CiTR -- The Saturday Edge

We have all sorts of music for you today from singer songwriter to old time to Bluegrass!

With examples. Lots of them.

My last show for a month featured lots of personal favourites, and previews of Shorefest Day 3 and next weekend's Edmonton Folk Music Festival. The show will be hosted by Paul Norton (Aug 6th & Aug 27), Arthur & Andrea Berman (Aug 13) and Jim Burnett (Aug 20) for the next 4 Saturdays. I return from Denmark for the Labour Day weekend show on September 3rd. Should have heaps of new music to play - a...

Featured an interview with Estonian trio Trad Attack! recorded at last week's Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Plus a variety of artists appearing this weekend at the Mission Folk Music Festival, and on the Rogue Stage at Sunset Beach (July 23, 27 & 30) - a free Canadian roots music festival which takes place prior to the Celebration of Light fireworks displays.

Live from Jericho Beach Park. Includes live interviews with Ten Strings & A Goat Skin, Lucy Ward, Birds of Chicago, I Draw Slow, The Bills, Penguin Eggs editor Roddy Campbell, and live performances by Lakou Mizik, and Hubby Jenkins. Features music by performers at Island Musicfest (last week), VFMF, Mission (next week), Shorefest (also next week and beyond), and the new sampler from fRoots - and m...

Filling-in for Andrea & Arthur Berman again on Pacific Pickin'. They are cruising around Iceland, so I'm spinning some rogue grass on their show!

Featuring lots of artists coming to Island Musicfest, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Mission Folk Festival, Salmon Arm Roots & Blues this summer.

Guest Host Steve Edge from 'The Saturday Edge on Folk' steps in with his own special brand of bluegrass.

My heartfelt response to the disastrous Brexit vote!

Desperately trying to cheer up the world - in spite of the server not working!

A few Of My Favourite Things - including featured artists at various festivals this Summer, a couple more Swarb tunes, new releases, and more

This week: a tribute to the amazing English fiddler Dave Swarbrick, who passed away yesterday. Also previews of Rogue concerts and the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, and much more.

Back from a trip to the U.K. (thanks to Andrea & Arthur Berman for filling in last week) this week's show featured Stephen Fearing returning to as well, plus new releases by Afro Celt Sound System, Youssou N'Dour, and more

Lots of music, new and old, this morning with special memorial artist features for James King and Guy Clark who passed away this week.

Raunchy theme this week, based on Bonny Black Hare Day. New music from the new fRoots sampler and more.

Featured music from the new - and last - Bellowhead CD, a phone interview with Alberta songwriter Maria Dunn, a look ahead to the Bluegrass show with Michael Cleveland next Wednesday, and some more new releases and old favourites.

Included songs by many of the performers coming to the Vancouver Folk Music Festival (July 17 - 19). The line-up was announced this week. I also included usual smattering of concert previews and new releases, and ended the show wi a few songs to celebrate May Day

April In Paris. Mighty String Thing Guitar Extravaganza, Tributes to Prince, Lonnie Mack, Pete Zorn, and in memory of Sandy Denny

New releases from Cuba, Haiti, Brittany, Ukraine/Toronto. Also a whiff of 4/20 reefer, and a fond farewell to Spirit of the West, whose last ever gig is tonight at The Commodore. Previews of April In Paris - 10th annual festival of gypsy jazz at The Rogue, and lots more new Canadian music

Tributes to Merle Haggard and Thunderclap Newman, previews of Canadian music coming to town: Winnipeg's Small Glories, Vancouver's Jenny Ritter, Canadian String Quartet The Fretless, and the 10th annual festival of gypsy jazz - April In Paris - with 5 local bands in the Django style. Finishing up with Coco Love Alcorn's Hope for the World and Corin Raymond. Canada (folk) rocks!!

New releases galore; a sad farewell to the Railway Club; a preview of April In Paris; and much more!

Featuring an Interview with film maker Kerry Candaele in town this weekend to launch his documentary about Beethoven's 9th Symphony - Following The Ninth. Plus lots of new releases and an irreverent look at the last supper

New releases by Djelimady Tounkara (Malian guitar god) and Irish-American supergroup The Gloaming, plus features on Irish trad. legends De Danann and lots more new stuff. Thankfully no obits this week!

Tributes to departed icons Sir George Martin and Keith Emerson, also Louis Meyers of SXSW and Folk Alliance fame. Lots of Celtic music for St. Paddy's Week too.

Features on Festival du Bois, CelticFest Vancouver, The Maddest Musical March 5th, new releases, and music found at Folk Alliance