Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Playlist for 28th of Jamuary 2014

Happy Jamuary everyone. Don't let it slip by without some bannock and jam!!

Here are the artists that we sampled today folks!

Hawksley Workman, For Him and the Girls, Sweet Hallelujah;
Kaley Bird, Don't Say You're Sorry, Flying with the Crows;
The Wet Secrets, Free Candy, Animals in Disguise;
Matthew Barber, Ghost Notes, Where the River Bends;
Rhythm of Cruelty, In Time …, In Time …;
Sirr, Prize, Suburban Blues;
KLM, Chamber Music, You Didn't Do It;
Society's Ills, Adversity, That's How It Goes;
Unwed Mothers, Unwed Mothers, White Knight;
Derome Goldstein Wiens, 6 Improvisations, L'Idée de Nature;
Ian Tyson, Raven Singer, Song in a Dream;
Del Barber, Prairieography, Yellowhead Road;
Tin & the Toad, Roots to Ramble On, Banks of the Bow River;
Chris Culgin, Goodnight Good Morning, The World is Cruel;
Kim Beggs, Wanderer's Paean, Wanderer's Paean;
Robert Marcel Lepage, Canard Branchu, Le Pelletier de Nuages;
Pete Mills, Sweet Shadow, Close to Never;
Joe Nolan, Tornado, I'll Still Remember Your Name;
The Gertrudes, Neighbourhood, All the Dollar Bills Sing Hallelujah;
Matt Andersen, Weightless, Alberta Gold;

In the background, two very different pieces of vinyl from the CJSR stacks - First we heard a side of Ron Proby, some excellent jazz from the vinyl titled Evian; Second we heard a side of Figgy Duff (I think the reason for this choice is rather self-evident) - the vinyl titled After the Tempest.

Aahhhhh - CJSR …. your constant source of alternative views, alternative news and alternative muse. Thanks for enjoying!!

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Playlist for 21-January-2014

Happy Jamuary - See you at the NewCastle Pub (8170 - 50 Street) for many things Jammy! Taking place 25-Jamuary - that's this Saturday at 8pm.

Here is who we listened to today:

The Pack A.D., Do Not Engage, Stalking Is Normal;
Betrayers, Let the Good Times Die, Spinnin' Wheel;
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything, Little Ones Run;
Hawksley Workman, Milk, Warhol's Portrait of Gretzky;
The Frank Horvat Band, I Can See You, Was My Time Worth It?;
Wooden Sticks Wooden Sticks, Antler Lake Disaster, Broken Axle;
Mode Moderne, Occult Delight, She Untamed;
A Montreal Paul, Awaiting An Awakening, Tall in the Saddle;
The Poles, The Poles, Merman;
Mykindofkarma, Sweet Wild Life, Ukulele Lovin';
DOA, Welcome to Chinatown: D.O.A. Live, Slumlord;
Pete Mills, Sweet Shadow, The Snagel;
The Cory Weeds' Quintet, Let's Go!, Not So Solid;
Camie Leard, Come Out of the Blue, The Skin You're In;
Mister Lucky, Coming Home, Angel;
Van Funk, 13, Act of Escape;
The McGowan Family Band, Live, Time Flies By;
Pigeon Breeders, Oblique Temperatures, Clouds Scattered Like Lilies Across the Sky;
Joe Nolan, Tornado, Massey Hall;
Nudie, Remember This, Fiona'
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Anastasia;

Tasty bits in the background provided by Bernard Primeau Jazz Sextet from their vinyl titled Propulsion - just one of many fine examples of Canadian Jazz vinyl in the CJSR music library.

Many thanks to all the musicians who keep me on the air, and to yourself - who also help keep me on the air.

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Playlist for 14th January, 2014

MMMMM - 140114 - I like that number … lots of double sevens. Speaking of double sevens and luck, how lucky am I to play great Canadian tunes for you every Tuesday morning? Allow me to answer that - really and truly mega lucky!
Here is what we were fortunate enough to hear this morning:

Mitten Claps, Tactics, Said Something;
Clunt and the Scrunts, Clunt and the Scrunts, Watch the World;
Rebekah Higgs, Sha La La, Shake It Off;
Random Order, Black Lipstick Kiss, Do It In Quattro;
AutoPilot, Diamond Rough, Bad Poetry;
Magnolia, Magnolia, Anyone's Neighbour;
Betrayers, Let the Good Times Die, Do You Smoke?;
Moths & Locusts, Mission Collapse in the Twin Sun Megaverse, Mathematics of Happiness;
Tower of Dudes, Tower of Dudes, Make Your Own Culture;
Egyptrixx, A/B Til Infinity, My Life is Vivid My Eyes Are Open;
Derome Goldstein Wiens, 6 Improvisations, Impromptu;
Joe Lapinski, The Beauty Beyond, Go Drive Off the Pier;
Jenny Mayhem, Jenny Mayhem, Shifter;
Fred Eaglesmith, Tambourine, Train Wreck;
East Boc, Cud, All the Seeds We Have Sown;
Steve Dawson, Rattlesnake Cage, Rattlesnake Cage;
Kim Beggs, Beauty & Breaking, M J Goddard Shipwreck;
Ken Aldcroft's Convergence Ensemble, Saskatoon Bassment 2007, Trolleys;
Midcoast, Steps, This Moves Like Water;
N3K, Radio Adventures in the Wild [2013 CJSR Compilation], $O$;
Neil Young, American Stars n Bars, Bite the Bullet;

Background music compliments of Uzeb, from of course the old Canadian vinyl collection down here at the station. We listened to the strains recorded on the LP titled Between the Lines. Uzeb is a Canadian Jazz group active in the mid 80's comprising Michel Cusson, Jean St-Jacques, Alain Caron & Paul Brochu.

Thanks to all of you awesome listeners, who helped us reach the ripe old age of 30 … that's a lot of volunteer DJ hours!

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Playlist for 17th December 2013

Thank goodness for Canadian musicians continuously providing us all with ideas for stocking stuffers - after all there is nothing like a bit of hot new Canadian wax to warm a winter heart. Try it - you'll love it! Here is who we warmed our hearts with today:

Two Bears North, Come Ocean, Front Seat;
The Binz, The Binz, Hale Bop;
Mark Berube, Russian Dolls, Oak Tree;
Keep Me Safe, All All Ever See, Next In Line;
The Almighty Rhombus, Lucid Living, Butane Brain;
Flow My Tears, I (or Flow My Tears), The Wars The Wars;
Pistol George Warren, Hoots Deuce, Bobcat;
John Roney Jazz Lab, World Colors, Nara;
Tunnel Six, Alive, The Wagon & the Gun;
The Blue Warblers, Birds, Sweet Morel;
Good for Grapes, Man On the Page, Eskimos;
Strumbellas, We Still Move On Dance Floors, Home Sweet Home;
Postscript, Postscript, Impossible;
Skydiggers, She Comes Into the Room, All Our Dreaming;
Shaun Bosch, Silence, Poorman;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Ol' Fort Mac;
Scientists of Sound, Electric Scissors, Furiosity Killed the Cat;
Van Funk, 13, Abandon Ship;
Van Funk, 13, Toxic Love Blues;
Van Funk, 13, Contagious Sound;
Oxford Blue, Oxford Blue, Things Were Rough;
Teekay, Psyychology, Saturday Night;

Thanks to the listener who suggested we all check out Seasick Steve. I couldn't play him because he is not Canadian, but I'll keep him in mind for a Figgy Fillin'.

Today's background jazz was provided by Denny Christianson Big Band titled More Pepper, featuring Pepper Adams.

Want some original gifts for the Christmas season? Go to gypsydarling.com for original Canadian gifts for that special woman in your life. And of course, don't forget to stuff the stockings with great Canadian tunes.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Playlist for 9th of December 2013

Well the weather can go ahead and be frightful, the New Wax section at the station is so absolutely delightful I don't think anyone needs to worry about outside. Here are the musicians who diverted us from the weather this morning:

Clockwork Towns, Dusk, Kao Dade;
The Stormalongs, The Stormalongs, Street Queen;
TV Freaks, Two, Rewind;
Free Love Fenner, Do Not Affect a Breezy Manner, All Things Break Through;
Manmade Lake, Zinc, Horsefly;
Like a Motorcycle, #Motorpool, Pete Dogerty's Eyes;
Seas, Fade Out Into the Night, Blue Skies Sunshine;
Kaleigh Mason, The Outlaw Project, One Mind He Thought;
Andrew Austin, While It's Still Light Out, Missile Under My Bed;
Yes We Mystic, Floods and Fires, These Roads;
SoundSerious, SonicSkin, Burnin' a Wing;
Shannon Graham & the Storytellers, Shannon Graham & the Storytellers, Grey and Grey;
Amber Epp with Luke Sellick, Farewell 274 (Winnipeg's Jazz Community Celebrates Aqua Books) [Compilation], Inside Outside;
Canadafrica, Where's the One?, Mercurachrome Blues;
Daddy Long Legs, The Devil's in the Details, Your Love is Killing Me;
The Same Old New Grass Band, The Same Old New Grass Band, No Idea;
An Ant and An Atom, There Is No One, Starlets That Disembowel;
Texture & Light, The Hard Problem of Consciousness, Electric Behavior (band spelling);
Scientists of Sound, Electric Scissors, Stare the Wolf in the Eyes (and Become Him but Stronger);
A.W.Cardinal, Stainless Steel Heart, Jailhouse Whore;
C.E. Trubiak, Tiny Army (the D. Holmes Sessions), Prairie Boy;
Post Script, Post Script, Grande Prairie;
Good for Grapes, Man on the Page, A Worthier Man;
Freedom Writers, NOW, Freedom;
Shua James, The Return of Nigsy Brown, The Driver and the Passenger;
Jutes, Space Highway, Wrong Turn;
Quills, Dreamcatcher, Cold Nights;

Awesome background jazz provided compliments of the Hugh Fraser Quintet from their album titled Looking Up. Very well worth a listen in the foreground.

Thanks for joining me on the cruise through the new Canadian wax this morning. Check out your favourite artists on the internet to find out where you can obtain copies of albums … or grab your StarCard and head down to Blackbyrd Myoozik or Free Cloud or Listen Records. All of these wonderful local music shops are CJSR Star Card businesses, and all offer YOU - the StarCard holder - fabulous discounts. Enjoy your shop and don't forget to pickup something to put in your own stocking.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

03-December-2013 Playlist

Awful weather; awesome music!! Thankfully Canadian musicians keep working no matter the weather. Here is the extensive list of all of the musicians we sampled from today:

PollyEster Suicide, Holiday, Before You Go;
Thomas D'Arcy, Wake Up Every Day, I Wake Up Every Day;
The Racoon Wedding, Racoon Dead on the Side of the Road, Racoon;
The Mark Inside, Dark Hearts Can Radiate White Light, Shark Attack (I Can See Them Circling);
Pistol George Warren, Hoots Deuce, Can You Get to That;
Autopilot, Diamond Rough, Bad Poetry;
Cockatoo, Present, Kashikikawa;
Void, Robot Space Love, Free;
Les Jupes, Negative Space, The Voices;
Four Stroke, Work Today Paid Today Drunk Tonight, Fascionistic State;
The Pleasurists, Once Were Stars, Summer Love;
The McGowan Family Band, Live, Went Downtown;
Francois Houle/Havard Wiik, Aves, Fallen Angel;
Jazz Lab (John Roney), World Colour, Eastwick;
Griffith Hiltz Trio, This Is What You Get, Strawman;
Joel Kerr, Quintet To Whom It May Concern;
Harris Eisenstadt, Golden State, Unless All the Evidence Is In;
Grdina Helias Loewen & Malaby, No Difference, Leisure Park;
Blue Warblers, Birds, Sweet Morel;
Old Folks Home, Black & Blue, Garland's Moving to Vancouver;
Local 164, Dreams From Belle County, Big Storm;
Doug Tielli, Keresley, Big Man of the Underbrush;
Rachelle VanZanten, Oh Mother, Beach Fire; **[Apologies I had tech trouble and we did not hear all of this, but check out Rachelle on the internet]
Tim Moxam, Tim Moxam, Blue Son;
Jared Klok, Honky/Tinker, Favourite Colours;
TreeTox, TreeTox EP, Christmas Trees;

The wonderful background music was provided by Paul Horn, from his vinyl titled The Peace Album … All about the upcoming season and spirit of Christmas.

There was so much excellent new wax today … a DJ's dream … a veritable cornucopia of awesomeness … that we did not get to sample absolutely everything. Never fear … we can catch up next week.

Enjoy music everyday, and dance to live music at least once a week!

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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