Mulligan Stew: Recent Episodes
Terry David Mulligan
Iconic Canadian broadcaster Terry David Mulligan has conducted some truly memorable interviews over the span of his 50 year career. The Mulligan Stew podcast features some of Terry's best interviews, past and present. Expect intimate and engaging conversations with compelling characters from the world of music, film, wine, food and beyond.
An artist who blends Americana, folk, gospel, soul, and blues to create something she calls "organic moonshine roots music," June grew up in western Tennessee, a part of the world where different musical traditions meet, something that is reflected in her special sound. She was raised in a musical family where everybody sang. She is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who plays banjo, guitar, and ukulele. She's also an author, a poet, and a certified mindfulness instructor who sees joy as something fierce, powerful, and radical—a form of resistance. She told The New Yorker, "I'm basically an ambassador for joy, and people are oftentimes like, 'That's so fake, you're bypassing shit.' But that's not my truth. My truth is understanding the darkness and understanding the night and the hard times and choosing to be in a place of joy." "Valerie June has built a devoted following by ignoring expectations. She is simultaneously rural and cosmopolitan, historically minded and contemporary, idiosyncratic and fashionable, mystical and down-to-earth." — New York Times Valerie June
She's playing some great shows and festivals, making stops: July 16 – Toronto, ON – TD Music Hall July 17 – Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Bluesfest July 19 – Vancouver, BC – Vancouver Folk July 22 – Edmonton, AB – Horowitz Theatre July 23 – Calgary, AB – Calgary Folk Valerie June-Owls, Omens and Oracles
Valerie's critically acclaimed sixth studio album, Owls, Omens and Oracles, came out last summer on Concord Records. It was produced by M Ward and included one of the best songs of 2025, "Joy Joy"! "Getting the courage to do something small Lifting the spirits of all that you saw Feeling the tiniest spark in your heart Only an ember can light up the dark Are you ready to see A world where we could all be free As branches of an endless tree?" One of a kind and driven by writing songs of truth and justice. We welcome back Valerie June.
This week's Mulligan Stew podcast features our own Leeroy Stagger. He's the host of Dirty Windshield Radio Hour on Saturdays on CKUA Radio. His latest album is about to be released. It's called Pilgrimage. Leeroy found inspiration by reading Alister McIntosh's brilliant book "Soil and Soul." "I wanted to write on the Highland Clearances of the 1700s that pushed my ancestors from Scotland to Northern Ireland and ultimately Nova Scotia. The repercussions of colonialism that shake the branches of my family tree and sadly still ring out throughout my home country of Canada today." "It was always so strange to me that I felt more at home in Scotland than in my own country; it makes perfect sense to me now. There is a deep ancestral grief for where we once called home." Key to these songs and the entire album is the partnership Leeroy entered into with East Coast legend Joel Plaskett. They played, wrote and produced together. Joel suggested to Leeroy that they use his Tascam 388, an old 1/4" 8-track machine. Joel convinced me on the magic, and I started to see the humanness of tape, in all of its warm and unpredictable glory." "At this point, we have to ask ourselves what kind of world we want to live in. Digital isolation or a community forward offering of storytelling, of truth in the natural world, of something tangible and real; a bit of the old ways." [caption id="attachment_32453" align="alignnone" width="512"] Leeroy Stagger -Pilgrimage[/caption] Pilgrimage might just help us find it
This week's Mulligan Stew podcast features our own Leeroy Stagger. He's the host of Dirty Windshield Radio Hour on Saturdays on CKUA Radio. His latest album is about to be released. It's called Pilgrimage. Leeroy found inspiration by reading Alister McIntosh's brilliant book "Soil and Soul." "I wanted to write on the Highland Clearances of the 1700s that pushed my ancestors from Scotland to Northern Ireland and ultimately Nova Scotia. The repercussions of colonialism that shake the branches of my family tree and sadly still ring out throughout my home country of Canada today." "It was always so strange to me that I felt more at home in Scotland than in my own country; it makes perfect sense to me now. There is a deep ancestral grief for where we once called home." Key to these songs and the entire album is the partnership Leeroy entered into with East Coast legend Joel Plaskett. They played, wrote and produced together. Joel suggested to Leeroy that they use his Tascam 388, an old 1/4" 8-track machine. Joel convinced me on the magic, and I started to see the humanness of tape, in all of its warm and unpredictable glory." "At this point, we have to ask ourselves what kind of world we want to live in. Digital isolation or a community forward offering of storytelling, of truth in the natural world, of something tangible and real; a bit of the old ways." [caption id="attachment_32453" align="alignnone" width="512"] Leeroy Stagger -Pilgrimage[/caption] Pilgrimage might just help us find it
Once again, I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time and got to experience the lift off of the first Canadian artist to hit #1 in the USA.
Before they became world famous, they were another prairie band trying to get the bosses in Toronto to notice them.
I was at CJME and CKCK in Regina, and over one early 60's summer, they spent the hot months playing at beach parties and small halls.
One after the other.
Then the hits started to roll, and I ended up going to London, UK, with them, to cover the story.
Except the story was a bust.
Poorly planned on the London end, they played a couple of tv shows and came home.
Then came These Eyes, American Woman and fame.
After the Guess Who split up, another set of musicians decided to take the name and run with it, for 13 years.
Legalities carried on for many years, but eventually Randy and Burrton Cummings..the two original guys, got the name back and that's why the upcoming Guess Who Tour is called the " taking it back tour."
Taking it back tour dates June 8 – Saddledome Calgary
June 10 – Rogers Place, Edmonton
Aug 23 PNE Freedom Mobile Arch
August 25 Memorial Arena Victoria
Big fan of Medeski. Martin and Wood. Then followed the Wood Brothers through 9 albums. The media and music fans painted the brothers as a Jam Band. They are anything but. Jazz and roots/ blues driven with themes and lyrics that dive into human behaviour. Almost all songs are wrapped in a sensual groove. All songs written and created by an amazing trio. Chris's brother Oliver and Jano Rix, who'll play any instrument put in front of him. New album - Puff of Smoke is the best yet. The Brothers are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album Ways not to Love. Chris's personal journey has taken him to a beautiful Wilder Wood farm on Pender Island, one of the best in the Gulf Islands on the West Coast. He and his biologist wife farm organic vegetables and sell them at the Pender Farm Market on the island. A percentage of the brothers' ticket sales goes to helping farmers. On both sides of the border.
I caught up with Chris in an airport heading for an opening tour gig in Scottsdale, Arizona. In the complete interview on the podcast, he finished the chat walking to the gate. The Wood Brothers play the Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver on May 9.
Ron Sexsmith has 19 albums in a singular career. His songwriting has been admired by his many peers. There's only one voice like his - which is a blessing in a sea of wouldda/coulda/shoulda. Photo by Kerry Vergeer[/caption] If you asked him to compare his songs with his idol Gordon Lightfoot, Ron will admit there are few artists as good as Gordon Lightfoot was, but he continues to honour him. This Wednesday and Thursday, Ron performs at two sold-out Lightfoot Memorial concerts at the National Music Center in Calgary. In Bell Hall. On this week's Mulligan Stew Podcast Ron Sexsmith opens up about his admiration for Gord. A true storyteller, telling tales. Ron Sexsmith honours Gord Lightfoot.
Last Oct 11, Mariel Buckley joined us from a motel room in New Mexico ( I think) as she was touring following the release of her latest album, Strange Trip Ahead. On Saturday night, Mariel and the album won a Juno Award for the 2026 Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. At 3 a.m., I was digging into the audio archives looking for this interview. And I've been following the Coffee Walks that Alan Doyle has been doing on Facebook as he toured Canada. Alan takes a camera and walks around the towns and cities he's playing in, looking for the best coffee, and through the walk finds the heart and soul of the city. When he got to Victoria and the end of the tour, it became apparent that we should repeat our Feb 10 interview covering the release of his latest EP, Already Dancing. Alan heads for the USA next week but returns June 27 to headline one of the FIFA Fan Festival concerts in Vancouver. His latest book is The Smiling Land, in which he reveals how little he knows about Newfoundland and Labrador. It's a wonderful read.
Guests - Jeff Guignard, CEO, Wine BC Brad Royale - Corp Sommelier Concorde Entertainment Group Both Jeff and Brad are fully into wine. The growing and pouring. We'll talk about Alberta's tax/no tax on BC wines. The state of Canadian wines and both have lots to recommend at the ongoing 2026 Vancouver International Wine Festival. www.winebc.com www.vanwinefest.ca Jeff is the CEO of Wine Growers of BC. Great leadership when it's needed most. Lead the charge to change Alberta taxes against BC wines. They just changed. Brad is one of the outstanding wine voices in Alberta. The corporate sommelier for Concorde Group. Thery have 22 different restaurants - both east and west. He curates all the wine lists. Besides his valued opinions on the state of wine in Canada, Brad has recommendations for those attending this week's Van Wine Fest. www.concordegroup.ca
The amazing story and success of Winnipeg's David and Joey Landreth continue with the release of their 9th studio album, Dog Ear. The brothers join us from home base as they prepare for a full European tour and select key American dates this year. The new album deals with finding a balance between making music and raising their families. In the music business, with all its touring, it can be really hard on the whole family. After having a Grammy hit with the Landreth's Made up Mind, their music hero, Bonnie Raitt, asked the boys to send her songs from their new album. She came back saying, "I can't decide which one I want to sing on - so how about two songs?". She sang harmony on Knuckles and background on Half Moon Eyes. David and Joey grew up in a musical family and listened to Bonnie and Little Feat growing up. They can't begin to describe what it's like to not only meet your heroes but to play and sing with them!! As you can imagine, it's out of this world. Rarely, I hear people say "yeah..i don't listen to Canadian music! That's like saying, i really hate breathing. I urge you to take a minute and listen to the brothers and their music. If you don't hear the joy and humanity in their songs, it's ok. Lots of music fans really do. Not just in Canada but all over the World. (check the tour schedule) www.thebroslandreth.com
From his humble beginnings in sketch comedy with the Toronto branch of Second City to his rise to fame in SCTV and Hollywood film classics like Planes, Trains and Automobiles, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck, John Candy captivated audiences with his self-deprecating humour, emotional warmth, and gift for improvisation.
Now, for the first time since Candy's tragic death, bestselling biographer Paul Myers tells the full story of the man behind the laughs.
Drawing on extensive research and exclusive interviews with many of Candy's closest friends and colleagues, including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Tom Hanks, Ron Howard, Steve Martin, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, and many more, John Candy: A Life in Comedy celebrates the comedian's unparalleled talent, infectious charm, and generosity of spirit.
Through ups and downs, successes and failures, and struggles with anxiety and self-doubt, Candy faced the world with a big smile and a warm demeanor that earned him the love and adoration of fans around the world.
I had the distinct pleasure of working with John on commercials, then going back to Second City and watching the whole gang make fun of the commercial. Hosting the second city talent when they hit Vancouver and shooting a TV pilot called Terry and the Tiger, where we took John salmon fishing on Vancouver Island. Later that night, he and hockey legend Tiger Williams closed down all the bars. They still talk about it in Campbell River.
Harry Hertscheg pours another glass. It's a blend uniquely Harry The 47th annual Festival. March 7/14- on opening the room is filled with information, numbers and a hint of Nardwuar. The palate is full. Surprising with stories of Bacchanalia (Mar 7), The Soul of Napa (MAR 9), The mid-palate is totally France! (the feature region) Harry takes us through The Spirit of Languedoc Roussillon Rioja Chablis. And, most importantly, fundraising for Bard on the Beach In 2026, the festival will feature 114 wineries from 14 countries, pouring and discussing their wines at 33 events over seven days. There are 34 wines from Canada. All BC. I think the number represents the resiliency of BC wine growers and makers. Harry Hertscheg will supply the rest of the numbers. There are lots of numbers, but only one Harry!! All the details you need can be found at www.vanwinefest.ca
AW Cardinal and Jasmine Colette continue to create very new and very different music. The last album was recorded over several days in New Orleans. The new album, Get Your Feathers Ready, was a meeting of Coast Salish and Treaty 6 in Maskwacis, Alberta. One day of rehearsal with AW, Jas, and the Northern Cree Drummers and Singers. Jas and AW had discovered that early 1920s blues from the deep south and Northern Cree traditional pow wow had a commonality. They each brought their songs and met in the middle. It feels like the start of a historic journey. Two legendary music communities, making new music in 2026. Steve Wood, the much-admired leader and drum keeper of Northern Cree and his son Joel complete the music circle.
The Vancouver personality, born John Ruskin, is among 80 appointees announced on Wednesday, Unlike most of them, the 57-year-old will be inducted under his stage name, "Nardwuar, the Human Serviette," a rare exception for one of Canada's highest honours that meets the spirit of his off-the-wall personality. For the uninitiated, Nardwuar might be described as a Canadian enigma who gradually invaded pop culture over several decades, propelled by his interviews, which all finish with his trademark phrase "Doot doola doot doo...doot doo." David Friend, Canadian Press I've had the pleasure of knowing Nardwuar since his high school days in West Van. He and Craig Northey would be the first to knock on my front door on Halloween. Looking for record handouts instead of candy. During my years at Much Music as host/producer of MuchWest, great cameraman Jay Mirus and I would always be running into Nardwar. Usually around the concerts and soundchecks. Jay and Nard became great friends, and eventually, when I moved on, Jay became the host of MuchWest, and he asked Nardwuar to co-host. That was the first national television exposure for Nard. Now he was on a roll. He became the famous media character the World now knows. He's a guy with Nike making a skateboard shoe in his Tartan colours ,and the following week, induction into the Order of Canada. And he's not done yet. Congrats Nardwuar, and a big shout-out to Jay Mirus.
We've all been in the right place at the right time. For me, one of those times was to be hosting and producing MuchWest in Vancouver when Sarah McLachlan moved from Halifax to Vancouver to begin what would become an amazing career. Sarah ended up on the West Coast because in Halifax, her home, she had opened for a band from Nettwerk Records in Kitsilano. They wanted to sign her immediately, but Sarah's parents insisted she finish her schooling. It felt like she came to Vancouver with songs already written and ready to go. It wasn't long before Sarah released her debut album Touch. That's when I first met and interviewed her. The gift she gave the world was songs cutting deep into memory and self-awareness. Since 1989, the gift she's given me was to tell part of the story through our interviews. That's one of the reasons why I asked Sarah to come to Thailand and Cambodia with me in 1991 to tell the story of World Vision's battle with the aids epidemic. Sarah is on record as saying the journey changed her life. It helped her understand the power of giving back. It also leads directly to her involvement with the Sarah McLachlan School of Music. Some of our interviews showed up in the Lilith Fair Documentary. It's been 11 years since Sarah recorded and released new music. Her new album is called Better Broken. We'll talk about a lot of things. Better Broken, Motherhood, today's music world and her place in it, the legacy of Lilith, the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th anniversary Tour and Canada – O Canada.
The Smiling Land is a celebration of Alan's Newfoundland, in its legendary past and brilliant future. The music, the bays, towns, villages, and 12-hour ferry rides to get you halfway to where you're going. Alan is the tour guide, something he's actually done! Besides the reader, along for the drives are his beloved wife and teenage son. To go camping, they're pulling a small trailer home behind. FYI - Alan hates camping and driving. I swear, many of us will find a way to take the same drive - just once in our lives. The history, the legends, the forming of the first real settlements in North America. Characters who thought nothing of leaving their homes, sailing the North Atlantic and starting again in a wild new world. Many towns, bays, lakes, mountains and forests were named after those "characters". And many a song and story has been handed down. The complete Alan Doyle Experience can be heard on The Stew this Saturday. Driven by four Doyle Songs, including his latest.
The Smiling Land is a celebration of Alan's Newfoundland, in its legendary past and brilliant future. The music, the bays, towns, villages, and 12-hour ferry rides to get you halfway to where you're going. Alan is the tour guide, something he's actually done! Besides the reader, along for the drives are his beloved wife and teenage son. To go camping, they're pulling a small trailer home behind. FYI - Alan hates camping and driving. I swear, many of us will find a way to take the same drive - just once in our lives. The history, the legends, the forming of the first real settlements in North America. Characters who thought nothing of leaving their homes, sailing the North Atlantic and starting again in a wild new world. Many towns, bays, lakes, mountains and forests were named after those "characters". And many a song and story has been handed down. The complete Alan Doyle Experience can be heard on The Stew this Saturday. Driven by four Doyle Songs, including his latest.
The Smiling Land is a celebration of Alan's Newfoundland, in its legendary past and brilliant future. The music, the bays, towns, villages, and 12-hour ferry rides to get you halfway to where you're going. Alan is the tour guide, something he's actually done! Besides the reader, along for the drives are his beloved wife and teenage son. To go camping, they're pulling a small trailer home behind. FYI - Alan hates camping and driving. I swear, many of us will find a way to take the same drive - just once in our lives. The history, the legends, the forming of the first real settlements in North America. Characters who thought nothing of leaving their homes, sailing the North Atlantic and starting again in a wild new world. Many towns, bays, lakes, mountains and forests were named after those "characters". And many a song and story has been handed down. The complete Alan Doyle Experience can be heard on The Stew this Saturday. Driven by four Doyle Songs, including his latest.
No/Lo spirits, wine, cider, and beer have been "trending" for many years now. The search for wine and beer replacements has always been there. A number of producers began to find results after they made their wine and beer, then stripped the alcohol out and substituted the taste with other elements. Fruit, tea, spices, etc. Suddenly, some of the replacements tasted even better than the originals. Kurtis Kolt, sommelier and wine educator, wine judge, and co-founder of Top Drop Vancouver, has organized a second Free Spirit Vancouver. The first was in January of this year, when he hosted 10 vendors pouring, collectively, just under 20 brands. Monday, Dec 8, 630-830, Heritage Hall 3102 Main Street Free Spirit Vancouver will have almost 60 producers pouring no/lo. That, my friends, is called "Trending" with a capital T. Please check out the free spirit link below to see the producers' list and to follow along with Kurtis Kolt's interview. Be sharp, he motors through a lot of labels and tastes. Merry no/lo Holidays www.freespiritvancouver.com www.kurtiskolt.com https://www.kurtiskolt.com/p/free-spirit-a-sauv-blanc-duo-featuring Original feature can be found on www.TastingRoomRadio.com
How do you celebrate a 40-year music career? If you're Blue Rodeo, you tour Canada in 40 dates, and the last two are in Massey Hall. We're showcasing Blue Rodeo with separate one-on-one interviews with co-founders and co-writers/singers Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy. , Blue Rodeo and the guys have multiple Junos, Hall of Fame inductions, Songwriters Hall of Fame, Canadian Walk of Fame Orders of Canada, a really good documentary and just this year, a stamp and a beer. To me, I hear the sound of Canada in their high harmonies. They started out as a hot bar band after returning from a disappointing series of months in New York. New York said "You can't have two lead singers and you can't do country, rock and roots. You must have a clear image of who the audience sees you as". Back in Canada. None of that existed. We loved them just as they were. The boys knew where they belonged, and it showed up in the joy of their music. Enjoy this conversation between three music fans who lived those 40 years. And are still friends
The amazing story and success of Winnipeg's David and Joey Landreth continues with the release of their 9th studio album, Dog Ear. The brothers join us from home base as they prepare for a full European tour and select key American dates this year. The new album deals with finding a balance between making music and raising their families. In the music business, with all its touring, it can be really hard on the whole family. After having a Grammy hit with the Landreth's Made up Mind, their music hero, Bonnie Raitt, asked the boys to send her songs from their new album. She came back saying, "I can't decide which one I want to sing on - so how about two songs?". She sang harmony on Knuckles and background on Half Moon Eyes.David and Joey grew up in a musical family and listened to Bonnie and Little Feat growing up. They can't begin to describe what it's like to not only meet your heroes but to play and sing with them!! As you can imagine, it's out of this world.
Following a celebrated national headline tour and a wonderful run supporting the legendary Bonnie Raitt, Dear John sees Royal Wood collaborating with five-time Grammy-winning Mixer Ryan Freeland (Bonnie Raitt, Ray LaMontagne). Royal describes Dear John as a "letter to a younger Royal". The album captures both his sincerity and artistry. Royal Wood's music continues to resonate worldwide, amassing over 30 million streams. Royal stepped away from the music business and his strong part in it, to have 2 sons and make the family home much more important than the stage. He and his family also decided to move from Ontario to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He makes music wherever he goes. His last album, What Tomorrow Brings, received critical acclaim and was considered for "Best Folk Album" at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Known for translating his recorded work into captivating live performances, Royal Wood has headlined prestigious venues like Massey Hall in Toronto and Paradiso in Amsterdam, and toured extensively with acclaimed artists including Bonnie Raitt and David Gray. The interview includes 5 tracks from Dear John. Back Home. End of the Road, Killer Love, To be in Love, Fever. Tour Dates NOV 07 - Madison, WI - Overture Centre NOV 14 - Toronto, ON - Koerner Hall - Make Music Matter Event x Matthew Perry House NOV 28 - Calgary, AB - Dalhousie Community Centre NOV 29 - Lethbridge, AB - Geomattic Attic NOV 30 - Lethbridge, AB - Geomattic Attic DEC 02 - Canmore, AB - ArtsPlace FEB 04 - East Lansing, MI - Wharton Performing Arts FEB 05 - Yellow Springs, OH - The Foundry Theater APR 09 - Truro, NS - Marigold Cultural Centre APR 10 - East Margaretsville, NS - Evergreen Theatre APR 11 - Liverpool, NS - The Astor Theatre
Juno Winner Aysanabee headlines his first national tour. Two-time JUNO Award-winning Oji-Cree artist Aysanabee has been riding a powerful wave for over three years, and this fall he's bringing it coast to coast. Following the release of his June release album Edge Of The Earth on Ishkōdé Records, Aysanabee kicks off The Way We're Born Tour on November 6 in Edmonton, with more than 20 dates across Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and Ontario. Tour Dates: www.aysanabee.com/tour Aysanabee once again announced that each show will feature local Indigenous opening artists. "I had the best time featuring and connecting with local Indigenous artists on the first leg of my headlining tour this past winter, and I couldn't wait to do it again for this next run." - "Every song on this record offers a window into very transitional moments in my life. Over the last few years I was faced with decisions that often took me inwards and made me question the core of my creativity, 'What drives me to make art and how much would I be willing to sacrifice for it?' I mulled over calling the record 'Reflections" 'or 'Patterns,' but landed on Edge of the Earth, because oftentimes these decisions would take me to the edge of an unknown and leave me wondering if I was ready to take a leap of faith. I can't say I was ready , but I can tell you how it felt, and it is in these songs." My thanks to journalist Lynn Saxburg for taking all of us through the highs and lows of Aysanabee's early childhood and adult life. Outstanding Journalism!! https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/meet-aysanabee-the-first-artist-signed-to-ottawa-based-indigenous-label
Afie Jurvanen (aka Bahamas) has announced My Second Last Album, his seventh studio release and the follow-up to Bootcut. The record arrived everywhere on October 24, 2025 and finds Afie back in Nova Scotia, trading Nashville's storied studios for the coastal quiet of a backyard shed. Recorded at DreamDate, the compact studio built by friend and collaborator Joshua Van Tassel, My Second Last Album was shaped almost entirely by the two musicians, who played every instrument across its 10 tracks. The result is one of the best Bahamas albums yet. The first listen to My Second Last Album comes with the expected driving country-funk, equal parts groove and grit. As always, Afie's lyrics capture both humour, heart and a loose, spirited energy that defines the album. Enjoy!! My Second Last Album
Americana singer-songwriter Mariel Buckley announces her just-released album – Strange Trip Ahead, out Friday, October 17, 2025, via Birthday Cake Records.
It finds Mariel venturing into new sonic ground for her, embracing an indie-rock song box that leans away from her country and Americana roots. The album reveals a deep dive into themes of adolescent shame, secrecy, and queer longing. With complex songs that take the listener through the emotional turbulence of youth, crafting a listening experience that feels like floating in uncertainty, suspended one moment, crashing the next.
Mariel begins a bold new direction with this Strange Trip Ahead.
"I was itching to try something a little heavier than my previous stuff," she shares. "I wanted to move away from synths and keys in general, citing references from indie rock, pop music, and alt-country."
The album offers an honest portrait of empty hotel rooms, long stretches of highway, and the quiet loneliness found in mundane rituals like pumping gas and loitering around with a bad cup of coffee. Almost Nomadland-like, it feels like a slice-of-life vignette; a glimpse into the less-than-glamorous underbelly of being a working artist.
Our interview starts with talking about our favourite track from the album. We both picked the last track.... Lucky. (A complete gem.) It also includes the album title in the lyrics.
Nashville Now - Builds slowly and gets darker with every bar and chord.
Somewhere else, which mentions drinking a $13.00 wine
Vending machine - glorious harmonies smothered in beautiful dark lyrics.
"Dreaming and drowning, disdain and devotion to a career spent adoring travel and the limelight. Packing and unpacking. Feeling sorry for myself." Mariel calls these songs her most honest work to date. There is a glimmer of light, I hope you can find and shine on the corners of your mind.
That feeling is too dark to bear. Hang on, buddy - the best is yet to come."
Mariel starts a complete coast-to-coast tour with Matt Anderson Jan 24 in Glace Bay, NS and finishes in Victoria, BC March 2.
(Feb 25 Calgary - Feb 26 Edmonton)
@mariel_buckley
www.marielbuckley.com
A long-distance pal returns to The podcast.
Sensational Singer- Prolific Songwriter - Road Warrior. Terra Lightfoot
Terra Lightfoot has a well-earned reputation as a tireless live performer, with a tour history mapped across the globe and awards testifying to every mile logged along the way. To date, Lightfoot's marathon tours have touched down in eight countries across four continents. She also conceived, created, curated, produced and co-headlined The Longest Road Show, an all-female touring revue.
Most fans would reasonably assume that the singer-songwriter’s natural element is in the spotlight. But even accomplished touring artists like Lightfoot feel the insistent tug of home. That place, which for Lightfoot is a scenic hideaway, is captured in warm detail on the artist’s intimate new album, Home Front. In stark contrast to the anthemic alt-pop riffs of 2017’s New Mistakes and 2023’s Healing Power (each of which earned the artist JUNO Award nominations and Polaris Music Prize mentions), this is an unplugged session in more ways than one.
In Terra's words ..... “This house is a special place. “It sits all by itself between woods and streams that go on for acres and acres and a beautiful wetland teeming with wildlife. I find myself living more comfortably in my own bones than ever before when I’m here. There is a deep quiet here, in the house that backs onto the beaver marsh. Blue herons fly, and moose and bears walk the forest path out back. It is a place where I can’t help but be more connected to the natural world. Being so engrossed in the world of loud rock ’n’ roll guitar doesn’t leave a lot of space for field recording or softly strummed nylon strings. Home Front is the place where I can share all those softer and sweeter moments.”
Home Front releases Oct 17th.
Next Week - Mariel Buckley and her newest album Strange Road Trip which premiers' same day Oct 17
Award-winning writer/director/actor Ben Immanuel’s feature film Are We Done Now? was released for VOD in Canada on September 30. The film makes its U.S. Premiere at the SOHO International Film Festival from October 7-14.
Are We Done Now, starring Gabrielle Miller with Favour Onwuka, Natalie Farrow, Eliot Ramsey, Giacomo Baessato, Jennifer Spence, and Camille Sullivan, promises to resonate with audiences on both comedic and deeply emotional levels.
The film won the Audience Award for "Most Popular Canadian Feature Film" at its Canadian Premiere at the Available Light Film Festival, and Natalie Farrow recently won a Leo Award for “Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture” for her role as “Lennon.” This thought-provoking dramedy will resonate with audiences on both comedic and deeply emotional levels.
Shot between 2020 and 2024, Immanuel brings to the screen a profoundly relatable story following Pamela, a therapist (played by Gabrielle Miller of Corner Gas and Unspeakable: The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey), and her diverse young clients as they participate in a (fictionalized) documentary exploring the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on their mental health. Through this experience, they—and the filmmaker—gain unexpected self-insight, leading to a deeper understanding of their identities and roles in our transformed world.
The film’s cast features an array of talent, including Favour Onwuka (Dying to Belong), Giacomo Baessato (The Good Doctor), Jennifer Spence (The Trades), Camille Sullivan (Shoresy, Hunter, Hunter), Elliott Ramsey (UnREAL), and Natalie Farrow (Siren). Immanuel also appears as the documentarian, offering a unique perspective on the characters' journeys.
Our podcast interview is with Ben Immanuel Ratner - Director!!
Not only is he outspoken and focused, Jeff also spent 10 years in Ottawa. He knows well which doors to knock on or kick down. Jeff has been traveling to the various wine growing regions of BC and learning firsthand the challenges brought by climate and dealing with Crafted in BC wines.
We'll talk about the future of specific varietals in BC (Syrah, Riesling, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and more)
Jeff brings comments on "generational opportunities", getting more BC wines on store shelves and all the challenges ahead.
He brings strong commentary on Interprovincial shipping and relationships in Alberta.
Also, Jeff reminds us that Wine BC kicks off Fall For BC.
Inspiring visitors to explore BC Wine Country. Discover new memories and experiences. Get connected or reconnected to wine country.
Come meet the new voice and face of BC Wine. - Jeff Guignard. www.winebc.com
Forty-one years after the release of the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap, the now-estranged bandmates David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, and Derek Smalls (Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer) are forced to reunite for one final concert.
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues also marks the resurrection of documentarian Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner), who once again tries to capture his favourite metal gods as they contemplate mortality—and the hope that their 12th drummer doesn’t join them in The Great Beyond.
Joined by music royalty Paul McCartney and Elton John, Spinal Tap wrestles with their checkered past to put on a concert that they hope will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock ’n’ roll.
Maddy reveals how the acoustic versions of four songs from Nerve were included on the just-released NERVE (extended) album. Because they were about relationships and breakups, Madeleine wanted them to sound like they were recorded at a campfire. Warmer and less Conflicted. (my words, not hers) Madeleine is off on another Road Adventure. Touring with The Bros Landreth, Fretless and VASEN. A number of dates come from being one of 6 winners of the famous Kerrville New Folk Winners Tour in Texas. Impressive list below. Upcoming Performances: Sep 15 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre (opening for Noah Reid) Sep 21 – Winnipeg, MB @ The West End Cultural Centre Sep 23 – Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door * Sep 25 – Ashland, OR @ Grizzly Peak Winery * Sep 26-28 – Sisters, OR @ Sisters Folk Festival * Oct 2 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Cafe Oct 40 – Portland, ME @ One Longfellow Square ^ Nov 2 – Northampton, MA @ The Parlour Room Nov 9 – New Braunfels, TX @ New Braunfels House Concert ~ Nov 10 – Wimberley, TX @ MIlagro Springs House Concert ~ Nov 11 – Houston, TX @ McGonigel’s Mucky Duck ~ Nov 12 – Austin, TX @ 04 Center ~ Nov 15 – Fischer, TX @ Cabin 10 Presents: Old Folk New Folk Festival ~ Nov 16 – San Antonio, TX @ Bowman House Concerts ~ Nov 21 – McKinney, TX @ Guitar Sanctuary + Nov 22 – Fort Worth, TX @ Magnolia Motor Lounge + Nov 23 – Austin, TX @ Antone’s Nightclub + *with The Fretless ^supporting Väsen ~ Kerrville New Fold “Winners Tour” +Supporting The Bros. Landreth
Our guest this week is songwriter, storyteller and singer with a one-of-a kind voice, Ron Sexsmith.
I think the older I get, the clearer those memories become—and the more precious,”
Friday of this week he released his 18th album Hangover Terrace.
It’s a wonderfully complex album born during Ron’s extended stay in the UK after his Sexsmith at Sixty tour. Recorded at London’s Eastcote Studios with longtime producer Martin Terefe, the sessions marked a turning point—ushering in a more introspective sound.
“This record speaks to the hangover I feel from the last few years of pandemic and life knocking us around,”
Gone is the gentle optimism of his recent work, The Vivian Line & Hermitage—Hangover Terrace is marked by personal loss, shifting friendships, and emotional grit.
Ron Sexsmith proves, once again, that no one captures life’s quiet truths quite like he can. “The version of me that wrote those early records couldn’t write these songs,” he says. “Don’t give up. Stay focused on what’s real.”
There was a celebration of Gordon Lightfoot and his songs at Massey Hall not too long ago. Missing was the biggest fan of Gord, Ron Sexsmith. Ron organized his own celebration for Gord at Hugh's Room in Toronto from Jan 31 to Feb 2. It was all Gord and each show was sold out. For the Mulligan Stew Podcast and the Terry David Mulligan YouTube Channel, Ron lays the whole story out. He also takes us through songs like Easy for you to say "I wear my heart on my sleeve, where's you heart at? Cigarette and Cocktail"what comes for us, we can't outrun" Damn well please - "I've got one life, that's all I know" Burgoyne Woods "up to no good in Burgoyne Woods. A band of misfits from the land of hosers." Must be something wrong with her "she says I'm lovely but the mirror says otherwise" Ron Sexsmith tour dates include
Oct 31 Festival Place Sherwood Park
Nov 1 The Grand Calgary
Nov 4 The Winspear. Sidney BC
Nov 5 Parksville, Vancouver Island
Nov 7 The Hollywood, Vancouver.
Amy Berg, the director of the just-released documentary It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley. Jeff was, quite simply, one of the most engaging and brilliant performers. Blessed with a voice that could mimic singers such as Robert Plant and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. His single album Grace is still considered one of the greatest ever released. Almost three decades after his death and with several posthumous releases, Jeff Buckley's legacy continues to grow, and his music lives on. His fan base includes rock legends, pop artists, loyal followers, and an entirely new generation of music lovers around the world. Jeff's only studio album in his lifetime, Grace, endures. The documentary opens on August 15. The complete Interview can be heard on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and the Terry David Mulligan YouTube Channel.
The guests are Ian Beaty and Colin Brumelle Singers and songwriters leading the soul and R&B sounds of Honeybear, the Band. New album I Was Wrong. Vancouver-based based but they're creating music that could easily have come from Memphis, New Orleans or Muscle Shoals. See and hear it for yourself: Aug 5 Harmony Arts Fest West Van Aug 7 The Drake Canmore Aug 8 Ironwood Calgary Aug 9 Wapiti Fest Fernie Aug 29 Fox Cabaret Vancouver Sept 12 Barnside Harvest Fest Ladner Oct 8 Centennial Theatre North Van www.honeybear.band Honeybear, the Band Playing you vintage soul, blues and roots music from Vancouver BC www.honeybear.band
The guests are Ian Beaty and Colin Brumelle Singers and songwriters leading the soul and R&B sounds of Honeybear, the Band. New album I Was Wrong. Vancouver-based based but they're creating music that could easily have come from Memphis, New Orleans or Muscle Shoals. See and hear it for yourself: Aug 5 Harmony Arts Fest West Van Aug 7 The Drake Canmore Aug 8 Ironwood Calgary Aug 9 Wapiti Fest Fernie Aug 29 Fox Cabaret Vancouver Sept 12 Barnside Harvest Fest Ladner Oct 8 Centennial Theatre North Van www.honeybear.band Honeybear, the Band Playing you vintage soul, blues and roots music from Vancouver BC www.honeybear.band
NEON COWGIRL "The Neon Cowgirl-towering over Broadway like the patron saint of heartbreak in downtown Nashville as she smiles coyly over her shoulder in red cowboy boots-watched me grow up. Basking in her glow, I walked wide-eyed into the Ryman Auditorium as a 16 year-old, clutching my ticket. Later that night, dreaming of standing on that stage, I drifted off to sleep in the bunk of our home on wheels at the KOA next to the Opry. When I was 18, she saw me flipping through Loretta Lynn CDs in Ernest Tubb Record Shop after performing the breakfast and lunch shows on the General Jackson showboat with my parents and brothers in our family band, The Neilsons. At 25, she watched me running all over town, meeting up with other songwriters-writing, writing, writing-before I had to fly back home to Canada again. At 30, I returned as a newlywed on my honeymoon, flying in from New Zealand where I'd moved for love, holding hands with my new husband in Hatch Show Print, introducing him to her like a family member. A decade passed without her as I built a life on the other side of the world and raised 2 babies. My heart raced as I returned to her once again, to showcase at Americanafest, playing to 12 people at 3rd and Lindsley. 5 years and many showcases later, I swear she smiled right at me as I stopped to point her out to my two children as we walked past her, through the doors of the Ryman to finally perform for the first time. NEON COWGIRL represents a lifelong dream of chasing Nashville and country music. I’ve loved her my whole life, even when she breaks my heart over and over again." This weeks guest = Tami Neilson - through much hard work, fierce determination and drive has begun to make all her dreams come true. She is blessed with a voice that's been described as "a fire breathing R&B belter"by Rolling Stone. Tami has now played the Ryman, sung a duet with her hero Willie Nelson. Travelled the highways and cities of the USA and Canada in an RV with her NZ family, so they could experience where she came from and the places on the planet she was singing about. Her latest adventure was opening for Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan as part of the Outlaw Music Festival. Dreams DO come true. She's done all this while dealing with health issues and her brother Jay's recovery from major surgery.
It's Festival Season. One of the very best times of the year. Sun, relaxed lifestyle, friends, family and FESTIVALS. Jazz, blues, rock, roots, pop, French. Everything !! Especially Folk! There are many folk festivals where you'll see and hear all of those artists. The barriers are well down. If it's music and engaging, then it all fits. "An artistic director is a leader in arts organizations who shapes and guides the creative vision" . This is the second year we've had an Artistic Director Cage Match. All four AD's exchanging comments and suggestions about who's coming and who not to miss. The state of the music business 2025. They've all been shaping their rosters for the past year. At times, going after the same hot artists. The success of each festival rests on their shoulders. When they're all in the same room, so to speak, it's best to just has to ask a question and get out of the way. Returning Guests are Chris Frayer - Winnipeg Folk Festival (celebrating 50 years) July 10-13 Fiona Black Vancouver Folk Festival July 18-20 Kerry Clark Calgary Folk Festival July 24-27 Jenna Klein-Waller Canmore Folk Festival Aug 2-4 winnipegfolkfestival.ca thefestival.bc.ca calgaryfolkfest.com canmorefolkfestival.com
It's Festival Season. One of the very best times of the year. Sun, relaxed lifestyle, friends, family and FESTIVALS. Jazz, blues, rock, roots, pop, French. Everything !! Especially Folk! There are many folk festivals where you'll see and hear all of those artists. The barriers are well down. If it's music and engaging, then it all fits. "An artistic director is a leader in arts organizations who shapes and guides the creative vision" . This is the second year we've had an Artistic Director Cage Match. All four AD's exchanging comments and suggestions about who's coming and who not to miss. The state of the music business 2025. They've all been shaping their rosters for the past year. At times, going after the same hot artists. The success of each festival rests on their shoulders. When they're all in the same room, so to speak, it's best to just has to ask a question and get out of the way. Returning Guests are Chris Frayer - Winnipeg Folk Festival (celebrating 50 years) July 10-13 Fiona Black Vancouver Folk Festival July 18-20 Kerry Clark Calgary Folk Festival July 24-27 Jenna Klein-Waller Canmore Folk Festival Aug 2-4 winnipegfolkfestival.ca thefestival.bc.ca calgaryfolkfest.com canmorefolkfestival.com
Mark Lo (Director/Producer) has worked in film and TV for more than 20 years. First, as a music agent and supervisor, collaborating with composers and artists to bring music to picture and then as an Executive Music Producer Mark recently produced and directed the feature music documentary Count Me In. A celebration of drummers and their unique ability to drive generations of music. I love being a drummer. Everyone thinks you’re dumb. What they don’t realise is that if it weren’t for you, their band would suck. – Dave Grohl Eat drums! Eat cymbals! – Animal Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at. John Bonham Count Me In is a celebration of the role of the drummer in popular music. Mark Lo’s British-made doc dates back to the even darker days of 2021. It’s drummers talking about other drummers and appreciating great drumming, and if that works for you, then hear the drummer and get wicked. The documentary includes interviews with the late Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Stewart Copeland (The Police), Roger Taylor (Queen), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Cindy Blackman Santana (Lenny Kravitz, Santana) and Jim Keltner (The Traveling Wilburys) and many others. They all seem to talk about Keith Moon (The Who), John Bonham (Led Zep), and Neil Peart (Rush). Watching Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts, John Bonham, Ginger Baker, or Keith Moon play for the first time is amazing. Of course, many of those legends were inspired themselves by the great American jazz drummers like Max Roach, Buddy Rich, and Gene Krupa. Still, watching Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden give a detailed account of the differences in style between Starr and Watts is remarkable. Enjoy the drumology session on the Mulligan Stew Podcast. Turn it Up and Count Me In.
Mike's new album is called The Sound of Muscle Shoals. He's waited almost 20 years to round up the next generation of Swampers and record at the world-famous FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals. Wow - was it worth the wait? Mike Farris lives and sings The Sound of Muscle Shoals. The sound is a mix of blues, soul and country. The NY Times called it Indigenous American Music. The same sound that came from Etta, Aretha, Boz, Paul Simon, Wilson Pickett, Neil Young, Percy Sledge, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, The Staple Singers and many more. Long before heading for FAME studios, Mike had to clean up his life, and he talks about hitting rock bottom. That's when his wife said, "We're going to do something different this time. We'll start by talking about the why's. Why, when you start getting successful, you self-destruct?" Mike said, "That scared the hell out of me." Mike is many years clean now, and he's riding the Slow Train to Muscle Shoals. Enjoy The Sound of Mike Farris!!
60 years later, we welcome Colin Blunstone - Lead singer of The Zombies How is it possible that an English band that was part of the British Invasion of the early '60s is still being played and referenced in 2025? The band was The Zombies. The two leaders were songwriter and singer Rod Argent and lead singer Colin Blunstone. They had three world hits. A fourth hit the charts after they had broken up. Many years later, they were inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame in Cleveland. I always loved the sound of the Zombies—a singular mix of rock, blues and very cool jazz. In a sea of sameness, Colin's vocals were unmistakable. Great harmonies lifted each song and the arrangements were unlike anyone else in "The Invasion". Now, along comes Hung Up on a Dream, a documentary capturing their careers and lives. Directed by Robert Schwartzman. Both will be joining us in the second hour.
Dan Mangan released his 7th album, Natural Light, last Friday. A year ago, Dan Mangan asked the players in his road band to join him at a cottage to demo the songs for Natural Light. These players would likely not be in studio when he rerecorded the songs. However, after recording the first song - It Might Be Raining - they looked at each other, laughing. It was pure magic. The room worked, the band worked and the songs really worked They did two songs the next day and 2 more the third day. Four songs the 4th day. The demos in the cottage became the album Natural Light. Our interview covers a lot of ground. Dan opened up about his highs and lows. At one point, he was not being able to find a label that believed in his music. He made a decision not to let anyone mess with his dreams, so he started his own label. Dan says, This is the very best music he's ever made. He brings tales of acceptance and rejection. Of finding a balance between his dreams and his family. It Might Be Raining - was written for his children in preparation for the world he/we were leaving them. The songs bring Hope. I believe Natural Light to be one of the albums of the year.
We met over coffee on the streets of Victoria to talk about Songs from The Gang - A Celebration of Joel Plaskett. A #1 LP on the CKUA Top 30. His music friends recorded covers of his songs and kept it a secret for a year. Anyone who knows the music business will admit that is a minor miracle. Joel's Gang included Sloan, Alan Doyle, The Sheepdogs, Matt Andersen, Jenn Grant, etc. Joel's stories just spilled out - one after the other.
Most music fans know Kevin Hearn as the pianist and songwriter for Barenaked Ladies. Few would know that Kevin was the band leader for Lou Reed for 7 emotional years. Or that he fought a battle with leukemia for many years, even while touring with BNL. Gord Downie knew all those stories when he asked Kevin Hearn and Kevin Drew to help him prepare for live performances of his final music project - Secret Path! Because he had just been down his own darkened path , Kevin Hearn was able to bring comfort and strength to the recording of Gord's final songs. Kevin takes us though those moments including Gord's last words to him, about his friendship with Lou Reed and then takes us on another journey - this time to Jamaica. Kevin's new solo album is called Portland Parish. Recorded in three locations. A small jungle cottage, the legendary Trident Hotel and the long-abandoned Trident Castle. Kevin plays originals, covers (Lou Reed and Sun Ra Arkestra) on a collection of creaking pianos weathered by time and nature. If you listen closely, you can hear chirping frogs and dogs barking in the distance. Several of the pianos were damaged and barely playable. Kevin says, "The idea was to seek out semi-abandoned pianos in spaces said to be haunted and improvise."
We're featuring Wine Educator and Event Creator Kurtis Kolt . Top Drop 2025, his sensational small wine fest runs next week in Vancouver and Calgary. Wine Educator, judge and Event Co-Ordinator Kurtis Kolt. His thoughts on 2025 Washington Grown/Crafted in BC Wines His impressive Top Drop Events this coming week in Vancouver and Calgary. Kurtis Kolt is a Vancouver-based wine & hospitality consultant who writes about wine, presents seminars, hosts events, judges' competitions, works with restaurants on their wine programs, and so on. Kurtis has been running restaurants around Vancouver, eventually receiving the 'Sommelier of the Year' award at the 2010 Vancouver International Wine Festival. KK is also the co-founder of Top Drop, a series of terroir-focused trade and consumer festival-style events, dubbed "the nerdiest, most awesome wine festival in Canada." TOP DROP In Vancouver May 13 and Calgary May 15. Kurtis books very select wineries (and their winemakers) Check out the participants - https://vancouver.topdrop.ca/en/exhibitors Dubbed “The One Wine Tasting of the Year You Shouldn’t Miss,” by Western Living magazine, Top Drop Vancouver and Top Drop Calgary‘s Main Events return with continued focus on sustainably-farmed, handcrafted wines offering a distinct sense of place, without heavy-handed winemaking trickery to get in the way. His latest project is Free Spirit!, a celebration of the world of non-alc wine, beer, and spirits! Kurtis joins us on Tasting Room Radio to also talk about the Grown in Washington - Crafted in BC 2025 Wines, now being seen on BC shelves. www.topdrop.ca www.winebc.com www.kurtiskolt.com @Kurtis Kolt
Matt Anderson is one of CKUA's favourite artists. On the air and certainly with the audience. Matt is releasing his 11th solo studio album The Hammer and The Rose April 25th. I was delighted with all of that information until I got to"the date" April 25. As you may know, that's the first Friday for the CKUA Spring fundraiser. I asked Matt's team if I could move the Stew interview to this Saturday - and they approved!! So, we get the story of the album and we are the first play of several tracks, anywhere. This album, about the relationship between the head and the heart, presents a different Matt. A slightly quieter Matt, so you can hear the texture and grain of his voice. Great songs too. Co-writing the title track with Steve Dawson Co-writing with Tom and Thompson Wilson, Terra Lightfoot and Jesse O'Brien. Co-writing The Cobbler with producer/drummer Jason Van Tassel - as a tribute to, and in memory of, their Fathers. Includes a fine cover of JJ Cale's Magnolia. With Afie Jurvanen on guitar and vocals.
George Siu is a pal and the co-founder of Memphis Blues BBQ House. They now have 6 locations. 3 in Vancouver and 3 in Alberta. They serve top-of-the-line BBQ...beautifully cooked. George and Park Hefflefinger started the first location after heading to Memphis and spending much time studying the process and tricks of the trade. The Memphis style is to slow cook in a pit. Either dry or wet ribs. Dry has a rub with salt, spices before cooking - no sauce. Wet are brushed with sauce before during and after cooking. I had a number of things I wanted to ask George... Has any of the Buy Canada affected your business? - It is called Memphis Blues after all. You have a wall of American bourbon. What's happened to it? Have you made any moves to serve Canadian craft distilleries? Beer, Cider? Are the tariffs having an effect? How different are the wine and drink choices between BC and Alberta? What pairs well with smoky BBQ? It's not just a Q&A session. With George Siu it's always a trading of stories. Some are actually true. www.memphisbluesbbq.com
For the first time under one roof in Victoria, importers will be joined by local BC makers from Vancouver Island, Vancouver, the Okanagan, etc., to showcase the best alcohol-free wine, beer, spirits, and packaged cocktails available. Organized by Kurtis Kolt. Kurtis Kolt is a Vancouver-based wine consultant who writes about wine, presents seminars, hosts events, judges wine competitions, works with restaurants on their wine programs, etc. His various certifications and credits include London’s Wine & Spirit Education Trust, the Court of Master Sommeliers & the Winemaking Program at UC Davis. In 2010, when Kurtis received the ‘Sommelier of the Year’ award from both the 2010 Vancouver International Wine Festival and Vancouver magazine, he opted to diversify his focus on wine through different arenas. In recent years, Kurtis co-founded, curates and runs ‘Top Drop’ in both Vancouver and Calgary, a terroir-focused trade & consumer wine festival Western Living magazine called, “The one wine tasting of the year you shouldn’t miss.” Guests at Free Spirits, we could find 5 minutes with were: Kurtis Kolt - See above Andrea Demers - Softer Drink Store in Victoria. More than 100 different drinks. pouring Zamalek and Fin Soda. Janet Helou - from Glimmer. pouring Glimmer (BC) Paul Watkin - from Seacove pouring Medbubble (Spain) Paul Jordan- Mondiale. pouring from Clear Sips (Ontario), Cognato (S. Africa), OddBird (Italy/France,) NOA (Quebec,) Cipriani (Italy) www.kurtiskolt.com www.storiedwinesandspirits.com www.softerdrink.ca www.nubeverage.ca www.seacove.com www.drinkglimmerwine.com www.mondialebev.com www.coastalcraftbeverages.ca
For the first time under one roof in Victoria, importers will be joined by local BC makers from Vancouver Island, Vancouver, the Okanagan, etc., to showcase the best alcohol-free wine, beer, spirits, and packaged cocktails available. Organized by Kurtis Kolt. Kurtis Kolt is a Vancouver-based wine consultant who writes about wine, presents seminars, hosts events, judges wine competitions, works with restaurants on their wine programs, etc. His various certifications and credits include London’s Wine & Spirit Education Trust, the Court of Master Sommeliers & the Winemaking Program at UC Davis. In 2010, when Kurtis received the ‘Sommelier of the Year’ award from both the 2010 Vancouver International Wine Festival and Vancouver magazine, he opted to diversify his focus on wine through different arenas. In recent years, Kurtis co-founded, curates and runs ‘Top Drop’ in both Vancouver and Calgary, a terroir-focused trade & consumer wine festival Western Living magazine called, “The one wine tasting of the year you shouldn’t miss.” Guests at Free Spirits, we could find 5 minutes with were: Kurtis Kolt - See above Andrea Demers - Softer Drink Store in Victoria. More than 100 different drinks. pouring Zamalek and Fin Soda. Janet Helou - from Glimmer. pouring Glimmer (BC) Paul Watkin - from Seacove pouring Medbubble (Spain) Paul Jordan- Mondiale. pouring from Clear Sips (Ontario), Cognato (S. Africa), OddBird (Italy/France,) NOA (Quebec,) Cipriani (Italy) www.kurtiskolt.com www.storiedwinesandspirits.com www.softerdrink.ca www.nubeverage.ca www.seacove.com www.drinkglimmerwine.com www.mondialebev.com www.coastalcraftbeverages.ca
We started this podcast well over 300 episodes ago. When we started the title was Mulligan Stew Podcast (Music. Film. Food. Wine) Over the months the Pod became more music and film than anything else. Just the way the road leads us. Tasting Room Radio has worked its way back into the mix because of critical dynamics taking place. Cold damaged vineyards, An agreement between BC Wine Growers and the BC Government to allow the 2024 wines to be grown and harvested in Washinton, Oregon and California. BC wine battles with political neighbours in Alberta, Tariffs from the USA and more. All of these subjects were discussed over and over again by the wine trade and fans in attendance. Tasting Room Radio set up the same home base they always have. Up to 6 chairs in a circle on the convention centre floor ..leaving room for the invited and the walk-ins. We couldn't fit everyone in, so we decided to build the show around the most interesting storylines and storytellers. With apologies to those we couldn't fit in, the podcast guests are Co-Hosts - Jenna Brisco, Maude Renaud-Brisson & Kelcie Jones. Educators and Somms at This is Wine School. Richard Kanazawa - winemaker at Bench 1775 (Naramata) Tracey Horneman - winemaker at Blue Grouse (Cowichan) Kailee Frasch - Winemaker Quails Gate (West Kelowna) Harry Hertscheg - Executive Director Van Wine Fest Evan Goldstein - Master Sommelier (SF) Tony Holler - Owner Poplar Grove (Naramata) Wine School Team Taylor Butterfield - White Wine Winemaker Chateau Ste. Michelle (Washington)
Two guests on the Mulligan Stew Podcast Both great pals. Stephen fearing is a key member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. Like all three members Front Line Members, they each have their own solo careers. That's one of the outstanding elements of their relationship. Freedom to create together or solo. Stephen Fearing has just released his newest album, The Empathist. Co-Produced in East Nashville with Ken Crooker (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Al Green, EmmyLou Harris, Steve Earle) Stephen is a truly talented songwriter, but he also carries with him, his Irish storytelling skills. The songs on The Empathist beautifully weave those skills together. Highly Recommended. Bill Henderson is the leader of Chilliwack. For some 30 years, they've been crafting hits and touring The World. As lead singer, songwriter and guitarist,t Bill has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock Hall of Fame and made a member of the Order of Canada. In 2025, the band is on its last tour - Farewell to Friends!! https://www.gonegonegone.com/wp-content/uploads/Farewell-Tour-Dates_Chilliwack-Site-1-7.docx https://www.stephenfearing.ca/tour Enjoy - Happy St Patrick's Day
Bruce Cockburn returns to the West Coast. Thoughts on Dylan at Newport, Bo Diddley, a possible covers album, his legacy and today's headlines. March 11, Victoria. March 12 Nanaimo March 14 Vancouver March 15 Kelowna March 16 Trail. Lots to talk about.
In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves near an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Kamloops. BC, Canada sparked a national outcry about the forced separation, assimilation, and abuse many children experienced at this network of segregated boarding schools designed to slowly destroy the culture and social fabric of Indigenous communities. When Emily- a journalist and filmmaker- asked her old friend and colleague, Julian, to direct a film documenting the Williams Lake First Nation investigation of St Joseph's Mission, she never imagined just how close this story was to his own family. As the investigation continued, Emily and Julian traveled back to the rivers, forests and mountains of his homelands to hear the myriad stories of survivors. During production, Julian's own story became an integral part of this beautiful multi-stranded portrait of a community. By offering space, time, and profound empathy the directors unearthed what was hidden. Emily and Julian encountered both the extraordinary pain these individuals had to suppress as a tool for survival and the unique beauty of a group of people finding the strength to persevere. The film is nominated for an Academy Award. It has already won two Critics Choice Awards. Julian Brave NoiseCat - Director Julian is a writer, filmmaker and student of Salish art and history. His first documentary, SUGARCANE, directed alongside Emily Kassie, follows an investigation into abuse and missing children at the Indian residential school NoiseCat's family was sent to near Williams Lake, British Columbia. A proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq'escen and descendant of the Lil'wat Nation of Mount Currie, he is concurrently finishing his first book, We Survived the Night, which will be published by Alfred A. Knopf in North America. EMILY KASSIE * Director, Producer, Cinematographer Emily Kassie is an Emmy® and Peabody®-nominated investigative journalist and filmmaker. Kassie shoots, directs and reports stories on geopolitical conflict, humanitarian crises, corruption and the people caught in the crossfire. Her work for The New York Times, PBS Frontline, Netflix, and others ranges from drug and weapons trafficking in the Saharan desert, to immigrant detention in the United States. . Her first documentary, I Married My Family's Killer, following couples in post-genocide Rwanda, won a Student Academy Award in 2015.
Indian residential school history and its impact are not in the past. For more information on the film's impact campaign, please visit here. If you need support, the following resources are available: CANADA The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line provides 24-hour crisis support to former Indian Residential School students and their families toll-free at 1-866-925-4419. First Nations, Inuit and Métis seeking immediate emotional support can contact the Hope for Wellness Help Line toll-free at 1-855-242-3310, UNITED STATES Call or text 988
One of the true pleasures of a lifetime in music and broadcasting is connecting with artists at the very beginning of their careers.
If the connection is a strong friendship, emotionally you get to go along for the ride.
On the downside, you must be prepared to lose those friends along the way through attrition, lifestyle and medical issues.
I’m pleased to say Colin James has given all of us a great ride.
8 Junos, 31 Maple Blues Awards, Induction into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame, Order of BC and turning 60 years old with 21 studio albums under his belt.
Colin has played his way through an amazing collection of audiences. Starting with Stevie Ray style Texas blues, then blues rock, big band swing, roots, Americana and all the way back to blues.
What a Ride!!
Following a stellar concert at Massey Hall, Colin is on a Canadian tour now and he’s heading our way. With the wonderful Terra Lightfoot!
Feb 26 -Grey Eagle Calgary
Feb 27 – N Jubilee Edmonton
March 1 – Orpheum Vancouver
March 3 – Royal Theatre Victoria
March 4 & 5 – Port Theatre Nanaimo
Colin is a master storyteller. This time he has tales of recovering from a road accident on his scooter in the USA. Damage to his foot and fret hand slowed him down considerably. He has stories of becoming what he dreamed of as an 8-year-old and the biography he’s almost finished writing.
The complete interview can be heard on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and the terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel.
Special Guests are Allison McGourtey- Producer Bernard MacMahon. Director Makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin A documentary about the first 18 months of Led Zeppelin. Jimmy, Robert. John Paul and John Bonham. Before it all exploded, and their lives got CRAZY. And………it’s in IMAX. The complete story can be heard on Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm YouTube Channel. Amazing filmmaking and storytelling.
THE SHOW It's the first of two Whisky Specials from the 2025 Canadian Whisky Awards and the 2025 Victoria Whisky Festival.
There are always headlining whiskies and star whisky makers in attendance!
Whisky fans want to taste and explore the new releases from Crown Royal, Canadian Club, Forty Creek, Hiram Walker, JP Wiser's Lot 40, Pike Creek, Gooderham and Worts, Nikka, Amrut, The Dalmore and Glencadam.
For the first time ever, Gisbelle Distillery a distillery from China, would be joining the lineup.
The West Coast and Vancouver Island were well represented.
Stillhead, Odd Society, DubhGlas, Sheringham, Sons of Vancouver & Shelter Point.
Over 200 whiskies were up for the awards. 14 judges from across the country tasted and scored.
The Grand Prize Winner, judged Canadian Whisky of the Year was,
The Peat Project Moscatel Barrique single malt from Macaloney's Island Distillery (Saanich)
Here are the guests on part one of the 2025 Whisky Awards and Victoria Whisky Festival
Davin De Kergommeaux - Davin is the flag bearer for Canadian Whisky. He singlehandedly brought Canadian Whisky to the attention of Canada and The World.
His latest book is the updated and expanded third edition of Canadian Whisky - The Essential Portable Expert.
I love the first line.
"Handles, mickeys, shots or drams, no matter what its measure, Canadian whisky is a story of Canada."
Davin is my ultimate connection to the world of Canadian Whisky. He helped create these awards and leads the judging team.
Grant Stevely - Distiller at DubhGlas (Oliver)
In the fall of 2010, Grant purchased some property at Gallagher Lake near Oliver, B.C.
“I wanted to build a distillery from the ground up, which is distinctly different from a lot of other
distilleries,” he says. “So we built the distillery with expansion in mind.”
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At the heart of the operation is a German-made Arnold Holstein still.
No sooner did Stevely open Dubh Glas Distillery in the spring of 2015, when he began winning awards
for his first product, Noteworthy Gin.
“Dubh Glas” is Scottish Gaelic for “from the dark water.” It’s pronounced “Douglas,” which happens to
be Stevely’s middle name.
Jason MacIsaac - Distiller. Sheringham (Langford, BC)
Sheringham Distillery won Best Contemporary Gin at the 2019 World Gin Awards
Its Seaside Gin captured the award against World-class competition from 23 countries, including the UK and USA.
"We created Sheringham because we saw a hole in the market: the opportunity to create the world’s most drinkable spirits. This approach has served us well, and in the seven years since founding Sheringham, we have been on the ground building authentic connections with buyers, retailers, and consumers, sharing our story and highlighting our chef-driven approach to innovation and quality." (Distiller Mag)
Jason and wife Alayne now have their growing portfolio available across Canada and in 15 markets in the USA.
Graeme Macaloney - Master Distiller Macaloney Island Distillery (Saanich)
There once was a wee Scottish lad by the name of Graeme Macaloney who found a summer job bottling
whisky and fell in love with Uisge Beatha, the ‘water of life’. He dedicated his heart to finding a way to
make whisky for a living.
Graeme set up shop on Saanich, just outside Victoria. Some of his favourite Scottish and Irish whiskies were island-made.
Graeme has found his "island" in Canada.
Congratulations Champ!!
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Distillery opened in 2016
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The first whisky made onsite and released in 2020
-Canadian Whisky of the Year - 2025
Brennan Colebank - Master Distiller Stillhead Distillery (Duncan)
Founded by the Colebank family, Stillhead Distillery Inc. opened its doors in October of 2017.
After working 15 years in the tech industry, Master Distiller Brennan Colebank left his job to pursue his dream career,
blending the two things he loved most: chemistry and spirits. The chemist has created an amazing portfolio and a home for Whisky in the Cowichan Valley.
www.victoriawhiskyfestival.com
www.canadianwhiskyawards.com
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are one of the most interesting bands working anywhere today. Sometimes they're in a recording studio time warp with more songs to choose from than Gabriel. Followed by tours and festivals everywhere. Then they disappear The punch line to the tale is, the Blackie guys have their own lives, careers and fan bases. What's most remarkable is, after more than 25 years, they are still a band and friends. For Example: Stephen Fearing is releasing his next album on March 13 - The Empathist. Wildly outstanding music. (We'll be talking again.) Stephen starts his Canadian tour at The Carleton Room in Halifax with two sold-out nights Feb 4-5. Kicks off album release March 13 at Mary Winspear in Sidney, Vancouver Island. Alberta dates March 21 Festival Place Sherwood Park, March 22 River Park Church Calgary. Colin Linden Colin continues to produce artists at his Pinhead Recorders in Nashville. He's also been touring with T Bone Burnett. He co-wrote and co-produced T Bone's latest album The Other Side. Next week Colin starts a new album, just in time to hit the road again. Colin begins his own tour - The Ride on Tour - on April 23, hitting Calgary on June 1 and Canmore on June 3. Tom and Terry Tom Wilson I'll just give you the short version. Re-recording songs, with son Thompson, from his play Beautiful Scars. Writing and recording soundtrack music for a number of projects including a film by Tanya Tagaq. Between his flourishing artwork, writing a new book, and starting a new album, Tom also enjoys the glow of an Order of Canada induction. That's the short version. Blackie - The Band. Plans are underway for dates in Canada. Winnipeg Folk Festival, Mariposa Folk Festival, Belmont Festival Edmonton (June 20) They are planning shows in Hamilton, Toronto where cameras will be filming. More events to come.
The fires outside Los Angeles had brought tragedy and carnage. Everything stopped for the firefighters, medical teams, first responders, the support teams and those affected directly by the wildfires. It's awards season in LA. The 2025 Critics Choice Film and TV Awards were to take place in January just as the fires were raging. Those fires and the conditions that swept them through homes and communities have subsided enough that the Critics Choice Awards are now taking place Friday, Feb 7th. 4-7 Pacific/7-10 East On E Channel It's also found on FuboTV and DirectTV and SlingTV. Firefighters and first responders will be honoured at the beginning of the broadcast. Our guests on this critic's roundtable are Hillary Atkin - The Atkin Report Los Angeles Shawn Edwards - Fox 4 Kansas City Reginald Ponder - The Reel Critic Chicago
Rhys Pender - Master of Wine/Little Farm Winery (Similkameen) Kathy Malone - Winemaker at Hillside Estate (Naramata Bench) There are so many elements in play during the 2025 BC wine-growing season. AND it's just started. Two cold snaps that damaged or killed many vines and vineyards over the past two Winters. It caused many growers to consider planting more winter-proof varietals and adjusting vineyard locations. Then came news that an agreement had been reached between Wine Growers of BC and the BC provincial government. While the new plantings were taking hold, in order to help farming families survive, for one year BC wineries could source their grapes from out of the province. Many headed for Washington. Some to Oregon, California, Ontario, the Frazer Valley and Vancouver Island. The last two BC wine regions were not hit by the cold. Some wineries flatly refused to use non-BC fruit. Soon, we'll all start to see labels that say something like "Washington grapes crafted in BC"! Have fun tasting the blends and varietals that we've never seen or tasted here before. You're supporting BC farmers and wineries at the same time. On Tasting Room Radio and this Podcast, we'll be doing a series of specials on how various wineries and growers have committed to survive and thrive. Who knows what their new direction may be. There's no denying it - BC Wines will be changing but there will be wines!!! Enjoy the conversation between myself and Master of Wine Rhys Pender and Winemaker at Hillside Estate on the Naramata Bench Kathy Malone. www.hillsidewinery.ca www.wineplus.ca www.littlefarmwinery.ca
BC Wine/Alberta wine fans. - Finally, a hug and a handshake. Our guest is Paul Saywer. Board Chair BC Wine Growers & leadership at Dirty Laundry (Summerland) BC wineries can now ship Direct-To-Consumer in Alberta!
Starting this week, BC wineries who register can sell into Alberta; report and make payment to AGLC for the wine products they sell directly to consumers in Alberta.
Alberta is a huge market for BC wineries, so it is about time that the AGLC caught up, to allow this mutually beneficial relationship.
Al Hudec and I advocated against Alberta's blockade of BC wine one year ago. This is great news for BC wineries and growers. Hello Alberta wine fans!!! Paul Saywer takes us through the process that achieved this partnership. It took top-level government teams on both sides of the Alberta/BC border get this right. We thank those involved and Paul and the board at Wine Growers for speaking on our behalf. www.winebc.com www.dirtylaundry.ca
Welcome to 2025 all. Our guest is Oscar Lopez. 2 time Juno winner. 10 albums were released. Nothing usual about the words above, except that for several years Oscar had disappeared! From entertainment, media and life itself. This interview is his way of explaining how he went from winning two Juno awards and walking onto stages with loving audiences to living in his car on the streets of Calgary. Through tears, Oscar talks about the dark years he’s been through. Mental and alcohol battles. Second guessing himself. With the help of his family members and an overflowing GoFundMe effort, he’s finally found the peace and strength to find a place to call home and return to the stage. Jan 17/18 at La Bodeguita Stereo in Calgary
It's our first-ever Trans Canada Christmas - starring the Trans Canada Highwaymen. Steven Page - BNLadies and Steven Page Trio Moe Berg - Pursuit of Happiness Craig Northey - Odds and Steven Page Trio Chris Murphy - Sloan They are great friends, each with his band and career. What they have in common is a sense of the music they grew up with and a welcome sense of humour. These Christmas sessions began in the '70s at CBC Vancouver with Producer Susan Englebert: Shari Ulrich, Valdy, Terry Frewer, Roy Forbes, and several guests. 5-6 years of gathering around a series of microphones, playing Christmas songs and telling Christmas stories. Such fun. Sadly, we lost our friend Susan to cancer and the Christmas show to time itself. The concept returned at Roundhouse Radio in Vancouver in 2015 and we enjoyed three years of Christmas in the Round with Barney Bentall and his assorted friends. We've played all three years on past Christmas Stews. Now comes CKUA's turn to host the same tradition. Each Highwayman brings a Christmas song and stories of past Christmas tales. 5 songs in total. Craig Northey's was co-written with Brent Butt of Corner Gas. Steven's is about cheese logs. Chris's is about kids coming home and Moe's is the Christmas Classic Mistletoe and Holly. They finish with Do they know it's Christmas. Thank you to Arianne, Duke, Jasmine, and Bren for their production skills in bringing this show to air. Amazing work. And to Corey Wood for his skills and friendship in the edit and graphic studio here on Vancouver Island.
Liam Mayclem and I met doing interviews at film junkets weekends in LA, NYC, Chicago etc. Me from Vancouver. He from San Fransisco. We talked about two things -Movies and Wine. Now Liam moves at a speed most humans couldn't and wouldn't abide. He's become an essential key to San Fransisco's dynamic hospitality, culinary and wine communities. The Host of Food Chap, CBS radio and TV. His foodie chap podcast etc. and any charity that needs a razor sharp auctioneer or host or both. Liam has always stayed in touch and always keen to know about the BC wine industry and food scene. Here's his latest podcast interview - with yours truly. www.bookliam.com
We're nearing the end of a volatile year in BC Wine. It featured wildfires, floods, COVID, road closures, price, tax and wage increases and two cold snaps over two Winters. Vineyards were damaged or destroyed by the freeze. Wineries and growers were facing a 2025 with little or no wines to cellar and sell. The Wine Industry and Government leadership came up with a plan to allow BC Wineries to harvest next year's fruit this year in Washington, Oregon, California, Ontario and The Cowichan Valley. As long as the label states "Crafted in BC" and the process is transparent. Will BC wine fans buy their favourite labels if the fruit comes from another region? If they like the new juice, will they still embrace their original BC wines? What gets replanted, and what new varietals will we see growing in the new BC? So much to consider. Which is why we've invited four of the most connected leaders from the BC wine industry to share opinions, suggestions and creative ideas over the course of an hour. They are: Cristine Coletta: Co-Owner Okanagan Crush Pad. For 9 years, executive director of the BC Wine Institute! Specialist in marketing and branding wine. www.okanagancrushpad.com DJ Kearney - Wine Director The Terminal City Club. Wine Educator at large. @djwines www.tcclub.com Rhys Pender - Master of Wine. Co-owner of Little Farm Wine. Similkameen Valley www.wineplus.ca Lauren Skinner Buksevics- Director of Sales and Marketing Painted Rock. Okanagan Falls. Member of the Wine Growers of BC Board. @paintedrocklaur @paintedrockwine www.paintedrock.ca www.winebc.com www.totabc.org
Jim Cuddy guests on Mulligan Stew Saturday.
He’s on stage Saturday with The Jim Cuddy Band at the National Art Center Ottawa and Wednesday next at Massey Hall. Then Jim and Blue Rodeo partner Greg Keelor head for The Whistler Film Fest Dec 6-8 For the premier of their documentary Lost Together.
2025 will be a celebration of Blue Rodeo's 40th anniversary. Lots to talk about. Complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and terrydavidmulligan YouTube channel
Lisa Ahier is known far and wide as the owner and chef at Sobo in Tofino. Sobo is the kind of dining and room you like so much, you send all your best friends there. It's the centre of the town. Locals meet there for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Lisa has moved on from Sobo and is now making notes for her third book and has become the darling of this years Top Chef competition. Five shows in and she's still there, the oldest competitor since they started years ago. We have lots to talk about - lean in, it's a hoot. https://www.instagram.com/lisaahier/
Barney Bentall is bringing The Last Roundup through the West. Next Friday at Bella Hall in Calgary. It’s the final tour of the Caribou Express. Over 20 years of seasonal touring, Barney and various members of Caribou Express raised Millions for charities all across Canada. Especially, serious money for food banks late in the year when they really need it. Barney gives us an update on the last lineup, the lives of his Express friends over the years and final thoughts on what lies ahead for the rocker and rancher.
www.barneybentall.com
Look who's on a Roll - It's this week's guest, Author Luke Whittall Luke and his Sipster's Pocket Guides Books. In the third volume in the popular Sipster’s Pocket Guide series, wine expert and educator Luke Whittall presents his latest top 50 British Columbia wines under $50 (including many under $30) and along the way shares his thoughts on wine country and common misconceptions about certain grapes, and offers up tangents on everything from scented candles to middle children to jazz hands. With food and activity pairings that range from Thai noodles and pool noodles to classic rock and hootenannies, and an index of attitudes that lets you choose a wine based on your mood (come hither, dressed to kill, razzle-dazzle), the Sipster’s guides are equal parts freewheeling and focused. Divided into chapters on sparkling, white, rosé, red, and dessert wines, the latest volume of Sipster’s will snap you out of a catatonic funk in the liquor store and stick around for a quiet evening paging through a book—perhaps this book and perhaps there’s even a wine for that. Welcome to Volume 3, where a Viognier can be a lot like a bouncy castle, a red blend that is the icing on top of another layer of icing and also a wine that will upstage Taylor Swift and Kayne and an adventurous evening calls for a certain Trebianno (not the guy from Friends . . . but then again, maybe?). The Sipsters series are written in language anyone can understand. Words we all use and can remember a day later. Make no mistake, Luke knows his wines from the vineyards to the bottle. He just makes the journey much easier than it really is. We also start TRR with a conversation about vineyard damage & recovery, plus the coming discovery of BC Wines made with Washington grapes. So those damaged vineyards, wineries and wine-farming families can survive the next couple of years. And heads UP - The Sipster's Ontario Vol 2 is coming - just in time for Christmas. Then surely, the Luke Whittall film starring Ryan Reynolds. Www.sipsterswinepodcast.ca/books Luke Whittall Online: The Sipster's Wine Podcast - Sipsters Icons on Substack WWW. Books: "The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 More Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 3" 2024 (Touchwood Editions) "The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines, Volume 1" 2023 (Touchwood Editions) "The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 2" 2023 (Touchwood Editions) "The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 1" 2021 (Touchwood Editions) "The Okanagan Wine Tour Guide" 6th Edition (with John Schreiner) 2020 (Touchwood Editions) "Valleys of Wine: A Taste of British Columbia's Wine History" 2019 (Whitecap Books)
The full title of Natalie Maclean's memoir is Wine Witch on Fire Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation and Drinking Too Much. For all of you who bought and read Natalie's book Red, White and Drunk All Over and listened to her podcast Unreserved Wine Talk, this memoir is a completely different read. She discovers her husband of many years is leaving the relationship and at the same time, her wine rivals decide to tell the wine world that she's not nearly as accomplished as we think. Despite multiple awards for her writing and knowledge, Natalie has to rebuild her career, fight for her son and find an elusive second chance in a business that rarely gives you any. All of this drama is played out in a wine world where many women are taken for granted and rarely given credit for their skills. Yup - Wine Witch is a thriller. And it's funny, just in time for Christmas. You can get Natalie MacLean's new memoir Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much in paperback, ebook or audiobook from these retailers.
She hosts the podcast, Unreserved Wine Talk, and offers popular online wine and food pairing classes at www.nataliemaclean.com.
We meet Blue Moon Marquee - Al Cardinal and Jasmine Colette - on the stage at the Osbourne Bay Pub in Crofton, Vancouver Island.
That stage was the first place they met and then played together many times as Blue Moon Marquee.
They've come a long way since that stage. Juno Winners, sweeping the 2023 Maple Blues Awards and still winning awards including this week.
After a decade of stages and touring comes the 5th album New Orleans Sessions. Recorded in New Orleans in two days - Four hours each day. One track Trickster Coyote was a first take. Recorded with some of the very best New Orleans players.
Lots of stories and new music. Also news of the next two projects they intend to present.
They start their next tour October 26th at Festival Place, Sherwood Park. October dates in Lloydminster, Daysland and Athabaska. - and April 5 at the Arden
(complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast)
We start the Mulligan Stew Podcast Stew remembering and celebrating the life and music of the late Kris Kristofferson.
From the Mulligan Stew archives we replay the Kris Kristofferson interview we did 2006 backstage at Calgary Folk Festival.
Answering media questions, including my own:
Kris talks about Johnny Cash, Willie and his sons, Hank Williams, movies, performing solo, the Nashville Underground, songwriters these days John Prine, Todd Snider, Shooter Jennings, and how nervous he gets singing for 12,000 people.
Please enjoy…honoured to bring you both artists!!
The Fretless guest on The Stew. Karrnnel Sawitsky and Trent Freeman - one-half of The Fretless join us. Saturday in the first hour. Their album - Glass Wing is brilliant. With 3 songs cowritten and sung by Madeleine Roger. Classically trained, raised on rock, jazz, blues, folk and heritage roots, they take all those influences and combine them into a sound unlike any other group. They take 100 year old shanty's and reshape the song without losing the original melody so it can last another 100 years. In Glass Wing, they write all their own tunes. Three co-written with Madeleine Roger. There is such joy in hearing violins, violas and cellos driving the beat where normally the drums and bass would be. Impressive my friends. Very impressive. Have a listen to Pipe Dreams! The Queen Nancy - named after a car and a make-believe BC Ferry. Icarus - a Madeleine beauty Or the lead track Lost Lake. This marks a new chapter The Fretless. With Lights, sound and stage design created especially for this album, these songs and this tour. The Fretless Tour * Oct 3 Fanny Bay * Oct 4 Comox * Oct 5 Victoria * Oct 6 Van * October 10 Calgary * October 11 Edmonton
This week we welcome Donovan Woods and his latest album Things were never good if They’re not good now.
Wonderful insight into his songwriting and his place in the music business.
The first time he played in Victoria, he couldn’t believe the audience knew the words to his songs.
And in the past year, he played in Australia and remembers an audience in Perth who sang the words louder than he could.
He has come a very long way has Donovan.
Struggling to find things to sing about or sing at all. A series of failures lead to an addiction counselling program and committed himself to getting to “the bottom of myself“
He changed his mind about a lot of things.
” It turns out the truth does really set you free”
“I won’t be cheesy and say I feel like this is my first album, but it certainly feels like a new start”
Joel Plaskett's eleventh album—One Real Reveal is special for several reasons.
Joel sat down with a small Telefunken KM56 microphone and a 4-track recorder and recorded the tracks for One Real Reveal ON CASSETTE TAPE starting with the brilliant High Summer.
This album and its music is bare. Because it is, you’re forced to listen to the music and especially the lyrics. These are words and melodies that will still be the air in a concert hall.
IF you can get in.
Joel’s current tour out west is Sold Out. Fittingly, the tour ends at Massey Hall in Toronto.
It too will be Sold Out.
Discover the new sounds of Joel Plaskett, just like the old Joel Plaskett only quieter, more reflective.
I’ve been waiting many years to have Joel to myself. Just to exchange ideas and passions.
My timing couldn’t have been better. One Real Reveal was well worth the wait.
The other welcome guest is our pal Leeroy Stagger. Host of Dirty Windshields Radio Hour on CKUA Saturdays.
But before Leeroy joined us, he was a highly respected singer/songwriter and he continues to write, record and perform his very personal songs.
Leeroy has just released his latest album 3 am Revelations.
In it, Leeroy reflects the life around him. The road, family, social issues and seeking the answers to all his inner questions.
Just a heads up – 3 am Revelations rocks. Bangers like Watermelon Pink, Count to 10, These Days. Then finds balance with reflective gems like
It’s gonna be alright (someday), Alberta Stars, Life’s a Drag, etc.
It's good to have friends and partners like Leeroy Stagger. Great album Leeroy! You nailed it.
Terry David Mulligan joins Blues lifer Robert Finley in the media tent at the Edmonton Folk Festival.
Robert spins the stories of how he went from losing most of his sight to becoming the hot new voice in the blues.
Inviting himself to do a cold walk-on at the Blues Festival in St Helena. It's quite a story he tells. The crowd loved him and that set things in motion.
The Music Maker Relief Foundation, a non-profit blues support system, heard him busking in the streets and offered to help.
Finley released his first album “Age Don’t Mean a Thing” in 2016.
Dan Auerbach
of the Black Keys heard him and they started recording together – with Dan as producer.
They’ve now done 4 albums together. Each one is bigger and better.
The latest is Black Bayou. There will be no more busking for Robert Finley. He’s 70 years old and an overnight sensation!!
I’ve been waiting for new music from Winnipeg’s Madeleine Roger for four years.
That’s how long it's been since I discovered her voice, playing and gifted songwriting.
Maddy took a solo career detour through the stellar chops of The Fretless.
They needed an exceptional vocalist who understood and was comfortable with, classical music.
Madeleine needed a different “band” to shine with. Perfect!
So here we are in early September and both artists are releasing new albums.
Madeleine has just released NERVE a new album filled with tales of lost love and found freedoms.
Produced by Josh Kaufman (Anais Mitchell, Bonnie Light Horseman) Recorded in four days. They threw away the headphones and sat 8 feet apart..making music.
There are actually four extra songs waiting to be released.
I am here to state – in my opinion - an exceptional new star has risen – her name is Madeleine Roger.
Enjoy the complete interview and the music included.
www.madeleineroger.com
The last time I had the privilege of interviewing Rhiannon Giddens it was in 2017 at Edmonton Folk Fest.
In the next five years, she became a World star.
For example:
In October 2017, Giddens was named one of the 2017 class of MacArthur "Genius" Fellows.
In 2017 and 2018, Giddens appeared in the fifth and sixth seasons of the CMT's
In January 2018, Giddens co-produced Songs of Our Native Daughters for Smithsonian Folkways.
in early 2018, the Nashville Ballet announced that Rhiannon Giddens has been commissioned to write the music for Lucy Negro, Redux. In 2019, Giddens released two studio albums: Songs of Our Native Daughters and There Is No Other with Italian musician Francesco Turrisi
Giddens earned an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for her lasting impact on the UNCG community and her work in music. In 2023, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music from Princeton University
In other words, the last 5-6 years have been a delightful blur.
Thus my first question was …what do you remember of the last 5 years?
If anyone is going to change music in her lifetime – it's Rhiannon Giddens!!
Enjoy.
Colin's 21st album is called Chasing the Sun. Today, Aug 17 is his Birthday. Happy Day Colin
Co-produced by Colin Linden in his Pinhead Studios in Nashville.
Colin's coming to the Mulligan Stew Podcast with the complete story of how he and his friends wrote and created these outstanding songs.
Colin singing a Lucinda Williams song, Protection, with Lucinda in the studio doing harmony. Two tracks with blues harp legend Charlie Musselwhite, co-writing memorable songs with Tom Wilson, Terra Lightfoot, Thompson Wilson, Jesse Obrien and others. A great rhythm section of Darryl Jones (Stones) Charley Drayton (Keith Richards).
A splendid cover of Paul Butterfield's classic In My Own Dream. Also vocals by The McCrary Sisters and Ruby Amanfu
Colin Linden leading the all-star band and co-writing with Colin James.
It's their 6th album together.
Colin and I have been doing interviews for a long time but there are still events and moments in his life that need retelling.
For example, when the two Colins’ met on the Canadian Prairies Colin James was 13 and Colin Linden was 17. Both were into playing the blues.
A short time later Colin, still a teenager, got to play for Stevie Ray Vaughn. Stevie helped him take the next steps in his career.
This is the complete Interview.
His 2021 album Open Road won the JUNO Award for Best Blues Album and was nominated for Blues Foundation Best Blues Rock Album in 2023.
Catching the Sun may very well get the best reception yet.
Kevin Kane and The Hooper Brothers Chris and Tommy have been an original Canadian band for over 40 years.
The Grapes of Wrath.
Same three guys. Still making music.
This podcast is their first complete band interview in over 10 years.
Like many, I had presumed that the guys had moved on to solo efforts or other bands or other dreams.
When I saw that they were playing and selling out The Carleton in Halifax I started to dig and found – amazed – that they were in fact playing the Filberg Festival in Comox, Vancouver Island Aug 3.
Also Edmonton, The Maritimes, Vernon and The Dream Café in Penticton.
Bringing with them songs containing people's memories, whole lifetimes.
Peace of Mind
You may be right
These days
And the still brilliant…
All the thing’s I wasn’t.
Platinum records, multiple tours of Canada, the USA and Europe.
In 1992 they went separate ways only to rediscover the power of their friendship and music in 2010 at a festival in Surrey, BC.
The same three guys…Let’s celebrate The Grapes of Wrath. Enjoy the stories and the music.
Tour Dates:
www.grapesofwrath.ca
The last two festival directors join us on The Summer Stew - Terry Wickham - Edmonton Aug 8-11 Many years later the musical leader at Edmonton Folk Festival. As you know, he's a natural storyteller and this year he's telling stories of the growing indigenous component of the festival. Also how it all started to grow within the fest, it involves the Chieftains. Terry talks about how he discovers artists, why certain artists strike a chord in him and how he had to keep a headliner booking secret for 7 months. The complete interview can be heard on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and the video on the terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel. Jenna Klein Waller - Canmore Aug 3-5 It's year one for Jenna. She has stayed in touch with the other artistic directors. Learning even more as she went. The one thing the festival wanted to focus on was finding a younger audience. Jenna talks about the artists that her younger audience wants to see and hear.
It's festival season. Full ON.
Everywhere you go someone is kicking off a festival.
We’re concentrating on the music festivals of Western Canada.
I couldn’t do them all…
Vancouver Island and Winnipeg festivals have started
This weekend our guests are – artistic directors Kerry Clark from the Calgary Folk Fest and Fiona Black from the Vancouver Folk Fest.
We finish our festival updates on July 20 with Jenna Klein Waller artistic director from Canmore Festival and Terry Wickham artistic director of Edmonton Folk Music Festival.
Check out the artist lineups at
www.calgaryfolkfest.com July 25-28
www.thefestival.bc.ca July 19-21
It all started as a single interview about the Edmonton Folk Festival. We seemed to be talking about the “other“ festivals and could they survive the Covid years.
That conversation turned into the first group interview with the artistic directors of Calgary, Winnipeg, Canmore and Vancouver Folk Festivals.
It was fun and informative, so we’ve decided to make it a yearly gathering.
Here’s the guest lineup this year. They each bring with them stories of the artists they booked and why.
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Doug Cox – July 12-14 Vancouver Island Music Festival (Courtney)
Chris Frayer – July 11-14 Winnipeg Folk Festival
Fiona Black – July 19-21 Vancouver Folk Festival
Kerry Clark – July 25-28 Calgary Folk Festival
Jenna Klein Waller – Aug 3-5 Canmore Folk Festival
Terry Wickham – Aug 8-11 Edmonton Folk Festival
This week our interview guests are…
Artistic Directors of Vancouver Island Music Festival (Doug Cox) & Winnipeg Folk Festival (Chris Frayer)
Both festivals start next weekend. Next Saturday it’s Fiona Black from Vancouver FF and Kerry Clark from Calgary FF. Bringing insights into their artist guest list and special events. The complete interviews can be seen on the terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel
They are Canadian music royalty. Who better to have joined us on the Canada Day weekend than Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy from Blue Rodeo?
AND Jim brings his 6th solo album All the World Fades Away.
There is much to talk about. In the first half of the Podcast Greg and Jim take us through Blue Rodeo's plans for their 40th year together in 2025.
Taking part in the Lightfoot celebration at Massey Hall. Being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.. Then Greg bugs out and Jim and I talk about his 6th solo album with The Jim Cuddy band.
It's called All the world fades away and it’s a beauty.
Stories about his Father, our friend the late John Mann and his family, his early years on The Yukon, and his duet with Greg on the solo album. The dialogue between the two of them on the meaning of the song is WILD!
We talk tours and plans for the year. Comments about playing the Canmore and Edmonton Folk Festivals this summer. Our thanks to the boys...
Enjoy – Happy Canada Day
Two remarkable guests this week
Celeigh Cardinal and her new album Boundless Possibilities and Bridget Kearney – Bassist and songwriter for Lake Street Dive
Both guests have albums that came out Friday.
Celeigh Cardinal has her latest dropping Friday - Boundless Possibilities.
Personally written songs that describe the feelings of losing her son's Father in a murder and the death of a friend by suicide. Also surviving the pain and loss and changing her life forever.
It's not your average album and certainly not your average interview. Open, bare and loving.
The second guest is Bridget Kearney. Bassist, vocalist and songwriter for Lake Street Dive. The album is Good Together and after 20 years together, they've decided to write songs and play together in the same room. It shows in the exceptional songs.
They appeared this week on Colbert and they're on tour. One of the dates is Madison Square Garden.
For years, there have been multiple wine competitions no matter what country or region.
The BC wine industry is no exception.
The latest wine awards are The BC Top 50 wines and Wine of the Year as part of the 2024 Okanagan Spring Wine Festival, which is on now.
Friday night the results were announced at the Penticton Trade and Convention Centre and then hundreds descended on the trade floor to do their own judging.
Kimberly Hundertmark, the GM of The Wine Fests said on Tasting Room Radio last week that wineries were asked to send their very best releases.
We have two guests and dear friends on this Podcast. Both are wine stars and both were judges at this event
DJ Kearney. A Global wine authority, educator and Director of Wine at Terminal City Club. Black Belt.
Rhys Pender – Master of Wine. Co-owner of Little Farm Wine in Cawston and owner of Wine Plus. World's greatest fisherman.
I’ve had the distinct pleasure to host and produce Tasting Room Radio for 17 years.
Most weeks we consider featuring some of those stories on the podcast but music, arts and music history seem to carry the day.
These two interviews deserve to be featured because they tell the story of the current state of the BC wine industry.
The Okanagan has been burned by summer fires and choked by summer smoke, blocked by road closures at the peak of the summer season, deep frozen by two successive winters and disappointingly shunned by liquor governing bodies in Alberta.
All the while the BC wine industry is making better and better wines. So it all feels like three steps forward and two back
Kimberly Hundertmark, the GM of Okanagan Wine Festivals brings great news. Right now, they are kicking off the Spring Wine Festival all over the Okanagan Valley. It’s an amazing collection of events. Huge gatherings like 2024 BC Top 50 and the Wine of the Year. The TASTE series, carefully curated in locations North and South, the Naramata Bench this Sunday, June 2 and the District Wine Village in Oliver Sat-Sun June 8/9 and Saturday, June 8th at the Summer Sips at Spirit Ridge Osoyoos. Kimberly brings all the news and tips for making plans.
The complete list of events can be found at www.thewinefestivals.com
John Skinner is the co-owner/co-founder of Painted Rock Estate Winery, on the Skaha Bench in Okanagan Falls.
If you go to their website www.paintedrock.ca have a look at the wines and also the awards those wines have won over the years.
Pages and pages of awards and outstanding reviews.
John’s comments about his wines and two new releases – Rose and Chardonnay can be found on Tasting Room Radio. www.tastingroomradio.com
These comments by John are about the state of the BC wine industry – the good and not-so-good.
Above all, it’s John’s belief in BC Wine. He shows leadership and well-thought-out decision-making.
If you’re interested in supporting the BC wine industry – and I truly hope you are – then John brings clarity and commitment to all of us.
John Skinner reminds us that most of these wineries are owned by small farming families.
“support the little wineries first. Find your favourites and support them when you can”
Wonderful article from Charles P. Pierce Esquire Magazine May 25
Let's get the whole gang together: Davey Moore, Hattie Carroll, Hollis Brown, Einstein disguised as Robin Hood, the motorcycle black Madonna two-wheeled gypsy queen, Ma Rainey, and Beethoven, John the Baptist, the Commander In Chief, Louis The King, Napoleon in rags, Lucille, Johanna, Sweet Marie, John Wesley Harding, St. Augustine, the joker, the thief, Big Jim, Lily, Rosemary, and most of all, the Jack of Hearts, Rubin Carter, Isis, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Blackjack Davey, Charlie Patton. All of them. Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack, because if you want to remember, you better write down the names.
Bob Dylan turned 83 on Friday. All of him did. All of them did. All the personae, the entire kaleidoscope of masks, the false fronts and head fakes, and, finally, the last, and in many ways, best of them all. The travelling storyteller, the seanchai as the people in the old country would call him. Out on the endless tour, up the endless highway. I think of him and I think of Turlough O'Carolan, the legendary blind Irish harper who would travel the countryside, composing his songs on the spot for whomever would give him food and drink. Go back further. Go back to Homer. Sing to him, O muse. When Dylan dropped "Murder Most Foul," virtually out of a clear blue sky, blessing us with it as consolation for the years when America had gone so terribly wrong, it was Homer of whom I thought, poet and historian both, protector of the shadowland between myth and reality, chronicler of what Greil Marcus called "the old, weird America," a phrase I wish I'd written.
He'll be around all summer, travelling with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp and a whole clutch of other artists in something called the Outlaw Music Festival Tour. It's a high-priced extravaganza but, in a very real way, he's just on the road, heading for another joint. Move along, brother Bob. The highway, as you taught us, is for gamblers, and we take what we have gathered from coincidence.
Here’s a collection of comments and reflections from Dylan's artistic partners and others just sharing the same spaces with Bob. Interviews I’ve done over the years to be added to when Dylan turns 85.
Interviews with
David Bowie
Robbie Robertson
Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks
The Avett Brothers
Barney Bentall and Steve Dawson
Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo)
And Colin Linden (Blackie and the Rodeo Kings)
Wine and Dine – Tofino June i/2.
The second story takes place next weekend June 1 and 2 in one of Earth’s most beautiful places - Tofino, British Columbia. The western edge of Canada on Vancouver island. The community includes surfing, golfing, fishing, underwater adventures and an unusual gathering of chefs. It is where they come to learn how to create seafood dishes and cook with what the forest and oceans give them – and surf their minds out.
It's the second annual Wine and Dine gathering on the front lawns of Best Western Plus Tin Wis Resort.
All of the details can be found at www.tofinowinedine.com
Our guests are the organizers and founders of Tofino Wine & dine
Ronnie Lee and Ryan Orr.
We know Ottawa-born Sue Foley from the blues albums she’s created and released. Plus Multiple blues awards on both sides of the border. Her new album is One Guitar Woman. A tribute to the female pioneers of guitar.
This was/is a very personal journey for Sue. She’s studied the many women who played guitar before her and left their legacy to study and pass on. Female singers and players like Memphis Minnie, Elizabeth Cotten, Maybelle Carter, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Geeshe Wiley, Lydia Mendoza etc. Many tales and tunes are connected to the album.
Four-time Blues Foundation Traditional Female Artist award winner, Sue Foley’s new album One Guitar Woman is a heartfelt tribute to the female pioneers of the guitar - including Memphis Minnie, Lydia Mendoza, Maybelle Carter, Ida Presti, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The album showcases the dexterity of Foley’s acoustic nylon string guitar skills as she expands on her blues playing into other genres like Piedmont fingerpicking, traditional country, the Carter Scratch, flamenco and classical.
“From the time I decided to be a professional guitar player, I’ve always looked for female role models. These are the women who were expressing themselves through the instrument as far back as the 1920’s, at the inception of radio and recorded music. They are the trailblazers and visionaries whose footsteps I walk in,”
Sue Foley.
When Ron Carter's name comes up, one of the first things people write or say is – he’s played bass and cello on over 2500 albums.
That’s impressive and awe-inspiring. Totally agree.
When I hear the name Ron Carter I think of the bassist who played in Miles Davis’ second band, alongside Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams & George Coleman.
“The List” of bands and recordings would include Wayne Shorter, Blue Note recordings with Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, and 100’s of others.
I talked to Ron about his recordings in popular music. Roberta Flack, Eddie Harris, Aretha, Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Erykah Badu, A tribe called Quest, Phoebe Snow, The Rascals, Gil Scott-Heron, Carlos Santana.
Ron has taught music for many years at esteemed colleges and schools, his current documentary is Finding the Right Notes, also the name of his bio book.
Ron Carter turns 87 years old today – Saturday, May 4 !! we wish him WELL.
Enjoy the conversation – I sure did.
Afie Jurvanen – more famously known as Bahamas!
A fascinating artist and human. Never satisfied to remain in the same groove or attitude. What’s constant is his ability to create memorable songs, surrounded by sonic texture that is his territory alone.
You know it's him as soon as you hear the song.
He’ll be doing summer festivals and supporting his album Bootcut- a heavily inspired classic Country record which has recently seen his catalogue surpass a billion streams. He was awarded a pile of gold/platinum/double platinum singles while attending the JUNOs this year. . Rolling Stone covered Bootcut saying that a Canadian indie rock kid made one of Nashville’s most Country records of the year: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/bahamas-bootcut-country-music-album-nashville-1234826097/
Oh..and he was featured on The Bachelor and released an album on Valentine's day called Repackaged Love Songs.
And best of all, he’s guesting on Mulligan Stew Saturday 4 Pacific / 5 Mtn at CKUA RADIO ckua.com
Adrian is a Traditional Knowledge Keeper for the James Bay Cree of Attawapiskat First Nation. It may explain why he is such a fine songwriter and storyteller. As a singer, he's been described by producer Colin Linden as "open" sonically and spiritually. Adrian and Colin worked together on his first album When the Magic Hits. Although "together" doesn't quite describe their situation. Colin was in his home studio in Nashville and Adrian was in the frozen Far North in James Bay working in an old shipping container that he had turned into a studio. For Precious Diamonds, Adrian went south to Colin's studio in Nashville and the resulting album is now out, many months later. Adrian takes us through a number of songs he wrote and sung. His battle finding his place in the music world. His pride in recording two songs in his native Mushkegowuk Cree. As a surprise to Adrian, I had Colin Linden in the Zoom waiting room and he popped out at just the right time to congratulate his friend. Adrian brought many stories and spoke his truth.
This is what Podcasts were created for.
Long, extended conversations between guests and hosts.
Deep dives into opinions on music, film, food, wine, books, travel, history etc.
One of the biggest and brightest podcasts today belongs to our guest Nardwuar, The Human Serviette!
Millions of people all over the World can’t seem to wait for his next interview with hip-hoppers, rappers, punks and metal artists.
Countless fans everywhere dress up as Nardwuar, every Halloween.
Have a visit to his website www.nardwuar.com
What he brings to the interviews are personal facts and rumours that only the artist would know. Pulling out posters, photos, handwritten notes and albums that only the artist would remember. Minds are blown. Records are played. Lifetime friends are made!!
Our first Podcast – co-produced by Elliott Garnier – Was 6 years ago. Nardwuar was the very first guest!!
On the occasion of Episode #300, we welcome back the original – the one and only – Nardwuar – The Human Serviette!!!
Sandra Oldfield is one of the leading voices for and in the Okanagan Wine Industry.
Was team leader and winemaking leader at Tinhorn Creek in the South Okanagan.
Now, she and her husband Kenn lead a popular consulting firm called Elysian Projects. Sandra is also one of the leaders in BC Tourism.
She’s a highly respected spokesperson for the wine community in BC.
No one hired her, she just is.
Sandra is also a world-class troublemaker and people love her for that.
She speaks her mind but does it from knowledge and passion for who and what she’s standing up for.
Several years ago the Liquor Control bureaucrats would not allow wine fans to buy BC wine in BC and drive it back home to Alberta.
I drove a case of wine across the BC/Alberta border but was not detained.
Sandra ordered a shotgun from the prairies to show that a gun could be sent across borders but not wine. We’ve been friends ever since.
Now the same Alberta Liquor agency is telling BC Wineries that they cannot send their wines to wine club members in Alberta and if they do, all their wines will be pulled from store shelves in that province.
This is all happening just as many of the small BC farmers who grow the grapes are staggered from the almost complete loss of vineyards and fruit in the Okanagan from two Winter cold snaps that killed many many vines.
I found Sandra in Victoria on Vancouver Island and sat down for a frank talk about the state of her industry and possible solutions for all involved.
He also has revealed a video she shot with her husband Kenn. Boxes arriving from Alberta were sent directly to her house in BC.
Sandra will explain what that says about the playing field here.
Delighted to welcome Shotgun Sandra Oldfield
Grant Lawrence (The Smugglers, CBC Podcast, multiple best-selling books) is on the road with his Stories and Song LIve.
Grant and Joel Plaskett, Ashleigh Ball, played Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney by the Sea north of Victoria Thursday night.
Friday on Galiano Island and Saturday in Maple Ridge with his love Jill Barber added.
We met at The Five and Dime Diner across from the venue and talked for 20 or so minutes about EVERYTHING.
He told the story of two teens, Grant and Nardwuar knocking on my front door Halloween night to ask questions about their favourite bands. I did the best I could and sent them along with extra promo records. Grant still has his.
We've been friends for 36 years. That’s the kind of podcast this will be. Corey Woods (Associate Producer) shot it on video as well..so it's also on terrydavidmulligan YouTube channel.
Every once in a while there’s a week that goes by that is blessed with great conversations. Somewhere down that road, I decided that instead of choosing one interview over the other, why not have them both share the podcast. March 2, 2008, was the day gifted singer/songwriter and truly remarkable man Jeff Healey lost his battle with cancer. We had a great long-distance friendship. Every time we reconnected, we fell into an easy chatter that always ended up in laughter. Good man. I was gutted by his loss. Still am. Roger Costa is the co-administrator/archivist of The Estate of Jeff Healey. He’s currently leading the production team shooting the documentary See the Light: The Jeff Healey Story. That film and my interview with Roger will come later this year or early 2025. In the meantime, I wanted to remember Jeff on March 2 with someone who knows him well. Roger Costa. Harry Hertscheg is a regular listener to this Podcast. He listens to it while biking through busy Vancouver traffic to and from work. Work is being executive director of the hugely successful VanWineFest which is just wrapping up. Almost 20,000 wine fans have attended seminars, winemakers dinners and large and small tastings. The feature region is Italy. 71 Italian wineries sent their best. Next year the feature region is the USA. Here’s a conversation with the completely engaging and informative Harry Hertscheg. Enjoy the ride Harry.
Corby brings new, acoustic, live off the floor music in his new album El Viejo (The Old One) in memory and tribute to his pal Ian Tyson.
Corby says that this album may be his best yet.
He brings memories of Ian and also how his audiences are different depending on where he’s playing,
For El Viejo Corb and the Hurtin’ Albertans played live, letting the songs reveal themselves. It was all captured by CKUA Alumni Scott Franchuck.
Corby describes it as “organic”.
We talked about his name “is that the name of the band?”
Touched on his time with The Smalls and how this music connects to those days. “half urban/indy and half cowboys/ranchers”
We touched on Hearts on Fire Michael Barclay’s book on “6 years that changed Canadian music” which in its promo mentioned cowboys who used to play speed metal.
“the alt-country music in the late 90’s and 2000’s was littered with x-punks who suddenly discovered acoustic guitar.”
That’s Corb. The Poet Laureate of the Albertan people.
March 5 Corb is in Vancouver at The Orpheum
March 7 Grey Eagle Calgary
March 9 Midway Edmonton
March 22 Zankel Hall / Carnegie Hall NYC
May 28 Amsterdam
And multiple dates in Europe with The Dead South.
Dominique Fils-Aimé presents her fourth album Our Roots Run Deep.
Dominique Fils-Aimé is a JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter from Montreal. Her new album invites us to deep dive into the roots of her soul with a strong desire to connect with one's higher self and the desire to surround you in a soothing aural embrace.
On stage, whether in Canada, in Europe or the USA, Dominique Fils-Aimé’s magnetic presence on stage leads the audience on a transcendent journey.
The Montreal-based JUNO award-winning singer-songwriter put the history of African-American musical culture into the heart of her work, reflecting on the social realities that influenced the genres of blues, jazz and soul. Her previous trilogy shed light on the history of Afro-American music, inspired by soul icons such as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone and Etta James.
2018's Nameless, was about confronting historical silences and sorrows. This blues-tinged album led to two sold-out shows at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2018.
Her second album, Stay Tuned! was a call for revolution. This album won the 2020 JUNO Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year.
Dominique Fils-Aimé [FEES-em-AY] closed the final chapter of the trilogy with Three Little Words, a call for reconciliation. The record received rave reviews in prestigious publications all around the world. It made the Polaris Short List and claimed the #1 spot for best-selling album in Quebec and #2 in Canada.
In her fourth album entitled Our Roots Run Deep, Dominique crafts her latest album with a loose, dreamlike narrative structure that tells a story of growth. For Dominique, nature acts as an anchor and creates the unique but interconnected journey of a human being.
"Just as we cannot see the mycorrhizal network that allows trees in a forest to communicate with each other underground," says Dominique. "I believe our souls do the same and that music can be a fertilizer for this invisible communication network."
Dominique!
Saturday night Feb 17 Dominique is appearing at Calgary’s Block Heater festival at Central United Church. When she takes the stage at 8:55 Dominique will not only charm the audience in the Church but will be streamed live on the CKUA Radio Network. Province-wide in Alberta and heard on the CKUA App.
www.mulliganstew.ca
Feb 9th Alan Doyle releases his next album Welcome Home
Feb 10 he guests on Mulligan Stew
“I have always struggled with the middle ground. I love playing live so much and I have rightly been accused of writing songs more for concerts than albums. Most people who come to my shows want that kind of night out. So, I have overlooked the lower and slower: The lower part of my vocal range and the slower songs. I’m letting myself do that for the first time on this record.”
Alan’s 6th solo album and 20th of his career. Alan is celebrating 30 years in music.
He’s been co-writing songs for Welcome Home with Donovan Woods, Jimmy Rankin and actor Oscar Isaac.
Alan starts a 45-night North American tour Feb 20 with 2 nights in Kelowna.
Feb 29 – Edmonton N Jube
March 1 Calgary S Jube
March 9 Massey Hall
Alan Doyle is a first-class storyteller who takes us through the songs and stories.
We talk about Tell Tale Harbour the play he produced.
Also was involved in The Tribute to Ron Hynes Album
And he has yet another best-selling book coming.
The beautiful Alan Doyle and his beautiful, beautiful band charging into 2024. At CKUA
Making great whisky is serious business.
Whisky takes time. You can create it and leave it in barrel “while your kids grow up and head off to college” kind of time.
For example, Paradigm Spirits -The Heritage Collection - Whisky of the Year in Canada spent 19 years in barrels. Then along came friends and partners Michelle deBus and Irma Joeveer who were just beginning their whisky journey. They purchased the filled barrels to start Paradigm.
Then blended in some Oloroso Sherry and found a stunning balance between the corn whisky and sherry.
Davin de Kergommeaux Canada’s Whisky authority and founder of the Canadian Whisky Awards describes The Heritage as having
“sublime complexity and elegance with fresh fruity top notes”
This is a really nice story of people who dreamt a dream of making whisky and how it all led to being named Whiskey of the Year in Canada. Besting 200 other whiskeys.
Our guests are Irma Joeveer and Michelle Debus
“Friendship is like Whisky – the older the better”
Yes, my friends, it's our annual trek to Victoria’s inner harbour for the 18th annual Victoria Whisky Festival and the Canadian Whisky Awards.
It was the founder of the awards Davin de Kergomeaux who whispered in my ear wondering why I wasn’t attending or tasting or writing about his Whisky Awards. On second thought I think the voice in my ear was me saying
“How could you possibly miss this?” just after I had missed the events about 6-7 years ago.
I knew almost nothing about Whisky but my thinking was the same as wine – 17 years ago – every interview is going to be a master class. Pay attention and you could learn all about wine and pass it on to the listeners.
I’m pleased to welcome to Tasting Room Radio –
Davin de Kergommeaux – founder of the Canadian Whisky Awards.
The Canadian Whisky Awards, held annually with the Victoria Whisky Festival, is the first and only competition dedicated solely to Canadian Whisky.
The Awards have become the first stop for whisky producers, distributors, retailers and fans looking for the very best Canadian whiskies.
Davin is the world’s leading authority on Canadian Whisky. He also has three books available on Canadian Whisky with a fourth coming in March!
Davin assembled 10 judges and sent them nearly 200 competing whiskies to blind taste. Davin announces the winner in his interview. We talk to the winners next week.
www.canadianwhiskyawards.com
www.canadianwhisky.org
[caption id="attachment_28306" align="alignnone" width="800"] Graeme Macaloney[/caption]
Dr. Graeme Macaloney PEng, PhD. – Macaloney’s Island Distillery (Saanich)
Proud owner of 5 world whisky awards including World best Potstill – Kildara. They are a non-chilled, filtered, no colour-added distillery.
In our 8-10 minute interview, I think I asked 3 perhaps 4 questions – Dr. Graeme handled the rest.
It was like a masterclass. A charming man in a Cameron Kilt.
He won Gold for his 54ppm Peat Project.
www.macaloneydistillers.com
Tish Harcus – Manager Canadian Club Whisky since 1988. Canadian Club itself since 1858.
www.canadianclub.com
James Neil – Bowmore Distillery. The oldest distillery in Islay. On the shores of Lochindaal since 1779. Also home to one of the world’s oldest Scotch maturation warehouses – The No. 1 Vault.
James poured Bowmore 22 Aston Martin
www.bowmore.com
They took part in the Great Whisky Debate with
Micah Dew from Maker’s Mark.
Words flew, one-liners were exchanged and they still remain long-time friends. Micah was busy with a masterclass but we thank Tish and James for coming by.
www.makersmark.com
Chris Read –Shelter Point Distillery. Campbell River.
Distinctly Vancouver Island. Uniquely Shelter Point.
By the time Chris sat down we knew Shelter Point had won 2 Bronze medals for their Oak Cask Single Malt (smoke, spices, honey, leather and a wiff of ocean)
and their flagship Evans Family Reserve.
(vanilla, tannins, dark chocolate, coconut, citrus, berries, cloves.)
Chris explained the unique influences in their island location. It was like poetry.
www.shelterpoint.ca
Let the names tell the story – With Waddy Wachtel, Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar and drummer, producer, and writer Russ Kunkel created and played music history.
Historic albums by Carole King, Jackson Brown, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Steven Stills, Neil Young, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Jimmy Buffet, JJ Cale, Ringo, Lyle Lovett, George Harrison, Dolly, Linda and Emmylou The Trio album, Stevie Nicks, Don Henley, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, Tracey Chapman, Joe Walsh, BB King, Steve Winwood.
On and On and ON.
Now, along with seasoned guitarist and vocalist Steve Postell, they’ve established the opportunity to be their band. The Immediate Family. Their new album Skin in the Game arrives Feb 16.
Skin in the Game references the fact that they aren’t sidemen here. It’s not a play-and-walk-away kind of thing. They’re taking the music they wrote and played, out on the road for themselves. No one else.
For the rest of the story, check out the documentary The Immediate Family. Screening now.
The annual Critics Choice Awards take place in LA Sunday at 7 PM Eastern.
Hosted by Chelsea Handler.
Ive gathered four opinionated critics (are there any other kind)
We met on Zoom and went at it.
Discussing the film year 2023 and who’s going to win what…
Shawn Edwards Kansas City
Hillary Atkin LA
Teri Hart Toronto
Bonnie Laufer Toronto
It’s a wild ride friends..come along.
Mike Grgich – His 1976 Napa Chardonnay in USA/France blind tasting in Paris was The Shot Heard Round the World. Winemaker Mike Grgich died Dec 13th 2023. He was 100 years old.
This is his story, as told to yours truly into a nasty microphone in the lobby of the Hotel Vancouver 2016.
He had just released his memoir A Glass Full of Miracles.
(Note – on his way from Croatia to Napa he travelled across the Atlantic and by train across Canada to Vancouver for a lumberjack job he had applied for. The job was gone by the time he reached the west coast. So, Mike washed dishes until he heard of a winemaking job in Napa and South he went)
Steven Spurrier, a wine expert from England who ran a fine wine shop in Paris, decided it would be fun to organize a blind tasting to coincide with America’s Bicentennial celebrations in 1976. For the tasting, he gathered together the best French judges, and the finest French wines, and to salute America on its 200th anniversary he added in a few wines from some upstart winemakers in California. Steven hoped the tasting would bring favourable attention to his wine shop. But he didn’t have any idea of the impact that his Bicentennial tasting would have on the world of wine.
André Tchelistcheff, along with Jim Barrett, had hand-carried an armload of California wines to Paris for the competition. The blind tasting was held at the InterContinental Hotel in the center of Paris. The morning competition was devoted to white wines and the afternoon to reds. And Steven Spurrier brought together the very best white wines of Burgundy: a 1973 Meursault-Charmes, a 1973 Beaune Clos des Mouches, a 1973 Bâtard-Montrachet, and a 1972 Puligny-Montrachet Les Pucelles.
Alongside these French legends, there was the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay crafted by Mike Grgich, and other Chardonnays from California that the French judges had never heard of either. The judges expected to sniff and gag when they tasted the California wines.
But it didn’t happen that way. The nine French judges blind-tasted the white wines and graded each of them. The winner was the Chateau Montelena Chardonnay that Mike Grgich had made, with 132 points, the highest total scored of any of the wines, red or white, in the tasting. It was the champion! Then, to add insult to injury, the third and fourth places went to Chalone Vineyard and Spring Mountain Vineyard.
In the afternoon tasting of the red wines, the French judges gave their top ranking to Warren Winiarski for his 1973 Stag’s Leap Cabernet Sauvignon, beating the best wines of Bordeaux, among them a 1970 Château Mouton-Rothschild, a 1970 Château Haut Brion, a 1970 Château Montrose from Saint-Estèphe, and a 1971 Château Léoville-Las-Cases from Saint-Julien.
The judges were shocked as was Steven Spurrier.
Upstarts from Napa Valley had won both categories, against the very best wines of France. The French judges were speechless and a few tried to suppress the results, but without success. The following week, George Tabor’s story in Time magazine announced the American triumph, and it sent shock waves throughout the world of wine. Mike received the news that they had won by a congratulatory telegram from Jim Barrett in Paris. That was the first he learned that his wine was even in the competition.
Soon, though, the importance of what had happened began to sink in..
On July 4, 1977, Mike Grgich and Austin Hills, of the Hills Bros. Coffee Company, broke ground to start Grgich Hills Cellar, which from the start sold wines that were in high demand, based on Mike Grgich’s reputation as the winemaker who won the Paris Tasting. Gradually, the winery purchased 366 acres, spread over five vineyards within the Napa Valley, allowing all Grgich Hills wines to be produced solely from estate-grown grapes. In recognition of that significant achievement, the winery changed its name to Grgich Hills Estate.
The Paris Tasting revolutionized the wine world, establishing Napa Valley’s reputation as a world-class wine region! First, it shattered the myth that only French soil can produce world-class wines. For decades New World winemakers had all been stuck in that mindset and this finally broke through it. Second, the victory pumped new energy into the California wine industry, particularly in Napa Valley. Vintners were proud to be part of what was a revolution in American wine but they still had a long way to go. So they redoubled their efforts to make better wines each year.
California’s victory also inspired other winemakers in different parts of the world. Breaking the myth of French superiority gave new hope and energy to winemakers in South Africa, Italy, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, and even in Mike’s native Croatia. Now they joined the race to make world-class wines, and as the years unfolded California winemakers also shared with them their technology and know-how. As part of that effort, Mike returned to Croatia in 1996 and started a new winery in order to share what he had learned with young winemakers in his homeland.
George Taber, the Time magazine journalist who first reported the tasting, in 2005 wrote a detailed account of the event and its impact in his book, “Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized Wine.”
As a result of his historic contributions to making world-class wine in California, Miljenko “Mike” Grgich was inducted into the Vintner Hall of Fame in 2008.
A Hollywood version of this story was true but not by much. It was called Bottleshock.
We salute the great Mike Grgich.
This Christmas Stew features the last Christmas in the Round recording we did.
The year was 2020 – full Covid lockdown. Many good people lost to this virus. Far too many.
We gathered online at Dan Mangan’s Sidedoor Access.
Shari Ulrich and Barney Bentall.
Both on Bowen Island. Opposite Horseshoe Bay!
Bill Henderson
Not too far down the Georgia Strait on Salt Spring Island.
TDM
The Rounders are: Shari Ulrich – iconic singer, songwriter, and musician. Roy Forbes – Host of Roy’s Record Room and much-admired artist. Barney Bentall – He’s everywhere and always making great music. Bringing joy! Shaun Verreault – One half of Wide Mouth Mason. String Slinger. Sings like a bird Jim Byrnes – St Louis born…West Coast raised. Carries the blues with him. Fine actor. Craig Northey – co-founder of Odds. Touring with Steven Page Trio. Currently a member of Trans Canada Highwaymen. Solid Songwriter. Everyone brings a favorite Christmas song and personal story to exchange. Fun was had by all… Hope you like it. Susan would have loved it
Merry Christmas all! -TDM
Our guest is Matt Layzell from The Matinee. They have released a new album Change of Scene
They’ve been friends making music for 15 years. This feels like the album that pays off all the hard work.
Produced by Steve Dawson who brought with him into the studio Allison Russell and The McCrary Sisters.
The Mulligan Stew Podcast Guest is Devin Cuddy. (Devin Cuddy band)
Son of Jim Cuddy and very definitely his own man.
Jim has said, on this very podcast, that he offered to school Devin and son Sam on the fine art of songwriting and playing but the guys went their separate ways.
Now, Jim says he’s very impressed with their growth and creativity.
They’ve been singing together for years but just casually at fundraising events. Devin talks about a maritime tour they just did.
Devin has released his first new music in 5 years. The album is called Dear Jane – with a reference to Hotlips Houlihan on the Mash TV series.
The album is a soulful mix of New Orleans, honky tonk, roots and Randy Newman. Devins originals are storytelling taken to another level. He’s become his own storyteller.
Devin is creating his place in Canada’s music world, just like his Father.
One of the great surprises is Devin’s cover of Barney Bentall’s hit Come Back to Me. Barney sings on the track. Barney, Jim and Devin have been friends a long time.
Devin says he’s been waiting to sing these songs for 5 years. Should be a great 2024 for The Devin Cuddy Band.
Tracks are included in the podcast.
Robbie and look back at Nov 25 1976 and the final concert by The Band at the Winterland Ballroom in SF.
Called The Last Waltz.
This is a combination of 2 interviews I did over the past few years
It’s like having The Beatles on Saturday’s Mulligan Stew. But you can only have two. Do you want Ringo and Paul or George and John? Saturday our guests are Steven Page (BNL & Steven Page Trio) and Chris Murphy (Sloan). The other members of TCH are Moe Berg (Pursuit of Happiness) and Craig Northey (odds and SP Trio) Each leads his own group but they got together to sing covers of each other’s music. Then the K-Tel idea came along. For younger music fans – K-Tel albums were Canadian hits crammed into 8 tracks, cassettes and albums. With garish labels that you couldn’t miss in your local store or gasoline station. Great hits – horrid packaging. Which is why the guys covered the best hits and copied the artwork. Steven makes the point that they loved these hits because they were Canadian. They were ours. Our American friends had never heard these songs but to us they were Northern memories. They each take turns singing the lead vocal and back each other up. Covering hits by The Guess Who, Joni Mitchell, Paul Anka, April Wine, Bim (Roy Forbes), Lighthouse, Poppy Family etc. Complete interview on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and the video version on the TerryDavidMulligan YouTube Channel
In the spectrum of popular music in Canada, which is as wide as the country, Tom Cochrane falls somewhere between an electrified Gordon Lightfoot and a solo Gordon Downie.
Between the universal prose of Leonard Cohen and the blood passion of Tom Wilson.
Three times we went to the war-torn fields and roads of Africa for World Vision and became lifelong friends. That’s what seeing men, women and children dead or dying will do to you. You seek humanity. Tom’s got humanity in spades.
He came back from the first trip under a heavy dark load and sought out the only thing that he knew would lift him up. Music. He wrote a song called Life is a Highway. It became an anthem for millions. All lifted up by his music.
Tom Cochrane is heading back West now. The tour is called Duo.
Friday night in Medicine Hat, Saturday night in Edmonton (Expo Centre)
Then to the coast and a complete tour of Vancouver Island.
Wednesday Victoria
Thursday Courtney
Friday Nanaimo
Sunday Campbell River
Monday, Nov 20 – Duncan (in the Cowichan)
www.tomcochrane.com
Polaris/Juno Winner Jeremy Dutcher guests on Mulligan Stew. Brings New Album. Jeremy Dutcher has the smarts., look, feel and sound of a star in the making. The Polaris Prize and Juno Award Winner has released his first album in 5 years. Motewolonywok is out now. Jeremy just finished a tour through the West. He's now headed to a Nov 8 date at Nat Arts Center in Ottawa and Dec 9 at Massey Hall. The new album marks the first time Jeremy has written and sung in English. We talk about his creative process and translating indigenous stories into poetry and lyrics. His voice is pure and as he says in the interview "my life is an open book" Oct 14 - Susan Tedeschi (Tedeschi Trucks Band) Celebrates the 25th year of her second solo album Just Won't Burn. (1998)
It kick started her career as a female blues singer/player/writer and sold outstanding numbers. Susan was nominated for a Grammy for Best New Artist. Rave reviews followed - comparing her to Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt.
Speaking of Bonnie, Susan absolutely nails John Prine's Angel from Montgomery which Bonnie made famous. John told Susan it was his favourite version.
Shortly after releasing Just Won't Burn, Susan was to meet and fall in love with Derek Trucks and the rest is music history.
The new re-release also has outtakes, alternate takes and two of her songs re-done live in New York by Tedeschi Trucks.
Along with Dave Grohl, Gloria and Emilio Estevan, Susan was honoured by The Smithsonian Institute for "distinguished contributions to the advancement of areas of interest to the institution"
This weeks terrydavidmulligan YouTube is a tour with music from the heart.
Every year, just about this time, Barney Bentall gathers up friends and hits the road with a travelling barn burner. Everyone on stage is the leader of their career or a band. There are at least 16 artists in this years Express. AND best of all, they’re raising funds for the charities listed below.
Barney Bentall writes his own introduction. This was his newsletter a week ago.
Hi ya all. Gearing up for the Cariboo Express shows. Depending on how we mark the birth of this whole thing, it’s the 18th or 19th year! I think for all of us that play in this big ol’ bad ass band, it is a musical highlight of our year.
With the help and hard work of some worthy charities, we’ve managed to raise over 5 million dollars over the years.
Here are the dates:
Come on out! There are always great guests that show up along with all the regulars. For those of you in the Toronto area, spread the word. This will be our second year and we want to keep coming back and develop what we have going out west. We are supporting Classroom Champions at the Glenn Gould show. Cheers and see you soon! Barney
𝙈𝙀𝙀𝙏 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝘼𝙉𝘿 ☟
𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡 ⭒ Barney Bentall
𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 ⭒ Matt Masters
𝘿𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡 ⭒ Dustin Bentall
𝙍𝙞𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙩 ⭒ Ridley Bent
𝙒𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙮 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙙
𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙛𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙮 𝙆𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙮
𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙖𝙣 ⭒ Stephanie Cadman
𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩 𝙎𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙝 ⭒ Scott Smith
𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙨
𝙍𝙤𝙗 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧
𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙆𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙡
𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙃𝙞𝙡𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩
𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙭𝙞𝙚 ⭒ Trixie
𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 ⭒ Wild Honey Band
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 ☟
Classroom Champions
CASA Mental Health
Saanich Peninsula Lions Food Bank
ISLAND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOOD BANK: Nanoose Community Services
Potluck Catering
DELTA FIRE FIGHTERS HEALTHY SNA
Friday Oct 27 Bella Concert Hall – Calgary (special guest William Prince)
Saturday Oct 28 Festival Place Sherwood Park Edmonton
Thursday Nov 2 Glenn Gould Studio Toronto (Special guest Terra Lightfoot and Tom Wilson)
Rest of the dates can be found at
https://thecariboo.express
First Podcast guest is Buffy Sainte Marie.
Buffy has announced after a glorious 60-year career, she’s not touring anymore and her documentary Carry it on has been nominated for an International Emmy Award. They’re announced Nov 20. The only Canadian entry. I’ve been honoured to know Buffy for much of my life. Buffy’s first comment was “How long have we been doing this Terry?” We cover off the film, why touring can be a hard road.
Early days in Greenwich Village NYC. Her role in the indigenous community. Reveals why she’s been so committed to tribal education. Lots of other stories. Second Podcast Guest is Tom Wilson
Tom brings his music to Calgary Festival Hall October 19 and Festival Place Sherwood Park Edmonton Friday Oct 20. He’s been just a tad busy. A new documentary, two new albums. An Indigenous Scholarship program.
Named to the 2024 Order of Canada list. Working on BARK music. Reuniting his 90’s band Junkhouse and re-releasing their 30-year-old Strays album. And his art has exploded up and out.
Writing lately with Daniel Lanois, Terra Lightfoot and Colin James. There’s another book coming and Lee Harvey Osmond things. And that’s why we have him guesting. To support this up-and-coming new artist!!!
Next week – Barney Bentall and Cariboo Express
Two weeks – Susan Tedeschi – celebrating the 25th anniversary of Just Won’t Burn.
Her second album earned her a Grammy Nomination and started her career.
More at www.mulliganstew.ca
Colleen Rennison and Wide Mouth Mason
Both with fine new albums
First hour Colleen Rennison. Year after year one of the voices to keep an eye on in Vancouver, then Austin, Texas.
Formerly the lead singer of No Sinner and a self-admitted artist living a life of booze and partying that bordered on harmful – to self and career.
Finally, back in Vancouver, Colleen has found friends who’ve cared for and helped her recover and do what she was meant to do – write and sing.
New album Persephone. not named after the tug.
Finally, she’s put all the gifts together. Man, is this a good album Check out I Do.
Colleen brings tales of dark times and new hope.
The second Guests are Shaun Verreault and Safwan Javed – Wide Mouth Mason
They have released a new album Late Night Walking
They are always pushing forward. Finding a new edge to their music.
For example, one track, Minus 2 Minutes features Joey Landreth on guitar in the left channel only, with Shaun on the right.
and Safwan right down the middle.
On the album with them Gordie Johnson and Ryan Dahl.
We passionately join the power of A Day To Remember. On Saturdays Stew. Flat out. In a long and wild career, It’s the best music Art has ever created. After losing the love of his life after 31 years of marriage and then being honoured with The Order of Canada he returned to the only thing he knew - creating and recording music. With the support of Russell Broom Art poured his heart into these songs, on a very personal journey from grief to hope. Shadow Walk is brilliant. Juno brilliant. We talk to Russell about the Art that started the recording sessions and the Art that emerged months later. More at www.mulliganstew.ca
The first guest is singer/songwriter/composer Marc Jordan.
He and his love Amy Sky were show-stopping guests on the 2023 CKUA Juno Couch.
Then, they sang songs from their nominated album He Sang. She Sang.
Now Marc returns to The Stew with his latest solo gem, Waiting for the Sun to Rise.
Marc continues his journey through his jazz-influenced songbook..getting cooler and more focused by the year.
Tracks like Rio Grande (with Randy Brecker), and Tears for Fears’ Everybody Wants to Rule the World. And the standout Coltrane Plays the Blues.
A small suggestion when listening to Marc Jordan play and sing. The songs invite you to – LEAN IN.
Jordan and Sky are both national UNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors for Canada.
Crash the Time Machine The Odds 7th album has been released. The basic Odds lineup of Craig Northey, Pat Steward, Murray Atkinson and Doug Elliott are joined by the 5th Odd – Steven Page.
This is songwriting at a very high level, then taken even higher by players who are truly gifted.
I’m so glad that these guys got back together again after a hiatus from 2000-2007.
You can hear multiple influences in each and every track.
They’ve backed Warren Zevon, they wrote and played the soundtrack for Kids in the Hall Film Brain Candy and their TV series Death Comes to town, toured with and played with The Tragically Hip and Barenaked Ladies, wrote music for Corner Gas.
Crash the Time Machine deals with religion, the days we’re all living in and several songs in memory of their friend Spirit of the West leader/writer John Mann.
The song is Somehow in a Dream. The Waterboys are mentioned. As Craig tells us ..
“John told me that in his last hours, he’d like to have someone play “Whole of the Moon”
The Sept 9 Mulligan Stew has a special guest – Ariel Posen.
He’s just achieving liftoff in his career but there's absolutely no denying he has a profile arc heading up.
A session guitarist in Winnipeg (I saw him as the second guitarist in Bros. Landreth. If Ariel is playing beside Joey Landreth and more than holding his own, you know he is good)
He began his career quietly showcasing new guitars online for the companies making them.
He had no idea the effect he was having on the guitar and music fans of the world, especially in Europe.
So. when he finally decided to start his solo career and released his first album How Long (2019) Ariel was gobsmacked to find a ready and willing audience in Europe and across Canada, then in the USA.
Then came Headway, Mile End, Mile End 2, Familiar Ground, the Downtown EP and just now Reasons Why.
He’s touring Canada
Sept 26th in Calgary
Sept 27 in Edmonton
Sept 28 in Saskatoon
Sept 29 Winnipeg (home town)
BUT FIRST – On Sept 23 he performs at the 2023 Eric Clapton Crossroads Festival in LA.
Also invited by Eric are The Bros. Landreth. Also from Winnipeg.
We revisit two Canadian icons who join forces and become partners in music.
One is/was Gord Downie. Lead singer and songwriter of The Tragically Hip.
Truly beloved. And hugely missed after losing his fight to cancer but went out in a blaze of songs with The Hip and the last Cross Canada Tour.
The other is Bob Rock. Known for his production work with Metallica, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Ron Sexsmith and The Tragically Hip.
Bob tells the story of how they became friends and how Gord contacted him and asked if he had any tracks he hadn’t used because he had words he hadn’t used..” so let's put them together”
The album took years to complete but when they last met. Gord says to Bob “Please finish it”
Bob told us " I had to fulfill the promise "
Bob Rock on Gord Downie and their album Lustre Parfait Saturday on Mulligan Stew.
Bumped into Russell Broom at EFMF. We talked Art Bergmann and his next album.
What brings you here? Says I
Playing with Jill Barber. Says Russ
And that’s how Jill and I ended up sharing a freshly poured Big Rock and a wonderful interview in the green room.
Jill covers thoughts and emotions on her home and Homemaker, her latest album. The complete interview – over a cold beer – starts this two-part Mulligan Stew Podcast.
Part 2 is an hour special with winemakers and locals on the fires that raged through the hills of West Kelowna.
It ends with a message that they’re “open for business”. Farming is tough enough. To have roads closed during the high tourist season is hard to survive.
How can we help?
If you’re buying wine soon please buy BC from your favorite winery. It all helps.
Speaking of the recent wine country fires, the interviews we did with locals and winemaking friends for Tasting Room Radio will be Part Two of this weeks Mulligan Stew Podcast
Buy Local.
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Robbie Robertson passed away Aug 9, 2023.
We were born a year apart and once we were both making and playing music we crossed paths over the years.
What was special about the relationship was that we talked like two friends who loved the same music and artists.
I was fascinated by his Indigenous roots and he couldn’t believe that I had been a Mountie.
We discovered that we both found our musical roots through late-night radio. I was completely in awe of the Border Radio of Wolfman Jack on XERB Del Rio Texas. Hard driving r&b, blues, conjunto and zydeco at midnight. Radio under the blankets and pillows.
Robbie was doing the very same thing in downtown Toronto and with his Mom’s family at Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve.
Robbie of course went on to become a legendary guitarist and songwriter.
From Ronnie Hawkins Hawks to The Band to playing with Bob Dylan when he decided to introduce electric backing to his folk audience. They were decidedly not happy with Bob or The Band.
Robbie, Levon, Garth, Rick and Richard created historic music. First in the basement of Big Pink in Woodstock with Dylan then on their own.
The songs became the fabric of what was to become Roots and Americana Music.
Several became anthems.
The Weight, The Night they drove old Dixie down, Up on Cripple Creek. All three were written by Robbie.
I was lucky enough to be in the audience at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco for The Last Waltz. November 25, 1976. Their final concert.
The only reason I got into that magical event was because Robbie had invited me to come.
I did interviews with him while he mixed the film’s audio a year later.
Another one was when the Martin Scorsese film actually came out in 1978 and another was when Robbie released his autobiography, Testimony.
Some interviews are locked away in network archives and some are lost.
However, in putting this special together I did discover, at the last minute, another partial interview and I’ve added it into the Mulligan Stew Podcast.
It's nearly impossible to include every project that Robbie either planned or executed. He was never not busy creating.
However, I’ll leave you with a partial awards list.
The Band and/or Robbie were inducted into the Juno Hall of Fame, Rock Hall of Fame, Aboriginal Lifetime Achievement Award, Canada’s Walk of Fame, Songwriting Hall of Fame, Govern General’s Performing Arts Awards for Life Time Achievement, Grammy Lifetime Achievement, Order of Canada, and many more.
Robbie and I talk, The Hawks, Bob Dylan, growing up at Six Nations, heading for the Mississippi Delta as a 16 year., The Last Waltz (and one magic moment) and talks about his three most famous songs.
If I'm lucky enough to locate more of our interviews, I’ll add them to the Podcast mix and repost them.
Thank you all..for Remembering Robbie and his life!
“…and then there was one “
One of the greatest bands to ever walk our stages and play with our hearts has been taking the final curtain – one by one.
Ricky Danko
Levon Helm
Richard Manual
This week – the heart of The Band - Robbie Robertson
Left to carry the flag Garth Hudson.
Very few artists can ever lay claim to changing popular music. Just a handful.
Then one day it hits you– hammers you actually. You get total clarity and begin to change everything you’ve known and held sacred. So it was when Eric Clapton heard The Bands Music from Big Pink. It was like all of a sudden he heard this record and said to himself, “Now this is what music should sound like.” For me personally– this has always been one of the most interesting moments in rock music history.
My pal Corey Wood called me just as I was finishing recording Saturdays Stew. “sorry to tell you this but Robbie’s gone”
He knew how special I thought Robbie Robertson was.
Dixie Down, Cripple Creek, I shall be Released, Chest Fever, King Harvest, Stage Fright, Acadian Driftwood, Somewhere down the crazy river. Once were brothers.
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of The Band’s landmark self-titled 1969 album, Terry David Mulligan catches up with Robbie Robertson. As the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the brotherhood known to all as The Band, Robertson holds an esteemed place in music history.
On September 20th, his sixth solo album Sinematicwill be released. The record will be followed by the release of the documentary Once Were Brothers, the story of The Band on film. Robbie talks with Terry about his many projects, including the soundtrack he wrote for Martin Scorcese’s film The Irishman.
Bob Dylan turned 80 on Monday the 24th. As part of our coverage at CKUA, I started digging into old interviews looking for comments on Bob’s music, influence, and legacy.
I’m delighted to bring you a select group of artists who bring insight into the singular artist we’re celebrating.
A man for many. Matched by few.
Bob Dylan – Thank you for those 80 years.
Guests are:
David Bowie
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks
Robbie Robertson
Colin Linden
The Avett Brothers
Barney Bentall and Steve Dawson
Greg Keelor
Roy Forbes, Holger Peterson, The Bros. Landreth and AV and the Inner City. All of the interviews were done backstage at the Vancouver Island Music Festival of several weeks ago. In Courtney. Thank you, Doug Cox and Team. Talking to Roy about performing his Thistles album after all those years, to Holger about some of the highlights of his years coming to the festival and interviewing Roy for the audience. The Bros Landreth tells the tale of travelling to the Byron Bay Blues Fest in Australia to finally play with Bonnie Raitt. There was just one thing they wanted to do before that...go swimming in the surf. Things went sideways. Ann Vriend and her Inner City Choir introduced themselves and their second jobs and left us with a song. Holger was hosting and doing interviews. The Bros. Landreth was playing various side stages and headlining Sunday Rocking Roy was playing his Thistles album from his "Bim" Days. with a great band Ann Vriend and Inner City, after a chat, left us with a cappella gospel song.
Mariel Buckley Is On A ROLL
Two Western Canadian Music Award Nominations for Breakout Artist and Roots Artist, Polaris nomination, Americana Festival in Nashville in September, Winnipeg Folk Festival, King Eddy gig with Tim, released a version of album Everywhere I Used to be (deluxe) Two new tracks – Prairie Town Dreams and Sad all the Time.
And she’s not done yet!!! Heading to the Edmonton Folk Festival as well.
Mariel brings tales of relationships, sadness, depression, and small-town loneliness that can squeeze the life out of you. Not exactly feel-good songs but there is hope throughout. And a fight-back spirit.
The complete interview – a romp – can be heard on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and the video version on terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel
E talked about when she realized that words, music and voice could be the way out of her dark life and relationships.
I wrote this album for losers and underdogs. I want every outsider and lost soul to feel seen and safe with these songs.
I wrote it for anyone who’s ready to make a change and especially for those who aren’t.
Onward !!!!!!
It’s Festival Season. Wine, Music, Blues and Roots, Food, Fishing, Camping.
The annual Cowichan Valley Wine Festival returns to its Month of August setting.
Its kicks off July 27 with Sunset Soirée from 6-9 PM at the gorgeous Campbell Commons at Brentwood College School in Mill Bay.
13 wineries will be pouring some of their favourites plus some chosen especially for this event. Attending and tasting allow you to actually meet the maker of the wines. There’s nothing better than getting the real story of the wine. Expect high-end, new releases and a few surprises being poured.
This year the food program will be created by Mensch Catering, so you know it will be very interesting.
Wineries pouring on the night will be Alderlea, Blue Grouse, Cherry Point, Damalli, Devino, Deoll, Enrico, Rocky Creek, Unsworth, Venturi Schultze, Zanatta and Emandare.
August in the Cowichan Valley Aug 1 – 31. 12 wineries.
Wine Passport.
Your map and tasting glass are your ticket to all 12 participating Cowichan Valley Wineries.
Everyone who purchases a ticket is automatically entered into draws. Accommodations, wine, tours, transportation and gift baskets.
Details at www.cowichanwineries.com
Our guests are
Alderlea – Julie Powell co-owner/co-winemaker
Blue Grouse – Bailey Williamson Head Winemaker
Enrico Winery – Lorin Inglis General Manager and Pres Cowichan Wineries Society.
(Jim Moody from Zanatta had tech issues and I will do a follow up)
www.cowichanwineries.com
www.alderlea.ca
www.bluegrouse.ca
www.enricowinery.com
@zanattawinery
Chef Kristian Eligh – Marilena Café and Raw Bar. Victoria
It felt like the longest opening of a new restaurant I’ve seen in many years.
It feels like 3-4 years ago I knew that Kristian and his family were moving back to Victoria with a plan to create a singular restaurant.
Then came years of COVID and post-Covid.
Finally, the day has arrived and Marilena Café and Raw Bar was just launched.
Kristian is a chefs chef.
From Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry to culinary director of Hawksworth Restaurant and now Top Table Group Executive Chef.
The Top Table Group includes Blue Water Café, Eliza, Cin Cin, Araxi, Il Caminetto, Bar Oso. Quite a line up and it doesn’t include their two New York City restaurants.
Marilena is two rooms in one. They’ve been described as “pockets of ambience”.
The Raw Bar, led by Chef Clark Park. The Café is the turf of one of the best managers Aaron Matsuzaki.
The wine directory is large. It’s overseen by the brilliant Shane Taylor
This is a destination, my friends...
Go to www.marilenacafe.com and check out the dazzling menu and wine list.
The café is a blend of Japanese-inspired small plates, Italian salads and large sharing plates of whole fish, lobster and 48 hr Beef short rib.
Cocktails on tap and a list of variables called lively, adventurous and sophisticated.
Pouring select Vancouver Island Wines. One from Basque country and Aquilini Cab/Merlot Family Blend from Red Mountain.
Marilena is now open. It was well worth the wait.
www.marilenacafe.com
Red Robinson was the first announcer to play rock music on the radio in Canada. He was 16 years old.
Imagine the lives he influenced. Loved by teens. Hated and hounded by parents and adults.
Red made no distinction between black and white artists: he just played the hits.
That drive and determination took him all the way to induction in the Rock Hall of Fame.
I'm told I did the last interviews with Red Robinson.
He was in a retirement home in Vancouver and living with his memories.
Red was directly responsible for the turning point in my career. He phoned me at CKCK in Regina and asked "Would you like to come home.? Back to the West Coast?
One of the happiest moments in my life.
We became friends and co-workers.
His timing was impeccable. He was the right guy. In the right place. At the right time
He got to play and then meet and interview
Elvis Presley
The Everly Brothers
Jerry Lee Lewis
Roy Orbison
James Brown
Bill Haley
Carl Perkins
Johnny Cash
Little Richard
Jackie Wilson
Fats Domino
Chuck Berry
Ray Charles
Rickie Nelson
Buddy Holly
Sam Cooke
Patsy Cline
Peggy Lee
And
The Beatles.
He Introduced The Beatles at their Vancouver Concert.
Started the careers of many many announcers. Me for one.
Changed the lives of millions of teens during the late '50s and 60's.
I have a number of interviews with Red...
The last two were Zoom interviews. The first didn't go well. Red couldn't hear the questions but the second and last in 2022 went much better.
This Podcast is both of those Zoom interviews back to back. The first was in March 2022 and the second October 2022.
I hope it tells some of the story of his life, the music he played, the lives he changed and his place in Canadian radio.
Red died April 1, 2023. He was 86
On the occasion of Bruce Allen’s birthday, I thought I’d sit down for an early morning Zoom call.
Bruce has a roster of talent that plays the World’s stages, so you can find him at 8 am just finishing a call to South Africa.
He’s a full-speed guy. Never outworked, no matter what the project.
In over 50 years Bruce has become one of the best artist managers in the entire music business. Bruce Allen Talent.
After a start with BTO, Bruce decided to take a chance on a young singer/songwriter Bryan Adams. They agreed to be a team with a handshake and started to make music history.
His roster now includes legend Anne Murray, Michael Bublé (there’s a story), Jann Arden, mega-producer Bob Rock and his first band in a while The Offspring.
In the 23 minutes that I have his attention, Bruce tells tales about
The state of the current music business..
The loss of Gordon Lightfoot
Bryan Adams – his place today
Jann – she’s busy Mully
Michael Bublé – we trade Bublé stories. Love it
Bob Rock and Gord Downie – amazing story
The Offspring – first band he’s signed in years.
The Loss of our dear friend – Red Robinson DJ Legend.
Enjoy Big Bad Bruce. Next Week and very special feature on the early rock life of Red Robinson. His last two interviews.
Two very special friends. Both are culinary leaders in Canadian food.
Ned Bell. Executive Chef and co-partner at Naramata Heritage Inn. A spokesperson for multiple culinary and seafood sustainability movements. A true force….leading by doing.
He’s the chef ambassador for the province of BC through the Buy BC Program.
He’s a week away from launching the 4th annual BC Seafood Festival. On Mt Washington, Vancouver Island
June 23-25.
Lots to talk about with Ned and his event next weekend.
To Ned’s West on Vancouver Island is the official end of Canada. In Tofino. A surf and food heaven.
Lisa Ahier started her SoBo restaurant as a food truck, making tacos for the surfers and then the tourists.
Her restaurant has become the epicentre of life in Tofino.
Surrounded by fancier and slicker dining, Lisa just does what her heart asks of her…give your community a place to gather, eat and celebrate how lucky you all are to be there. Lisa’s written and released her second book Together at Sobo. The celebration continues.
In our interview, Lisa hints at what her future holds as she begins to move beyond Sobo and into our food destinations.
Two Pals. Doesn’t get much better than this.
In 2016 stellar Canadian band 54.40 released an album La Difference: A History Unplugged. It was a brilliant reworking of their greatest hits.
You could instantly tell it was one of their songs but the instrumentation and overall sound had been changed and made fresher. It brought new life to older songs and I thought it was a great move. Clever and classic. It takes a band working together to allow each member to express what they feel about a song they’ve been playing for years.
7 years later, here comes The Northern Pikes. They also have a nice collection of hits and the commitment to reimagine those hits and bring new life to them. Acoustically inspired.
Before Covid changed the World, they had planned to release a 30th-anniversary salute to their landmark album Snow in June.
A collection of Pikes songs driven by one of the best radio hits ever released in Canada – She ain’t Pretty.
This interview takes us through the group think about how to carry on and what it would sound like.
The Pikes have just released an acoustically driven album called TIME TO TIME that includes 7 songs from Snow in June and three new songs.
Between my radio life and many years at Much West, I crossed paths and got to hang with Jay Semko, Bryan Potvin, Don Schmid and the “new kid” in the band Kevin Kane (also a charter member of The Grapes of Wrath)
This Mulligan Stew Podcast features a delightful gathering of Jay, Bryan and Kevin and myself. We could have filled the time just remembering stories from the late ’80s and ’90s but we had new versions of Pikes hits to talk about and play.
Girl with a Problem, a Celtic feeling Green Fields, a smashing reworking of the title track and a She Ain’t Pretty that still rocks – acoustically.
Come hang with The Pikes and their album Time to Time
Two Canadian icons join forces and become partners in music.
One is/was Gord Downie. Lead singer and songwriter of The Tragically Hip.
Truly beloved. And hugely missed after losing his fight to cancer but going out in a blaze of a song with The Hip and the last Cross Canada Tour.
The other is Bob Rock. Known for his production work with Metallica, Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Ron Sexsmith and The Tragically Hip.
Bob tells the story of how they became friends and how Gord contacted him and asked if he had any tracks he hadn’t used because he had words he hadn’t used..” so let's put them together”
The album took years to complete but when they last met. Gord says to Bob “Please finish it”
Bob Rock on Gord Downie and their album Lustre Parfait Saturday on MulliganStew.ca
All 5 guests are Artistic Directors of their folk festivals.
Four are in a group discussion about surviving the Covid years, this year's artist lineups and celebrating the renewal of live music. The fifth is a single interview with Terry Wickham, Artistic Director of the Edmonton Folk Fest.
Yes, they’re all competitors but they’re also participants and partners. So when Covid and lockdown took over our world they formed a group to help and support each other.
The guests are
Fiona Black – Vancouver Folk Music Festival (July 14-16) Thefestival.bc.ca
Chris Frayer – Winnipeg Folk Fest. (July 6-9) Winnipegfolkfestival.ca
Sue Panning – Canmore Folk Festival (Aug 5-7) Canmorefolkfestival.com
Kerry Clarke – Calgary Folk Fest (July 27-30) Calgaryfolkfest.com
Terry Wickham – Edmonton Folk Fest (Aug 10-13) Edmontonfolkfest.org
We’ll find out how Vancouver Folk Fest survived the near collapse of their festival.
How they all worked together, as a community, to support one another.
Also, their talent lineup and who they think could steal the show.
Complete discussion on Mulligan Stew Podcast and TerryDavidMulligan YouTube Channel.
Make your plans …Summer and festival Season is upon us.
Thanks all
tdm
Welcome to the Long Weekend Edition of the Mulligan Stew Podcast...
And because it’s a long weekend, we have a longer podcast – two of them actually.
Starting things off is the birthday boy Bruce Allen – One of Canada’s most successful talent managers EVER!!
Bruce and his world-class team are responsible for planning, leading and supporting the careers of Bryan Adams, Michael Buble, Bob Rock, Jann Arden and The Offspring. When you get the attention of Bruce all bets are off. You can fire questions off in every direction. The thing is you have to be prepared to have the answers smack you upside the HEAD.
I wanted Bruce’s thoughts on the loss of our mutual friend Red Robinson – The Last DJ. And the loss of Gordon Lightfoot as well.
Then we talked about the state of today's music business. Like throwing a steak to a pit bull.
Bruce then launches into an update on the 2023 years of Offspring, Jann, Bryan, Michael and Bob Rock.
Rock has released an album with the late Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip. It's amazing. Bruce has that story as well..
Happy Birthday Happy Bruce!!
Bob Rock interview to follow soon.
The second interview is with Doug Cox, the artistic director of the Vancouver Island Music Festival. July 14-16 in Courtney/Comox.
Every year I’m fascinated by Doug’s artist lineups.
This year the headliners are Sarah McLachlan, Rickie Lee Jones and The Bros. Landreth. He asked Roy Forbes to return to his BIM character and revisit the tracks from his Thistles Album.
Two legends. Dave Alvin and Jimmy Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones.
Here’s Doug Cox with backgrounds on all those artists and more.
NEXT WEEK – The Artistic Directors of Folk Festivals in Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Canmore. PLUS Terry Wickham reveals his lineup for Edmonton Folk Fest.
Have a memorable weekend - tdm
Can a 3-year-old change the direction of a band?
This week the return of the force known as Paul Janeway – leader of St Paul and the Broken Bones. Checking in from Birmingham Alabama.
We’re going to be talking about their latest album Angels in Science Fiction
Paul tells us it's a turning point for the band after 10 years together.
Even though the core members are mostly unchanged, this is not the soul band that swept over all of music in 2012 with the EP Greetings from St Paul and the Broken Bones.
Now 5 albums later they’re taking their fans in another more introspective direction., The funk and groove can still be found but now Paul is writing and singing about being a father and his conversation with his wife about
“do what kind of world are we bringing our daughter into?” They had a daughter.
Songs with lyrics like
“Dust to Dust”
“Try your best to make a difference. Starting with the people around you”
Songs about denial, fear, and acceptance.
There’s a renewed sense of spirituality throughout the album.
One question I wanted to include was
“how will these songs mesh live with the horn/soul band songs that you were playing over the past 10 years”.
Lots of stories and discussions.
Two things – they play the Saskatoon Jazz Festival on July 8
And the Calgary Stampede July 9
AND
Her name is Marigold.
The Stew is Bruce Cockburn..bringing stories of his 35th album O Sun O Moon. Plus memories of Gordon Lightfoot and his place in the music of the World and especially Canada.
Answers the question: Was/is Gord the Sound of Canada?
Could you hear the space and place in his songs?
The Podcast is the complete interview with Bruce Cockburn on the release of his 35th album O Sun O Moon. And his thoughts on the music of and the loss of Gordon Lightfoot.
Christopher Waters has been writing about wine for two decades. He is the wine and spirits columnist at The Globe and Mail, education director of IWEG Drinks Academy and a WSET certified instructor at the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute, Brock University.
For 21 years, he was the editor/co-founder of Canada's largest circulation wine publication, VINES, and author of the nationally syndicated column, Waters & Wine. An internationally recognized wine judge. Chris has developed and conducted masterclasses and seminars and moderated panels for organizations, such as The Wine Marketing Association of Ontario, Wines of British Columbia, Wines of Chile, Wines of Germany and Wines of South Africa.
That’s what the bio says.
Here’s what it didn’t tell you.
Anyone with a passionate interest in all things wine has always sought out the wine column in The Globe and Mail.
It has a history of getting the facts and figures right. With not a whiff of hype anywhere, the column becomes a tutorial that can be trusted and held close.
Yes, there are times it completely geeks out and becomes a wine version of Wordle. That’s to be expected because it's like a weekly master class on wine and wine culture.
Chris Waters was the perfect person to take over the master class from retiring Beppi Crosariol.
After tasting Q&A (Red Blend) and Q&A MRV (Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier) Chris requested a Zoom interview with myself, winemaker Michal Mosny (Winemakers
Cut) and our partner Jason Priestley.
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Michal and I get to tell the story of how he was convinced to move himself and his wife from Slovakia to Oliver, BC after watching our wine program Hollywood and Vines.
Michael Mosny
After listening to the Zoom audio recording, I realized I was really liking a very open and revealing Chris Waters. Have a listen as Chris talks about how he finds the magic in the wines he tastes, how the wine world is going through rapid changes and what makes a wine truly special and what can make it truly not!
Ps.. Chris gave Q&A 91 Points and MSV 92 points. “truly exciting”
Enjoy Chris Waters Globe and Mail Wine Columnist
Thanks to Michal Mosny and Jason Priestley.
(and Chad Oakes. Producer of H&V)
AC Newman returns to The Stew with the 7th New Pornographers studio album Continue as a Guest.
The New P’s have been acclaimed since forming in Vancouver 1997.
They were dubbed a Super Group.
They weren’t so much super as stellar.
A great blend of melodies, hooks, word puzzles and fine harmonies.
Pitchfork has described the band's sound as "peppy, gleeful, headstrong guitar pop",[3] while Stereogum called the band's debut album Mass Romantic as "one of the greatest and most immediate power pop albums ever rendered”
I found Carl at home in Woodstock NY. Having followed the band’s early years in Vancouver, we had lots to talk about.
The Vivian Line is unlikely to land on anyone’s hip/hot list. Rather Sexsmith, now pushing 60, is content to churn out radiant, sublime, transcendent music that unobtrusively exists in its own delicate bubble, inviting us in to join him on his unique musical path.
American Songwriter
Ron Sexsmith’s albums have always had a generally laid-back vibe, but in recent years this has become ever more wistful and soothing, a listening experience rather like snuggling up in a favourite blanket and letting your troubles wash away. Sign me up.
Folk Radio UK
Those already deeply appreciative of Ron’s songwriting chops include a stellar list of vocalists to have recorded Sexsmith compositions. That group includes such international stars as Rod Stewart, Emmylou Harris, Nick Lowe, plus Canadian favourites Michael Bublé, Feist and k.d. lang. Sexsmith’s work has also elicited effusive praise from the likes of Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Steve Earle and Chris Martin, to name just a few. Over the course of a recording career now spanning 36 years, Ron has been nominated for 12 Juno awards, winning three times.
Now it’s time to visit The Vivian Line. Explore, linger, enjoy.”
Tinnitist
I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing Ron Sexsmith many times..over the course of his 17 albums.
I like diving into deep conversations with him as much as I truly love his songs and melodies.
I also admire what he stands for. No co-writes, no writing by committee, no bending and shaping to suit the music fans who still don’t know who he is.
However, when he plays live, you know the room is filled with people who “get it” and it really does feel like a community.
So what is it he “does’?
Ron Sexsmith writes songs that you find yourself humming, and sings in an ever-developing soft voice that still resonates with character. His lyrics are thoughtful, kind and etched with very dry humour.
I loved this conversation with Ron. I hope you do as well.
His 17th album is now out – it’s called The Vivian Line.
Named after a rural road connection between his old home in Toronto to his new country home in Stratford.
FYI – There’s a reference to Richard Manual from The Band. He was born in the area and there’s a bench in his memory in the countryside that Ron will visit when he’s on his creative walks.
Discover Ron Sexsmith. Your heart will thank you many times over.
A native of Vancouver but currently residing in Nashville, where he works as a solo artist, sideman, and record producer, Steve has forged an impressive career full of highlights and awards, including:
- 7 Juno Awards as artist/producer, 18 times nominated
- 3 times named "Producer Of The Year" at Western Canadian Music Awards
- 4 times named "Producer Of The Year" at Canadian Folk Music Awards
- Recipient of many other awards including Maple Blues Awards, Grand Prix De Jazz De Montreal, Blues Blast Awards, and many Western Canadian Music Awards and Canadian Folk Awards as an artist and producer
Steve’s multi-faceted career has brought him to countless international festivals, working on the stage and in the studio with an extensive cast of musicians, including John Hammond, Sonny Landreth, Van Dyke Parks, David Hidalgo, Colin James, Jim Byrnes, Jill Barber, Dave Alvin, Joe Henry, Tim O'Brien, Fats Kaplin, Colin James, The McCrary Sisters, Matt Chamberlain, Del Rey, Birds of Chicago, Allison Russell, Long John Baldry, Bruce Cockburn, Kelly Joe Phelps, Linda McRae, CR Avery, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Geoff Muldaur, Scott Amendola, Danny Barnes, The Deep Dark Woods, Colin Linden, Big Dave McLean, and many others.
Steve's studio, The Henhouse, located in Nashville (and previously in Vancouver) has hosted countless artists and been the home to over 80 releases. With a beautifully warm and organic setting to stay and record, it promises to become a destination for many more to come.
His groundbreaking work with Jesse Zubot in Zubot and Dawson kicked things off in 1998, leading to 2 albums with Toronto jazz stalwarts Andrew Downing and Kevin Turcotte in the award-winning Great Uncles of the Revolution. Steve’s solo recording output started with 2001’s award-winning acoustic “Bug Parade”, he next explored blues and Hawaiian influences in depth with “We Belong To The Gold Coast” in 2005. 2008 saw the release of 2 albums – “Telescope” which was the culmination of studies with Greg Leisz and featured music written for the pedal steel guitar, and “Waiting For The Lights To Come Up”, a collection of new songs. He followed that with 2011's acclaimed "Nightshade", which Acoustic Guitar magazine named to it’s Top-10 guitar albums of the year. 2014’s “Rattlesnake Cage” – was an award-winning exploration of solo acoustic and slide guitar. Dawson’s 2018 release “Lucky Hand” is a mesmerizing collection of original fingerstyle and slide guitar instrumentals, 5 of which feature Dawson reuniting with his old cohort Jesse Zubot, who arranged incredible string quartet parts to flow with the music. Recorded live off the floor it brings together the American Primitive style Steve has often explored and cutting-edge strings to create music unlike anything you've heard before. Birds of Chicago, Allison Russell, Matt Anderson, etc. Steve is also host and producer of the podcast Music Makers and Soul Shakers. 135 episodes in 6 years.
Steven has worked with artists from all over the world, and continues to work as a side-person and freelance musician both on stage and in the studio. Steve is also the creator of the well-loved Music Makers and Soul Shakers podcast, which has been going for over 6 years and 135 episodes.
He spent the last few years pre-pandemic on the road playing guitar, steel and dobro with Allison Russell’s band Birds of Chicago, and Canadian powerhouse Matt Andersen. He has produced, engineered and mixed over 100 albums for many artists from all over the world, and continues to work as a side-person and freelance musician both on stage and in the studio. Steve is also the creator of the well-loved Music Makers and Soul Shakers podca
In 2022/2023, Steve released 3 albums throughout the year - “Gone, Long Gone” is the first. From gentle fingerstyle folk tunes to blazing, funky Americana grooves, to Hawaiian-style slide guitar instrumentals, this album covers a lot of sonic territory.
The second album, “Phantom Threshold” came out on August 12, 2022 and is an all-instrumental sonic trip featuring the Telescope Three - Jay Bellerose on drums, Jeremy Holmes on bass, and Chris Gestrin on keyboards. All driven by the melodies and improvisations of Steve’s pedal steel guitar.
Now comes the promised third album Eyes Closed, Dreaming. It’s filled with Albertan friend Matt Patershuk co-writes and well chosen covers. Bobby Charles Small Town Talk, Ian Tyson’s Long time to get old, Cowboy Jack Clements Guess things happen that way and the classic Singing the Blues.
Lots to talk about with long time friend Steve Dawson.
Steve’s current tour dates
April 20 Dream Cafe Penticton
April 21 Rogue Folk Club Vancouver
April 22 Bozzini’s Chilliwack
April 28 First Church of Christ Scientist Victoria
May 3 The Basement Saskatoon
May 4 The Aviary Edmonton
May 5 Festival Hall Calgary
Our Special Guest on Episode 248 is Dan Mangan.
Yes, he was just a co-host on The Juno Couch.
We had already done this interview before the Couch was a thing.
And we didn’t really get to talk during our Juno special because we were busy with all our other guests.
The focus here is Dan’s new album Being Somewhere.
This interview is the complete conversation.
Dan also openly reveals the vocal health issues he’s been dealing with.
"I managed to put all of the stress in my body, into my jaw. I’m dealing with it now. There’s a softer touch to the vocal delivery”
Complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and the Terry David Mulligan YouTube channel.
Juno Couch: a luxurious seating area where artists may gather during Juno Weekend and exchange opinions, questions and minor insults. All for the entertainment of music fans everywhere. Music can also be played from the stage conveniently located right next to the Couches.
Just for the record, the Juno Couch only happens when the awards are hosted in Alberta. It's been co-hosted by Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo – except for this year.
Year one was in the bar lobby of the Hotel MacDonald, Year two was in a restaurant at the base of the Calgary Tower and Year Three was on the streets of Calgary.
Just over a week ago, Edmonton hosted the Junos Awards. Right across the street from the Juno home base was CKUA Radio.
A perfect home for the Juno Couch because we already had two couches and a performance area.
Jim Cuddy was playing Juno Cup hockey to raise funds for Music Counts—Canada’s music education charity.
Jim made a guest appearance from the rink via The Net.
My co-hosts this year were Tom Wilson (Blackie and the Rodeo Kings) and Dan Mangan.
Guests include
- Angelique Francis
- Digging Roots
- Shawn Hall (The Harp and Axe)
- Jon Dore
- Shakura S’Aida
- The Weather Station
- Marc Jordan and Amy Sky
- CKUA Hosts
- Holger Petersen
- Cam Hayden
- Kate Stevens
- Marek Tyler
- Grant Stovel
- Kerry Clarke
This podcast is an edited combination of guest comments over the two-hour show. Best exchanges on the day!
Please enjoy!
And thank you all.
Guests, crew, staff, volunteers, Vintage West, Rigoletto.
The Oscar Awards are always one of the stand out events of any year!
This year is no exception. It is, after all, the year following
The Slap!!
Oscars take place Sunday March 12 Live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
For many delightful years I was the co-host and then host of Movie Television for CityTV.
The key to the success of MT across Canada and around the World was the support staff. We talked film 24-7.
That’s what I wanted to recapture with this Episode of The Mulligan Stew Podcast.
Film fans and film friends just riffing thoughts and calling out the possible winner of various awards.
Actor/Actress
Supporting actor/actress
Director
Screenplays
Adapted Screenplay
Film of the year
Our guests and my dear friends are –
Lorraine Clark – Associate Producer
Alfred Tonna – Post Production Director & Segment Producer.
Dan Duford – Producer.
Between we four, we have visited 100’s of film sets capturing the story of the film and 1000’s of media junket interviews with the stars.
Have a listen and see if you agree.
There’s really no such thing as an overnight success!
Dreams can be experienced but it takes the work of time to find the crossroads between dreams and reality.
The Bros. Landreth dreamt of making music, just like their Dad Wally in Winnipeg.
Wally wanted that too because he kept spinning vinyl at home, like a music teacher. But no schlock..only the good stuff.
Little Feat, The Eagles, Neil Young, CS&Nash, and Bonnie Raitt.
Years later the Brothers are playing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival when they were approached by the headliner – none other than Bonnie Raitt.
She asked if they would send her songs to record because they reminded her of her friend Lowell George from Little Feat.
David and Joey Landreth wrote and rejected many songs. They felt they weren’t up to Bonnie's standards but eventually – again years later – they sent a song they had recorded Made up mind.
Just so happens it’s the same song Bonnie heard them play and she said – that’s the song.
Two years later the boys hear from friends in Nashville that Bonnie is recording that song and then she makes it the first single off of Just Like That.
Both album and song go on to win Grammys this year and The Bros. Landreth has become “a thing”.
Here’s a discussion with David Landreth about those Grammy moments and the rest of the story. Well done boys.
Congrats Wally!!
What a win for Bonnie and great music.
Legendary artist/producer/songwriter Booker T Jones takes us through his life and music on The Stew and Podcast and YouTube.
Leading the house band at Stax records in Memphis.
Working with Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Rufus Thomas, and Wilson Pickett. Also, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young, backing Otis at the Monterey Pop Festival and leading his own band Booker T and the MG’s. His thoughts on the most memorable person he met and his induction into The Rock Hall of Fame.
Lots of stories and music to go with it.
Booker leads a 10-piece Stax Revue Band on stage at Jack Singer Hall Saturday, Feb 25.
Terry Wickham, long-time Producer of Edmonton Folk Fest responds to the possible demise of the Vancouver Folk Fest and how it may affect other Festivals.
He also talks about the state of today's touring industry. Off stage and on.
Let’s face it, music production and essential business is changing rapidly.
Costs are skyrocketing.
Artists are finding new and creative ways to make a living and extend their careers. Will your favorite festival still be up and running by the Summer? Have a listen.
Is there anyone or anything that can save Vancouver Folk Festival?
Maybe it’s you.
Jimmy will be so proud!
His Mom and Dad are guesting on the Mulligan Stew Podcast.
Jimmy is the 10-year-old son of Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet of Whitehorse. Jimmy likes the music his Mom and Dad make so much that he’s sitting in on drums during house rehearsals.
Luke and Melissa have just released their 8th album I’m not crying You’re crying.
What started as a possible lockdown country covers project quickly turned into writing their own songs, as though they were writing and singing in the 70s. In Nashville.
What’s best about this album is they sound like they’ve been writing and singing country all their musical life. Which is what they did.
When they met and started Whitehorse it was as a country band. So, they’ve come full circle. Through the blues and back into country.
This podcast tells the tales of those years and their relationship.
It’s a winner and so are Jimmy’s parental unit.
www.whitehorsemusic.ca
Two Words – Jann Arden
Long time friend. A completely singular artist.
In concert she’ll have you laughing so hard it will be through tears.
Then she sings – man does she sing – and you’ll find yourself freely flowing more tears.
I have been blessed to have had a close-up focus on this life and career.
For over 35 years Jann and I have crossed paths and occasionally stopped to talk with a microphone between us.
While I was busy telling music and film stories Jann was nominated for 19 Junos – Winning 8. Won MuchMusic awards and now is on Canada’s Walk of Fame.
She’s been acting, hosting, judging, recording, and touring with her small group and with orchestras large and small.
Basically, with the support and guidance of manager Bruce Allen, Jann Arden has become a Canadian Super Star.
These two interviews are from our archives.
The first is from April 2016 – at the Junos in Calgary where she was co-hosting.
I attended a press conference and she was completely surrounded by the media ..so I went off to the corner and found the only two chairs in the room, with a small table.
I set up my field recorder and waited.
When she was done, Bruce walked Jann over and we had a chat. Here’s the exchange of ideas and thoughts.
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The second interview is from Dec 2017...Jann’s on tour and I wanted to talk to her about her book Feeding My Mother: Comfort and laughter in the kitchen as my Mom lives with memory loss.
She and her Mom were best friends and a force.
This interview has stayed with me for the last 5 years. Heartbreaking and revealing,
Thank You Jann.
It's movie award season...
One after the other nominations and awards are presented to films, actors, musicians, art direction, directors, and veterans of the industry.
The next awards gathering is this Sunday, Jan 14 in LA.
It’s the Critics Choice Awards on The CW and streamed on the Net. 7-10 Eastern – slight delay on the West Coast. Hosted by Chelsea Handler
These awards have weight and meaning as they're voted on by the critics who screen hundreds of films annually.
Choosing one critic to guest is as tough as voting but there’s none better than Shawn Edwards on News 4 Kansas City.
He’s one of the founders of Critics Choice and the driving force behind The annual Celebration of Black Cinema and TV.
Enjoy the ride It’s a film cage match.
Welcome to the first Podcast of 2023.
Two guests - From the Gulf Islands of BC The Family Curse and from the US deep south Early James.
You may not have heard of A Family Curse but you’ve certainly heard of the Family Father – Neil Osborne. Founder, singer, songwriter, and vocalist for 54.40.
He’s joined by his daughter Kandle. I love the fact that they imply that their music is “found material”. That’s where some of the best music lives.
Kandle has been making music and finding herself in Montreal but at heart, Kandle and Neil are west coast islanders.
Check out their self-titled album and crazy videos.
FYI – 54.40 play The Grand Prairie North Winter Festival next Saturday, Jan 14th
March 3 at Midway in Edmonton
March 4 Deerfoot Inn in Calgary
The second guest is Early James from Birmingham, Alabama.
Early got a guitar in his hands at a very young age and started writing songs and gigging with friends.
He came to the attention of Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, who offered to produce his first album What a strange time to be alive!
His songs are strong but his voice is very unique. Like a young/old Tom Waits.
I just looked at his tour dates…he’s crazy busy
All over Europe, then Australia, and mid-year everywhere in the USA.
Please welcome Early James to the Mulligan Stew Podcast
NEXT WEEK – Doug and the Slugs Documentary
My pal Jason Priestley and I have stepped into the world of wine. The difference is, we’re not consumers, we’re partners with winemaker Michael Mosny at Winemakers Cut in Oliver, BC.
Jason for several years had been an investor in Black Hills Winery, the maker of the iconic Nota Bene.
After the sale of Black Hills, I continued to search for exceptional terroir capable of producing a peerless Bordeaux-style blend. Throughout this journey, I merged paths with Terry and then Michal. Together, we questioned what we already know, over and over again,” said Priestley. “After looking everywhere, all roads lead to one answer and the answer is once again in the Okanagan. This time, the difference is in the details, with a focus on elegance and finesse.”
“I heard about Canadian wine for the first time from Terry and Jason’s international television show, Hollywood and Vines TV, and it quickly became my passion They are the reason why I decided to move here with my wife in 2012 and make wines in the Okanagan Valley.” Slovakian-Canadian Michal Mosny is the proprietor of Winemaker’s CUT, an acclaimed winery based in the District Wine Village in Oliver, BC.
Q&A started rolling out in November of 2022. It's just now starting to show up on select wine store shelves and restaurant wine lists.
It’s a Bordeaux-inspired blend ..
45% Cabernet Sauvignon
38% Merlot
13% Cabernet Franc
4% Petit Verdot
100% Yummy!
Here’s the first Q&A gabfest on The Mulligan Stew Podcast
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays All
From 1974 to 1979 I was lucky enough to host Great Canadian Goldrush on CBC Radio National.
Every Christmas we had a Christmas Jam – in the studio. Produced by Susan Englebert. (with assistance from Claire Lawrence)
Except for the mixed drinks, it was nothing fancy but it was an hour of heart-felt stories and songs.
The artists included Roy Forbes and Shari Ulrich.
When Goldrush left the air Christmas Jam disappeared UNTIL Roundhouse Radio in Vancouver came on air and again I had a studio to capture this magic.
I talked to Shari, Roy, and Barney Bentall and they all signed on for a reconnect.
We got 3 years of Christmas in the Round recorded and then Roundhouse went dark.
Keeping the tradition alive, this year we present Year 3 of Christmas in the Round (2017)
The Lineup includes
Jim Byrnes
Shari Ulrich
Barney Bentall
Bill Henderson (Chilliwack)
Craig Northey (Odds and Steven Page Trio)
On percussion Geoff Hicks (Colin James, Barney, Cuddy, Byrnes, Northey etc)
Rob Becker (guitar/vocals)
Kirby Barber (guitar/vocals)
Roy Forbes was unavailable in Year 3 BUT I found him hiding in Year One
He brings with him two songs and the slide guitar of Shaun Verreault from Wide Mouth Mason.
And yes..he does tell the story and rolls out his Christmas Classic Mince Meat Tart
Dec 17th was never going to be just another Stew.
It’s the first of two Christmas shows. The Christmas vibe is always different for so many reasons. Some want nothing to do with it. Many embrace it fully. I’m an All In guy.
Thankfully some find a way to give back and make a difference. Food Banks, shelters, packages left on doorsteps, etc.
I grew up in North Vancouver where my Father was a Game Warden.
His close friends were police officers and firefighters.
So I’ve always had a connection to that location and community.
I saw a posting go by a week ago and it shone a light for me.
I hope it does the same for you. Please let your audience know that they can help the people of Ukraine through a brutal Winter and War. The complete interview can be heard on Mulligan Stew Podcast and my YouTube Channel. THANK YOU
North Shore Fire Departments Launch Project Frozen: Winter Clothing & Blanket Blitz for Ukraine In a Canadian first, all three North Shore fire departments have teamed up in a two-week collection blitz to send a mountain of winter clothing and blankets to Ukraine. This winter in Ukraine will be the bleakest in anyone's lifetime. No power, no heat, no light, or intermittent at best, for much of the country, which is bigger than Canada. Project Frozen, led by the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services (DNVFRS) and Defend Ukraine Foundation (DUF), hopes to collect 3,000 winter jackets and blankets, and $15,000 for shipping, by December 20. This is an ambitious project: Reynolds and Mudry hope to fill a 40-foot sea container with 20 pallets of winter gear, each 40' x 48" x 8 feet high
Tax-deductive donations to fund shipping can be made through either: - District of North Vancouver Firefighters Charitable Society: www.dnvfirecharity.ca (PayPal, credit card, cheque - mark "Ukraine") - Defend Ukraine Foundation www.defendukrainefoundation.ca (cheque or wire)
My guests at the top of hour two are Firefighter Jared Reynolds and Retired Investigator Brent Mudry.(paternal grandparents from Ukraine)
We can help this humanitarian effort: clothing for a Ukraine Winter
by donating to
DNVFire Charity.ca
DefendUkrainefoundation.ca
Thank you
Two Words. Bruce Cockburn.
Having sold more than nine million albums worldwide, acclaimed songwriter, performer, author, and activist Bruce Cockburn is a member of both the Canadian Songwriter and Canadian Music Hall of Fame, a winner of Folk Alliance’s People’s Voice Award, as well 13 JUNO Awards.
Bruce Cockburn has written almost 400 songs. Released 34 albums over a 50 year span. Who better to gather up his rarities and present them as partners with his hits? The man has rarities.
His new album RARITIES contains music for a film (Going down the Road)
Music honoring Mississippi John Hurt, Kenji Miyazawa, William Hawkins, Gordon Lightfoot, Pete Seeger, Mississippi Sheiks, etc.
Unreleased demos and music for benefits.
AND many stories.,
It's basically a mini-history of Bruce Cockburn’s place in Canadian music.
We also talk about his next new album – O Sun O Moon ( May).
His Tour dates through Canada in February
And his connection to Joni Mitchell.
Bruce Tour Dates
Feb 2 – Royal Victoria
Feb 4 – Centre Theatre Vancouver
Feb 5 – Community Theatre Kelowna
Feb 6 – Singer Calgary
Feb 8 – Winspear Edmonton
www.brucecockburn.com
Last week we presented our #233 Podcast – Art Bergmann and Author Jason Schneider.
This week it's the same interview but with MUSIC.
The conversation was like driving during rush hour at Le Mans
A three-way dialogue about punks, music, drugs, lost partners, the shit show called the music business, and friendships.
Thing is – it's all contained in Art’s music.
And so, we’ve decided to encore the Bergmann interview but include the music that best reflects the man.
The man is goodness- in-a-can!!!
And Jason Schneider is a damn WRITER.
Here comes Episode #234
Tdm
@TerryDavidMulligan talks with Canada’s punk poet laureate, Art Bergmann has been tearing up stages, and terrifying the music industry, for half a century. Often referred to as “Canada’s Lou Reed,” Art’s story is one of rock and roll’s great tales untold. Until now. From his days helping to lay the foundation of the Vancouver punk scene with The K-Tels, to his acclaimed solo work in the ’80s and ’90s, and a late career resurgence that has culminated with being named to the Order of Canada, The Longest Suicide chronicles every unlikely twist and turn Art’s life has taken.
Working with veteran music journalist Jason Schneider, Art lays it all out in his own inimitable way, with dozens of people who took part adding their own voices to corroborate (and sometimes dispute) the often-incredible chain of events. With cameos by John Cale, Bob Rock, The Clash, Bob Geldof and many others, The Longest Suicide is both a triumphant story of personal survival, as well as a unique glimpse inside the rise of alternative rock. Above all, it is a tribute to Canada’s most unheralded singer-songwriter, whose greatness is only now being widely recognized.
Illustrated throughout.
From the Introduction:
“The story of Art Bergmann’s career is perceived by many to be a succession of failures, but the story of Art’s life? If Art doesn’t have the best story, it is always the most magical.”
— Michael Turner, author of Hard Core Logo
Praise for The Longest Suicide:
“ a brisk, plain-spoken and thoroughly well-researched rip through the genuinely wild, wild life of a genuinely committed rock-’n’-roller.”
— The Toronto Star
Jim Cuddy joins us at the top of the second hour.
That’s today 6 PM Mtn.
Just about then Blue Rodeo will be backstage at the Northern Alberta Jube prepping for the second of two nights on that stage. There’s a nervous energy, that’s to be expected. While that never really goes away, remember that this is Blue Rodeo. Been touring since 1984. 16 or more studio albums, four live. A truckload of awards. So, backstage there’s a lot of laughs, storytelling, small acoustic jams, great food and wines, friends and family.
Blue Rodeo bring with them their latest album Many a Mile.
As always, Jim brings with him great stories
From the studio
From lockdown
From ”the road”
And from inside the band.
From their latest album Many a Mile, Jim says he and Greg Keelor have different views of the road.
Jim’s is I think about you. The Yin and Yang about leaving home to make music.
In Opening Act Greg writes about his love/hate relationship of the road.
And it all works.
That’s the very dynamic that keeps this band active and totally interesting.
Enjoy!!
Rebecca and Megan Lovell are Larkin Poe - "we are students of the blues"
Georgia Born – Nashville Based.
Friday they released their 6th studio album Blood Harmony
When I hear the title, I think of the sound of their voices - together!
Just like all of the great ones...
The Every Brothers
The Beach Boys
Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart
Neville Brothers.
Wood Brothers
Staple Singers.
Bros. Landreth
Brothers Gibb
What they all have in common is family and the blood ties that go with it.
Sisters and Brothers have always made exceptional music – usually because they started as kids in grade school and worked at their harmonies as they grew up. It's second nature – like breathing.
The bonus with Larkin Poe is they play like they sing..and walk a fine line between roots, blues, rock, and gospel.
Rebecca and Megan bring with them stories and kind words about Canadian festivals and audiences.
After all, they talk about being True North in their music. When explained that those words are in the Canadian Anthem, they celebrate the connection.
Complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and video version on Terry David Mulligan YouTube Channel
FRESH new music from Larkin Poe.
The film is a documentary Doug and the Slugs and Me. The Me is Teresa.
The doc is working its way through film festivals and will eventually appear on CBC Gem.
It's been said if there was no Doug and the Slugs there would have been no BareNaked Ladies.
Led by the charming and clever writer/artist man Doug Bennett, The Slugs cut a swath through a sea of really average 80’s bands to become the darlings of Canada’s music charts. Lots of hits. One after the other.
They sold out all 40 of their Commodore Ballroom gigs.
So....what happened to The Slugs and Doug Bennett? That’s the bittersweet and complex story of this film.
Doug Bennett died at age 52 in 2004. The music lives on.
Appearing in the doc are:
- Sir Bob Geldof
- Ed the Sock
- Bif Naked
- Ron Sexsmith
- Steven Paige
- And yours truly.
It took me the whole of Summer 2022 to read and complete Tara McGuire’s book Holden After and Before.
I’ve known and really liked Tara for a long time.
We were in radio together and apart but – in radio. It’s a small community, at times.
I’ve written and said publicly that this was the hardest book to read and toughest interview in memory but that’s because of my friendship with Tara. I felt tied to the story and a cloak of guilt that I didn’t know what she was going through – after and before.
But that’s just me – please don’t let me steer anyone away from seeking out the wisdom of this book.
When her beloved Holden died from an overdose, she collapsed and it took many many months for her to stand up and just breathe. Then she decided to commit herself to tell this story but going back through Holden’s friends, reconnecting his texts and emails. Imagining how he handled certain situations and dealing with the guilt that came like a wave.
If you’re a Mother, or dream of being a parent or you currently are a parent, you will find yourself wondering “what would I have done?”
I did. For a whole Summer.
Holden After and Before is a brave, honest, unspeakably painful but simultaneously beautiful attempt by a 'mother who was a light bulb striking pavement' to come to terms with her young son's life and death. Once I began reading, I could not tear myself from this account, which offers a rich tapestry of memoir and fiction - basically, anything Tara McGuire could recall, discover or imagine - about her son Holden, who died accidentally at age twenty-one after he ingested a toxic mix of alcohol and heroin. As I read, Tara McGuire enveloped me with her empathy, her desperate hunger to make sense of the senseless, and her humanity. She inspired me with her courageous and unflinching journey - in the wake of any parent's worst nightmare - to become a writer as a means of honouring her lost son. -Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes
Susan Tedeschi co-partner with Derek Trucks in life and music is our guest this week.
We first talked to Susan in May when the first Moon album, Crescent was released. This is the rest of the story
Tedeschi Trucks Band has created “one of those albums” that will become the standard by which all other such albums are created.
It’s an amazing story and we are thrilled to have Susan share it with us . It’s our complete 30-minute interview – with the tracks from the first album.
The concept behind I Am The Moon, the GRAMMY-winning band’s fifth studio recording, was suggested by TTB vocalist Mike Mattison in May 2020, two months after the band was forced off the road by the pandemic.
The 12th-century poem Layla & Majnun by the Persian poet, Nizami Ganjavi, was the title inspiration for Eric Clapton’s 1970 double-LP with Derek and the Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – an influential album for Tedeschi Trucks Band. Interestingly, Ganjavi’s source material resonated with Mattison and the rest of the band in an altogether different way. Finding complex themes and storylines that inspired their creative process, they forged a new, modern interpretation of the vast 100-page poem.
The thought that started the project was “Instead of Majnun, lets see this story through Layla’s eyes.
Operatic in scope, Tedeschi Trucks Band explores romantic relationships, collective struggle, faith, and the human experience on I Am The Moon.
“It’s amazing,” Trucks says, “because we wrote most of this music in a pretty short time span. There are even chord changes that mirror other tunes on the albums – themes and variations, lyrical allusions, that pop back up.” He continues: “You always want to do something bigger and thematic. This is the first time it happened naturally.”
The decision to sequence and release I Am The Moon in four distinct episodes came “when we started thinking of records we love,” Derek says, citing Axis: Bold as Love, the 1967 LP by the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
“It’s 36 minutes long. That’s the way to digest a record.”
With that approach in mind, TTB will also present I Am The Moon: The Film, immersive visual companions to each album. The corresponding films will debut three days prior to each audio release, offering fans an early opportunity to digest each album in its entirety as a communal listening and viewing experience via the band’s YouTube channel.
TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND – I AM THE MOON: ALBUM + FILM RELEASE DATES:
I Am The Moon: I. Crescent
Film Premiere: May 31
Album Release: June 3
I Am The Moon: II. Ascension
Film Premiere: June 28
Album Release: July 1
I Am The Moon: III. The Fall
Film Premiere: July 26
Album Release: July 29
I Am The Moon: IV. Farewell
Film Premiere: August 23
Album Release: August 26
I Am The Moon – All Vinyl Configurations: individual LPs + the 4-LP Deluxe Box now available
Tedeschi Trucks Band tour:
October 21 – Oslo, NO – Sentrum Scene
October 22 – Stockholm, SE – Cirkus
October 25 – Berlin, DE – Verti Music Hall
October 26 – Hamburg, DE – Edel-optics.de Arena
October 27 – Prague, CZ – Forum Karlin
October 30 – Rotterdam, NL – RTM Stage
November 2 – Dublin, IE – The Helix
November 4 – London, UK – The London Palladium
November 5 – London, UK – The London Palladium
November 6 – London, UK – The London Palladium
November 9 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy
November 10 – Glasgow, UK – O2 Academy Glasgow
November 12 – Paris, FR – Le Trianon
November 13 – Paris, FR – Le Trianon
November 15 – Paris, FR – Bataclan
HARRISON KENNEDY was awarded the 2016 “Blues Album of the Year” JUNO for his album “This Is From Here”. This was the 6th nomination for the Hamilton, ON. based artist.
Now comes his latest album Thanks for Tomorrow
Harrison Kennedy was born and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. His family had roots in New Orleans and Tennessee,[ Kennedy sang in the Stewart Memorial Church Choir as a boy, when childhood trips took him over the border to visit relations in Arkansas, Rogersville, Tennessee,[9] and Detroit, Illinois, United States, and all these experiences expanded his love of music., The other border his family crossed was the Canadian border. They decided to stay and live there.
Harrison grew up in a house filled with music and famous visitors such as Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Lonnie Johnson. In 1969 he took a hiatus from college to become a founding member of the million-selling Detroit Soul Super Group “The Chairmen of the Board” with whom he toured the world, as well as appearing on Soul Train, American Bandstand, and the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
Harrison Kennedy has released almost a dozen internationally acclaimed albums and developed into one of the 21st century’s most insightful and original Blues singer/songwriters.
To quote my friend Tom Coxworth
For anyone not familiar with Harrison Kennedy, he has been nominated for
12 Maple Blues awards and 4 Junos and was touted by BB King as Canada's
premier Blues performer
We're going to talk to Harrison about his family, his spirituality and his music!!
“Before the pandemic, I felt burnt out, I was exhausted, I was getting sick. It wasn’t great, from a mental health perspective and a physical health perspective. In fact, it was quite terrible at points. And now we’re opening things up, and I think a lot of people are asking themselves, ‘What do I keep? What do I bring with me into this new open world, back into social situations?’ ”
I’m reconnecting with a lot of people and a lot of old friends and my parents’ friends and all those kinds of things,” he says of being back home in New Brunswick without losing any musical momentum. “I think it also gives you a sense that it’s a special career, and a bizarre and interesting and magical profession that I’m lucky to do”
Saltwire – Atlantic
David Myles and I shared the airwaves at CKUA. Me with The Stew and he with Myles from Home
He did, however, close Myles from Home so he could restart his singing and songwriting career after the pandemic. Also so he could heal himself , as he will explain.
His new album It’s only a little loneliness has the same sweet voice, dry humor and sharp human focus that’s made him so popular.
Tracks included are
It’s only a little loneliness
Making’ Believe
Mystery
When it comes my turn
You can’t hurt me
Solitaire
He is back on tour now..click on the link below for dates and times.
He returns to Alberta for dates Oct 19/20
https://davidmyles.com/pages/live
davidmyles.com
Joe Keithley (Shithead) is the leader of hard-core punk band DOA and has been since the late 70’s.
In 2008 The Vancouver Sun named Joe one of BC’s most influential people – of all time!
DOA played for benefits, rallies, protests, and anything with the word environment in it.
Joe and DOA still tour. 20 dates all across Canada in June and July of this year.
So it should come as no surprise that Joe is now Burnaby City Councilor Joe Keithley. It took him years to get voters' attention in Burnaby but now he’s no long shot, he’s running for re-election.
This month.
There’s a documentary film crew following him around..hoping to figure out how he finds the balance between being an angry rocker and a well-spoken politician.
One of the people is Beto O’Rourke – in Texas.
Joe’s s talking about affordable housing, human rights, Quality child care, helping the most vulnerable, and assisting seniors and the homeless. He’s just an all round great guy..and scary good on stage as well.
The Burnaby Election is October 15th I believe. If you can donate or support Joe’s fight...Please contact him at
www.Suddendeath.com
joe@suddendeath.com
@joe.keithley
Joe Keithley (Shithead) is the leader of hard-core punk band DOA and has been since the late 70’s.
In 2008 The Vancouver Sun named Joe one of BC’s most influential people – of all time!
DOA played for benefits, rallies, protests, and anything with the word environment in it.
Joe and DOA still tour. 20 dates all across Canada in June and July of this year.
So it should come as no surprise that Joe is now Burnaby City Councilor Joe Keithley. It took him years to get voters' attention in Burnaby but now he’s no long shot, he’s running for re-election.
This month.
There’s a documentary film crew following him around..hoping to figure out how he finds the balance between being an angry rocker and a well-spoken politician.
One of the people is Beto O’Rourke – in Texas.
Joe’s s talking about affordable housing, human rights, Quality child care, helping the most vulnerable, and assisting seniors and the homeless. He’s just an all round great guy..and scary good on stage as well.
The Burnaby Election is October 15th I believe. If you can donate or support Joe’s fight...Please contact him at
www.Suddendeath.com
joe@suddendeath.com
@joe.keithley
New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the World’s greatest music cities.
Mac Rebennack was Dr. John, one of the singular faces and voices of New Orleans music.
A true leader in the studio, on the streets and on stages of the World, Mac won 6 Grammys and became friends with Ken Ehrlich, the long-time producer of the show.
Mac was planning future projects when his life was unexpectedly cut short in 2019. Now, 3 years after his passing, Things Happen That Waywill see the light of day. The album, which features three brand new original compositions, an amazing reworking of Dr. John’s 1968 classic, I Walk on Guilded Splinters, and new interpretations of songs by Willie Nelson, Cowboy Jack Clement, Hank Williams, and The Traveling Wilburys was released on Friday.
Things Happen That Waymarks the fulfillment of a long-time goal of the six-time GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter/pianist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who first began plotting a country-inspired album decades ago. The album also features guest appearances by Aaron Neville, Mac’s long-time friend and frequent musical collaborator Willie Nelson, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
Our guest this week is Mac Rebennack’s and Dr. John’s good friend, Ken Ehrlich.
When Mac passed, Ken was asked to write the liner notes for the album and give a farewell speech at Mac’s Celebration of Life.
Ken paints a warm verbal picture of the man called Dr. John. Through his dark days of prison and drugs, breaking free of addiction to light up the stages of the world!
And he reads the closing paragraphs of his farewell speech.
Join us as Ken Ehrlich remembers the legendary Dr. John and tells the story of his last album Things Happen That Way
New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the World’s greatest music cities.
Mac Rebennack was Dr. John, one of the singular faces and voices of New Orleans music.
A true leader in the studio, on the streets and on stages of the World, Mac won 6 Grammys and became friends with Ken Ehrlich, the long-time producer of the show.
Mac was planning future projects when his life was unexpectedly cut short in 2019. Now, 3 years after his passing, Things Happen That Waywill see the light of day. The album, which features three brand new original compositions, an amazing reworking of Dr. John’s 1968 classic, I Walk on Guilded Splinters, and new interpretations of songs by Willie Nelson, Cowboy Jack Clement, Hank Williams, and The Traveling Wilburys was released on Friday.
Things Happen That Waymarks the fulfillment of a long-time goal of the six-time GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter/pianist and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, who first began plotting a country-inspired album decades ago. The album also features guest appearances by Aaron Neville, Mac’s long-time friend and frequent musical collaborator Willie Nelson, and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.
Our guest this week is Mac Rebennack’s and Dr. John’s good friend, Ken Ehrlich.
When Mac passed, Ken was asked to write the liner notes for the album and give a farewell speech at Mac’s Celebration of Life.
Ken paints a warm verbal picture of the man called Dr. John. Through his dark days of prison and drugs, breaking free of addiction to light up the stages of the world!
And he reads the closing paragraphs of his farewell speech.
Join us as Ken Ehrlich remembers the legendary Dr. John and tells the story of his last album Things Happen That Way
We welcome back to The Mulligan Stew and the Podcast Edmonton’s Nuela Charles. The last visit was just before the 2018 Junos. She had one of her 3 Juno nominations in her sights.
Her self-titled 4th album was released Friday. It’s the best yet.
Always impressed with her work ethic, passion for the writing and creating of her music, and the honesty with which she takes us through the process.
We’ve included three tracks in the Podcast
Heavy
Worthy
Don’t get It
Check out the rest of the Nuela Charles album. It's engaging and engaging!!
It’s about Nuela, her journey, and the power of being yourself.
Nuela was born in Kenya and raised in Switzerland, Canada, and the Bahamas, before settling down full-time in Edmonton, Alberta.
I asked Nuela if the influences of those countries could be found in her music but she surprised me by saying “I’m a rock/pop artist. I grew up on rock. That’s what I like’
She has also shared the stage as direct support for some of Canada’s musical icons including Sam Roberts Band, Jann Arden, and Stars. Additionally, she has been nominated for multiple awards including three JUNO Awards for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year. This year the SOCAN Foundation announced Nuela as a winner of the second annual Her Music Award.
Nuela has amassed over 4 million career streams to date, and placements on hit shows such as Jane the Virgin, Tiny Pretty Things, House of Lies, The Order and Finding Carter.
We welcome back to The Mulligan Stew and the Podcast Edmonton’s Nuela Charles. The last visit was just before the 2018 Junos. She had one of her 3 Juno nominations in her sights.
Her self-titled 4th album was released Friday. It’s the best yet.
Always impressed with her work ethic, passion for the writing and creating of her music, and the honesty with which she takes us through the process.
We’ve included three tracks in the Podcast
Heavy
Worthy
Don’t get It
Check out the rest of the Nuela Charles album. It's engaging and engaging!!
It’s about Nuela, her journey, and the power of being yourself.
Nuela was born in Kenya and raised in Switzerland, Canada, and the Bahamas, before settling down full-time in Edmonton, Alberta.
I asked Nuela if the influences of those countries could be found in her music but she surprised me by saying “I’m a rock/pop artist. I grew up on rock. That’s what I like’
She has also shared the stage as direct support for some of Canada’s musical icons including Sam Roberts Band, Jann Arden, and Stars. Additionally, she has been nominated for multiple awards including three JUNO Awards for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year. This year the SOCAN Foundation announced Nuela as a winner of the second annual Her Music Award.
Nuela has amassed over 4 million career streams to date, and placements on hit shows such as Jane the Virgin, Tiny Pretty Things, House of Lies, The Order and Finding Carter.
Guest Michael Calabrese – Lake Street Dive.
New album Fun Machine – The Sequel Just out Friday.
It's 10 years since their breakout album Fun Machine.
They're even looser and cooler 1- year later and waaaaay more popular.
The band described the new EP: "Imagine you walk into your favorite local dive bar and Lake Street Dive is on stage, doing our regular weekly gig for $5 a head. These are the songs we'd be covering there and how we'd be playing them. Some deep cuts, some sentimental favorites, and some (hopefully) epic crowd pleasers.”
Covers of Pointer Sisters, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, etc..but all with a cool groove, great singing, and bang-on arrangements.
Hugely popular – this is the second visit to The Mulligan Stew Podcast from Michael Calabrese, original member and drummer of Lake Street Dive.
Play the Orpheum in Vancouver Oct 11
Guest Michael Calabrese – Lake Street Dive.
New album Fun Machine – The Sequel Just out Friday.
It's 10 years since their breakout album Fun Machine.
They're even looser and cooler 1- year later and waaaaay more popular.
The band described the new EP: "Imagine you walk into your favorite local dive bar and Lake Street Dive is on stage, doing our regular weekly gig for $5 a head. These are the songs we'd be covering there and how we'd be playing them. Some deep cuts, some sentimental favorites, and some (hopefully) epic crowd pleasers.”
Covers of Pointer Sisters, Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, etc..but all with a cool groove, great singing, and bang-on arrangements.
Hugely popular – this is the second visit to The Mulligan Stew Podcast from Michael Calabrese, original member and drummer of Lake Street Dive.
Play the Orpheum in Vancouver Oct 11
Dear Podcast Peeps
We’ve been trying to come up with an excuse for re-running the Kids in the Hall Podcast..
Why would we want to be listening – Again - to the dialogue between myself, Bruce McCulloch, and Scott Thompson.
Maybe if it were Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, or the wonderous Dave Foley it would be sexy fresh, alive and legal.
Keep in mind that somebody from KITH had to work the “secondary markets” and Scottie and Bruce drew the short straws.
Please enjoy this encore performance on Mulligan Stew Podcast and don’t let it spoil your weekend.
Thanks, tdm
Dear Podcast Peeps
We’ve been trying to come up with an excuse for re-running the Kids in the Hall Podcast..
Why would we want to be listening – Again - to the dialogue between myself, Bruce McCulloch, and Scott Thompson.
Maybe if it were Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, or the wonderous Dave Foley it would be sexy fresh, alive and legal.
Keep in mind that somebody from KITH had to work the “secondary markets” and Scottie and Bruce drew the short straws.
Please enjoy this encore performance on Mulligan Stew Podcast and don’t let it spoil your weekend.
Thanks, tdm
Two Words
Mariel Buckley
We have all watched Mariel find her voice - on stage and in the studio.
She’s played backyards, living rooms, and stages just large enough for one.
So you just have to be happy for her success.
#1 on the CKUA Top 30. Opening for The Bros. Landreth.
This Summer all over America and starting in September, London, the UK, and then Europe.
Mariel closes The Stew this Saturday... The interview is a Hoot. But we do talk about standing your ground and not taking any grief from the music business. She certainly appreciates the support that we’ve given her on air and off.
What goes around comes around..#1 on the chart. #1 in our hearts.
Complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and video version on the Terry David Mulligan YouTube Channel
Two Words
Mariel Buckley
We have all watched Mariel find her voice - on stage and in the studio.
She’s played backyards, living rooms, and stages just large enough for one.
So you just have to be happy for her success.
#1 on the CKUA Top 30. Opening for The Bros. Landreth.
This Summer all over America and starting in September, London, the UK, and then Europe.
Mariel closes The Stew this Saturday... The interview is a Hoot. But we do talk about standing your ground and not taking any grief from the music business. She certainly appreciates the support that we’ve given her on air and off.
What goes around comes around..#1 on the chart. #1 in our hearts.
Complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and video version on the Terry David Mulligan YouTube Channel
Here’s what you might know about Chief Clarence...
CLARENCE LOUIE has been chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band, in the south Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, for almost 40 years. In 2013, Maclean's named him one of the “Top 50 Canadians to Watch.” In 2003, Louie was chosen by the U.S. Department of State as one of six First Nations leaders to review economic development in American Indian communities... He is a member of the Order of British Columbia, the Order of Canada, and in 2019, he was the 1st First Nations person ever inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.
And some info you may not know.
When you talk to Chief Clarence, ask your question, and then Get Out of The Way.
He’s talking about Respect. Truth. Reconciliation. Healing. Wellness. Land. Justice. Economic Freedom.
He believes in Native names for Sports Teams. He believes in renaming mountains, parks, rivers and cities/towns after the original nations who called it home for 10,000 years.
“tribes have been hanging around the Funding Trough for far too long. I was taught by the old-timers that there is no such thing as a free lunch – Indians gotta stop looking for that free lunch. I’ve learned we have to move from spending Grant money to making our own money.”
The Osoyoos Indian Band leases include Arterra (Jackson Triggs), Spirit Ridge Resort, Sonora Dunes Golf course, District Wine Village, a provincial prison, 1,100 acres of prime vineyards, etc.
OIB businesses include a 300-acre vineyard, Nk’mip Cellars, a culture center, campground RV park, daycare, gas stations, cannabis stores, etc.
“A raw and honest perspective on First Nations leadership.”
—Manley A. Begay, Jr., former co-director, The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
“A common-sense blueprint for what the future of First Nations should look like as told through the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader” Google Books
Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.
The name alone gets your attention. I mean, they all wear black suits. So, you may ask, which one is Blackie.
They are all Blackie.
Stephen Fearing, has a fine solo career with a seriously growing fan base, outstanding critical reviews and he’s a Blackie.
Tom Wilson is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, artist, and author. A bear of a human, a Mohawk soul, and a good man.
Colin Linden is a music lifer. He’s doing what his head and heart told him to do. Starting when he was perhaps 8.
Colin left Canada fully formed and famous, for Nashville and set up his studio. He’s been making music ever since. Solo career, writing, creating, and producing Blackie music. Produced Keb’ Mo’s Grammy album.
Toured as part of Bob Dylan’s band.
So Blackie is Stephen, Tom, OK I am loading now, and Colin. Together, in spirit, in spirituality, and bound by 12 notes and the truth.
New album is O Glory; Lost those blues again
(Stephen spent a great deal of time teaching n the Maritimes this Summer. Was not available for our Zoom interview)
The zoom video can be seen and heard on our terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel
www.blackieandtherodeokings.com
colinlinden.com
stephenfearing.com
tomwilsononline.com
“Could the King of Country Music be the daughter, not the son”
The 5th Tami Neilson Album is called Kingmaker.
The song Kingmaker “addresses the gatekeepers and kingmakers who hold tightly to the keys of equity and minorities in the music industry and, more largely, society as a whole.”
It's an amazing breakthrough album for this Canadian/New Zealand singer and songwriter.
The song Beyond the Stars is about loss and grief. Tami lost her Father. As Tami wrote the song, she kept hearing a duet with her father's voice. She thought the best voice on the planet should sing her Father Ron’s lyric – Willie Nelson. Willie was fully in, as he had just lost his sister.
Tami moves through, blues, country, rock, and roots, with an ease that comes from years of street busking.
As we talked via Zoom I was thrilled to tell her that she had the number 1 album on the CKUA Top 30.
For a total treat, check out the Zoom video on our TDM - YouTube Channel. (TerydavidMulligan)
“Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say.” ~ Tommy Chong
“Marijuana was a new phenomenon when we started. Now it’s for everyone – doctors, lawyers, presidents.” ~ Cheech Marin
I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. Again.
While I was doing rock radio in Vancouver, Richard Marin and Tommy Chong were creating comedy stand-up in a strip club. Between the strippers sets, they would take the stage and riff for 10 minutes. Tommys' family owned the club so they could work the stage as much as they liked.
Things got funny.
One night I was walking through Bacedas..a swanky 5 room club downtown and there in the comedy room were Cheech and Tommy gathering up camera gear from around the stage.
Me - “whaddya doing guys?”
Cheech – “we’re recording all the bits we do and whatever gets the most laughs, we’re turning it into a pitch for a stoner movie”
Years later “Up in Smoke” was a blockbuster, made for chump change and they were off and running.
As Tommy says in the interview – we got so successful we broke up.
Cheech headed into films and tv work – Tommy did one-nighters and scratched out a living. Tommy then famously got busted for manufacturing glass bongs. He turned his 9 months in jail into a book and a documentary.
It wasn’t until they sat down and talked things through that Cheech and Chong returned to tours and work and fame.
I found this interview hiding in an old file. If I happen to get my hands on the rest of the interviews, I’ll let you know.
This was in Vancouver at the Opus Hotel during their reunion tour. First time back on stage in Vancouver in many years.
Survivors. Going bigger and better than “the man” ever thought they would.
Enjoy -
Our guest Danny Cohen is a Melbourne-based director who has filmed and photographed some of the most interesting and influential figures in contemporary music.
Shot on vivid 16mm film over a three-year period, ANONYMOUS CLUB chronicles notoriously shy, Melbourne-based musician Courtney Barnett’s ups and downs on the world tour for her album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Featuring Barnett’s unguarded narration from her audio diary, recorded on a dictaphone provided by filmmaker Danny Cohen, the film delivers frank and unprecedented insight into Barnett’s creative process, the sacrifices and inner conflicts set in motion by fame, and the sometimes dark backdrop to her whimsical, relatable poetic compositions.
Based for much of her adult life in Melbourne, Courtney Barnett first found critical acclaim with 2013’s The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, and broke into the mainstream in 2015 with her debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. Garnering a coveted Best New Artist Grammy nomination and numerous other accolades, the album stands as a generational classic.
Barnett is also a powerhouse live act, playing slots at festivals including Coachella, Bonnaroo, Governor’s Ball, Primavera, and Lollapalooza. In 2021, she released Things Take Time, Take Time, a remarkable artistic step forward.
Anonymous Club opens across Canada over the next several weeks.
It’s not just a story of the life of Leonard Cohen. It follows the life of his song Hallelujah.
Leonard wrote 130-150 verses for the song. Took him years and years. Then when he released it on the album Various Positions, his label in the USA, Columbia Records, refused to release it. It never got played and was forgotten…until John Cale recorded it for the tribute album I’m Your Man and it began a life of its own. Now, it's legendary.
Started as a spiritual journey and ended, with various Leonard rewrites, to become a secular and sexy anthem.
Hallelujah took Leonard Cohen to audiences all over the World and into the soundtrack of “Shrek”.
The film is released this Friday in the USA and I’ve heard it opens across Canada very shortly.
This is smashing filmmaking and epic storytelling.
The directors are Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine and they are my guests on Saturdays Stew
Welcome to the 2022 Summer Music Festivals. Part Two We’ve kept Edmonton, Calgary and the next event the Vancouver Folk Festival in the mix. Added this week is HUFF the Halifax Urban Folk Festival. Its artistic director is a classic Canadian troublemaker, Mike Campbell. The same Mike who co-hosted Mike and Mike for MuchMusic. Then curated the rise of a great music room The Carleton in Halifax. It just won the best small live room in Canada. Like its leader, the HUFF is wonderfully different. Enjoy!! Here we go… When the pandemic hit at the beginning of 2019 anything that qualified as a gathering took the brunt of the hit. Restaurants, concerts, sports, schools, music tours, group travel, etc! Festivals of all descriptions were immediately shut down and artists went home and stayed home. So, here we are two years later and this summer the music festivals have been fully booked by artists who can’t wait to get on the road and on stage. To be met by audiences and music fans who truly missed the live music experience. We’ll touch on four music festivals but they do represent all festivals, big and small. Please find one near you and support the festival and the artists. Each web link below has info on the performers, their schedules, and ticket sales. Our guests are Terry Wickham – Producer, Edmonton Folk Music Festival Aug 4-7 www.edmontonfolkfest.org Kerry Clarke — Artistic Director Calgary Folk Fest Prince’s Island Park July 21-24 www.calgaryfolkfest.com Debbie Salmonsen – Artistic Director Vancouver Folk Fest – Jericho Beach July 15-17 www.vancouverfolkfest.com www.thefestival.bc.ca Mike Campbell. Artistic Director HUFF. Halifax End of August and early September. The Carleton.ca Amazing lineups and special events. The info is here in the Podcast and on the website – Enjoy!
When the pandemic hit at the beginning of 2019 anything that qualified as a gathering took the brunt of the hit.
Restaurants, concerts, sports, schools, music tours, group travel, etc!
Festivals of all descriptions were immediately shut down and artists went home and stayed home.
So, here we are two years later and this summer the music festivals have been fully booked by artists who can’t wait to get on the road and on stage. To be met by audiences and music fans who truly missed the live music experience.
We’ll touch on four music festivals but they do represent all festivals, big and small. Please find one near you and support the festival and the artists.
Each web link below has info on the performers, their schedules, and ticket sales.
Our guests are
Terry Wickham – Producer, Edmonton Folk Music Festival Aug 4-7
www.edmontonfolkfest.org
Kerry Clarke -- Artistic Director Calgary Folk Fest Prince’s Island Park July 21-24
www.calgaryfolkfest.com
Doug Cox – Artistic Director Vancouver Island Music Festival – Courtney, BC July 8-10
www.islandmusicfest.com
Debbie Salmonsen – Artistic Director Vancouver Folk Fest – Jericho Beach July 15-17
www.vancouverfolkfest.com
www.thefestival.bc.ca
Amazing lineups and special events. The info is here in the Podcast and on the website – Enjoy!
Guest is a long time friend Joe Keithley (also known by his D.O.A hardcore punk stage name Joe Shithead)
One of the very few punk artists who didn’t bring their stage characters into their real world.
Joe on stage was wild, pissed off, and very much in your face.
Off stage, he was just a great guy from Burnaby. A regular Joe.
Joe founded D.O.A
Founded Sudden Death Records
Rock Against Racism
Harmony for all – gathering used instruments for Burnaby residents who don’t have access to them.
D.O.A is celebrating the 40th anniversary of their LP Hardcore 81
And Director Scott Crawford is shooting a documentary on Joe and DOA called Something Better Change (named after DOA’s first album)
He’s already shot and released Creem: America’s only rock and roll magazine and Salad Days. Both were outstanding.
Many of Joe’s former bandmates are long gone but he’s continued to grow and learn to such an extent that he’s now a twice-elected Burnaby City Councillor and Joe’s just gearing up for another run for office. Knocking on doors is his specialty.
I think he mentions 13,000 during one campaign.
Here’s the best part – he’s still making music with DOA..getting in a tour of Ontario, Quebec, and BC’s interior before the election.
To quote Dan Aykroyd “ is it a floor wax or a shampoo”
Can a guy be a hard-core punker and a politician???
Yes.. yes you can. If you’re Joe Keithley.
Susan Tedeschi co-partner with Derek Trucks in life and music is our guest this week.
Tedeschi Trucks Band has created “one of those albums” that will become the standard by which all other such albums are created.
It's an amazing story and we are thrilled to have to share it with Susan. It's our complete 30-minute interview – with the tracks from the first album.
The concept behind I Am The Moon, the GRAMMY-winning band’s fifth studio recording, was suggested by TTB vocalist Mike Mattison in May 2020, two months after the band was forced off the road by the pandemic.
The 12th-century poem Layla & Majnun by Persian poet, Nizami Ganjavi, was the title inspiration for Eric Clapton’s 1970 double-LP with Derek and the Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – an influential album for Tedeschi Trucks Band. Interestingly, Ganjavi’s source material resonated with Mattison and the rest of the band in an altogether different way. Finding complex themes and storylines that inspired their creative process, they forged a new, modern interpretation of the vast 100-page poem.
I Am The Moon was written collectively and collaboratively, with band members contributing their own unique perspectives on the work. By January 2021 the band was recording at Tedeschi and Trucks' home studio, Swamp Raga, in Jacksonville, FL, with Derek behind the soundboard as producer and long-time studio engineer, Bobby Tis, in charge of recording and mixing.
Operatic in scope, Tedeschi Trucks Band explores romantic relationships, collective struggle, faith, and the human experience on I Am The Moon.
Ariel Posen is the guest.
I've spent a lot of time attempting to describe who he is and what he does.
-Winnipeg born now Montreal. Became the go-to guy for guitar work. ..precise vocal harmonies – and very interesting songs.
I still can't explain what he does with the guitar, that is until you hear him play. WOW.
He came to prominence with The Bros. Landreth then went solo.
Latest EP is Downtown. Releases Mid July but we have several tracks for you.
Anyway. Because I can't do the man and his playing justice I’ll leave you with some quotes from his last tour in the UK 2020.
Possibly the best guitar solo I’ve heard in 12 years of owning a music venue! Keep Watching! 2,420,174 views Feb 5, 2020, Canadian guitarist, singer, producer Ariel Posen played at Fat Lil’s in Witney, UK on Tuesday 4th February 2020. I knew he’d be good because he used to be in Brothers Landreth, but didn’t expect to hear this incredible, dynamic solo. Combining slide techniques, finger picking, dissonance and a fuzz tone to die for. It builds and builds. I was totally blown away! And I think it is possibly the best (to my taste) I’ve heard in all the years of owning the club
I've been playing guitar for 15 years and not once have I ever played one of those notes. What a pro.
This kind of style is the future of rock. Don't get me wrong, I love a good ole CCR riff. However, today's scene can barely keep up with consistently putting out new and original content. These are the kinds of brave and avant-garde performances that will be shaping the guitarists of tomorrow. This dude HAS IT
That’s a modern-day Jimi Hendrix experience right there! Thanks for sharing
Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and
Scott Thompson are Kids in the Hall.
Many people consider KITH the funniest sketch comedy show ever to appear on TV and Film. The other half are fans of the absurdist genius of Monty Python etc.
The Kids mixed that absurdist humour with irony.
The winner is us – the audience.
KITH are “older”!
The youngest kid is 59-year-old Dave Foley.
However, what keeps them funny and relevant is the high wire that they walk.
The Kids embrace risk and even make fun of that possible failure waiting to happen.
One of the things we talk about in this Zoom Interview is how lucky they were to not only find each but discover that they all viewed the planet and the people on it as flawed and great subjects for funny. Why are they so good? Well, they’ve been making us laugh – at ourselves – since 1984.
After 27 years of No Kids. No Hall. They’re back with a series on Prime Video/Amazon and a fascinating documentary “Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks”
It’s amazing how life always seems to bring us full circle.
The Landreth Brothers just released their fourth album together called Come Morning.
They grew up in a completely musical household.
Father Wally was a true working musician. Their Mother would sometimes go with the boys in bassinets and kid chairs to watch over them and keep an eye on Wally.
They grew up listening to Bonnie Raitt, the many persona’s of Ry Cooder, Lyle Lovett, and most importantly Little Feat.
They were artists who could evoke Mississippi, Muscle Shoals, LA, NYC, and Texas in one album.
The Landreth family was based in Winnipeg but the music took them to all those places and beyond.
The music saved them. Gave them hope and promise.
So here comes their latest Come Morning and it’s filled with ebb and flow, being away from home, being at home for 2 years, songs of redemption, being in Love, not being in love, and dealing with the weight of sexual abuse.
This feels like the album that will change everything. Have a listen to the boys and their music. See if the hope and promise, ebb and flow hasn’t come full circle.
They bring an in-studio acoustic version of What in the World with them.
Keep an ear out for Corduroy and Joey’s painful story behind it. Joey opened his heart to all of us.
tdm
TOUR DATES: https://www.thebroslandreth.com/show
I've waited a long time to finally talk to Scott from The Waterboys.
I found him at his home in Dublin.
Mike is a founding member, lead singer, and songwriter of The Waterboys.
I was truly looking forward to his new album All Souls Hill which was released Friday.
Because Mike grew up studying English literature and philosophy so you know his lyrics and song structure are always going to be different.
Mike moved through the brit punk scene and finally found himself forming The Waterboys.
Almost 25 albums later..he’s writing, composing, and singing better than ever.
As always, Mike and Waterboys music cannot be pinned down. Round peg. Square hole.
Check out the track Passing Through..a very old gospel/folk song that he’s re-written the lyrics to – to reflect our lives today. It took him 10 years to write and it's 9 minutes long.
Here’s Mike talking about it…
Watch for his Canadian tour in The Fall
Born in Cuba, Alex fell in love with a Canadian beauty & immigrated to Canada. Alex packed into his belonging’s his many songs and sharp knowledge of the history of Cuban music.
Mendo is his 9th album.
With those 9 albums, Alex has won 2 Juno awards and is up for another this month. He’s also won four Latin Grammy Awards and at the recent 2022 event, he won his first Grammy Award.
Alex is a completely self-contained artist. Put an instrument in front of him and very likely he can play it.
During the Covid pandemic, he decided to collaborate with other players, singers and songwriters. The songs came alive and Mendo became yet another turning point in his career.
Alex has been on Mulligan Stew before. On the Juno couch in Calgary with Jim and Devin Cuddy and again on Zoom.
So happy to welcome back a Spanish-speaking, English riffing star on the rise.
Alex Cuba brings Mendo. (The essence of the soul)
DJ Kearney has trained over a thousand sommelier candidates throughout North America for the International Sommelier Guild and the Wine and Spirit Education Trust and has consulted for many global wine marketing bodies — including Wines of Chile, Wines of South Africa, Wines of California, Jura Wines, Sopexa, and Wines of Argentina — while leading educational master-classes for these entities around North America.
DJ judges, moderates, presents at wine festivals and competitions around the globe. She brings a truly global perspective to her work. DJ has been the Drinks Editor for Vancouver Magazine and critic/contributor/judge for Wine Align.
Long-time friend, I asked DJ to comment on the 2021 Wine Align final results.
As for the Wine Align Canadian Wine Awards, DJ Kearney was there, right in the middle of it, tasting and judging many 100’s of Canadian wines.
I also asked Deej to comment on recent wines from anywhere that made an impression on her,
And comments on BC, Ontario plus wines that make great gifts year-round.
· PIERRE PAILLARD – LES PARCELLES BOUZY GRAND CRU 750 ml | SKU: 477372 France $67.99
· POL ROGER – RESERVE BRUT 750 ml | SKU: 51953 France $73.99
· PENEDES CABERNET SAUVIGNON – TORRES MAS LA PLANA 2015 750 ml | SKU: 315838 Spain $67.99 on sale from $72.99 On Sale (until Jan 1)
· CHABLIS – WILLIAM FEVRE CHAMPS ROYAUX 2018 750 ml | SKU: 25270 France $36.99
· CHIANTI CLASSICO RISERVA – MAZZEI SER LAPO 2015 750 ml | SKU: 176842 Italy $29.99 down from $32.99 On Sale (until Jan 1)
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- Our BC conversation included
- Syrah
- Riesling
- Chardonnay
- Cab Franc
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Sparklings
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DJ and I finish with a question we always ask ourselves.
- Will BC wines ever be truly available in Ontario and other provinces and will Ontario wines show up on shelves in BC? If you’re a wine fan, perhaps you could ask your local member of parliament.
@djwines
The podcast feature guest is Wine Judge and Writer Treve Ring pouring 8 Prosecco’s from the legendary Conegliano Valdobbiadene region of Italy.
The amazing Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor, judge and speaker, and perpetual traveler. A certified sommelier, WSET diploma holder, French wine scholar, instructor, and Sherry instructor, Treve is based in Victoria, though is most often found on a plane or in a vineyard.
This Podcast story begins in Conegliano Valdobbiadene, a hilly area in North-East Italy, 50 km from Venice and around 100 from the Dolomites. Here, for over three centuries, people have grown the grapes that produce Prosecco Superiore, whose success began with the founding of Italy’s first School of Winemaking in 1876. The production area covers 15 communes and represents the heart of the world of Prosecco; it is one of Italy’s historic denominations, recognized in 1969. In 2009, with the reorganization of the denominations for Prosecco, the Ministry of Agriculture classified it as a Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin (D.O.C.G.), the highest level of quality for Italian wines.
Treve brings 8 Proseccos from Conegliano Valdobbiadene. The heart of Prosecco Superiore D.O C.G.
Treve Ring presents a Master Class in Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco. Enjoy!
Duke Robillard.
He’s blues royalty. Name and all.
With his 37th album, They called it Rhythm and Blues on Stony Plain Records he’s come full circle back to where his heart lives.
Jump Blues.
It’s the uplifting jazz, blues, And gospel music that got people through the end of WW2 and handed off to Bill Haley, Elvis, and the Rock era in the mid-50s.
77 years later it’s truly needed for the end of a devastating pandemic.
People need spirits lifted and music that can be part of the healing.
And here comes The Duke Robillard Band breathing life into Jump Blues 2022.
Duke is a storyteller.
Have a listen. Great tracks from the album included.
Watch for Duke on tour.
Check out the video on our YouTube Channel (TerryDavidMulligan)
Let’s Jump.
PODCAST
“Call Me a Fool” is up for best American roots song because there’s no category for most transcendent modern soul ballad that feels like foundational gospel. For people who love Motown and the Alabama Shakes, Adele and Al Green, there’s Valerie June. For anyone who loves music, there’s Valerie June.**
Boston Herald
There’s only one Valerie June.
Vocally, emotionally, mentally, and creatively Tennessee’s Valerie June completely stands out in an artistic world filled with stunning sameness.
In her career and creative decisions, she shows respect for those who came before her. We talk about Mavis Staples who Valerie June calls Saint Mavis and Memphis legend Carla Thomas her partner on the Grammy-nominated Call me a Fool.
She’s on a busy tour now. Using everything from a 13 piece orchestra to herself and a bassist.
Valerie June’s latest album is The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers...
Also, watch out for a new single Use Me.
Greatness.
Episode #200 – it’s a blur but I think captures what the times were like during a pandemic. The role that music played in getting people through.
Joni and I shared a band house in Regina. For 10 days. Maybe 1966.
Then we reconnected when I hosted the first Greenpeace concert that Joni headlined in Vancouver. We would cross paths much later at The Last Waltz.
This is a video interview I can’t remember doing. I also had forgotten the Greenpeace concert for some bizarre reason.
She talks about The Last Waltz, being incorrectly painted as a Canadian ex-pat in LA, the effect her songs have on people, the changing of “the old guard” at the Last Waltz, and how she wasn’t ready to retire.
We cover a lot of subjects and her music history.
How she calls her songs “her babies” and that it's part of female nurturing
She waxes about Dylan, Steely Dan and answers the question do we know her as well as we think we do? Joni speaks out strongly on Indian rights!!
Neither one of us mention an album or name a song. So I’m not exactly sure when this was recorded. But I’m thinking 1982???
I mention she’s on a speaking tour and Joni talks about organizing a date with Sting, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Adams that speaks of The Human Rights Concerts (Live in New Jersey). That first concert was in 1986..so let's call this interview mid-80s.
The time of
82’s Wild Things Run Fast
86’s Dog Eat Dog
88’s Chalk mark in a rainstorm
Being influenced by Steely Dan, Thomas Dolby, Willie Nelson, and Peter Gabriel.
It’s the perfect interview to celebrate Podcast 200.
(Thank You Elliott Garnier and Corey Wood for getting me there)
God Bless Joni Mitchell
Shawn Edwards.
Film Critic. Entertainment Journalist. (WDAS Kansas City). Creator. Producer. On the board of the Critics Choice Assn in LA.
Producer of A Celebration of Black Cinema. Currently shaping The Black Movie Hall of Fame in Kansas City.
Shawn returns to share a recap of the 2022 Critics Choice Awards last Sunday (in LA and London)
How those winning might affect The Oscars.
Plus The Super Awards winners.
We deep dive intro
The Power of the Dog
King Richard
Tammy Faye
Jane Campion - Director
Halle Berry
Ted Lasso
We welcome back to 199 Shawn Edwards.
NEXT WEEK – Joni Mitchell
Moving is never “fun” but along the way (if you’re lucky) you find little treasures.
During our latest move, I found boxes and cases with interviews.
It got me to thinking – where is that Solomon Burke Interview?
We had talked at the Edmonton Folk Festival several years earlier and in 2010 when he was releasing a new album Nothing’s Impossible.
Produced by Willie Mitchell in Memphis. Same Studio, producer, musicians as Rev Al Green!
We had a great chat and off he went – passing away weeks later as he passed through Amsterdam’s airport.
I simply couldn’t find the heart to go back and listen to the interview. Every time I heard the first words I started to tear up.
So. I walked away from the interview thinking the day will come when I can deal with it.
Well, today’s the day.
Solomon Burke was asked in an interview “are you a gospel/church singer or a blues singer?”..Solomon’s reply was “I’m a soul singer”
He was the first artist to use the phrase.
The man was a preacher, singer, writer, mortician! When it came to the music business he was not to be messed with.
If you get a chance check out his life story. It’s a wild ride.
Solomon Burke by-the-numbers
Performed 55 years. 38 studio albums. 17 record labels. Grammy winner. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 17 million albums sold. In 2008 was #89 of Rolling Stone Magazine’s 100 greatest singers of all time.
AND Father of 21 children and Grandfather of 90 Grandkids.
Kevin Hearn has released a stark album called There and Then: Solo Piano Improvisations. 3 distinct rooms, 3 pianos, and 3 days of playing, each only for 3 hours.
No demos. No rehearsal. No real conversation between himself and producer Mark Howard.
Yes. The same Kevin Hearn who was a member of the Corky and the Juice Pigs Band, bandleader for Lou Reed, and a star member of Bare Naked Ladies.
Kevin worked for years with Gord Downie. Right up until Gord was lost to Cancer.
There and Then honors Gord (Among the Stars)and Lou (Lou) and Garth Hudson (The Garth Hudson Institute) and the basic elements of great music.
The album cover was painted by Gord’s daughter Willo. Lou Video was directed by Mike Downie.
Rather than paint a word picture I’ve decided to let Kevin tell the tale of how all this came to be.
THIS is an album that will become a balm for the World we all live in.
Well done Kevin and Mark.
It’s fair to say Keb Mo is simply one of the most popular choices to play on anyone’s show. An easy pull.
He delivers thoughtfulness, groove, and joy every time.
So imagine my delight in having him Zoom guest from his home in Nashville.
Keb’s new album is Good to be. It reflects the loss of his mother, returning home to Compton to remodel and freshen up the home he was brought up in and to reconnect with “the community”. Now that’s one thing we talk about - I never thought of Compton as a community because everything I read and heard only referenced the toughness of the streets and what could be a hard life. (NWA!!)
Keb references and hangs with The Compton Cowboys.. real-life people. Legends in The Compton history.
Keb also talks strongly about his thoughts on Black History Month, working with Vince Gill, Old Crow Medicine Show, covering his friend Bill Withers, etc.
He answers the last question straight up – Did you find the blues or did the blues find you?
The complete audio and zoom interview drops right after The Stew. Details at www.mulliganstew.ca
St Paul and the Broken Bones. The best name in years.
Our guest is the co-founder, lead singer, and co-writer Paul Janeway…the Paul of St Paul.
They’ve just released their 4th Album The Alien Coast. Fair to say, it’s not like the other three.
The groove is still there but they’re singing about classic painters, fever dreams, dancing as the World ends.
Paul Janeway looks like what he was planning to be – an accountant and bank teller – or a Preacher.
On stage, he brings the fire and brimstone of a Preacher but with the composure of Marvin Gaye and the driven belief of James Brown.
There’s so much to talk about here. Faith. Love. Devotion.
With three tracks included from The Alien Coast, we proudly present Paul Janeway – St Paul and the Broken Bones.
Carefully assembled from the most powerful performances of a three-night residency at Calgary’s historically iconic blues mecca, the King Edward Hotel, between February 15th and 17th, 2019, Live at the King Eddy arrives as the latest installment of an already storied career that has to date produced six stunning studio releases. Following the independently released, raw folk and country-blues excursions of 2007’s The Blues Can Kill and the following year’s eponymous album, vocalist and harmonicist Shawn Hall – the Harpoonist – and guitarist Matt Rodgers – the Axe Murderer – truly hit their stride and found their sound on 2012’s Checkered Past.
Now. Three years after capturing these live recordings on The Stones Mobile, Harp and Axe release the finished product. Live at The King Eddy.
It’s a pumped and beautifully greasy set. Slick and unhinged at the same time.
Here’s a conversation with Shawn Hall – The Harp. We’ve showcased 5 tracks for you.
Mama’s in the back seat
Cry a Little
Roll with the punches
Sarah
Treat me kind
Not all the interviews we present on the Stew Podcast are brand new.
I’ve been at this interview thing since 1964 so there are always the possibilities of archival interviews.
Many are tied up in legal issues. Some were never kept or lost to time.
However, occasionally they just get “discovered”
The Sarah McLachlan interviews we present this week are the discovered type.
The first was in 1988. Sarah with her late 80’s Halifax Hair. Me, holding her new album on Solace on cassette.
Then a large jump to 1992.
The year before Sarah had released Solace and was touring hard, working on the songs for ‘93’s Fumbling towards Ecstasy.
Everything changed right there. She had the songs, the voice, and the drive to become – what she became – a 40 Million album selling, Lilith Faire producing, and Grammy/Juno winning music star.
Sarah and I would later tour Thailand and Cambodia for World Vision. That’s another interview.
Two moments in time on the Mulligan Stew Podcast.
HELLO Sarah
Two Words – Billy Joel.
One of the very few singing piano players who transcend the law of popular music. There’s Elton John, Harry Connick, Leon Russell, Randy Newman, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, Fats Domino etc.
Billy grew up on Long Island..in the shadow of NYC.
Determined to play piano and write songs Billy paid his dues in a Hollywood Bar. The kind where no one in the room was listening.
He has become a legend and a world star. Songwriter & Rock and Roll Halls of Fame. Grammy winner. Kennedy Centre Honours. This interview was done around 1998 or 1989..following the release of his album Storm Front. Produced by Mick Jones of Foreigner.
There’s a good segment on Billy’s songwriting PROCESS…IT’S DREAMS EMBEDDED IN SLEEP.
REZ RULES: My Indictment of Canada’s and America’s Systemic Racism Against Indigenous Peoples.
“A rez rule should be this: no lazy asses. Or a rez rule should be this: if you want to call yourself a warrior, then get a job. You’re not a warrior if you’re on welfare,” Chief Clarence Louie
Here’s what you might know about Chief Clarence...
CLARENCE LOUIE has been chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band, in the south Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, for almost 40 years. In 2013, Maclean's named him one of the “Top 50 Canadians to Watch.” In 2003, Louie was chosen by the U.S. Department of State as one of six First Nations leaders to review economic development in American Indian communities... He is a member of the Order of British Columbia, the Order of Canada, and in 2019, he was the 1st First Nations person ever inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame.
And some info you may not know.
When you talk to Chief Clarence, ask your question, and then Get Out of The Way.
He’s talking about Respect. Truth. Reconciliation. Healing. Wellness. Land. Justice. Economic Freedom.
He believes in Native names for Sports Teams. He believes in renaming mountains, parks, rivers,s and cities/towns after the original nations who called it home for 10,000 years.
“tribes have been hanging around the Funding Trough for far too long. I was taught by the old-timers that there is no such thing as a free lunch – Indians gotta stop looking for that free lunch. I’ve learned we have to move from spending Grant money to making our own money.”
The Osoyoos Indian Band leases include Arterra (Jackson Triggs) , Spirit Ridge Resort, Sonora Dunes Golf course, District Wine Village, a provincial prison, 1,100 acres of prime vineyards, etc.
OIB businesses include a 300-acre vineyard, Nk’mip Cellars, a culture center, campground RV park, daycare, gas stations, cannabis stores, etc.
“A raw and honest perspective on First Nations leadership.”
—Manley A. Begay, Jr., former co-director, The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.
“A common-sense blueprint for what the future of First Nations should look like as told through the fascinating life and legacy of a remarkable leader” Google Books
Hey kids. What’s the secret of great comedy? TIMING.
Just as we were starting to post our latest podcast, this weeks guest Brent Butt posted this message:
SORRY TO ANNOUNCE THAT MY JANUARY STAND UP SHOWS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED AGAIN
Sorry for the Butt Bummer.
However, we have some great news. Brent Butt, star of Corner Gas will still be the special guest of the MulliganStew Podcast.
After all, this is the comedian, writer, actor who created small town funny for 6 years with Corner Gas. Then the movie and finally the animated version. Brent’s fans stick to him like super glue.
Please Enjoy this audio and video visit from the man himself., Brent Butt.
Canada is famous for its hockey and hockey stars.
Singers and Songwriters? Yup!
However, never at the top of the list and sometimes lost in the debate is one of our greatest resources “Funny”.
We do funny as well as anyone.
Dan Aykroyd. Martin Short. John Candy. The people of Schitt’s Creek, Second City, Kids in the Hall, Norm MacDonald, Samantha Bee, Jim Carrey, Lorne Michaels to name just a few. That’s not even counting the writers, directors, and producers who do funny, under the radar.
They all went South to work and became stars in the USA. Go for “The Show”
Rick Mercer, our guest this week has created an astounding career and profile and achieved fame making Canadians laugh. At themselves! Rick stayed in Canada and mined comedy gold. He has released his memoir, Rick Mercer. Talking to Canadians.
It's funny, clever, and revealing from cover to cover.
He first came to fame with Show Me the Button I'll Push It, or Charles Lynch Must Die, a one-man show that toured across Canada. He co-created and was a resident performer on CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and was the host of The Rick Mercer Report, CBC’s highest-rated comedy show, for fifteen seasons. Rick is co-chair of the Spread the Net campaign, dedicated to preventing the spread of Malaria in Africa, and has also campaigned for the Canadian AIDS Society's The Walk for Life project. His many honours include 21 Geminis and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award. He is from St. John's and currently resides in Toronto.
He shaved and cleaned up for this interview.(check out the Zoom version on our Youtube channel)
The very first time I heard The Bros Landreth my heart jumped “those boys were raised on Little Feat (One of the very best bands to ever step onto a stage. Anywhere)
They were led by the late Lowell George. Lead singer, primary writer, singular guitarist.
When I got to interview Joey and brother David, they spun a story of growing up in Winnipeg. Their father was a well-known working musician and the house was filled with Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Poco records but the most popular were the early 70’s albums by Little Feat. (Little Feat. Sailin’ Shoes. Dixie Chicken. Feats don’t fail me now)
It was a true musical education.
This all leads us to this Podcast featuring Joey Landreth and his new solo album All that you dream.
It’s a tribute to Lowell George and Little Feat. A “thank you” if you will.
Turns out, we're the ones who should be saying thank you. It’s a beautiful table full of the Little Feat Dixie Chicken. One generation saluting another.
The Bros are headed back to Europe for tour dates(listed here)
Remarkably they are even bigger stars in Europe than here but that imbalance will surely change this year when this killer solo album is joined by the next Bros Landreth album, in the Spring!
Note: check out Joey in episode #52
In the recently released film Swan Song, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali plays Cameron, an illustrator involved in a happy marriage, father of one with another on the way. He’s also terminally ill. This being the future, a medical procedure exists which allows Cameron to be cloned and have his memories and DNA implanted in the clone. The clone then returns to Cameron’s wife Naomie Harris and family, so that they don’t have to deal with the grief of losing him.
In his first leading role, Mahershala Ali takes on a demanding role. Playing both Cameron and his clone. Taking the stereotypical double role, he shaped it with such an amazing level of sensitivity and genuine craft, that he matched his work in his Oscar-winning Moonlight and The Green Book roles. He’ll very likely be in the middle of the Critics Choice and Oscar races yet again.
Swan Song also stars Glenn Close, Adam Beach, Awkwafina and is written for the screen and directed by our guest this week Academy Award winner Benjamin Cleary
Eric Wright, a founding member of the Juno winning The Fretless, is the guest. Their latest album is called Open House.
The Fretless is Trent Freeman (Fiddle/Viola), Karrnnel Sawitsky (Fiddle/Viola), BenPlotnick(Fiddle/Viola), and Eric Wright (Cello).
Open House is a 10 song vocal collaboration album and the first project that The Fretless feature vocals on all the tracks and in such a prominent role. They teamed up with Dan Mangan for a spin on his single "Troubled Mind". Up next was Celeigh Cardinal featured on a version of William Prince's "Earthly Days", Nuela Charles on a gorgeous rendition of "Stay". And most recently The Bros. Landreth on a version of their song "Let It Lie" and 6 more artists.
Outreach and inspiring the next generation of string players is very much a part of The Fretless ’ethos. They continue to support numerous fiddle camps, masterclass’ and workshops around the world, not only as instructors but as mentors. Over the past few years, they have connected with notable organizations such as the Calgary Youth Orchestra and the Luxembourg Youth Orchestra, creating and performing full orchestral arrangements of Fretless tunes.
Eric says the Fretless are modern folk. To the ear, they sound like a rock band with violins, violas, and Eric on cello. They happily share their creative space with other artists.
I’ve chosen four to talk about and play
- Dan Mangan – Troubled Mind
- Celeigh Cardinal – Earthly Days
- Nuela Charles - Stay
- The Bros Landreth – Let it lie
The Critics Choice Association will present the annual Celebration of Black Cinema & Television on Monday, Dec 6 at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel LA.
Since 2014, the Celebration of Black Cinema has honored standout achievements in Black filmmaking.
This year, for the first time, the awards ceremony will also celebrate achievements in television.
Our guest, as in the past 3 years, is Shawn Edwards, Executive Producer. He’s based in Kansas City.
I rode the movie junket buses with Shawn for many years – to and from screenings and after-parties.
Shawn was always talking about this dream he had. To celebrate Black filmmaking and cinema.
As the world around us changed (BLM) the celebration changed from fantasy to fact.
And here we are Year Four. Honorees include:
Halle Berry, Anthony Anderson, Barry Jenkins, Jennifer Hudson, Antoine Fuqua
Plus Will Smith, Ruth Negga, and many more.
The broadcast can be seen on KTLA-TV Los Angeles (which is available on many cable providers across Canada)
#criticschoice #celebrateblackcinema
The Critics Choice Association is the largest critics organization in the United States and Canada, representing almost 500 media critics and entertainment journalists. It was established in 2019 with the formal merger of the Broadcast Film Critics Association and the Broadcast Television Journalists Association, recognizing the intersection between film, television, and streaming content. For more information, visit: www.CriticsChoice.com.
Who, what and when was the “Big Bang” of Popular music?
Who changed rock into an “art form” in 1965 and with what song?
What songs did Steve suggest to close the Sopranos?
How much did Sopranos change his life?
What does Steve consider the world’s “universal music” and who is the star of that music?
All those opinions and lots more from Steve van Zandt are included in his new autobiography Unrequited Infatuations.
It’s a great read.
We all know about growing up pals with Bruce Springsteen and forming the E Street Band but this book reveals all of the other stories and events that shaped not only his life but in no small part the history of the World. (Think of his single Sun City and the dismantling of Apartheid government in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela)
Steve van Zandt is in the Rock Hall of Fame. Frankly, he’s a human Rock Hall.
He’s an actor and an activist, a musician, and a mentor. He’s Miami Steve van Zandt and this is his story Part two
Miami Steve Van Zandt
Silvio Dante (Sopranos)
Frankie The Fixer Tagliano (Lilyhammer)
Steve is every one of those guys and a lot more.
He turns 71 on Nov 22nd and celebrates the release of his new autobiography Unrequited Infatuations.
Steve and Bruce Springsteen found each other because they both really weren’t interested in going to school but both did have guitars and a keen sense that that was the road they wanted to walk. Steve played in Steel Mill and the Bruce Springsteen Band. It all came together when he became a permanent member of The E Street band in 1975 just in time for The Born to Run album and tour. From musician and performer, he became a songwriter, arranger, producer, actor, director, Broadway producer, TV and film composer, activist, teacher, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ( now is very much a part of the committee that decides future nominees). Last but not least, he’s one of the World’s most knowledgeable authorities on the history of rock and roll. He also created two radio shows that became singular channels on Sirius – Little Steven’s Underground Garage and Outlaw Country.
He formed his own label Wicked Cool Records. Stevie also leads his large solo band The Disciples of Soul
Perhaps his finest moment? In 1985 he forms United Artists Against Apartheid and released Sun City a song protesting the Apartheid system in the South African resort Sun City. Over 50 artists were involved. It leads to the removal of Apartheid and the release from the jail of Nelson Mandela.
Here’s a link to all of these events and a staggering list of all the others. It makes you instantly want to read the story of his life. That’s what Unrequited Infatuations is all about.
www.littlesteven.com/bio
This is part one of our conversation. We start with the early roots of rock and roll and the beginnings of Bruce and The E Street Band. What happened to the sounds of rock records in the ’70s and why after leaving Bruce’s E Street Band his first thought was “I thought my life was OVER”
Read the book – you’ll realize it had just begun. Enjoy!
Part Two next Week
I did my first interview with Dan Mangan years ago on a hot and dusty day at the Calgary Folk Festival. Had never met him or heard him perform.
He was one of half a dozen interviews I was scheduled to do. I started with the lame opening of…
Please tell our at-home audience your real name.
“I’m Dan. Dan MAN-GAN”
I was hooked. My kind of guy.
Many years later, The Dusty Dan of the folk festival has become a winner of 2 Juno Awards. Each tour has gathered more and more fans around the World.
EP’s, albums, tours, festivals, film scoring, co-creating Side Door Access, and full-on family guy.
Now comes the latest project! A beautifully crafted concert documentary by Amazing Factory called All Together Now, recorded at his homecoming concert in 2019 at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver.
It’s unlike any other concert film you might have seen. There’s a sense of truth, honesty, and clarity in every song. Pure MAN-GAN.
And best of all I still see “the guy” behind the songs. Dusty Dan.
https://danmanganmusic.com/
November 5th Colin James releases his 20th studio album Open Road.
Colin found a way to write and record music during the Covid 19 Pandemic.
Gather your music friends and create.
Colin co-wrote and made music with pals Tom Wilson (Toronto) & Colin Linden (Nashville) Both are members of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and Craig Northey (Vancouver) From Odds.
He also reimagined covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Albert King, Tony Joe White, and Otis Rush.
Colin is a road warrior. The road is his second home.
He’s back on it right now on Vancouver Island and then works his way through to double dates in Alberta. March finds him opening for Buddy Guy in the USA and playing on Austin City Limits.
This is the complete interview - with four tracks from Open Road.
Tour dates below
https://colinjames.com/tour/
Guest is Founder of Jr Gone Wild – Original member Mike McDonald
The band was founded in Edmonton in 1982.
They recorded their first album, Less Art More Pop, in 1986.
Junior won an Alberta Recording Industry Award for best rock band in 1994.
They recorded several albums, leading up to Simple Little Wish, which was released in early 1995. The band broke up later that year.
Jr. Gone Wild reformed in 2013 and played a reunion show that was a wild success and the band started to perform live again and ] re-released their debut album Less Art More Pop!
From 1983-1995, Jr. Gone Wild helped introduce Canada to a new musical genre, alternative country. Over the course of five acclaimed albums, the Edmonton, Alberta band fused elements of folk and rock with a punk attitude, while building a devoted fan base through epic live shows. Now, after 25 years, original members Mike McDonald (guitars/vocals), Steve Loree (lead guitar), and Dave “Dove” Brown (bass) have reunited with McDonald’s nephew Quinton Herbert on drums forthe really good Still Got The Jacket.
Our guest and original member Mike McDonald brings the stories from all those years. Plus four tracks from the album which is released November 12th.
Dodge -Behind the Wheel – Girl in the crowd and Fly at Night!
Adrian is an inspiration, who makes great music, and is proving that music careers can happen for independent Indigenous artists who still live on First Nations.
With the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, it’s a time to include the voice of an artist like Adrian Sutherland – one of the only professional musicians in Canada who lives in and works from an isolated First Nation community, and who experiences first-hand many of the issues facing First Nations.
His first solo album is called When the magic hits and his new single is Magic Hits. It's included in this Mulligan Stew Podcast along with Scared, Walk with me, and Nowhere to run.
The song Walk With Me, co-written with Serena Ryder and produced by Colin Linden, is about walking together towards Reconciliation.
Nowhere to run is about his mother and her life in Indian Residential School and domestic violence.
I promise Adrian Sutherland will surprise and delight you. He’s a winner.
This is, I believe, the 4th interview I’ve had the pleasure of doing with Afie Jurvanen!
From the very first listen I heard a unique and gifted singer and songwriter.
Blessed with a voice that is like no other and a great personality that allows him to make fun of himself – in song.
Ah but what songs.
Get prepared to love the songs you love -even more. Imagine the confidence it takes to create music with some of the world’s best musicians but doing it long distance in separate studios.
Best of all this is just Volume 1. The rest of these sessions may set my hair on fire.
Afie takes us through several tracks. How they got recorded and best of all his place in today's music.
We also include his Canadian Tour Dates starting in November in Victoria on our website www.mulliganstew.ca
Enjoy
Last Saturday I had Melissa McClelland and Luke Doucet – Whitehorse – on Mulligan Stew CKUA
We shook the place up “real good” but this is the complete interview. Room for both Melissa and Luke to expand on the “Happy Hour Live” experience from their living room during the lockdown.
They walk and talk us through their new album Strike Me Down and then we get really specific about
“what is Rock and Roll now”?
What is the new album in January?
Are you playing Massey Hall?
Tour dates in 2022?
Enjoy!!
Kímmapiiyipitssini: [GEE-maa-bee-bit-sin] (A Blackfoot word that means “giving kindness to each other”)
Elle–Máijá Tailfeathers’ film witnesses radical and profound change in her community. Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy is an intimate portrait of survival, love, and the collective work of healing in the Kainai First Nation in Southern Alberta, a Blackfoot community facing the impacts of substance use and a drug-poisoning epidemic.
Community members active in addiction and recovery, first responders, and medical professionals implement harm reduction to save lives. This work is contextualized within the historical and contemporary impacts of settler colonialism; Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy draws a connecting line between the effects of colonial violence on Blackfoot land and people and the ongoing substance-use crisis.
Held in love and hope for the future, Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy asks the audience to be a part of this remarkable change with the community.
A member of the Kainai First Nation and the Sámi in Norway, Tailfeathers creates an intimate portrait of her community and the impacts of the substance use and overdose epidemic...
Awards: Emerging Canadian Filmmaker Award and Rogers Audience Award for Canadian Feature Documentary, Hot Docs 2021; Colin Low Award for Best Canadian Director, DOXA 2021
Terry David Mulligan
For some artists that’s an eternity. For Martha it's called “having a life”.
The life included the breakup of her marriage. Fighting for custody of her children. Opening a bistro that became a studio. Having to justify being a female artist who’s also a mother. The feedback was “surely you can’t be both”?
The album is called Love will be reborn which is exactly what happened to Martha. The songs that followed the writing of the title track reflect exactly what happened in the 5 years between releases. Produced by Pierre Marchand. You just know this is good.
It’s her very best work yet. Songs like Justice, Body and soul, Hole in my heart, and Love will be reborn. We’ll include them all in the podcast.
This conversation is not a Q&A. It’s me engaging Martha and getting the hell out of the way.
Love the woman. Love the music. It’s Martha Wainwright people. Listen up.
Silver Cup is David Gogo’s 16th full album...
Feels like he’s shifted gear on his 59 Mustang.
Gone are the amps and electric guitars.
This is a roost, acoustic GoGo but pushed by producer Steve Mariner and great session players.
Silver Cup is released October 7th and Dave will guest on Mulligan Stew CKUA Radio Saturday, October 8th.
This is an advance listen and Dave’s tales to how the album got done during the lockdown. The stories behind the songs and the tour dates.
We play you
Silver Cup
Never gonna change
Top Shelf
Here’s the kids BIO
The Barenaked Ladies 16th album is called Detour de Force. More wordplay from a band that majors in it. Right?
I knew this album would be different when I saw a track written by bassist Jim Creegan called Paul Chambers. Who writes a pop song about a legendary bass player (Kind of Blue) as a metaphor?
Ed himself wrote the amazing Live Well, a song about his childhood filled with his Father’s alcohol abuse and how he overcame the trauma.
The album ends with the outstanding Kevin Hearn track called Internal Dynamo. It's about planets generating their own magnetic fields. Not your basic pop/rock fodder.
It starts like something Pink Floyd might have left us with but 2:40 into the 5-minute track the music shapeshifts into Rage Against the Machine and then ends with a Beatles White album feel.
Every once in a while all of the planning goes OUT THE WINDOW.
This week’s Podcast for example.
I always knew there would be a complete interview with Suzie Ungerleider (Oh Suzanna). Her new 10th album is called My Name Is Suzie Ungerleider and the story behind the title tells quite a tale.
The music is the best she’s ever released. So, the complete interview and tracks as well. Suzie closes the podcast.
Also this week, I was doing interviews with Barney Bentall, Colin Linden, and Russell Broom about their involvement in Remembering The Last Waltz. Four nights of celebrating The Band’s Last Stand almost 45 years ago.
Sept 2 & 3 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Sept 9 & 10 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Before we shared memories of The Band we talked about the passing of Charlie Watts. Legendary drummer for The Rolling Stones. His effect of The Stones and on us is remarkable considering how quiet and gentle he was. As large and loud as all The Rolling Stones were, it was Charlie that held it all together, on stage and off.
So..we start this Podcast by remembering Charlie Watts, then The Band, and celebrating Suzie Ungerleider. Busy week.
Cheers Charlie..
Vince Ditrich has been a pal for many years. Lives in the neighborhood but we spend 20 years bumping into each other. Me as a broadcaster and VJ. Vince as the drummer of the legendary Celtic/punk band Spirit of the West. SOTW is no more. They lost their leader, the brilliant John Mann to Alzheimer’s. Here’s to you John.
Vince has been writing for years – with an online column called Random Note Generator. Now comes his first of three books about Tony Vicar. Failed rock star and his crazy circle of friends and enemies.
Enjoy!
The final interview from the 2021 Calgary folk music festival.
Dan Mangan – artist, entrepreneur, father, husband, and surprisingly a great middle-distance swimming champion.
Two time Juno winner
Dan’s most recent album was More or Less. (2018)
After many years of small venue performances, Dan co-founded Side Door Access with Laura Simpson.
“We believe artists deserve more control and fewer gatekeepers, and that an empowered arts community will produce the most interesting, diverse and daring ecosystem of expression”
What started out as a local support system for artists (and audience) was completely re-arranged to bring music to all of us during the pandemic. Everyone involved at Side Door was swept along by a flood of requests and opportunities. Including Dan Mangan.
Now he’s seeing light at the end of the Covid tunnel and can start to pick up the remnants of his music and performing career.
When we talked a couple of weeks ago, Dan was getting ready to engage in his first public performance in many months at the Calgary Folk Music Festival.
Dan and I cover some of the above and more. You can look forward to a steady flow of songs and albums to come from Dan in the next year and a half.
This is the complete interview.
Thank you Dan!
Tom Wilson. A true rock and roll Rennaisance Man
Rocker. Roots shapeshifter. A folkie and a punk. Singer, songwriter, author, and Mohawk Warrior. This time around we talk about getting back on the road after the Pandemic. The many projects he set in motion once he was locked down. The most interesting thought Tom shares is that he’s “ not that guy anymore” Writing different songs that will take him in a new direction. Will we follow? Let’s find out. And a lovely human being. Tom Wilson is our guest this week. The complete interview.
If you happen to be out of the country or sleeping or bowling with your co-workers you may have missed the first of four outstanding Mulligan Stew Podcasts last weekend.
The first was Frazey Ford. Still to come Dan Mangan and Tom Wilson. This week our guest is William Prince.
You may have discovered William via his first album Earthly Days (2015) or the follow-up
.(2020)
His career was just leaving earth's orbit when the pandemic struck.
William talks about how his songs take shape, his love of Johnny Cash, Country Charlie Pride, Kris Kristofferson, and the words of his Father about “how you speak – is how people will treat you”
And trust me – when I ask William Prince (Peguis Nation) – about the shame in Canada surrounding the Residential School deaths on children pulled from their families, Williams Words will ring through your heart and your head.
Ladies and Gentlemen – a speaker of the truth. William Prince
Frazey Ford.
In a music business filled to the brim with coulda, shoulda and woulda’s – Frazey Ford is the real deal.
Her latest album is U kin B the Sun
Behind a singular voice..as comfortable on a folk festival stage in Calgary as a jazz festival stage in London (2 nights) ..she is a joy to hear and behold.
Frazey has overcome.
Family dynamics, bullying and abuse, the recent loss of 2 family members, and a male-dominated music business.
The first of four outstanding podcasts – we begin this journey with Frazey Ford.
Next week William Prince
It’s not often that we double back on a previous interview.
There has to be something interesting that makes them candidates.
What we have here are two separate interviews with the co-founders of Hall of Fame/Juno winning band Blue Rodeo., plus Greg Keelor and Jim Cuddy both have solo careers on the go.
I talked to Greg in March and Jim 3 weeks ago.
I decided to cut the two interviews together to see how the responses and stories matched.
Have a listen. It’s an interesting mashup.
Blue Rodeo plays the Calgary Stampede Saturday, July 17
And The Jim Cuddy Band play the Calgary Folk Festival Summer Serenades on Prince’s Island Park Friday, July 23
Jim Cuddy was standing at the door of his Toronto house waiting for the cab that would take him to Saskatchewan and the 2020 Junos when the phone rang and he discovered it was canceled because of Covid.
Instead, he headed to his small country home and started writing. Then slowly gathered his Jim Cuddy Band – one at a time – and created tracks for his next solo album. His Blue Rodeo partner Greg Keeler then called and got things rolling on a new Blue Rodeo album. Greg would send his songs to Jim and the band. They would replace or add instruments, vocals, etc and send back. Greg did the same for Jim. Normally they’re all in the same room when they record. Jim says – you can’t tell the difference. “It was remarkable”
When I asked about Canada Day and the conflicting thoughts on that day about residential schools, indigenous rights, and other cultures, Jim gave a beautiful honest response.
Jim says the new Blue Rodeo album has a “zip in it’s step”(January) Greg wrote lots of tunes. Lots of energy.
And what Jim really liked was having the time to sculpt his songs. They felt more clearly defined. “No throw-away lyrics”
And yes he admits to changing.
And having time to watch the seasons change was wonderful – “I had to stop leaning forward and relax.”
Blue Rodeo plays the Calgary Stampede on July 18
Jim Cuddy Band plays the Calgary Folk Festival – Summer Serenades – on Prince’s Island Park on July 23rd.
Steve Marriner is our special guest this week on Mulligan Stew.
We know Steve from the award-winning Monkey Junk and the very popular Manx Marriner Mainline.
He’s a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Hope Dies Last is his second solo album. His first was in 2006.
(He’s been just a tad busy)
HDL has 15 musicians in the credits..so it’s a true group effort. And signals great things ahead in his solo career.
If you remember our Greg Keelor solo album Episode #152 it was Greg who raved about working with guitarist Jimmy Bowskill. (Sheepdogs. Jim Cuddy)
Steve Marriner worked tirelessly with Jimmy to get these songs sounding just right.
Have a listen and let the stories flow.
The very special interview guest is Leeroy Stagger bringing with him new music from his forthcoming album Dystopian Weekends. Leeroy lets us know that unlike the last two albums he made for wider audiences. This one he made for him. Leeroy also talks about hosting Dirty Windshields on CKUA. It got him through the lockdown. Dystopian Weekends captures the sound of early Byrds, Clapton, Laurel Canyon.
Two stand-out songs - Buffy's song Greedy Guts and Black Teenagers.
That last song deals with the headlines this very weekend. The Floyd George Murder.
Full disclosure – I jumped the gun on the release date. It’s not coming out until well after Summer but as Leeroy says “the whole model of what is an album release has changed. Given Covid, lockdown, and technical innovations it’s a whole new format. So, run with it.”
This weeks guest is singer/songwriter Romi Mayes (Winnipeg)
But she’s not introducing a tour or a new album. In 2021, she’s the Senior Producer for Curbside Concerts.
A company started in 2020 by Matt Masters and Amanda Burgener. They could both see, because of Covid, that artists in Canada were going to have a hard time working, gathering together, and paying the bills. Also, music fans were going to lose their live music.
So they created Curbside Concerts. A safe way for musicians and audiences to get together during these many months.
You chose the artist, date & time. One of their producers will work with you to make it all happen.
The stage (if required), microphones, battery-powered speakers, and anything else needed will show up with your artist.
Want some names?
Paul Pigat. Joe Nolan. Petunia (solo). Jay Semko (N Pikes) JD Edwards (Small Glories) Ridley Bent. Matt Mayes.
All safety standards are met and everyone enjoys the music.
Curbside has been a success. Now in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and BC
Over 100 artists have signed up. Concerts big and small have taken place.
Audiences have gone away with memories to last a lifetime.
Curbside Concerts have been nominated for four Western Canadian Music Awards.
Impact on
-Live Music
-Artist Development
-Music Marketing
-Community Excellence
We welcome the Senior Producer for Curbside Concerts – excellent singer/songwriter Romi Mayes.
If you’re an artist or want to be a Host – Romi has all the info.
This week's guest is Terry Wickham. The hard-working and much-admired Producer of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.
Thing is – there is no Festival this year.
However, after much discussion, they have come up with a Plan B.
To quote The Doobie Brothers they’re Taking it to the Streets.
It reminds me of Dan Mangan’s Sidedoor concept.
Hosts need artists. Artists need hosts.
So, Terry and his team have come up with Taking it to the Streets.
Music fans can offer their street, lawn, backyard, deck, pier.
Artists will all be from the Edmonton area.
Terry explains how you can apply to be a host.
Find the complete details so you can consider them wisely.
And check out the playlist below – Lots of new tunes from
Canada’s Music Awards – The Junos – take place Sunday night.
50 years ago, the first-ever Folksinger of the Year Juno went to Bruce Cockburn. Also nominated were Joni Mitchell and Great Speckled Bird featuring Ian and Sylvia) Our guest this week Bruce Cockburn won 13 more Junos over the past 50 years. He’s nominated again for his brilliant instrumental album Crowing Ignites.
We have much to talk about including Bruce’s personal thoughts on the tragedy unfolding at the Residential School in Kamloops, BC.
This is the complete conversation with music included.
www.brucecockburn.com
We first interviewed singer/player/producer/writer Daniel Lanois last November. 7 Grammy Awards. Juno Winner. Order of Canada.
At that time he had recorded his next album Heavy Sun and the first single (Under a) Heavy Sun had been released.
That’s all we could talk about so we headed off into his amazing influence on a wing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
U2, Dylan, Neville Brothers, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, and many more. (Neil Young. Emmy Lou Harris, The Killers, Willie Nelson, Brian Eno,)
This coming week he’s headed for a gig on the 10th in NYC with his band to perform The Songs of Red Dead Redemption 2, the soundtrack to the popular game.
They're playing in The Battery and it’s sold out.
Now that Heavy Sun is released we decided to go back and re-cut the full interview and play several of the new tunes
Tree of Tule
Dance On
Mother’s Eyes
Along with the great single (Under a) Heavy Sun
Meet the man who has shaped a huge amount of the music many of us grew up with. And he’s Canadian.
Bob Dylan turns 80 years wise on Monday the 24th.
As part of our coverage at CKUA, I started digging into old interviews looking for comments on Bob’s music, influence, and legacy.
I’m delighted to bring you a select group of artists who bring insight into the singular artist we’re celebrating.
A man for many. Matched by few.
Bob Dylan – Thank you for those 80 years.
Guests are:
David Bowie
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks
Robbie Robertson
Colin Linden
The Avett Brothers
Barney Bentall and Steve Dawson
Greg Keelor
Our CKUA Radio Network Neighbour has always been Holger Petersen’s Natch’l Blues. It’s the greatest lead in any show could have.
2 hours of blues. Holger celebrated 50 years of Hosting Natch’l Blues in 2019
But that’s not all Holger has accomplished.
He co-founded Edmonton Folk Festival
Co-founded Stoney Plain Records. (Over 400 releases)
Founded Alberta Music
Sat on Board of Directors for Socan
Inducted into Folk DJ Hall of Fame in New Orleans
1st non-American to win Best Public Broadcaster.
Hosts Saturday Night Blues on CBC
Now Holger has been awarded The Alberta Order of Excellence.
And he’s our guest on the Mulligan Stew Podcast.
Here’s the complete interview with the iconic Holger Petersen. Doctor of Blues
Jordan Hart tells the story of discovering CKUA Radio. He asked, “what album am I listening to?” Told it was a radio station. CKUA!
His reply was “There’s no radio station that cool” With this podcast Jordan has come full circle. Back to CKUA Radio.
In 2019, Alberta singer/songwriter Jordan Hart embarked on a 100-day straight busking challenge in Toronto, through thunderstorms and snowstorms he played on. Every Sunday, 100 percent of the money he raised was donated to L’Arche Canada. In L’Arche, people with and without intellectual disabilities live, work, learn, and grow together. L’Arche demonstrates that when persons with intellectual disabilities take their place at the table, they contribute to a more just, compassionate, and vibrant world for all.
The Momentum from his daily busking also culminated in a sold-out show at the Great Hall in Toronto and his career streams also increased by over a quarter of a million. As a featured artist, his work with Lucky Rose on the song ‘’Lost’’ greatly increased his profile.
Jordan has released a fine EP called Only Pieces Of The Truth and with it a confirmation in each of the 7 tracks that he’s destined to become a much bigger artist. Much Bigger.
Add to that discovery that Jordan is also a natural storyteller. He talks about life on the streets busking. Being turned down completely by the young woman he wanted to spend his life with. About shooting his video for Freedom with a small group of actors with Down Syndrome.
Have a listen. See if you agree that he’s destined to shine!!
If you are lucky enough to work on the media side of the music business over the years and if you’re honest in your relationships with artists, many of them become friends.
Rob Baker and Craig Northey are friends and together they’re making music again as Strippers Union.
It took 10 years to record and release their third album called The Undertaking.
Craig Northey was leading The Odds and working with a long list of people plus being part of the Steven Page Trio.
Rob Baker was of course a member of one of Canada’s greatest bands The Tragically Hip, who lost their heart and soul with the death of Gord Downey.
We cover a lot of ground here but always come back to the music of The Undertaking. Please enjoy the talk and tracks.
I heard someone say “Valerie June is an overnight sensation.” Well, just so you know It only took 39 years.
Her Tennessee family was strong but had many hurdles to overcome.
Valerie started performing at 19 in Memphis. After she ended a marriage to her partner and husband she worked minimum wages and some really seedy joints but kept moving forward. Released her own albums. Booked her own gigs. Finally, she met Dan Auerbach from The Black Keys who co-wrote and produced her 2013 album “Pushin’ Against the Stone”.
Then came The Order of Time in 2017, which is where we first met. Rolling Stone called it one of the Albums of the Year.
Now comes the next reflection of her genius The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers. Like all of her other albums the sound, texture, lyrics, harmonies, and musicianship are unique to Valerie June. In a business that celebrates “been there – done that”, Valerie June is one-of-a-kind.
And man does she have stories to tell..
Listen Up. There’s a hopeful message right in front of you. It’s Valerie June.
Greg Keelor. Co-Founder, co-Singer, co-Writer of one of Canada’s premier bands Blue Rodeo. Share the Love is his 6th solo album.
When asked did he know how many he has done and what the names are the answer was No.
And that was the first question. I had another 45 minutes of questions. Now what?
Greg spun his first story about he and Jimmy Bowskill sitting around, in a hash haze throwing lines and guitar licks back and forth and all of a sudden there’s an album taking shape.
They recorded it and went to a small community center at a lake to play the songs again while video cameras shot the songs for promo.
THAT recording was so good, they scrapped the studio record and went with the community hall by the lake session.
That was Greg’s answer to the second question…and we were off and running.
We cover a lot of ground with Greg Keelor..ups and downs. Losses both human and personal.
The album is very good. His best work yet. We both agreed that the feel of the record was much like the late 60’s in LA with Buffalo Springfield and The Byrds.
He’s a good man that Greg Keelor.
Vancouver's Mint Records yesterday released Soon-Yin Lee and Adam Litovitz jooj two album.
Behind the release, there’s a very personal story – the love and loss between Sook and Adam.
| "When we were making the song ‘Wrecking Heart’, Adam and I looked at each other, blown away by this song that was like nothing we’d ever written. It began with a supercharged sonic fragment he made that became the foundation of an unapologetic banger of a song that possessed and moved through us. We blasted it on the stereo, danced and air-guitared to it. Unconsciously, our lyrics seemed to telegraph our separation. “It sounds like a break up song,” he said, much to our disbelief at a time when we were very much together. But life challenges ended up pushing us in different directions. Though separated, we remained best friends, holding out hope that we would make our way back to each other. Adam landed a job scoring a TV series and I worked on our album, incorporating his notes. He said that he looked forward to playing cathartic meltdown live shows with me. But that was not to be. Adam is no longer here. I believe he exists on other planes, in those who love him, and in our music, in his music, drawings and writing. With this album, ‘jooj two’, I pick up the pieces of this Wrecking Heart, honoured to share our music." - Sook-Yin Lee |
Adam took his own life. Sook-Yin patiently takes us through what happened and how it shaped the songs and her life. And yes, even though all this, we share smiles and laughs.
I’ve known Sook-Yin a long time... I think it shows in the discussion.
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Nomadland may very well win the Oscar for Best Film. It’s been winning lots of other awards.
We have interviews with the actual Nomads who the story, book, and screenplay were written about, and who play themselves in the film.
Swankie, Linda May, Bob Wells plus the author of the book Jessica Bruder.
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Dominique Fils-Aime – Three Little Words
(Here’s my 3 words – Amazing. Stunning. Sensational)
Dominique has released the third of her trilogy of albums.
First was Nameless in 2018. Then came the Juno winning Stay Tuned in 2019 and now Three Little Words on 2021.
Destined for a career that will cover the Music World. What a talent.
I loved this conversation and really loved the fact that we can share 6 tracks from the album courtesy of the artist and her team.
Enjoy!!
Our guest this week is Annebelle Mauger. Manager of Imagine Van Gogh. The immersive ground-breaking installation that’s gaining profile all over the World.
It opens at Vancouver’s Convention and Exhibition Centre March 19 – June 11 and in Edmonton Expo Centre March 27 – May 2
https://vancouver.imagine-vangogh.com/information/
https://edmonton.imagine-vangogh.com/information/
In 2000, Annabell Mauger discovered Cathédrale d’images in Baux-de-Provence thanks to her partner, Timothée Polad. Founded by his grandparents Albert and Anne Plécy, this historic site was home to the first audiovisual creation in “Image Totale”. As it gained recognition worldwide, Cathédrale d’images presented new immersive exhibitions every year.
Imagine Van Gogh, designed by Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron (longtime collaborators on projects at Cathédrale d’images), is a direct continuation of Albert Plécy’s concept of the “Image Totale”.
From the very first outline of Imagine Van Gogh right up to its full realization, complete respect for the painted work is present in all of Annabelle Mauger and Julien Baron’s work. Though time passes and technology evolves, these advancements ensure above all else the preservation of still works of art.
Imagine Van Gogh highlights the works of Vincent Van Gogh from his Arles period (1888-1889) to the end of his life in 1890. These were exceptional years for the master, showcasing his talent, as well as his torments, in iconic works such as Sunflowers, Irises, Wheatfield with Crows, The Starry Night, in addition to his Japanese influences with the magnificent Almond Blossoms or his later The Church at Auvers. It also incorporates the many portraits painted during this period, including his Self-Portraits, Portrait of Dr. Gachet, La Mousmé, Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin, and L’Arlésienne: Madame Ginoux. Altogether, an incredible number of Van Gogh’s masterpieces will be revealed to visitors from a completely new perspective.
Vincent writing to his brother Theo as he painted …
The Arles Period Selected works: The Yellow House, Café Terrace at Night, Harvest at La Crau with Montmajour in the Background, L’Arlésienne : Madame Ginoux, Sunflowers, Starry Night over the Rhône (1888).
When the mistral’s blowing, though, it’s the very opposite of a pleasant land here, because the mistral's really aggravating. But what a compensation, what a compensation, when there’s a day with no wind. What intensity of colors, what pure air, what serene vibrancy.
The Saint-Rémy-de-Provence Period Selected works: The Garden of St. Paul Hospital, The Red Vineyard, The Road Menders, Les Alyscamps, Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries (1889).
For many days I’ve been absolutely distraught, as in Arles, just as much if not worse, and it’s to be presumed that these crises will recur in the future, it is abominable.»
The Auvers-sur-Oise Period Selected works: The Town Hall at Auvers, Portrait of Doctor Gachet, The House of Pere Pilon, Daubigny’s Garden. The Church at Auvers, Landscape of Auvers in the Rain, Wheatfield with Crows (May 20 to July 29, 1890).
Auvers is really beautiful – among other things many old thatched roofs, which are becoming rare. I’d hope, then, that in doing a few canvases of that really seriously, there would be a chance of recouping some of the costs of my stay – for really, it’s gravely beautiful, it’s the heart of the countryside, distinctive and picturesque.
They’re immense stretches of wheatfields under turbulent skies, and I made a point of trying to express sadness, extreme loneliness. You’ll see this soon, I hope – for I hope to bring them to you in Paris as soon as possible since I’d almost believe that these canvases will tell you what I can’t say in words, what I consider healthy and fortifying about the countryside.
Vincent Van Gogh
Exhibition: https://vancouver.imagine-vangogh.com/lexposition/
Annabelle Mauger Bio: https://vancouver.imagine-vangogh.com/biographie-dannabelle-mauger/
Vincent Van Gogh Bio: https://vancouver.imagine-vangogh.com/biographie-de-vincent-van-gogh/
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“For fans who’ve been following Ziggy's career from day dot, his increasing popularity wouldn't come as a shock. To everyone else, the Ziggy story is probably still something of a surprise. He's a self-made success, and it's a grassroots swell plenty of people are getting behind” –Triple J
Ziggy Alberts wasn’t just messing around with his first 7 albums.
He was going to Ziggy School.
Getting ready for the day when he would write and record and release THE album. Searching for Freedom is it.
You may not know who Ziggy is but you will. It might be next or next month or right now but his day is coming.
Enjoy…seek out the tunes.
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Ariel Posen is an admitted guitar-for-hire.
I discovered him through the music of The Bros Landreth.
Joey and David were the first to take me aside and say “watch that guy…he’s much more than a guitar player.”
And so we arrive at that moment when Ariel steps out with his second solo album Headway.
His songs. His band. His voice. Pure Posen
And just like the Bros. he already had a growing and established audience in Europe.. He lived in Cork, Ireland for years, toured all over that part of the world. Many in his audience discovered his playing when he regularly demo’d guitars for a large music chain. They had no idea he also sang and wrote his own music. All the fans and fan mags knew was – he was a great guitar player.
We found Ariel now living in Montreal. You’re going to love this guy.
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Last Saturday Singer/Songwriter, Educator, Social Activist, Mother, and leader Buffy Saint Marie celebrated her 80th Birthday.
She had some cake and called us from her home in Hawaii.
(Keep your ears open for chickens and roosters in the yard and about 15 minutes in a huge rainstorm pounds the roof. She does live in a rainforest after all)
Because we have known each other over so many years, I went all the way back to her birth. She was abandoned as a baby and adopted by a family who gave her love and education. Buffy explains that she doesn’t really know her real birthday date but it didn’t let her stop becoming a legend.
She was told at 6 years old in school that “there were no more Indians around. All Gone. Maybe some in Arizona”
Buffy has always lived a life looking at ”the long view”. In our talk, she explains what that means and how well it served her. She likes “busy”
She’s won a Grammy, An Oscar, Order of Canada, and countless honors.
You can read about her amazing life in Andrea Warner’s Biography Buffy Saint Marie – The Authorized Bio
We welcome back – The Buffster.
Summer camp meets Spinal Tap as we journey to Rock' n' Roll Fantasy Camp, where dreamers from across America and around the world gather to shred with their heroes - and learn to rock like the legends.
Rock Camp is an institution and cultural phenomenon that has been going on in Los Angeles, New York, and other cities since 1996. Rock Camp is the brainchild of music producer David Fishof. It boasts a jaw-dropping array of rock star "counselors" that include Roger Daltrey, Alice Cooper, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, Nancy Wilson, Joe Perry, Jeff Beck, Slash, and countless other rock legends.
Directed and produced by Doug Blush, co-directed and edited by Renee Barron.
Rock Camp, The Movietakes us back more than four decades to the beginnings Fishof's career as a sports agency and eventually an entertainment executive and music producer. Fishof founded Rock' n' Roll Fantasy Camp, which has been making dream comes true for more than 25 years. The camp brings together musicians from all walks of life for an unforgettable experience with legendary rock stars. These musicians teach, inspire, and jam with the campers over four days, concluding with a life performance at a famed venue.
Kris Kristofferson has retired.
What a road he walked in his lifetime.
Hung around Johnny Cash’s studio as the janitor and pitched him multiple songs ((he talks about it here)
Helped to start the songwriting trend in Nashville that brought respectability to Country Music (he talks about it here)
Joined Waylon, Willie, and Johnny to form The Highwaymen.
Leaves behind a really good film career. From A Star is Born to Blade.( (he talks about it here)
Awarded a Rhodes’ Scholarship. Was a helicopter pilot in the Army. ((he talks about it here)
When Kris left the Army to be a songwriter he was disowned by his family.
He leaves behind a wonderful rainbow of songs and memories of Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, Shooter Jennings, the Cash film I walk the Line, John Prine, Dylan. All of which he talks about here.
This interview took place backstage at the 2006 Calgary Folk Festival.
It was a quickly arranged media press conference and the only other person I knew was Tom Coxworth from CKUA. I tried to include as many questions as I could hear on my recorder.
His greatest accomplishment? Being a Father to 8 children.
Kris has asked that he would like the first three lines of Leonard Cohen’s Bird on a Wire to be on his tombstone
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Cheers to KK.
Delroy Lindo, John Legend, Leslie Odom Jr. Tessa Thompson; Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree and Aldis Hodge; and Andra Day. and more were recognized on Tuesday in LA at the 3rd annual Celebration of Black
Cinema, in partnership with Critics Choice Assn.
"The Critics Choice Association is thrilled to have the opportunity to recognize the work of these extraordinary artists in a year where the intersection of art and activism has never been more necessary," executive producer Shawn Edwards said. "Each of our honorees personifies the greatness of Black cinema in 2020."
Our guest this week Shawn Edwards from Fox4 Kansas City is the co-founder of this celebration, the Executive producer and I’m proud to say a friend. Enjoy!!
From the Archives – k.d. lang
Is it possible there are music fans who do not know who K.D. is?
k.d. Lang was born in the town of Consort, Alta. Kathryn Dawn grew up listening to the wild variety of music being played by CKUA Radio. She released her debut album in Canada in the early 1980s. Won the most promising female artist Juno in 1985 (which we talk about) In 1986, k.d. broke into the American country music scene with Angel with a Lariat. The following year, she had her first country hit, a duet with Roy Orbison. Then came a wonderful change in direction and a huge pop hit in 1992 with "Constant Craving." Since then, she has recorded numerous albums, including her 2002 collaboration with Tony Bennett, A Wonderful World.
She won Grammys for Crying (89) Absolute Torch and Twang (90) Miss Chatelaine (94) and Wonderful World with Tony Bennett (2004)
k.d. was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2013. We talked just as her 2016 collaboration album case/lang/veirs was released.
Enjoy!
MLK/FBI is an essential expose of the surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rev King was called by the FBI “the most dangerous" Black person in America” The expose was undertaken by J. Edgar Hoover and the U.S. government. Based on newly discovered and declassified files, as well as revelatory restored footage, the documentary explores the government's history of targeting Black activists. Directed by Emmy® Award-winner and Oscar®-nominee Sam Pollard, MLK/FBI recounts a tragic story with searing relevance to our current moment. Remarkably, this story from the mid-60’s civil war conflict has relevance in our headlines today.
What a Time.
Covid19. Political Balance of Power
Friday was the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Monday is/was Martin Luther King Day in America.
At the same time, punk pioneer Art Bergmann discovers he’s an inductee for The Order of Canada.
This week on the Mulligan Stew Podcast we celebrate both.
Sam Pollard is a well-respected editor and film director. He’s been part of Spike Lee’s films having edited Mo Better Blues, Clockers, etc.
When he read that the FBI files on Martin Luther King Jr were being unsealed he realized he had the subject of his next documentary.
While Dr. King was talking and walking for civil rights in the USA the FBI, lead by J Edgar Hoover, was spying on Dr. King. They were looking for any information that would discredit his legacy. As Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize he was being labeled “the most dangerous negro in America” by the FBI.
It’s possible his verbal opposition to the Viet Nam War may have led directly to his assassination.
To recognize Dr. Kings Birthday and National Day we’ve included just a couple of minutes of Sam Pollard's commentary. The complete interview will be posted next week.
Art Bergmann is a Canadian punk pioneer. His bands and songs were pointed, angry, and loud.
But what he was railing against were First Nations rights, aboriginal education, and health. Police misconduct. Politics. Organized Religion. Governments of all stripe.
As the Order of Canada press release noted “for his indelible contributions to the Canadian punk music scene and for his thought-provoking discourse on social, gender and racial inequalities”
Art hasn’t slowed down either.
His new album Late Stage Empire Dementia is about to be released. We’ll play two tracks plus Bound for Vegas.
Ladies and Gents, we are thrilled to present – Art Bergmann. Order of Canada Inductee.
ChefDavid Hawksworth has released his first cookbook. Hawksworth. The CookBook
Yes, it has incredible recipes but the stories of places and kitchens, victories, and defeats run throughout the pages.
It’s a great read. It was/is an amazing life.
David grew up on Canada’s West Coast but hit the road teaching himself how to cook (never a good move)
He worked for the legendary Marco Pierre White (who trained Gordon Ramsay, Mario Batali, and Shannon Bennett). After nine years in London, Hawksworth decided if he wanted to see 40 and realize his dream of a restaurant called Hawksworth he would have to return to Vancouver. In 2011 he opened Hawksworth, named restaurant of the year in 2012 by Maclean’s magazine, and consistently ranked as one of the best in the country. Also opened Nightingale in 2016 in Coal Harbour, and two Bel Café locations, plus a catering arm.
This podcast has a lot of his life story included but keep in mind, he’s still writing new chapters.
This interview and book are not really about that he’s doing all these amazing things..
It's about HOW he did it – WHY he did it – and answers the question – at what price.
We welcome a friend David Hawksworth and his first cookbook called strangely HAWKSWORTH. The Cookbook
There are a few times in the course of creating shows over the path of a year that create themselves.
This is one of those shows and it was perfect for the podcast.
We talk about music but no music gets played.
It’s all comments about how their songs got written and how albums got made. Statements were taken from various interviews over a wild and dark 2020.
Every one of these artists made the CKUA Radio Top 100 album list and one of them – Frazey Ford – was the #1 album of the year. (most spins over the year)
https://ckua.com/read/top-100-albums-of-2020/
Frazey Ford
Margo Price
William Prince
Ron Sexsmith
Roy Forbes
Andy Shauf
Mike Plume
Corb Lund
Nathaniel Rateliff
Bahamas
Elvis Costello
Tami Neilson
Happy New Year – all of Y’ALL
Christmas is all about traditions.
Handed down from generation to generation.
The December 19th edition of the Mulligan Stew Podcast is all about traditions.
In the late ’70s at CBC Radio in Vancouver producer, Susan Englebert created a holiday show called Christmas Jam
Singer/Songwriters sitting around a studio – playing songs and telling tales.
We lost Susan Englebert oi Cancer and really this show is meant as a tribute to her.
Flip the calendar to 2020 and you’ll find – in the studio – two of the original “jammers.”
Shari Ulrich and TDMulligan. With Barney Bentall. Bill Henderson and Murray McLauchlan.
Each with their own career. Each friends with the other.
Barney and Shari on Bowen Island – just outside Vancouver
Bill Henderson – on Salt Spring Island – outside Victoria
And Murray McLauchlan in Toronto.
Please join us for Christmas in the Round Year 4
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The guest this week is a delightful man Alan Doyle.
I give him a bit stick by reminding him that he’s been called “beloved” in some articles.
We’ve been friends a long time which is tough to do because he’s in the Maritimes in the very far East and I’ve always been on the West Coast
So maybe we see each other once/twice a year.
Now that he’s not touring for a while he’s turned his considerable skills to writing another book.
His third is called All Together Now (A Newfoundlander’s Light Tales for Heavy Times)
The tales come from his imaginary corner stool in his local bar – The Duke.
On the set of Robin Hood. The Russell Crowe film. Conversation with his son Henry in the car. (I’ll play the role of Henry, he’ll play Alan Doyle)
His strong connection to his Maritime fans in Alberta.
Alan truly misses “the road”. Lots of stories there.
The man is a natural-born story-teller. Come along, you’ll see.
Here’s the complete interview with the beloved Alan Doyle
Hands up – is there anyone out there who hasn’t heard of Elvis Costello?
Not many of you. And I’m worried about those of you over there.
Right from the first notes, he’s staked his claim as a singular artist.
He was following nobody.
Elvis rose to prominence on the strength of three albums. One after the other.
My Aim is True, This Year’s Model and Armed Forces.
Never afraid to speak his mind or get in trouble for it he was branded a troublemaker. That got my attention right away.
His latest album is Hey Clockface.
Recorded in Helsinki Finland and Paris France.
The Paris session was an amazing 9 songs in 2 days.
Elvis adlibbing his way through lyrics while being accompanied by French Jazz musicians, also adlibbing.
In several cases, Elvis spoke the words rather than sing them.
There’s a nod to Fats Waller & Tin Pan Alley.
There are elements of rap, hip hop, 1920’s Ukulele Ike traditional jazz songs, crooning like a Mel Torme session, and much more.
This is the complete interview. Wherein he talks about his new musical A Face in the Crowd, now stalled because of the Pandemic, and sings a song from the musical.
The re-release of Armed Forces, the possibility of working again with Nick Lowe, a fantastic story of Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen.
His life growing up in England.
And a bag load of other moments in his life.
We welcome Elvis Costello to The Mulligan Stew Podcast
You may have noticed that our Podcast has a subtitle
Music. Film. Food. Wine. Those are the subjects I keep coming back to.
We do lots of music and film and some food but the wine pods have been few and far between. That’s going to change.
The stories and interviews that stand out for me are the interviews affecting people everywhere.
This week it's how we – the food and wine fan – can support our local restaurants and wineries, cideries, breweries, distillers.
The pandemic has caused many restaurants to close or hold on for dear life.
Wineries will disappear over the next year. The same with brewers, cider makers, and distillers.
I really wanted to hear from three voices that deal with this community every day. The question – what can we do. How can we help?
Sandra Oldfield – 20 years a winemaker and X-CEO of Tinhorn Creek Winery. Now head of Elysian Projects, assisting and guiding wineries and restaurants.
Kurtis Kolt – Wine writer, judge, and educator. Many years in the restaurant business in downtown Vancouver.
Rhys Pender – Master of Wine, Winemaker at Little Farm Wines. Educator via WinePlus. A calm voice inside all the noise.
We’ve been long-distance friends since the ’60s but like many, I’ve followed his amazing career.
Best known for his producing work on landmark albums like Joshua Tree, Wrecking Ball, and Time out of Mind. His work with Peter Gabriel, Neville Brothers, EmmyLou, Willie, Robbie Robertson, Neil Young. Tinariwen etc earned this praise from Rolling Stone Magazine.
“His unmistakable fingerprints are all over an entire wing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”
In April he releases his next solo album Heavy Sun with a joyous/soulful band that blends gospel call and response, soul harmonics, and deep grooves. The intent is to “lift people’s spirits”. Lifted mine.
Because the album doesn’t drop until April 2021 this interview covers the first single (under a) Heavy Sun. Then Daniel takes us through his work with Leonard Cohen, Robbie Robertson, and that moment when Bob Dylan walked in on a Neville Brothers Yellow Moon session to hear their version of With God in our side.
The Stew Podcast has a subtitle
Music. Film. Food. Wine. Those are the fields where my interviews come from.
Lots of music.
Increasing film conversations.
The Food file is getting thicker
But I’ve been shortchanging the Wine stories.
I do many wine features for Tasting Room Radio but the podcast interviews have to be special.
This week it’s a complete geek out on Point Noir.
The most complex grape on the planet. Growers call it “the heartbreak grape”
It requirescare, time, and attention to detail with no guarantee that the wine will be drinkable after a year of growing, harvest, and cellaring.
Great Pinot loves certain growing conditions found in France, German, New Zealand, Chile, and California/Oregon in the USA.
Now, because of global warming, it may become Vancouver Island’s turn. The winemakers of VI have long talked about such a possibility. Now they’re certain.
This gathering all took place at this year's Victoria Wine Festival.
It started with a panel discussion and ended with a one-on- one group gathering (with masks) outside in the courtyard.
Mike Rathjen – Winemaker. Rathjen Cellars (Saanich)
Daniel Dragert – Winemaker Kutatas (koo-ta-tass) (Salt Spring Island)
Dan Wright – Winemaker Unsworth (Cowichan Valley)
Layne Craig – Winemaker 40 Knots (Comox)
Brent Rowland – Winemaker Averill Creek (Cowichan Valley)
Mike Neirychlo – Winemaker Emandare (Cowichan Valley) and panel host
Please remember, these are WINEMAKERS who love to geek out on Pinot.
IF you ever wanted to know more about the heartbreak grape this is your Podcast.
If you have a comment or opinion let us know…and Please subscribe on your favorite platform.
We’ll just “show up” after that.
NEXT week artist/producer/writer Daniel Lanois.
It was always the name that got me. Kurt Vile. Got to be a punk, thrash metal guy right?
Turns out Kurt became a truly great singer/songwriter.
The voice is blue-collar but the songs and the way he sings them are unlike 99.9 % of the others.
He’s gone through the band phase with The War on Drugs. Then launched his solo career with a band of misfits called The Violators. Nice misfits mind you.
Dude has released a handful of albums and 18 EPS.
The latest is Sound, Speed, Lonely KV (EP)
It begins with a John Prine song and the second to last track is also a John Prine song, .WITH John Prine.
Enjoy the stories and the man.
Two Words….
Kurt Vile
John Prine
Happy Halloween…make it a safe one.
Sam Roberts (Sam Roberts Band) joins us on this week's Mulligan Stew Podcast
They have just released their 7th album All of Us.
Sam had most of the songs written out and recorded when he had a change of heart and something started making him re-write..
He’s glad he did. These are outstanding “open my heart “ songs. His fans are going to love these tunes.
We found Sam at home in Montreal on the Zoom machine.
Ladies and gents – Sam Roberts
For people of a certain age...The Chicago 7 represents a disturbing time in
American History.
For those who were too young to have experienced the events all across
America, simply look around you today.
Large groups of protesters in the streets and parks.
Violence between police/militia and citizens. Politics at its center with
changes in cultures a close second.
Racism was a spark...Martin Luther King Jr had been assassinated months
earlier.
1000's had died in the war in Vietnam and Richard Nixon was in the White
House.
The Democratic National Convention was in Chicago, along with the National
Guard, 12,00 Chicago Police Officers, and 10,000 demonstrators.
The demonstrators were lead by the Yippies (Youth International Party) and
their leaders were Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin along with Tom Hayden and
Rennie Davis. There was an 8th defendant Bobby Seale a founder of the Black
Panther Party.
The lawyers who represented the accused were perfect for this legal battle.
William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass. The action in the courtroom was so
wild, The 7 and their lawyers were charged with over 150 contempt's of
court
It's fair to say that the timing of this film and its subjects is perfect
for today's audience which has been watching the Trump administration make
many of the same moves as Nixon.
Our guest is Aaron Sorkin, the writer, and director of The Trial of the
Chicago 7. (just premiered on Netflix this week)
You know him from The West Wing and Network. He wrote the screenplay for A
Few Good Men, Moneyball and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
for The Social Network
This film ranks as one of his very best.
The audio was captured from a virtual press conference several weeks ago...
Enjoy Aaron's great background on the story and the shoot. Makes the film
experience even better.
"I have music; I have a family, a house, a barbecue. I've got pants and a
hoodie, I got all kinds of whatever," he says. "So that's what I am
struggling with, this deeply internal thing. What are we doing here? We're
just here on this rock for such a short time, and then we die."
Afie Jurvanen's comments from an article in American Songwriter
Afie Jurvanen is the creative spirit behind the artist known as Bahamas.
Afie has just released his fifth album - Sad Hunk
In Sad Hunk he writes and sings about - Forgiveness, dreams. belief, making
a living, family dynamics, cool/not cool,
Afie and his family moved from Ontario to Halifax and its reflected in his
spare, settled narration.
And the music? His fans are going to love these tunes and it will win over
non-believers.
He's the real deal..a Juno winning singer/songwriter who'll be back at the
podium for next year's awards.
Enjoy this Zoom interview with the funny and very direct Afie/Bahamas.
Michael Trotter Jr - Tanya Trotter. The War and Treaty
They are the most interesting couple and the music they make is a heady mix
of blues, gospel, R&B, and country.
Their first album Healing Tide was so good, they ended up with a Grammy
nomination.
They were scheduled to open for John Legend for most of 2020 but you know
what happened there.
Now comes the all-important follow up. Are they a one-shot wonder or artists
who will be making music for a looooong time.
(I'll take door number two terry!!)
I love the shortlist of influences in their music
Ray Charles
Nina Simone
Aretha
AND
Johnny Cash
Here's the deal: They bring real stories with their music . Michael's post
war trauma, Tanya raising 3 kids, and her love for her Mother Judith.
Hearts Town is also about the people around them and their fans.
Listen to the life and death story behind the track 5 more minutes.
The call and response in Lonely in my Grief.
We welcome Michael and Tanya. The War and Treaty and their new album Hearts
Town
Don’t know Bert Berns?
Maybe you’ve heard some of the songs he wrote and gave the World.
Twist and Shout. Piece of my Heart. Here comes the Night. Hang on Sloopy. Brown Eyed Girl. Under the Boardwalk. Cry To me.
He produced Solomon Burke. The Drifters. Ben E King. Wilson Pickett, LaVern Baker, Isley Bros, and Van Morrison.
Bert was the first American Producer to record British bands in London.
One was Them, featuring Van Morrison. Led Zeppelin recorded Baby Come on Home for their first album. Was released later in a box set.
He started his own label BANG. It featured artists like McCoys, Strangeloves, Neil Diamond. Van Morrison recorded his first solo album with Bang Records. It featured Brown Eyed Girl, the great TB Sheets, and the first-ever version of Madame George. Van has said “Bert Berns was a genius”
Berns was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He died in 1967 of childhood rheumatic fever at age 38. A lot of songs died with him.
This is an interview I did with his son Brett who was one of the directors and producers of Bang! The Bert Berns Story, a documentary on his father’s life.
The film is narrated by Miami Steve van Zant from the E Street Band. It’s an inspired choice as Steve is known for playing a mob gangster, which is exactly what Bert Berns was known for. Hanging around mafia guys when he wasn’t working.
Enjoy the story. I believe you can find this documentary on Netflix.
Based in LA, the Philly band Dawes will release their 7th album Friday, October 2. Good Luck with Whatever is their first on Rounder Records.
(It’s a great fit, their lawyer is now president of the label)
Taylor Goldsmith is an original member of the band, the primary songwriter and lead singer.
This is no one-man-band.
Dawes is a true band. Players front to back and top to bottom.
We’ll talk about
. the loss of Justin Townes Earle
.Ingmar Bergman and Bob Dylan
.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
.artists from the 60-70-80’s trying to stay creative.
.being labeled with having “the Laurel Canyon Sound”
.the stories behind 3 tracks.
St Augustine at Night
Who do you think you’re talking to
Still feel like a kid
Taylor Goldsmith – Dawes!
Hello All:
Like all great songwriters, Matt Quinn from LA band Mt Joy started all of his formal music training – in his bedroom in South Philly
Even though Matt always had a desire to wrote and create the music he eventually started law classes.
He was deep into some tort law class when he saw that his first release Astrovan had 60,000 plays in one day on Spotify.
So much for the law career.
The second Mt Joy album is called Rearrange Us
Matt Quinn describes as a “breakup album” with an ending that speaks to personal growth and progress in the face of sorrow and is filled with hits!
These guys are really good.
Next Week – Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes.
Thanks again
A rare double Guest Podcast
We had always planned to showcase Mike Plume and his latest album Lonesome Stretch of Highway.
Mike has two dates coming up Monday/Tuesday, Sept 7&8 at The Ironwood in Calgary.
We include four tracks from the album. His 10 years in Nashville show up in the songs. Solid work all around.
Then this week one of the greatest clutch pitchers to ever play baseball Tom Seaver died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.
I had interviewed Tom by phone at his vineyard on top of Diamond Mt. Calistoga at 7am Feb 18 2013.
(He started his days early)
I loved the conversation. A mix of baseball moments/memories and watching over his vineyards every day.
Tom was a storyteller..have a listen, you’ll see what I’m talking about.
Enjoy Mike and please remember Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver.
Thank you
Stay SAFE
Kinnie Starr just co-wrote the powerful single, THE BEST, with Amanda Rheaume (video link) and is looking into the future with hope!
2020 will see the release of her soundtrack for the award-winning Edge of the Knife directed by Gwaai Edenshaw and Helen Haig-Brown and a follow-up podcast to Play Your Gender, the documentary film Kinnie released in 2016 on gender equity in the music industry.
September 4-5-6 Kinnie will co-headline with Buffy Ste Marie and Snotty Nose Rez Kids at 2RiversRemix, a live stream of Contemporary Indigenous Music
Normally it would have taken place in Lytton. BC but nothing is normal about 2020.
Kinnie and I talk about her thoughts on Nation Indigenous Day, her soundtrack for Edge of the Knife, and the 2RiversRemix event next weekend.
You’re going to want to sit down for this one.
For more information, visit 2riversremix.ca.
Tami Neilson is a Canadian.
Living and Working in New Zealand. Work is singing and songwriting in the music business.
Actually, the real work is being a mother and wife. Then comes work.
If you like the power of voices like Etta James & Patsy Kline then Tami is your kind of singer.
But she’s more than that.
A feminist, mother, and social activist.
Her latest album is Chicka Boom. It’s fantastic. Just like Tami
We’re going to talk about starting over, women in country music, expectations of a Mother in music, double standards, and what being a Canadian still means.
And we will talk music. Promise.
First words on the Sidedoor Access Website
“We are a team of artists & technologists passionately building an efficient, friendly and transparent marketplace where anybody can perform, host, or curate shows for their communities”
And then this -
“Although our company was originally for in-person shows only, we quickly expanded to the online sphere, once gatherings became unsafe. Our job is to help artists, curators, festivals, and venues keep creating shows and help audiences find them.
When faced with a crisis, it is always art that helps us through. Whether it offers comfort, community, understanding, solace, distraction or perspective, art has always been something humanity employs to make it through pain and suffering. We are committed to supporting the creators in safe and innovative ways to connect to their audience.”
Laura SimpsonCo-Founder & CEO
Laura’s founding partner is Dan Mangan, a singular artist who knows about endless road trips, rooms full of strangers, and surviving the hard road.
SideDoor started several years ago as a way for emerging artists to play stages in towns, cities, regions, and provinces.
The stages were storefronts, backyards, front rooms, porches, tennis courts, and actual stages.
Forward to 2019 and a World epidemic that changed everyone’s life.
Dan tells the story of where he was and how Sidedoor Access became “The Thing”
Here’S the story of how Dan, Laura, and Sidedoor became a sensation and changed their lives. Again.
If you Google Margo Price, you’ll discover that almost everyone who writes about her has a slightly different description of her will and her way.
That’s because she writes and sings about pain, loss, loneliness, failed romance, and giving herself a good talking to.
Her gift is that even though those songs are about dark things she sings them with passion and joy and a thrilling voice.
Margo is called an outlaw in Nashville. Likened to Janis Joplin in California, New York loves her.
Every song takes her closer to stardom but only on her terms. Personally she’s a Mother who has children but has already lost one in early death.
She lost her friend John Prine, lost a Grammy nomination.
Her husband battled COVID 19, she’s off the road for the first time in years..tending her garden.
Has a memoir coming next year and every day it seems she starts another war of words in her social postings.
Supporting Black Lives Matter, women’s rights, white privilege, and many others.
Our complete conversation covers all these things and 4 tracks from her new album That’s how rumors get started
Enjoy your time with Margo Price – I sure did
“With a script by Eric Johnson and Paul Tamasy, based on The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor by Jake Tapper, the film emerges as an action thriller which never loses sight of the futility of the war being fought.
You could also watch this intensely powerful movie, which Lurie directs with a keen understanding of the mechanics of battle and an overriding humanism that puts flesh-and-blood on the bones of the tragic story being told about Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV, one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict”
Peter Travers Rolling Stone
Rod Lurie attended West Point and served four years as a combat arms officer. Started the Broadcast Film Critics Assn with Joey Berlin.
Then turned his attention to writing and directing in TV and film.
It all came together when he wrote and directed the Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated The Contender.
This conversation about his latest film The Outpost is a reflection of my admiration for Rod and all he’s done. The Outpost plays to all of his strengths., the characters of the real soldiers involved and honoring the men who battled that day. His toughest critics were the families of those who died. It was vital that they saw their loved ones portrayed as the warriors they were.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outpost_(2020_film)
This is a Zoom/Audio interview. Your choice.
Colin Cripps is one of those musicians/artists who may never receive the full spotlight the lead singers get but if you ask that artist in the spotlight, they’ll tell you they wouldn’t be in the studio or out on stage if Colin wasn’t there with them step for step.
In other words, invaluable.
Currently, he’s a member of Blue Rodeo and The Jim Cuddy Band.
He’s played with and produced Crash Vegas and Junkhouse.
Produced and written with ex-wife Kathleen Edwards, Tom Wilson, Colin James, Headstones, Sarah McLachlan, Bryan Adams.
Many many more credits can be found online.
Speaking of online, Colin is a Guitar Geek and he lives in a World where other guitar geeks compare notes on guitars and gear.
They all speak another language ..about tone and bridges and strings and colors. They go crazy for colors.
Colin has some 40-50 guitars.
Each brings something different to music.
Colin takes us through the differences and who played what on which records.
Jeff Beck. Eric Clapton. Keith Richards. The Beatles. Elvis Costello. Metallica. Jimmy Page. Hank Marvin. Mark Knopfler. Cliff Gallop.
It’s time to Geek OUT !!
Colin talks about and shows/plays these guitars
1955 Fender Telecaster in Sunburst (Keith Richards. Jimmy Page)
1963 Fender Stratocaster in Fiesta Red (Hank Marvin. Jimi. Mark Knopfler)
1964 Gibson SG Standard in Cherry Red (Colin’s Fave)
1962 Epiphone Casino in Royal Tan (The Beatles made them famous)
1958 Fender Jazzmaster in Roman Red (Elvis Costello. Only 4 in this color)
1958 Gibson Explorer. The Holy Grail of originals. James Hatfield’s is worth 1M.
www.colincripps.com
www.bluerodeo.com
www.jimcuddy.com
My Darling Vivian was a line that Johnny Cash wrote at the top of the 100’s of letters he sent to his girlfriend Vivian Liberto when Johnny was in the army and based in Germany. Well before he was famous.
Johnny and Vivian were crazy about each other and when John came back home they decided to get married and have a family.
Four daughters later Johnny Cash was a big music and film star and Vivian was raising the girls well away from the spotlight.
She did make a public appearance at a courthouse when Johnny was busted at the US/Mexican border for drugs.
The shot taken of her in black and white made it appear that she was a light-skinned African American, even though she was Italian.
Radio in the ’60s stopped playing his songs and concert gigs dried up. Such was the racist society in America at the time.
Vivian filed for a divorce to basically get Johnny’s attention. Problem was, he did notice and got divorced.
June Carter had entered the picture and that’s where the headlines went.
Vivian’s life was badly portrayed in the Hollywood film I Walk the Line
Vivian’s daughters Rosanne, Cindy, Tara, and Kathy Cash were determined to tell their Mothers story and found two perfect filmmakers to partner with.
Matt Riddlehoover – (John’s Grand son-in-Law) Director, writer, editor.
Dustin Tittle – Grandson of Vivian and John) Producer
Screen this seriously great Documentary at website
www.MyDarlingVivian.com
Nov 20, 2019, reporter Christie Carras wrote in the LA Times...
“The best new artist category at the Grammys is always expected to introduce some unfamiliar names. But this year’s ticket, announced Wednesday morning, features one that’s nearly unheard of, prompting the question (and inevitable Google search): Who are Black Pumas?”
Who indeed?
For example, I’m sitting in my son Sean’s kitchen on Salt Spring Island and he plays this amazing voice and band. What’s that?
“Black Pumas,” says Sean.
I made a note and couldn’t wait to discover a band I’d completely missed.
Black Pumas are a soul-funk duo from Austin, Texas. Guitarist-producer Adrian Quesada and singer/songwriter Eric Burton.
Eric needed to find his voice and Adrian had lots of music he’d created and produced but they needed a great singer to make magic.
On this Mulligan Stew Podcast, we welcome Eric Burton who spent years busking on the streets. For a small change. First in the Southwest of the US, then on the Santa Monica Pier in LA and finally on the streets of Austin Texas. (where he got busted for no permit)
Austin is where it all came together and those are the stories Eric brings to this Podcast.
Eric Burton, from busking in the streets to a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist.
What you hear in Eric's voice is the pride in having done what he set out to do
“..make people respect you and have value for yourself”
Enjoy!
“The songs on Agricultural Tragic sparkle with a kind of authenticity that only someone who lives that life can project.” - American Songwriter
“Canada's finest outlaw songsmith returns to the clever humor that made him a star… one of 2020's most well rounded and re-playable releases.” - Exclaim Magazine
“Do yourself a favor and get your freshly sanitized hands on a copy of the new (album)… Pre-empting any hype or hyperbole, Agricultural Tragic is a record with instantly detectable depth and energy.” - Edmonton Journal
“Eloquent and plainspoken, the excellent Agricultural Tragic finds the affable country rocker exploring his roots as a rancher and rodeo rider while striving to adapt this traditional identity to the challenging modern world… Corb Lund radiates authenticity from first note to last.” - No Depression
The reviews are just starting to come in.
Album released Friday, June 26..and our conversation aired on Mulligan Stew CKUA Radio Saturday, June 27th.
Here’s the complete interview.
You hear me ask Corb about tour dates and he can’t really answer because they haven’t all been confirmed but we can give you these just released by Warner Music
Plus one BIG date
Corb Lund will make his long-awaited debut at the legendary Grand Ole’ Opry in Nashville, TN on August 29 th, 2020.
Tour dates
November 8, 2020 - Cranbrook, BC - Key City Theatre
November 10, 2020 - Duncan, BC - Cowichan Performing Arts Centre
November 13, 2020 - Victoria, BC - Alix Goolden Performance Hall
November 16, 2020 - Penticton, BC - Cleland Community Theatre
November 17, 2020 - Williams Lake, BC - Cariboo Memorial Centre
November 18, 2020 - Quesnel, BC - Quesnel and District Seniors Center
November 19, 2020 - Prince George, BC - Vanier Hall
November 20, 2020 - Vernon, BC - Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre
November 21, 2020 - Trail, BC - Charles Bailey Theatre
November 22, 2020 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
November 24, 2020 - Edmonton, AB - Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
November 25, 2020 - Lloydminster, AB - Vic Juba Community Theatre
November 26, 2020 - Regina, SK - Casino Regina
November 27, 2020 - Saskatoon, SK - Coors Event Centre
November 28, 2020 - Cadillac, SK - Cadillac Community Hall
November 30, 2020 - Calgary, AB - Jack Singer Concert Hall
December 1, 2020 - Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre
December 4, 2020 - Sudbury, ON - The Townehouse
December 5, 2020 - St. Catherine’s, ON - Warehouse Concert Hall
December 6, 2020 - London, ON - London Music Hall
December 7, 2020 - Toronto, ON - The Great Hall
December 8, 2020 - Peterborough, ON - Market Hall Performing Arts Centre
December 9, 2020 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre
December 10, 2020 - Montreal, QC - Le Belmont
Welcome to The Mulligan Stew Podcast. We’re over 100 shows now...
I always hear a phrase…. “I’m in the family business”
Now, that works if your family are Store Owners, or Office Workers, Doctors. Nurses. Teachers. Farmers etc.
We have two guests today who are friends and fathers.
Jim Cuddy from Blue Rodeo and The Jim Cuddy Band.
Barney Bentall. Leader of Cariboo Express. High Bar Gang. BYU and his own solo career.
How is the family dynamic changed when their sons and daughters follow them in the music business.
Share the stage. Maybe even write songs together. (maybe being the keyword)
And how do family members like being the subject of songs they hear on the radio?
I was excited to get these two pals together and exchange life experiences.
**Has the Side Door become the Front Door?**
Singer/Songwriter Dan Mangan shared a “movement – an idea” with me on Mulligan Stew Radio. Jan 6, the first show of 2018.
“We are building a platform where artists can earn a living by trimming the overhead of touring. We help you find magical small spaces with dedicated hosts and attentive audiences.
We want to help create human, tactile experiences offline. Music, Speakers, Dance, Theatre, Comedy – you name it.”**
It was called Side Door Access. www.sidedooraccess.com
Two years later and thanks, in part to a worldwide pandemic, it has become a sensation.
Yes, artists can still play barns, basements, backyards, stores, coffee shops, libraries, etc
But now they can broadcast from HOME…and feel/see the audience
And best of all make a living
Here’s the latest from Dan Mangan…on the Side Door Story, his career, family, COVID 19, and the moment when he realized that his life was about to change.
Encore!!!!
It’s like the storyline out of a bestselling book.
In the middle of a political battle for the life of a nation and a virus that takes the lives of 1000’s of its citizens, a black man dies at the hands of a police offer while his squad looks on.
The truth is caught on a phone camera and shown to The World.
Days later..citizens all over America and The World are walking, shouting and rioting in protest and a slogan from 2013 reappears, Black Lives Matter and THIS TIME
It appears the message is actually getting through.
Dawn Pemberton is a wonderful singer, songwriter, and educator who shows up on albums all the time plus her own release “Sayin’ Something”
She leads The Roots and Wings choir..tours with The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer sits in with the Good Noise Choir, and tries to lead by example.
Her father was born in St Kitts. Her Mother in Barbados.
They moved to Canada and restarted their lives. Dawn has lived in Canada all her life and still has to deal with racism.
Who better to share her feelings on Black Lives Matter and the movement on the streets than Dawn Pemberton.
My thanks to The Shouting Hour last Sunday who showed the way.
Susana Trilling is a chef, teacher, caterer, author, TV hostess, food consultant, and director of Seasons of My Heart Cooking School and Sazon de Mi Corazon S.A. de C.V., producing gourmet Mexican products. She’s from Philly.
She owned 2 NYC restaurants, a restaurant in Fremantle, Western Australia, and has lived in Oaxaca since 1988, where her two sons were born and raised on her ranch outside of the city.
She wrote My Search for the Seventh Mole and Seasons of My Heart; A Culinary Journey through Oaxaca, Mexico to accompany her 13 part PBS series, that ran for 6 years.
Susana was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oaxacan International Food and Wine Festival in 2002 and in 2012 was presented with the Espiga de Oro Award for her work promoting Oaxacan cuisine internationally. She has been featured at many Food and Wine and Cacao Festivals and been a celebrity chef at CIA San Antonio’s annual Paella Challenge.
Please enjoy this mid-afternoon chat with Susana Trilling. If you get a chance Google her complete history. It’s fascinating.
http://seasonsofmyheart.com/
It’s 2013.
In Vancouver 23 year old Julius Markarewicz is at a trade show featuring entrepreneurs who have “new ideas”. He’s one of many.
His idea is putting vodka and soda TOGETHER in a can so all we have to do is pour it.
Nude Beverages are now approaching 44 Million cans sold.
This is the story we tell today.
Mid-April I was lucky enough to be invited to interview Meg Whitman, the CEO of Quibi.
Quibi is new entertainment art form. A short form mobile video company. Content is intended for viewing on smart phones.
Nothing longer than 10 minutes. News, series, films, documentaries. You name it.
Quibi stands for Quick Bites. It also stands for “ambitious”
Meg’s partner and our guest is Jeffrey Katzenberg,
Former Disney Chair (Little Mermaid – Lion King)
led Disney animation (Beauty and The Beast -Roger Rabbit)
and DreamWorks (Shrek)
It’s fair to say, this is a tough sell..they’re already planning on expanding to TV capability.
Lots of competition. Many choices. As Jeffrey says in our interview… “this isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon. Check back in a year”
For your information and convenience, we’ve put both interviews together here.
Here’s Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg. The Team behind Quibi
Welcome to the pandemic
This week’s podcast is with two very fine friends.
Jason and Naomi Priestley in their house in North Hollywood.
You know Jason from 90210.
Private Eyes. A Roy Orbison video, Hollywood and Vines TV, and a bag full of films and tv series.
He acts, directs, and writes.
He’s also the luckiest guys in the World because he wed Naomi Lowde-Priestley.
They have two children who act like adults.
Years ago One of them bit me in the nether region.
We’re talking wines, politics, Hollywood and Vines and life in the USA
cheers
Our Podcast guest is one of the best songwriters that Canada has ever given The World.
Wait a minute. Better than Cohen. Joni. Neil. Lightfoot etc?
They are all peers. The originals who paved the way.
RON SEXSMITH has just released his new album Hermitage.
Ron triggers emotions and memories.
I love talking to Ron. We have the same sense of humor and history.
And we both love our coffee in the morning, wine at night and the music of Richard Manuel, Kinks, Zevon, The Who et al.
Enjoy the conversation and the Zoom video that comes with it.
“they do not adapt to the market needs but rather feel it is the market that needs to adapt to the needs of the agave”
For fans, the search for real mescal/mezcal starts in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico
The tasting session with Sosima in Oaxaca was a Christmas present from my daughter Kate.
Her husband Pete was along for the tasting, to take some photos and make sure I found my way home.
Sosima is a third-generation mezcal master from San Miguel Suchixtepec. Olivera's grandfather and her father brought Sosima and her six brothers into the world of making mezcal from a young age. She was taught the art by her Grandmother and Aunt.
She's proud of her chontal ancestry—the indigenous people of Oaxaca—and explains that her people are a peaceful and united group that continues to make mezcal in the traditional approach: not only for drinking but to sustainably cultivate the plant for future generations to come.
There’s a saying in Mexico about Mescal
“When something is bad..the answer is mezcal
When something is good..the answer is mezcal”
Her primary label is FANEKANTSINI MEZCAL COOPERATIVE.
They are the Maestro Chontales Tres Colibris (Three Hummingbirds) from Sola de Vega in Oaxaca.
Eight families with a long tradition of Mezcal making.
We welcome to Mulligan Stew Podcast The Mezcalistas
Quibi is a subscription-based streaming platform designed to deliver short-form scripted and unscripted content to your cell phone. The name is a mash-up of the words “quick” and “bites,” a nod to the fact that episodes of Quibi shows will run roughly seven to ten minutes in length.
Meg Whitman is the CEO of Quibi. Prior to Quibi, she served as CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and President/CEO for the Hewlett-Packard Company.
Also senior executive at Disney. Ran for Governor of California. A key part of Mitt Romney’s Presidential bids of 2008 and 2012!
Quibi could be the future of entertainment. We’ll see.
As much as Canada loves Roy Forbes’ songs I think it’s his voice that goes straight through your heart.
No fooling around. This voice is memorable. There’s only one like it.
The high lonesome sound of Canada.
He’s been at it for almost 50 years.
Sunday he celebrates his 14th year of hosting Roy’s Record Room on CKUA Radio, province-wide in Alberta. Name me another show that plays
Vinyl, 45’s and 78’s. Sexy slick tracks from the 20’s through to the ’50s.
A tower of those 78’s fell on top of Roy in his studio and his retina was so damaged he lost his sight. Roy has driven himself to just carry on.
Roy’s Room IS the history of modern music. It’s how we got to where we are.
Roy has also just released his 11th album Edge of Blue. It’s a soul album by a skinny white kid.
It’s very good...
Here’s the complete interview with tracks...
Let’s Rock with Roy
Nobody sounds like The Wood Brothers.
The Wood Brothers are blessed by dedicated fans who love their singular style that fuses gospel, blues, jazz, folk, country, and rock.
The band consists of Oliver Wood on guitar, younger brother Chris Wood on bass, and multi-instrumentalist Jano Rix, who brings percussion to the band with his guitar, drums, keyboards..
Jano Rix..plays a guitar that’s modified to also be a percussive element.
The harmonies are sublime..the songwriting solid.
I love this band and these guys.
One of the keys is Chris Wood who brings jazz chops from his years with Medeski, Martin, and Wood.
What a band...
Best of all, they’re honest. No grandstanding...just outstanding music.
The boys talk about their time with Levon Helm, Drummer& Vocalist for The Band.
The Bands influence on their music.
This interview took place backstage at The Imperial Room, Vancouver BC.
March 28, 2017
Welcome to Podcast 100
When Nathaniel began writing for the new album And it’s still alright, the songs initially centered on the pain of his unraveling personal relationship, but the theme of the album took a different direction when Richard Swift, his longtime friend, and producer of Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats’ two acclaimed albums, passed away in July 2018.
This time, there’s no Night Sweats riding to the rescue.
While the songs are quieter and more reflective, they are no less urgent and indelible. These are strong stories and even stronger songs
"I've always been trying to write songs that hit you in the stomach but I like ones that make people feel like things will be just fine."
Nathaniel Rateliff
Welcome. We hope this finds you well and safe.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed all of our lives.
Imagine what effect it’s had on the food and wine businesses we know and love.
I reached out to as many owners and winemakers as I could find in a single day in the hope that their answers could become your answers.
The basic questions were
How are you doing and how is your business handling this crisis?
How can we, the consumer help sustain your business?
Suggestions? Ideas? Are you open and if so, under what restrictions?
Chef Robert Belcham – President of the Chef’s Table Society of BC (Vancouver)
Exec Chef Mark Filatow – Waterfront Wines and Wine Bar (Kelowna)
Sandra Oldfield – Founder Elysian Projects (South Okanagan)
Miles Prodan – President and CEO of BC Wine Institute (Kelowna)
John Skinner – Founder of Painted Rock Winery and member of Okanagan Wine Imitative (OK Falls)
James Iranzad – Partner in Gooseneck Hospitality (Wildebeest, Bufala, Lucky Taco, Bells & Whistles) (Vancouver)
Tim Meeks – Food and Wine Fan and Senior Nurse (Seattle)
Jean-Benoit Deslauriers – Head Winemaker Benjamin Bridge – (Gaspereau Valley Nova Scotia)
Michael Bartier – Founder/Winemaker Bartier Brothers Wines (South Okanagan)
“Don't be fooled by the glittery jumpsuit. Frazey Ford is out for blood.” - NPR
Frazey Ford releases U kin b The Sun. It’s stunning. Currently the Number 1 album on the CKUA Top 30. For the second week in a row Or maybe it’s three. Frazey Ford is a blur. One of her messages is... Get out of the way You’ve had your day And it’s no longer how we gon’ play The kids are having none of it. From: The kids are having none of it. This is the complete podcast interview. With tracks Azad Golden Purple and Brown
Winnipeg singer, songwriter William Prince has released his second album Reliever.
How far has he come from the first album Earthly Days and its great single Breathless?
Feature appearance on CBS Saturday Morning. Feature article in Rolling Stone.
Now touring Europe and America.
While writing the songs, for Reliever, he lost his Father but became a Dad.
Even though William can trace his heritage back to Chief Peguis he doesn’t want his music to be judged as First nations – just judged as great songs. Period!
Special guest Gord Sinclair. Bassist, singer, and songwriter for The Tragically Hip. On Friday the 28th he releases Taxi Dancers the first solo lp following the death of Gord Downie and the end of The Hip. Terry talks about the new album, what life is like post Tragically Hip and the emotional journey he underwent to create the album.
For those music fans who discovered the seductive narrative of Andy Shauf through his last album The Party, just know that he’s hooked up with three of the party-goers and headed for The Skyline Bar in Parkdale, Toronto.
There’s his buddy Charlie, Rose the bartender and Judy.
Oh! His ex is in the bar as well.
You just don’t hear concept albums and certainly not concept songwriting and production at this level.
Amy van Keeken, who knows a thing or two about songwriting wrote me a note ...
“The Neon Skyline is so good. Listening to the whole album start to finish
in one go (like people used to do) adds a deeper level of meaning to the songs and the narrative. It’s brilliant”
Andy’s buddies Foxwarren are up for a Juno Award March 15 but Andy will be in Bourdeaux on tour.
I’ve asked Andy to leave his acceptance speech with us in our chat.
Opening at the Citadel Theatre on Saturday is “As You Like It”, Shakespeare’s wonderful romantic comedy, set in Vancouver in the 1960s, complete with professional wrestling, and 25 songs by The Beatles! It brings some of the 20th century’s most legendary music, stunning wrestling moves, and a whole lot of fun to the Citadel Theatre – and the first performance is this Saturday!
“As You Like It” cleverly blends Shakespeare’s gift with language and 25 Beatles songs performed live, including She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Let It Be and Here Comes the Sun. Will you love it? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
“Like it? I loved it. This one’s a hit.” – Georgia Straight “You’d have to be a real nowhere man not to be on your feet and singing along.” -Vancouver Sun Tickets for the first week are nearly sold out. Book yours, and make sure to arrive early for the pre-show Superstar Wrestling match!
“As You Like It” runs from Feb 15 – Mar 15, 2020 at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre.
Music begins at 7:05 p.m. Wrestling begins at 7:15 p.m. More info at www.citadeltheatre.com
The Academy Awards are a week away!
Gary Cogill a highly respected Dallas film reviewer/interviewer and
Hayley is a much respected Dallas Sommelier and blogger/podcaster.
They both now live in Hawaii and work together on Cogill Wine & Film. A perfect pairing.
On instagram @dallasuncorked
My suggestion was: Let’s choose your Oscar Winners and pair them with the perfect wines.
Gary and I exchange opinions on
best film
the acting categories
and best director.
Hayley pairs with wines from
Adelsheim in the Willamette Valley,
Dana Estates/Vaso Cellars in Napa,
ZD Wines in Napa.
Australia is on fire..We can help!!
Jane Ferrari - Independent Consultant & Voice of Yalumba
(Barossa Valley Australia)
Wildfires have destroyed many regions, towns and lives in Australia and it’s not done yet.
Jane Ferrari – was for years the voice of Yalumba Wines. She was/is a natural storyteller. Jane would tell stories about Yalumba, Barossa, and Australia.
My most important question to Jane was – How can we Help?
Please visit MulliganStew.ca for all links to follow to assist