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CiTR -- The Saturday Edge

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Now in its 31st year on CiTR, The Saturday Edge is my personal guide to world & roots music, with African, Latin and European music in the first half, followed by Celtic, Blues, Songwriters, Cajun and whatever else fits!

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Mother's Day and Gathering Celts In May 11.05.2019 4:00:02

Some songs for our mothers, some songs for those on the frontline, some new music, some festival previews, and various threads seeking to find connections amongst the right-on thinking ones with discerning and global musical tastes

Cinco and the Merry Month of May-O 04.05.2019 4:00:02

New music from Senegal's Youssou N'Dour, Turkish singer Gaye Su Akyol, Galiano's T. Nile etc. Plus music for Cinco de Mayo, features on BC's Joe Charron, and The Eisenhauers and more!

Independence Days, Gypsy Jazz, Sandy, May 27.04.2019 4:00:02

Marking Independence Day in South Africa, Sierra Leone, and Togo, plus the 41st anniversary of Sandy Denny's passing. Plus some Gypsy Jazz, some Blues, a few New Releases and more!

These Cats Are High On 4 20 20.04.2019 4:00:02

Plenty more new releases, a few concert and festival "sneak peeks", and some real "High" songs

Vancouver concert guide and hot new releases 13.04.2019 4:00:02

New music from Molly Tuttle, Tim O'Brien, Harpdog Brown, Mary Ann Kennedy, Flook, Vasen and more. Plus previews of shows by Alsarah & The Nubatones, Kobo Town, Mariza, and Rogues, too!

Celebrating The New 06.04.2019 4:00:02

A choice selection of new releases to coincide with the new shoots of Spring.

Fun Without Fools - We Must Have Been Mad 30.03.2019 4:01:02

I'm really proud of this show! Had a chat with Vancouver songwriter Michael Averill about his Community Of Songs Project. Featured lots of new music - much of it by powerful women with something meaningful to say. Also looked ahead to the scary political scene on the eve of April Fools.

Local Concert and Festival Previews 23.03.2019 4:00:01

More musical memories from Folk Alliance in Montreal last month, plus previews of Festival du Bois (this weekend), Kat Danser (that evening), Lunasa (next Wednesday) and Irish harp & guitar duo Maire & Chris. New releases from Patty Griffin, Vasen, Buddy Guy, and more!

St. Patrick's Day Special 16.03.2019 4:00:02

Mostly Celtic music for St. Patrick's Day, but also a couple of little dedications to the victims of the Christchurch mosque massacre and the Ethiopian air crash.

If You Can't Stand The Heat (on a cold day!) 09.03.2019 4:00:02

Features on Cape Breton band Coig, whose new CD comes out next week. I had a pre-release copy so played a few tracks and had a nice chat with one of the band members, fiddler / singer Rachel Davis. Also looked ahead to a hot night of bluegrass / jam band action with Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen. Played a lot of women's music (notably new CD by Layla McCalla, and her collaboration with Allison R...

Fundrive Special 2019 02.03.2019 4:00:02

Non-stop "spruiking" amid a selection of new releases, old favourites, and a local concert guide. My show has been on CiTR since June 1985, and it has meant a lot to me all along. Maybe you've enjoyed listening too. The Fundrive is on until March 8th, and donations are accepted up to and including March 15th. I hope you will make a donation to Saturday Edge on www.citr.ca/donate Thanks a million!!

Montreal Folk Alliance Escapades 16.02.2019 4:01:02

This show was recorded in Montreal at the Folk Alliance International, and featured a lot of performers appearing there as well as a few of those coming to Vancouver in the next few weeks. Thanks to Madeline and Tanner for picking up the file and slotting it in while I was away having a ball in the Eastern snow!

Driven Bows At The Ready! 09.02.2019 3:58:01

Focus on participants at the second annual Driven Bow Fiddle Festival, plus a look ahead to Festival du Bois, and St. Patrick's Day, and new releases by Harry Manx & Steve Marriner, and Bassekou Kouyate

R.I.P. Oliver Mtukudzi 02.02.2019 4:08:02

Tribute to Zimbabwean singer Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi; New CD from Bassekou Kouyate; Groundhog Day / St. Brigid's / Candlemas; and lots of Driven Bows

Those Were - and These Are - The Days 26.01.2019 4:01:32

Robbie Burns and Canada Sizzles with Songwriters & Fiddlers!

Songs of Space and Sea 19.01.2019 4:02:02

A "theme" of songs about Space and the Sea crept in to today's show, alongside features on upcoming concerts in Vancouver and a general appreciation of some of the most creative contemporary roots music

So, What's New In 2019, then? 12.01.2019 4:00:01

New releases abound! Also a field recording from Rarotonga (well, the church was in a field!) and more peripatetic musical adventures

Happy New Year! 05.01.2019 4:00:21

We hit the ground running in 2019 with an appealing conglomeration of recent releases, concert previews and deep catalog selections. Guest host is Code Blue's Paul Norton (Saturdays from 3 to 5pm).

My Best Albums Of 2018 29.12.2018 4:05:02

Selections from 55 of my favourite albums of the year. Again, pre-recorded so I could still bring you the show whilst relaxing on the beach in Rarotonga! I would recommend every single one of these albums; something for everyone I reckon. (Quoth he, ever so humbly!)

Annual Xmas Special 22.12.2018 4:00:02

Pre-recorded Christmas Special as I was en route to Rarotonga when the show was being broadcast. Featured many of my favourite seasonal selections, some new ones from Blind Raccoon records, and Paul Norton's latest compilation (Sun-Drenched Christmas), plus the annual ritual with The Pogues / Monty Python / Steeleye Span segue to Loreena McKennitt's God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

What's 4/5 new, half female, and 1/3 Canadian? 15.12.2018 3:58:16

New music from Salif Keita, Sweden's Sver, Portland's Foghorns, The Afro Celts, The Outside Track, Old Man Luedecke, Rachel Newton, Talisk, Old Blind Dogs, Shooglenifty, Rosanne Cash - and heaps more besides. Plus a hint of seasonal fare at the end.

Baby It's Cold Outside 08.12.2018 4:01:01

A gypsy jazz / Van Django Cool Yule version of THAT song, plus new releases from Afro Celts, Shooglenifty, The Outside Track, Bryan Ferry, Paris Combo, Salif Keita, and French guitarist Bireli Lagrene. Plus Portland's Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms, and a look at the new Downtown Eastside version of A Christmas Carol - Bah Humbug! (Great show. Go see it!!)

Resting In Peace 01.12.2018 4:00:02

Lots of musicians and singers who are only with us now on record, including Alec Finn (De Dannan), Roy Bailey, Sandy Denny, and a tribute from Kevin Burke to Johnny Cunningham. New music from Scotland, Ethiopia, Denmark, Quebec, and BC and Alberta too.

Unrelated - and R.I.P. Professor Roy Bailey 24.11.2018 4:00:02

Lots of unrelated stuff this week, but a few "threads" emerged and we paid tribute to Roy Bailey, who passed away this week.

New Music - Including The White Album Box 17.11.2018 4:01:02

New releases from The Fab Four, from Quebec, from Scandinavia, from Alberta and B.C. and elsewhere. Plus hot stuff, cool stuff, and thought-provoking stuff from all over the map - and from down the years too.