CiTR -- The Saturday Edge

Two great festivals: Edmonton last week, Denmark's Tonder next week. In between I was back in the saddle for a look both ways - and a tip of the hat to Woodstock, 50 Years On.

My birthday special, with lots of favourites and some highlights from the Mission Folk Festival last weekend, Vancouver Folk Fest the week before, and recent - as well as future - concerts

Music from Mission Folk Festival performers, a look back at last week's VFMF, and some new releases and concert previews.

Live from The Vancouver Folk Music Festival in Jericho Beach Park. Music by festival performers and advancing the Mission Folk Festival next weekend and more coming shows and festivals around BC. Plus a liberal sprinkling of songs to celebrate the 50th anniversary of "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind"

Lots of music from fRoots sampler CDs that have inspired me to keep refreshing this show with exotic new sounds from all around the world since 1985! Sadly it looks like the esteemed UK mag is no more. Oh no! I'll just have to manage somehow, I guess. Still, I've got plenty of music to choose from and to carry their legacy forward here on CiTR. Including today's features on Scandinavian String All...

Tributes to Orchestra Baobab sax legend Issa Cissokho, Congolese singer Mose Fan Fan, Senegalese Kora player Solo Cissoko, and Breton singer Yann-Fanch Kemener. Plus previews of festivals and concerts and new releases from Lakou Mizik, Tinariwen, and more. Could also be farewell to fRoots magazine, which would be really tragic!

Lots of Canadian music this week, plus a look back at the last two weeks when I was travelling around Alaska and Yukon Territory - the land of the midnight sun

Sumnmer is upon uis, and we do a survey of our favourite music festivals in southern BC - The Vancouver Folk Music Festival, The Vancouver International Jazz Festival, The Mission Folk Festival, The Fort Langley JazzFest, The Vancouver Island Musicfest and more!

New music from Rhiannon Giddens, Eliza Carthy, Kelly Hunt and many more. Plus upcoming concert highlights, festival news, and a nod to National Indigenous Peoples Day next week.

Another sad week for Roots Music fans as we lost Dr. John The Night Tripper (New Orleans), Leon Redbone (born in Cyprus, raised in London, spent over a decade in Toronto before moving to "The Excited Snakes"). Plus festival and concert previews and such.

Rosebuds in June, Tiananmen Square commemoration and much more

African koras in Scandinavia, new music from Turkey, Senegal, Louisiana, Nova Scotia, Northumbria, and more plus features on T. Nile (Galiano Island) and Searson (Ottawa Valley), and plenty of nostalgia to wrap it up

New music and concert and festival previews. I dished out lots of information and I think there are some really fabulous tunes and songs here! Pretty amazing considering I'd had about 1 hour's sleep.

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

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!

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!

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

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!

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

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.

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!

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.

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...

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!!

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!