Happy Kanata Day! Let's make Kanata a verb like Lewis Cardinal said and work to make Canada pristine and beautiful. Hug a tree! Unplug one of your devices!! Here is who we heard today:

Sebastian Barrera, Beating Strong (Heart of the City Compilation), Cuidano De La Galaxia;
Dana Wylie, The Sea and the Sky, How Are You Defining Grace?;
Jerrold Dubyk Quintet, Inviteishens, Return of the Underdog;
Uwe, live performance, Four Strong Winds;
Uwe, live performance, I Just Wanna See;
Psyhic Pollution, Spatium Tympanum, Hue;
Bry Webb, Free Will, What Part of You;
Rita McDade & the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Blues Away;
Rita McDade & the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Stop What Ya Doin' To Me;
Rita McDade & the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Train Home;
Rita McDade & the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Where Are We Goin';
Catl., This Shakin' House, Lamplight the Way;
Rita McDade & the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Sorry I Asked;
The Seahags, Tarnished Gold, The Kletz;
Rita MdDade & the Fusion Blues Band, Train Home, Want You Back;
Celsius Quartet, Moving Pictures, This;
The Provincial Archive, Hide Like a Secret, Young and Bloodless;
A Tribe Called Red, Trapline EP, Trap Heat;

Our background airwaves were filled with the sound of the fountain at City Hall, and all the giggles of the children playing in the water. Hope you all get down to the Kanata Day celebrations at City Hall - it's a beautiful day to take in some grand Edmonton Sunshine.

The sunshine makes everything better … having to go to work, doing summer school, working in your yard. CJSR is your best source for Radio Sunshine. Here is who we listened to this morning:

Aaron Davis, Nouvelle Plough, Starry Plough;
Paul Richey and the Fusionauts, Paul Richey and the Fusionauts, The Grass is Always Bluer;
Bry Webb (Michael Feuerstack & Associates), Singer Songer, Did I?;
Leisure Cruise, Leisure Cruise, Wake Up the Ghosts;
Kuato, The Great Upheaval, Red Sand;
Royal Tusk, Mountain, Shadow of Love;
Fuzz Kings, Re Turn of the Century, Elephant Shoes;
The Lonely Parade, Sheer Luxury, Hey Felix;
Cory Weeds, As Of Now, Aon;
Marlaena Moore, Beginner, A Year in the Life of a Beginner;
Cosy Father, Loser Birds, July 1 2013;
Jey Witten, The Wide Eyed, War Cake;
Sabota, Sabota, Untitled;
Mike Allen Quartet with Hugh Fraser, Panorama, Sing Out;
Celeigh Cardinal, An EP, Summer Gold;
Marlaena Moore, Beginner, Not Yet Titled;
Amy Van Keeken, Live Right, Summertime Love;

Background … and the first tune in the foreground - provided by Aaron Davis from his 1983 vinyl titled Nouvelle Afrique. I do love the old Canadian Jazz vinyl.

Come down to City Hall next Tuesday - the 1st of July - for live broadcast of Put R in D for Dangle and other fabulous CJSR radio programs!!

With so many festivals going on, there is no excuse to not support live music. I urge you … for your own better health … consume Canadian music, especially LIVE Canadian music. Here is who we listened to today:

Tearjerker, Hiding, Another Moon;
The Harpoonist & the Axe Murderer, A Real Fine Mess, Tea for Two;
Tanya Tagaq, Animism, Caribou;
The Lonely Parade, Sheer Luxury, Empty Cure;
Frog Eyes, Carey's Cold Spring, Seven Daughters;
Jon McKiel, New Traces, Twin Speaks;
Twin Library, Historical Tumblers, Right Around the Wrong Time;
Kuato, The Great Upheaval, New Home;
Jason "Blackbird" Selman, Howl Live, Sedgewick Ave;
Cory Weeds, As Of Now, Jamaica Plum Jam;
Just a Season, Just a Season, Never Quite Enough;
Jesse McCormack, Music for the Soul, Away;
Dana Wylie, The Sea and The Sky, How Are You Defining Grace?;
Jey Witten, The Wide Eyed, Shortening Bread;
Mayday & the Beat Creeps, We Are Little Volcanoes, Stepping;
Scott Cook, One More Time Around, Mama Always Said;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Brand New Song;
Mayday & the Beat Creeps, We Are Little Volcanoes, Easy Money;
Sianspheric, Sianspheric, The Owl;
Royal Tusk, Mountain, Years Ago;
Greg De Denus, Solo Piano Live at Gallery 345, Pocket Jacks;
David Vest, Roadhouse Revelation, Gone Too Far;
Sirr, Plus, Let My Horses Run;
Model Clocks, Mabel, Tribunal;

In the background, we were accompanied all morning by Moe Koffman and the Moe Koffman Quintet from the vinyl Moe-Mentum. A wonderful bit of vinyl including musicians Ed Bickert on guitar, Bernie Senensky on keyboards, Kieran Overs on bass, Barry Elmes on drums and Moe Koffman on flute, alto & soprano saxes.

Tunes to brighten your day. Hope that sun is going to make an appearance today also! But keep listening to radical radio no matter the weather. Here is who we listened to today:

Vogue Dots, Toska, Skinny Thing;
Versions, Versions, Poor Historians;
The Party Dress, You're Dead, Too Cool to Have Fun;
Wilder Than We, Wilder Than We, Jacket Print Face;
Young Liars, Night Window, Night Window;
Pink Mountaintops, Get Back, The Second Summer of Love;
FKB, 123 FKB, Turn On the Lights;
Bron Halpin, Conclusion Code Red, Leave Britney Alone;
Pine Tarts, Wolves Named the Moon, Modern Lovin';
Walrus, Glam Returns, Bulash;
Steve Kaldestad with Mike Ledonne Trio, Straight Up, Beautiful Friendship;
The Jazz Descendants, Red, Red;
Triology, Triology, Ray Time;
Audrey Ochoa Quartet, Trombones & Other Delights, Snap Crackle Flop;
Jey Witten, The Wide Eyed, Water in the Air;
Dana Wylie, The Sea and The Sky, Ophelia;
Jey Witten, The Wide Eyed, I'm Always in Debt;
Cud Eastbound, Leaving, Halifax;
Jey Witten, The Wide Eyed, Free Music;
Karim Gillani, Raah-E-Ishq: The Path of Love, Yaad (Faint Memory);
Chris Culgin, It's Only Time, You Were Always Dancing;
Del Barber, Love Songs for the Last 20, As Far As I Can Tell;
Jake Ian, It Don't Really Matter Anymore, Golden Ash;
Jim Byrnes, St. Louis Times, The Journey Home;

Background accompaniment compliments of Ensemble Pierre Cartier from the vinyl titled Dirigeable. Some crazy saxophone music OMG!

Thanks for listening and, contrary to what Randy Bachman says from his giant green chair, get OUTSIDE and support LIVE music - Canadian cities are filled to the brim with awesome LIVE musicians and their very much ALIVE music - Please support it all!

It's Payday week for the musicians! Insist on digesting Canadian music this week! Here is who we heard from today:

Pink Mountaintops, Get Back, Through All the Worry;
Fist Full o' Snacks, Climb the Glass Mountain, Paper Human;
J. Eygenraam, Brutal Love, Wet Smoke;
Dearly Beloved, Endvro, Between Finger & Thumb;
Ought, More Than Any Other Day, (Are You) Gemini;
Cousins, The Halls of Wickwire, At Odds;
The Fuzz Kings, I'm Your Goon, Guilty Conscience;
Pink Moth, Eclipsed, River Song;
Clementine, Kimberly '93, Intervening on an Intervention;
Tanya Tagaq, Animism, Umingmak;
The Jazz Descendants, Red, Blues for Leroy;
Triology, Triology, L'Espace;
Bry Webb, Free Will, Prove Me Wrong;
The Ashley Hundred, Postcards From the Moon, Sunset;
The Fretless, The Fretless, Airbag;
Old Man Luedecke, Brightest on the Heart, Brightest on the Heart;
Current Swell, Ulysses, Gunshots;
Model Clocks, Mabel, Dizzy;
The Misery Mountain Boys, Little Smoky, Ease My Troubled Mind;
Jerry Leger, Early Riser, Cashing In;
Steve Strongman, Let Me Prove It to You, What I Believe;

The background music was provided by Buddy Tate and featuring the Ed Bickert Trio, from the vinyl titled The Ballad Artistry of Buddy Tate.

100% CanCon for yours … and my … pleasure. It cannot get better than that!

Award winning radio for award winning listeners! Here's who we listened to today:

Hands & Teeth, Before the Light, Easy;
Maicamia, Des Era, Des Era;
Ought, More Than Any Other Day, The Weather Song;
Brave Radar, Message Centre, Get In Step;
The Fuzz Kings, The Fuzz Kings 7", I'm Your Goon;
Dearly Beloved, Endvro, Not My Pig;
Tanya Tagaq, Animism, Fracking;
Owen Pallett, In Conflict, On a Path;
Clementine, Kimberley '93, Black Sheep Get No Sleep;
Chad Vangalen, Shrink Dust, Evil;
Triology, Triology, Adanac;
The Jazz Descendants, Red, Red;
Joe Nolan, Tornado, Tightrope Dancer;
Van Funk, 13, Storms A Comin';
Swear By the Moon, Great Northern Revival Notes from the Edmonton Underground Vol.3 [Compilation], Beneath the Trees;
Boogie Patrol, Great Northern Revival Notes from the Edmonton Underground Vol.2 [Compilation], Can't Help Myself;
Mayday & the Beat Creeps, Great Northern Revival Notes from the Edmonton Underground Vol.3 [Compilation], Steppin';
Joe Nolan, Tornado, Massey Hall;
Steve Strongman, Let Me Prove It To You, Ain't Nobody Like You;
Fist Full O' Snacks, Climb the Glass Mountain, Bird Song;
David Vest, Roadhouse Revelation, Crooked Politician;
Michael Coughlan, The Sixth Avenue Verses, Minnenaweh (In Praise of Rawhide);
The Ashley Hundred, Postcards From the Moon, Sunrise;

In the background we listened … as always … to some fine old Canadian Jazz vinyl. The group's name is Time Warp and the album is titled Off Center - quite appropriate for Put R In D For Dangle! And speaking of great Canadian Jazz - don't forget that PJ Perry plays every Wednesday and Friday live at Brittany's Lounge downtown Edmonton - go and check it out and tell PJ that Figgy sent you.

Listening to great Canadian musicians leads to a great life! Perhaps you find that statement a little far-fetched but I think you will have an awesome time disproving it. Here is who improved our lives this morning:

Badbadnotgood, III, Triangle;
Jon McKiel, New Traces, Tropical Depression;
International Zombies of Love, You Heard This Wish, Oh What a Life;
Philippe B, Ornithologie La Nuit, L'Année du Serpent;
Night Committee, Heaven, Coal;
Hawksley Workman, Between the Beautifuls, All the Trees Are Hers;
SideKick, SideKick, Mentos;
Strange Planes, Makeshift Spaceship, The Big Parade;
Hawksley Workman, For Him and the Girls, Sweet Hallelujah;
Leisure Cruise, Leisure Cruise, Livin' It Up;
The Librarian, EVD Bass 3 [Compilation], Booksy Riddim;
Sabota, Sabota, Stumble;
Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Rollin' with the Blues Boss, Hootenanny Boogie-Woogie;
Raoul & the Big Time, Hollwood Blvd, Amphetamine;
Matt Andersen, Weightless, Alberta Gold;
Greg de Denus, Solo Piano Live at Gallery 345, Falling Grace;
Audrey Ochoa Quartet, Trombone and Other Delights, The Shadow of My Shadow;
David Blake, Next Year People, Small Abyss;
Pacifika, Amor Planeta, Yo Te Amo;
Canailles, Ronds-Points, Coeur de Gawa;
Cripple Creek Fairies, Leather Witch, Mind Upon the Void;
Matthew Barber, Big Romance, Magnet Eyes;
The Fretless, The Fretless, June Tune;

Backup air waves filled graciously by Daniel Janke from a self-titled vinyl that hit the station in 1984. It was produced by Scratch Records of Whitehorse, Yukon and included such awesome Canadian musicians as Michel Donato on Acoustic Bass, Sophie Dugas on Violin, Muhammed Abdul Al-Khabyyr on Trombone, Jim Hillman on Drums, Aldo Mazza playing Vibraphone, Marimba & miscellaneous percussion, and Jean-Pierre Zanella on Sax Clarinet & Flute … not to mention Daniel Janke himself on Piano, Kora and something called Prepared Piano.

Hope you enjoyed!