Playlist for 26-November-2013

Wonderful weather! Wonderful music! Life just gets sweeter!

Here is who we listened to today:

Dog Day, Fade Out, Blackened;
Greg MacPherson Band, Fireball, Scientist Cowboy;
Jesse and the Dandelions, A Mutual Understanding, If You've Got the Moves;
John Ward's Electric Seance, Volume 1, Meatmare;
Brendan J Canning, You Gots 2 Chill, Makes You Motor;
Diana, Perpetual Surrender, That Feeling;
James O-L, For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky, Sk8 or Die;
Unwed Mothers, Unwed Mothers, Lover's Disease;
Moths & Locusts, Mission Collapse in The Twin Sun Megaverse, Mathematics of Happiness;
Christian Lane, 1st Prize: Canadian International Organ Competition 2011, Canon en la Bémol Majeur;
Les Gôuts Accordés, Les Gôuts Accordés, Logistille Lentemente;
Bean, I Love Bean, Raise Bean;
Land of Kush, The Big Mango, Sharm El Bango;
Polly Ester Suicide, bandcamp, Never Mind;
Cayley Thomas, Ash Mountains, Shipwreck;
Fafard and Schwartz, Borrowed Horses, Solid Gone;
Catherine MacLellan, Snowbird: The Songs of Gene MacLellan [Compilation], Won't Talk About Love;
Tim Hecker, Virgins, Amps Drugs Harmonium;
Danielle Smith, Little Seeds, Sitting on a Fence;
The Cumberland Brothers, Gamey E.P., You're My Sunshine;
Pigeon Breeders, Oblique Temperatures, Broken Glass Atmosphere;
Madchild, Lawn Mower Man, Tiger Style;
Daneo, Immortal, Worldwide Vapors;


Background sounds provided from some excellent vintage Canadian vinyl; namely, Doomsday Machine from the Denny Christianson Big Band.

When you are making up your wish list for upcoming Giftmas, don't forget to ask for all of your favourite Canadian music!!

Here is a little tidbit I thought you might be interested in Folks!! A little article about FIPA from Elizabeth May.
http://elizabethmaymp.ca/news/latest-news/from-elizabeth/2013/11/27/the-panda-in-the-room

Playlist for 19th of November, 2013

I, for one, am glad to see winter here with such force. All we need is a few days to acclimatize ourselves and all other weather will seem an early spring day for us. Canadian Music will help that all go down; here is what we listened to this morning:

The Lad Mags, Radio Adventures in the Wild [Compilation - 2013 Fundrive], The Browns;
FeverFew, Radio Adventures in the Wild [Compilation - 2013 Fundrive], Starling;
Moonface, Julia with Blue Jeans On, Everyone is Noah Everyone is the Ark;
Flow My Tears, Flow My Tears, Devil's Prey;
Sirr, Prize, Golden Age of Television;
The Creepshow, Life After Death, Can't Wait to See You Fall;
Animal Parts, Six Arms to Hold You, Austin Pop Song;
The Jamies, The Jamies, Prettier When I Cry;
Esther Grey, The Collected Works of …, The Body of a Healer;
Drawn Ship, Ghost Weight, Gabriel Dumont;
Paper Lions, My Friends, Bodies in Winter;
Mark Berube, Russian Dolls, Confessions to a Street Light;
Robert M LePage, Le Lait Maternel, Un Choral Appalachien Prise 1;
Harley Card, Hedgerow, Flash Card Etude No.1;
Peter Cancura, Down Home, Those Were the Times;
Qu4rtetski, Le Sacre De Printemps, L'Adoration de la Terre;
Cayley Thomas, Ash Mountains, Bandit;
Neil Conway, Songs for Topical Use, Wishing War Was Over;
Skydiggers, She Comes Into the Room, Feel You Closer;
Corey Isenor, Hollowbody, Ain't Gonna Work;
CFCF, Outside, Transcend;
Terry Gillespie, Blue Soul, Her Mind Left First;
Johnny Max Band, Forty-Nine Minutes, Brown's Line;
The High Bar Gang, Lost & Undone, Over in the Gloryland;
Gordie McKeeman & his Rhythm Boys, Pickin n Clickin, Wildwood Flower;
Teekay, PsYYChology, Sinista Prime Minista;

Background music provided from a single piece of vinyl - we actually listened to it twice throughout the show. The Rick Morrison Project - it seems to be a self-titled album, released in 1983.

Thank you for tuning in and cruising through the new Canadian wax with me! Hope it warmed you to your cockles (wherever they may be!!). Have a great week Friends!!!

Playlist for 12th November 2013

Great Country!! Great Musicians and music!!

Here is what we listened to today:
The Almighty Rhombus, Lucid Living, Butane Brain;
Market Farmers, Market Farmers, Hey Skippy;
King Khan and the Shrines, Idle no More, Of Madness I Dream;
Must Be Tuesday, Cover Me I'm Going In, My Favourite Bribe;
We Hunt Buffalo, Blood From a Stone, Hometown;
Arcade Fire, Reflektor, Here Comes the Nighttime;
Sebastien Grainger, Yours to Discover, Some People Are Ghosts Too Soon;
The Almighty Rhombus, Lucid Living, Thunderstorms;
The Don Berner Sextet, Love Letters To a Rat Free Capital, The House That Bop Built;
The Don Berner Sextet, Love Letters To a Rat Free Capital, Festival City;
The Stanfields, For King and Country, Son of a Landless Man;
Pat LePoidevin, American Fiction, Hanna WY;
Kacy & Clayton, The Day is Past & Gone, Rocks and Gravel;
Skydiggers, No. 1 Northern, Spin Spin;
Christa Mercey, Floorboards, Floorboards;
Born Gold, I Am An Exit, I Am the Bent Blade;
Chet Singh, Occupation Nation, Idensity Theory;
Lindi Ortega, Tin Star, Hard As This;
Cowpuncher, Ghost Notes, Raised on Rock n Roll;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, The Lord Loves a Wino;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Little Bird;
Kim Beggs, Beauty and Breaking, River Green Ocean Blue;
Grand Analog, Modern Thunder, The Great Rhyme Dropper (featuring Shad);

Background strains provided by Tom Northcott's vinyl dating back to 1971. Title is upside downside.

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Playlist for 05-November-2013

Happy Guy Fawkes day to all and may the fireworks of life continue to light our path towards "unignorance". Here are some awesome Canadians who make it their mission to keep us in the loop with their music!!

Canyon Rose Outfit, Wilted Rose, Married on the Weekend;
John Lesbian Seagull, Dirt, Sitting Duck;
Mark Mills, Go Love Yourself, Body Break;
Switches, Switches, Maurice Code;
Cowboy Junkies, The Kennedy Suite [Compilation], Disintegrating;
Revenge of the Trees, Revenge of the Trees, Bones of Clay;
Jom Comyn, Live @ Elevation Room, Wish Upon a Storm;
Red Ram, Land of Dreams, Cold Road;
Big City Supreme, Super Deluxe, 100 Cigarettes;
Society's Ills, Adversity, Pont Champlain;
Unwed Mothers, Unwed Mothers, Soul;
Snake Bite, If This Ain't Killed Us, Intergalactic Outlaw;
Stone Iris, Grande National, Frost on the Boards;
Cowpuncher, Ghost Notes, Jane's Song;
Amanda Tosoff, Live At the Cellar, Half Steps;
Pedersen Lampron Gobeil Kerr Thibodeau, Live in Silence, No Bullet Theory;
Ken Stead, Unfinished, Pressin' On;
Savk, Love Letters and Hate Mail, The Hangman;
Scott Cook, This One's On the House, People Please;
Scott Cook, Moonlit Rambles, Let Your Horses Run;
Kim Beggs, Beauty and Breaking, Not Only Only From the Whiskey;
Johnny Active, The Prelude, I Got It;
Iron Lion, The 5th Tablet, Graffiti Rap;

Background music provided from two pieces of vintage Canadian vinyl. First we heard from a CBC Radio Canada Broadcast Recording … Roger Simard on the LP titled Jazz Canadiana; and then we heard from Linda Shumas off her Positive Force LP - definitely one I hope we can explore in more detail at a later date.

Hallelujah and pass the matches (to light the fireworks of course!). Have a great week!

Playlist for 29-October-2013

The days may be getting shorter (no surprise there!) but there is no shortage of great Canadian music when you look on the shelves of the CJSR library. Here is what we sampled today:

Young Rival, Everyone Dance Now: Songs from Hamilton 3 [Compilation], Black is Good;
Devonian Gardens, Solar Shifting, Swallow the Sun;
Solids, Blame Confusion, Over the Sirens;
Couteau Papillon, Archipel, Fake Pine Trees;
Yamantaka, Sonic Titan, Whale Song;
Ones + Zeroes, Ones + Zeroes, Youthquake;
Neil Young, Live at Massey Hall Toronto 1971, The Needle and the Damage Done;
Kelly & the Kellygirls, The Deep Ending, Lifeguards;
Cripple Creek Fairies, Devastators, The List;
Yukon Blonde, Tiger Talk, Radio;
Yes We Mystic, Real Love Winnipeg Presents Beach Station Blues II [Compilation], Autumn/Carfire (Narwhal Strike Cover);
Pedersen/Lampron/Gobeil/Kerr/Thibodeau, Live in Silence, The Iguana Buick Ottoman;
Downchild, Can You Hear the Music, Fasten Your Seat Belt;
Kat Danser, Baptized by the Mud, Hear Me Out Think It Over;
Leslie, In the Face of It All, Hurricane;
Sean Pinchin, Rust Bucket, Dirt Poor Blues;
Sarah Neufeld, Hero Brother, Hero Brother;
Greg McEvoy, Sea of Yards, Kerouac;
The Strumbellas, We Still Move On Dance Floors, Sailing;
Megan Bonnell, Hunt and Chase, I'm Not Your Woman;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Brand New Song;
Evil Ebenezer, Howl, Be Somebody;

Background filler provided by the Joe Sealy Trio. We heard almost all of the vinyl titled Transcription produced by Radio Canada International - what a total National treasure.

Now here's some CAPITAL SCARY stuff - Giant Lizards Shall Soon Rule the Earth will be broadcasting LIVE!!! from Pawnshop Live (10551 - 82 Avenue) on Thursday 31st of October at 9PM. Be There or Don't Be Scared!!!!!!

Playlist for 22-October-2013

Just think of all the choices if you were to decide to dress up as your favourite Canadian musician for Hallowe'en!! It might just prove impossible to narrow it down to one costume ... well, in my case at any rate ... mmmm - how would a cross between Kim Beggs and Corin Raymond work out in a costume. It should be pretty crazy!!

Here is who we sampled together today:

Sun Stone Revolvers, Spaceship X, Horizon (New Dawn Blinding);
Pup, Pup, Yukon;
Cayley Thomas, Radio Adventures in the Wild (CJSR Compilation 2013), Bandit;
SNFU, Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You, Buy My Own Hand;
Shooting Guns, Brotherhood of the Ram, Predator II;
Acres of Lions, Home(s), Better Luck Next Year;
Heaven For Real, Craft Singles Vol.3 & 4 (Compilation), Hero Coated Arm;
Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Habitat, Intersection;
Tony Dekker, Prayer of the Woods, Carefree Highway;
Sky Diggers, No. 1 Northern, Just My Heart Talkin';
Slow Leaves, Second Chances, Careless and Serene;
Van Funk & the LeBarons, soundcloud.com, Abandon Ship;
Pale Eyes, Sweatshop, The Consolation of Action;
Pizzarrhea!, Laser Bacon Eye Surgery, Harvesting the Rainbow Lava God;
Kim Beggs, Beauty and Breaking, Le Chemin de Rondin/Corduroy Road;
Lindi Ortega, Tin Star, Gypsy Child;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, If I Were You Instead of Me;
Daniel Romano, 11 Great Mosey Originals, Old Fires Die;
Leslie, In the Face of It All, Never Be What You Need;
Kim Beggs, Beauty and Breaking, Moonshiner;

Background strains provided compliments of Time Warp, from 1983 & 1984. First we listened to Side A from their first album, which is self-titled; then we heard Side A from the LP titled Asteroid Alley; and then we heard a bit of Side B from the self-titled album; totally wonderful, refreshing Canadian jazz! Oh Yeah!!

Playlist for 15th October, 2013

The wonders of Canadian musicians and their craft will never cease to amaze me ... nor fuel this show dedicated to ... Canadian musicians. Here is who we listened to today:

The Brains, The Monster Within, Rolling Down;
A Tribe Called Red, Nation II Nation, NDN Stakes;
Redrick Sultan, Trolling for Answers, Sandcheck;
Monkey Junk, All Frequencies, Why Are People Like That?;
Mayday & the Beat Creeps, Radio Adventures in the Wild [Anthology/CJSR Compilation 2013], Divided Man;
Bear Mountain, XO, Swim;
Drumhand, Cheer On the Sun, On Second Thought;
Postnamers, Postnamers, Hesperus is Phosphorous;
Geoff Berner and His Victory Party Band, When DD Gets Her Donkey Everything Will Be Alright, When DD Gets Her Donkey Everything Will Be Alright;
The Wicks, The Good Times Are Gone, There's No Telling Where She Goes;
Dawn and Marra, Teaspoons and Tablespoons, Animals;
Pioneer, Pioneer, Have A Nice Life;
Basia Bulat, Tall Tall Shadow, Someone;
Quivers, Craft Singles Vol 3 & 4 [Anthology], Self Portrait in E;
Little Miss Higgins & the Winnipeg Five, Bison Ranch Recording Sessions, Barns You Used to Dance In;
Chet Doxas, Dive, Dive;
The Miles Black Trio with Grant Stewart, Live at Cory Weeds' Cellar Jazz Club, Little Melonae;
Ben Henriques, Captain Awesome, Sweet Lovely;
J.P. Cousineau, In Your Arms, Angel Wings;
Bruce Murdoch, Sometimes I Wonder Why the World, I'd Walk a Thousand Miles;
Corin Raymond, There Will Always Be a Small Time, Blue Mermaid Dress;
Christopher Cape, The Biggest Lie, Crash;

Filling in all the holes and all of the background, thanks go to Rob Carroll and his Enstasis LP - great Canadian jazz vinyl.

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