CiTR -- The Saturday Edge

Plus features on Oliver Swain, The Bills, Lennie Gallant - and a whole bunch of CDs acquired at Folk Alliance in Kansas City last week

Small tribute to Dan Hicks, who passed away this week, age 74, in California. New releases from Rokia Traore and Sidestepper. Looking ahead to Festival du Bois, CelticFest Vancouver, Eilen Jewell concert, Bumper Jacksons, etc. Tried to hook up to St. James Hall for a live feed at the Mayor's announcement saving the building. Couldn't get it to work. Oh well. Also SAM would not let me choose anythi...

To kick off Black History Month I started the show with several African-Canadian artists, before moving onto a mini-theme of Carnival / Mardi Gras. Featured music by Cape Breton Celtic combo Coig, Cuban-Canadian artist Alex Cuba (sold out show this evening at the Kay Meek Theatre in West Vancouver), upcoming Rogues like The Bills, Bumper Jacksons, Eilen Jewell, Oliver Swain, Sharon Shannon, De Dan...

Features on Aurelio, The Jaybirds, Old Man Luedecke, and new releases by Baaba Maal, Tim O'Brien, Matt Andersen, Solas, and Show Of Hands BTW, this PSA / Ad list is really screwy!!

Small tribute to Glenn Frey of Eagles fame, features on Bumper Jacksons, Lydia Hol (Vancouver songwriter launching new CD this weekend), and Quebec's Felix Award-winning combo Le Vent du Nord, plus another tip of the hat to Andy M Stewart and to David Bowie, and a shout-out to legendary fiddler Dave Swarbrick, who's having some health issues this week. 2016 has been a tough year for music so far -...

Return from Hawaii / mini features on Eilen Jewell / JP Cormier / The Revelers. Late start. Oops!

Guest host Paul Norton from CiTR's Code Blue show (Saturdays from 3 to 5 pm) spins his own brand of folk and world music.

More of my favourite albums of 2015, plus a small tribute to Scots singer Andy M Stewart, who died last week. Also a look ahead to some artists coming to town in the next few weeks

Some of my favourite songs / albums of 2015, plus a segment on Wassailing, hunting The Wren, and other Boxing Day pursuits

Christmas Music from all over the place - except your local Mall !!

This week 's topics included: Andy M Stewart's health, Eliza Carthy's MBE, the impending sale of Vancouver's iconic Railway Club, Alex Cuba's Grammy nomination, some Rogue previews, and new releases from fRoots magazine, The Wainwright Sisters, Celtic Colours Live 2015 CD, Van Django's Cool Yule gypsy jazz Xmas CD, and Irish supergroup The Rambling Boys

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the release of Rubber Soul - one of the principal game-changer albums of the twentieth century. It's also the 35th anniversary of John Lennon's murder next week. What a sad and beautiful world we live in. Also featured music by Sarah Jane Scouten, T. Nile and Dana Sipos - who all play Rogue gigs next week. Added in some new releases by The Wainwright Sisters and...

New releases by Les Ambassadeurs, Kandia Kouyate, Toto la Momposina, WOMEX 2015, The Rheingans Sisters, Sarah Hayes. Previews of The Acoustic Guitar Project (December 3rd at The Rogue), Sarah Jane Scouten (December 8th), Dana Sipos & T. Nile (December 11th), and some more Sandy Denny nostalgia

Featured some music brought back from WOMEX in Budapest by Vancouver writer Tony Montague, some new releases, some old favourites (I've just finished reading the new Sandy Denny biography - I Always Kept A Unicorn, so snuck in some old Fairport) and features on Linda McRae and other upcoming Rogues. Finished up with some more music from the recent Celtic Colours Festival in Cape Breton.

Includes a tribute to Allen Toussaint, who passed away this week. Tracks 24-30 were all written by him. Such good tunes and lyrics - and what a groove!! Also featured music from Caravan, the new CD by Jocelyn Pettit, Squamish fiddle prodigy who launches that CD this evening.

This week's show featured selections from the latest disc supplied with fRoots magazine, the esteemed English folk music publication that informs the content of most of my show - and has done ever since I started the show in 1985! I also previewed some of the artists coming to The Rogue in the next few weeks, including Buckman Coe, Linda McRae, Cannery Row, T. Nile, Sarah Jane Scouten, Dana Sipos,...

A small tribute to Leon Bibb, a feature on Great Big Sea's Sean McCann, and heaps of scary songs

Music from Celtic Colours 2015, a feature on Dar Williams, and one on Red Moon Road. Troubled by the new iTunes / OS mismatch and a dodgy CD / writer or drive. And the phone won't work for me this week. I need to lie down....

Some favourites - old and new - from the playlist I chose for the drives around Cape Breton at the Celtic Colours Festival last week.

Arthur Berman and the Lovely Andrea were filling in for Steve Edge. Lots of new music including a feature set on the Joy of Living - A Tribute to Ewan McColl.

Late Start. Slept through alarm. Baad Steve! Featured tributes to Beatles and Stones, and Kevin Burke, Irish fiddle maestro

This is supposed to be a SOCAN playsheet. It was one when I entered most of the details at the station, but now I don't see the SOCAN info fields. Anyhow, the show featured a lot of my favourite Canadian performers as well as mini features on Don Ross and Jon Gomm, Kevin Burke, and Mavis Staples (at the end)