);
The Wind Up Radio Sessions, Red Brick House, Lazy Bee;
Kirk MacDonald, Family Suite, Four Shades of Light - Movement V;
Inhabitants, A Vacant Lot, What About the Water;
Scott Kemp, Introductions, Always in the Hallways;
Explode When They Bloom, The Ugly, Young Gun, Bang Your Drum;
Bonnie Blackout, Bonnie Blackout, I'm the Capital, You're the Pawn;
Pete Tremblay and the Boozy Truth, Midtempo Madness, Prey for Rain;
John Hammond, Nobody but You, Ride Till I Die;
Ruth Brown, Any Woman's Blues (Anthology), Sold My Heart to the Junkman;
Smokestack Jacks, Smokestack Jacks, Light Em Up;
Microbunny Vs Straggler, Microbunny Vs Straggler, Embers;
Caffeine Sunday, I Wish I Could Film Tonight in Black & White, Cowboy Hat;
Jetset Motel, Jetset Motel, Late in the Early, Early Morning;
The Dustin Bentall Outfit, Six Shooter, Pontiac;
The Beauties, The Beauties, Fashion Blues;
Karyn Ellis, Even Though the Sky Was Falling, Motorcycle Ride;
Audio/Rocketry, Eastward and Onward, Ramblin' Shoes;

Except for John Hammond and Ruth Brown, all artists are Canadian. We are entering the festival season here in Edmonton - don't forget to go out and support Live Music, Independent Theatre and Local business. That's what keeps life interesting and available.

Playlist for 11-May-2010

Here in a nutshell - well, a list really - is the show's playlist for today.
Original Recipe, Original Recipe, Hank Manicotti;
Peter Katz, First of the Last to Know, Dangerous;
Harry Manx, Dog my Cat, Lay Down my Worries;
Thom Swift, Blue Sky Day, No Depression in Heaven;
Elizabeth Shepherd, Heavy Falls the Night, Seven Bucks;
Tim Turvey Ensemble, Clatter in a Quiet House, We Met at a Funeral;
Duane Andrews, Raindrops, Bell Island;
The New Pornographers, Together, Silver Jenny Dollar;
The Brains, Zombie Nation, Spaghetti Western;
Pine Tarts, Two Moons, Mosel;
Robofloyo, Robofloyo, Robojuana;
Charley Stankievech, Music Works 106 For Curious Ears, Transmission;
Adam Palmer & the Specialest, Lights, Candy Apple Tiger;
Joe Belly, Nickles & Dimes, Smile for Me;
Prescott, Lakeside Sessions, Carryin' Coal;
Canteen Knockout, Broken Down Town, Whiskey Drains the Pain;
Rae Spoon, Superior You Are Inferior, Hang Your Bones in a Museum;
Sylvia Tyson, You Were on my Mind, Slow Moving Heart;
FM, Contest, We Hold On;
Manteca, Perfect Foot, Perfect Foot;
Richard Lann, Cant Retrieve Chat, Henry's House;

Though not all new this week, ALL Canadian for sure! Support your local businesses to ensure that there will always be a good restaurant within walking distance.
Figgy Newtunes

Playlist for 04-May-10

Here's what we listened to this wet, snowy, blustery Tuesday morning. Keep listening - Spring is in the air!

SAVK, SAVK, Physical Education;
Ruth Purves Smith and the 581, Out in the Storm, Out in the Storm (Part 1);
David Newberry, When We Learn the Things We Need to Learn, 4th Fret;
Vanessa Rodriques, Soul Food for Thought, What's In This;
Tim Turvey Ensemble, Clatter in a Quiet House, In Pulse (Saxual Conversations);
Kent Sangster's Obsessions Octet, Melodia, Farewell (for Michael Brecker);
The Dustin Bentall Outfit, Six Shooter, Little Bird in a Big Wind;
Joe Belly, Nickels and Dimes, Another Season of Disaster;
Oh My Darling, In the Lonesome Hours, Nobody's Calico;
DeadMau2, Dr. Funkenstein Remixes, Neon Stereo & Breakdown Party;
George Koufogiannakis, Greek Oud Jazz, O Argaleios;
Bent Spoon Trio + 3, Dead Salems Dance in Their Ashtrays, #4;
John Mayall, The Best of John Mayall, Red Sky;*
Janis Joplin, Pearl, A Woman Left Lonely;*
B.B. King, Live & Well, Please Accept my Love;*
Tanner Gordon, Calm Down This is only the End, Don't Forget;
Old World Vulture, Old World Vulture, Bastard Engine;
The Blue Violets, The Blue Violets, Lay It Down;
Stayle Fish, Colour by Numbers, Walk the Dog;
Laura Merrimen, Love Letters for Lonely Hunters, Ontario;
Old Man Luedecke, My Hands are on Fire and Other Love Songs, Caney Fork River;

The three songs flagged with * are not Canadian artists, nor do these choices hail from the new wax section. However, for every other note that tickled your senses this morning, you have no one else to thank except for the fabulous group of Canadian musicians who keep making new music for us to explore.

Playlist for 27-April-10

Today we listened to 100% Canadian, but substituted some "old" blues bands as I didn't find any Blues in the New Wax section.
Kent Sangster's Obsessions Octet, Melodia, On the Chase;
Gruvoria (double dot over the u), Dirty Fuel, Judo Chop;
Tyler Hornby, A Road to Remember, Lift;
Tyler Butler, Waxwing, Waxwing;
Doug Mitchell, Broken on the Floor, Cardboard Boxes;
Paper Beat Scissors, Flicker, Wren;
The Pack a.d., We Kill Computers, The Last Martian;
The Kamalas, The Kamalas, Conundrums;
Ryan Bourne, Supermodern World of Beauty, Plastic on my Pillow;
Bocce, Disambiguation, Wheel of Fortune Cookie;
Jaded Hipster Choir, Jaded Hipster Fire, I'm Faxing over some Tallis, Okay?;
TrioBembe, TrioBembe, Victory;
No More Shapes, Creesus Crisis, Invisible Glasses;
Drumheller, Glint, Please Dance;
Jeff Healey, Last Call, The Wildcat;
Downchild Blues Band, Gone Fishing, Uphill and Cold Weather;
Cano, Eclipse, Cercle de la Nuit;
Blues Brothers, Briefcase Full of Blues, Rubber Biscuit;
The John Henrys, White Linen, Hit the Floor;
Canteen Knockout, Broken Down Town, Bent out of Shape;
Oh My Darling, In the Lonesome Hours, Stolen Key;
David Francey & Mike Ford, Seaway, Climbing Up to the Soo;

That's 100% Canadian ... now if we can just win back the Stanley Cup!!!

Playlist for 20 April 2010

This morning we were privileged to hear from the following artists:
Patrick Keenan, Washed Out Roads, Tobacco;
Dan Besuijen, No Depression, Nuke 'em Up/Hang 'em High;
Brett Grainge, Cocoon Air, Oxygen Hair;
Sundar's Induswest Project, Hope & Infinity, You Can Fly Dear;
Ori Dagan, S'Cat Got My Tongue, S'Cat Got My Tongue;
Chet Doxas, Big Sky, L'Acadie;
The Pack a.d., We Kill Computers, Everyone Looks Like Everyone;
Tom Keenan, Romantic Fitness, River St.;
Red Ram, Slip Away, Always Good Weather;
Jaded Hipster Choir, Jaded Hipster Fire, Owen in Drag;
Jim Serediak, Image & Reflection, Image & Reflection: Spirit;
Delhi 2 Dublin, Planet Electric, Master Crowley;
Oh My Darling, In the Lonesome Hours, Caught You Looking;
Canteen Knockout, Broken Down Town, Back in the Sun;
Richard Laviolette and the Oil Spills, All of your Raw Materials, Breakdown These Blues;
The John Henrys, White Linen, Dawson City;
Colin Moore, Leaving Home, Off the Rails;
Steve Poltz, Dream House, I Love What You've Done with this Place;
Shari Ulrich, Find Our Way, By the Grace of Goodbye;
The Idgets, New is the New Old, It's all True (Except the facts);

Smokin' hot music for a hot smokin' day! Enjoy! Enjoy!! Enjoy!!!

Playlist for 13 April 2010

Great music available this morning, though I did inadvertently play a non-Canadian piece. Ah well - it's gotta happen some time.

Caffeine Sunday, I Wish I Could Film Tonight in Black & White, Plane;
Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Treelines, Seafever;
The Jessica Stuart Few, Kid Dream, Palindramatic;
Chet Doxas, Big Sky, The Walk Will Do You Good;
Jill Zmud, As We Quietly Drive By, Pilot Light;
The Douglas Brothers, The Possibilities of More, The Night Is So Big;
Rucksack Willies, Myspace, Take Me Down;
Thenrad10, Serial Numbers, Stranded;
Nadia, Arrival, The Blues Always Bleed Red;
Aberdeen, Myspace, Between These Lines;
Canteen Knockout, Broken Down Town, Bent Out of Shape;
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers, Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers, Call My Heart a Home;
Corb Lund, Horse Soldier! Horse Soldier!, The Horse I Rode In On;
Circles Quartet, I Understand, September;
Kirk Macdonald, New Beginnings, Miles from Aywhere;
The Random Humans, The Random Humans, Like Yesterday;
Poirier, Running High, Wha La La Leng;
Pokey La Farge and the South City Three*, Riverboat Soul, Sweet Potato Blues; (*not Canadian)
Long John Baldry, Right To Sing the Blues, They Raided the Joint;

Thanks to all you listeners who all help to make Canadian musicians a happier crowd!

Figgy Newtunes