CiTR -- The Saturday Edge

Featured nominees and winners of this weekend's Songlines magazine Music Awards show, plus new releases by Quebec accordionist / singer Yves Lambert, Scotland's Karine Polwart & Dave Milligan, and more of the Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and Justin Adams & Mauro Durante CDs. Finished with some exhilarating Celtic music from Spain, Ireland, and Vancouver

Peripatetic wanderings from Colombia to Cuba to Haiti to The Sahara to Italy to Sweden and New Zealand and on to Argentina. Then we Raise The Roof with Plant & Krauss, made a quick trip to the Bayou, heard some very fine bluegrass from The Jaybirds, and wound up with a very big Celtic finale. Such an exhilarating wild ride!

Some hot Latin sounds at the start, a feature on the fabulous new Robert Plant / Alison Krauss CD, and Chronicles: 60 Years of The Chieftains. A lament for the cancellation of The Romeros show, a preview of The Rogue's December shows, and a last blast of philosophy from the recently-deceased Astro of UB40

After a week of unprecedented storms and flooding, Vancouver is cut off from the rest of the country by road and rail, with thousands of farms under water and thousands of people evacuated from their homes. Mudslides on every major highway. More flood warnings abound, So, lots of songs about floods and rain, but started with some desert songs to try to balance things out a bit! Also added a bunch...

New music from Billy Bragg, Justin Adams & Mauro Durante, Ian Robb & James Stephens, and Songlines Magazine. Some climate change protests, and anti-war songs, and a few Indian Beatles songs, R.I.P.s to UB40's Astro, and to English singer Barry Coope. Plus lots of Canadiana and so much more.

Started with some Indian fusion music for Diwali, the Hindu Festival Of Light. Some raunchy blues, some fine Canadian songwriters, and a look back at Wake The Dead's remarkable show last weekend in Berkeley. Preview of The Rogue's next show: a Leonard Cohen tribute with Tower of Song in a twin bill with Roots & Grooves. Some stirring Celtic music and a final flourish of songs for Remembrance Day.

New releases galore, including Mark Perry from Smithers - who plays a Rogue show next week to launch the new album - and a great new Celtic band, Fourth Moon, with members from Austria, Italy, France and Scotland. A few Halloween classics too.

Started with a feature on Mali's 71st generation griot and kora maestro Toumani Diabate with some of his amazing collaborations. Paid tribute to two luminaries of Irish Trad: Tony McMahon (accordion) and Paddy Moloney (uilleann pipes).

A heap of new releases from around the globe, a big preview of next week's celebration of Canadian country blues, some stirring music from England, and a Celtic flourish culminating with a tribute to The Chieftains' pioneering piper and raconteur, Paddy Moloney, who passed away last week at the age of 83

Maria Muldaur just released the title song for today's show! Featured the 25th anniversary reissue of Buena Vista Social Club (as a double CD!), new songs from Songlines Magazine #172, Rogue Reload previews, new Canadian releases, R.I.P. to Celtic music pioneer Robin Morton, and a tip of the tam o'shanter to Celtic Colours - the great Cape Breton festival marking its 25th year this week

The African grooves in the first hour were embellished by the amazing kora player, singer, songwriter, and griot Seckou Keita and some of his musical collaborations. A bunch of Rogue Reload previews and new releases, then a feature on next weekend's 25th Annual Celtic Colours Festival, and a return to M. Keita, this time linking up with some gorgeous Scots voices. Ended with a stunning version of...

A focus on Truth & Reconciliation Day (Sep 30th). Also some Rogue Reload Concert Previews, new releases, and a few surprises along the way. I made the show on a farm, surrounded by some interesting and occasionally rather raucous animals and birds! I wonder if any of them will make themselves heard on the show?

Sitars and koras tp the fore! Celtic fiddles and accordions - and some lovely Vancouver mixed roots at the end. New releases in blues, bluegrass, singer songwriters, and Celts in the middle

Sublime Persian music, a song or two for peace on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, some new music featured in the latest Songlines magazine, some watery songs from Louisiana, and a bunch of Rogue Reloaded previews, with heaps of great bands from BC. Some stirring Celtic music, tasty blues and bluegrass, and some very fine songwriters in this eclectic show recorded at home so I could prepare for the f...

Started with some beautiful fusion music from an Italian-Austrian accordion-sitar duo, a unique Persian-Indian-American quartet, and a Cuban-Senegalese piano / kora / flute combo. Some hot Afro-Brazilian. Canadian-Colombian, Ivorian and French-Algerian stuff, and a tribute to Lee Scratch Perry. Blues, Bluegrass, Songwriters, and Celtic pipes and fiddles rounded out the show.

Gorgeous new music from Persian American singer Katouyoun Goudarzi and lots of new sounds from Africa, Denmark, Canada, and USA. Rogue Relaunch Previews - even with reduced capacity due to Covid restrictions. A few technical challenges today. Might revert to remote recordings next week ...

A tribute to the wonderful Texas singer songwriter Nanci Griffith, who passed away last week. So sad about her. Some tasty new sounds from Vancouver, Ireland, Denmark, and USA, plus a tribute to the amazing spirit of the people of Haiti and the women of Afghanistan. A few Rogue Relaunch artists, and a tip of the hat to Victoria's incredible singer and bassist / banjoist Oliver Swain, who I saw per...

Back in cruise control now, with the iPad Twin Turntable Emulator running the music feed. Just like the old days, way back in the twenty-teens! Heaps of new releases, once again, plus another salute to Jerry Garcia and more Rogue Relaunch previews too. And a tip of the proverbial sun-hat to the Steveston Sunflower Festival which is running over the next week or so. Found out about Nanci Griffith's...

Heaps of excellent new releases this week! Plus Rogue Relaunch Previews, and remembering Jerry Garcia (25 years gone), and Stan Rogers (Canadian postage stamp hero!)

Selections inspired by a little sojourn in a farm cottage in Cedar BC this week. Celebrating chickens, horses, rabbits, birds, butterflies, clouds, and nature herself. Plus some new songs from Annie Gallup, Dar Williams, Diana Jones, and a couple of tracks by Paperboys and Viper Central, who kick off The Rogue Relaunch in September. Deets on www.roguefolk.com

Features on this weekend's Virtual Mission Folk Music Festival, Diana Jones' remarkable new CD - Song To A Refugee, and the lovely new celebration of W.B. Yeats - I Am Of Ireland / Yeats In Song, with loads of amazing Irish singers and trad musicians.

This week's edition is all about celebrating some wonderful new music by the likes of Dave Alvin, Kat Danser, Alex Cuba, Amy Helm, John Reischman, Allison Russell, Tim O'Brien, and a couple of medleys from the latest Celtic Colours Live CD. Some new Blues, some old faves, some new Scandinavian tunes, and a powerful dose of new music from Africa in the first hour. Recorded at the historic James Bay...

Great new sounds from Africa, then a major feature on the dreadful history of oppression and racism which led to residential schools, stolen lands, and worse. Not just here in Canada, of course, but all through the Americas, and Australia too. Strong songs from indigenous peoples - and allies too. Then a big preview of the Rogue Folk Club Relaunch planned to kick off after Labour Day here in Vanco...

Today's edition of The Saturday Edge On Folk kicks off with some new and exciting music from Africa, Canada, and Latin America - including an introduction to Malian guitarist Boubacar Badian Diabate. We then move to Italy, and France, followed by some English reggae / folk, and North American blues and roots, with at least one delightfully surprising segue! Some Canadian blues, and Canadian songwr...

Canada Music Special, with well over half the songs Canadian. Heaps of new releases too, from all around this wide and wonderful world. Plus an R.I.P. to Slide Guitar Diva Ellen McIlwaine, who passed away this week in Alberta. Plenty of songs about sunshine and heat, too.