Mulligan Stew

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 wh...

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 lo...

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 cam...

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 broke...

Dan Mangan released his 7 th 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...

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...

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...

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 & hospitali...

Matt Anderson  is one of CKUA's favourite artists. On the air and certainly with the audience. Matt is releasing his 11 th  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  t...

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....

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, wor...

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, wor...

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 th...

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...

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- a...

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...

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 storytellin...

  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 Gl...

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...

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 an...

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 adjustin...

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 hu...

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...