CiTR -- The Saturday Edge

New releases, another look back at Edmonton Folk Festival, missing Denmark's Tonder Festival, and celebrating some of the best contemporary songwriters and finest trad singers and players. Finishing up with a new collection of Acoustic Classics from English master Richard Thompson and a bit of operatic punk!

Some highlights from last weekend's Edmonton Folk Festival line-up, plus new releases from Tom Russell and Offa Rex (The Decembrists with Olivia Chaney) and more!

Steve Edge is off having fun at the Edmonton Folk Festival, and you have Paul Norton (from Code Blue) at ze controls. Paul presents the usual melange of new releases, folk curios and concert previews, delivered in a hopefully entertaining and informative fashion. Without TOO many technical glitches.

Lots of artists coming to next weekend's Edmonton Folk Music Festival plus a feature on the new CD by Martin Simpson from England, and many more!

Birthdays, Rogues, and Oodles of World Music.

Highlights from last week's Vancouver Folk Music Festival line-up and a preview of this weekend's Mission Folk Festival. Plus new releases and a dedication and much more!

Broadcast live from Jericho Park at the 40th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival. We had a bit of a problem with the router at around 8:50 and were off the air until around 9:20 I think. A few guests swung by for a chat, but not nearly as many as I'd hoped. Big thanks to Pascale and the rest of the CiTR crew for making it happen - also to Richard who was hosting at the station.

Previews of a lot of BC festivals, for the most part.

Special 4th iof July edition of Pacific Pickin', filling in for Andrea & Arthur Berman once again.

Over 4 and a half hours of Canadiana, starting with some immigrants from Cuba, Africa, Haiti, India, Persia, and Turkey, then adding a few French songs from Quebec and Acadie, and some Cape Breton Gaels, before cruising right across the Great White North from Newfoundland to BC

Mostly new releases and a few festival preview artists. Loose theme was John Martyn's song. I don't want to know about evil, either.

Filled in for Arthur and Andrea on Pacific Pickin' with a whole mess of Bluegrass and related acoustic music. Not sure how to save this anywhere but on my show's pages, so that's what I did!

Tributes to Vin Garbutt - English singer who passed away this week. Also to Gregg Allman and Jimmy LaFave, and some Pogues for a woman who requested them last week in memory of her recently departed hubbie. Features on Mr. Dave (Lindley) and new releases from Oumou Sangare and Bokante booke-ended the show, which ran into overtime.

New Oumou Sangare, Tom Russell, and Bokante CDs, and a trip to Sweden. Previews of the last to Rogue shows of the month and a few Vancouver Folk Music Festival artists, plus RIP to Greg Allman and Jimmy LaFave, and a Loudon Wainwright II nightmare! Ended up with a Beatles outtake from the new 50th anniversary Sgt. Pepper's box set.

We start the show with a bit of a look back at the music of the Buena Vista Social Club, in honour of the new movie about them. The balance of the show takes us on a journey of examples of musicians coming to various festivals in the area this summer. Lots of other interesting stuff too!

New releases from the latest fRoots magazine sampler. Some Swedish tunes cos I'm heading there tomorrow for the Europa League Final (United! Come On The lads!) Previews of Richard Thompson (Saltspring), Chris Ronald, David Lindley. And songs for the UK election. And more.

New local CD releases, LIVE cuts recorded at Rogue Folk shows over the past 30 years, concert previews, etc.

Mothers Day, Elections, New Releases, Live specials, all sorts of fun and games on here, but only available for the most part on podcast. Huge thanks to Scott for fixing the stream!!

New releases, notably Les Amazones d'Afrique and The Eisenhauers. Plus lots of artists just announced for this year's 40th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival, a tribute to remarkable English singer Sandy Denny who died 39 years ago this week, and a couple of May songs to welcome in "the summer'!

Easter / Vaisakhi / Passover Special, plus new releases and local concert previews galore

Interview with Jay Knutson founder member of Spirit of the West, plus new releases etc. Last half hour pre-empted for an outside broadcast

New releases inspired by the latest issue of English folk magazine fRoots. Plus Celtic music for St. Patrick's Day / Weekend. And the brand new CD by Sharon Shannon

Some of my favourite songs from the past 32 years of The Saturday Edge on CiTR - and a lot of "spruiking". Big thanks to the volunteers for answering the phones, and to the listeners for making them ring! I hope we raised enough money ... More to come online, I hope. Please donate to www.citr.ca/donate and mention The Saturday Edge if you do!

Back in the saddle again at CiTR! Features on Festival du Bois, Christine Tassan et les Imposteures, Lydia Hol, and some searing political commentary from Leonard Cohen, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Billy Bragg, Martyn Joseph, Eliza Gilkyson and more. Also plenty of refugees. We are all immigrants and we need all the compassion we can get.

Guest Host Paul Norton from CiTR's Code Blue show (Saturdays 3pm - 5pm) plays his own brand of folk music today, heavy on previews of upcoming concerts, but with other interesting goodies as well.