Georgian Bay Roots

Georgian Bay Roots #352 July 16 2023 (with Kelly) by Georgian Bay Roots

This weeks installment is all about work songs: the love of work; the struggle; the joy. Songs by Rita Mac Neil; Matt Andersen; Tim Harrison; Gordon Lightfoot; AnnMarie Rowland; Stan Rogers; David Mallett; Si Kahn; and JP Cormier and Dave Gunning.

Things are warming up at Georgian Bay Roots Radio now that the summer season is officially here! This week on the show we've got all kinds of hot tracks to share -- brand new music just released in the last couple of weeks, a few of favourites from familiar friends, and some great stuff that just really deserves some airtime. Sit back, relax with a cold beverage, turn up the dial and let the sound...

You can count on hearing fresh jams from Beverly Glenn Copeland and Pantayo, theremin enchantress Dorit Chrylser, Victoria Yeh shredding with Art Griffin's Soundchaser, a belated marking of National Indigenous Peoples Day with Jeremy Dutcher and Yo Yo Ma, Meaford's own Culture Reject while they're away on their east coast tour, Petra Haden's take on a Blind Faith tune, a sonic journey from Daniel...

Georgian Bay Roots #348 June 18th 2023, Fathers' Day (with Kelly) by Georgian Bay Roots

This week is another in my "Just Because" series, playing music "just because" I love it! The show features Bruce Cockburn; The Realmwalkers; Penny Lang; Jason Lang; Mimi Obonsawain; Richard and Mimi Farina; Marianne Girard; and Jane Siberry with KD Lang.

Festival and "summer show" season is upon us!! This week on Georgian Bay Roots Radio join host Kailey Jane Hawkins as she spins tunes from artists playing at Mariposa 2023, music from artists playing Summerfolk 48, songs from artists performing at Harbour Nights and the Music at the Market series here in Owen Sound, AND some brand new tracks hot off the presses from your friends and neighbours rig...

Georgian Bay Roots says goodbye to May 2023 by reaching for a Gordon Lightfoot deep cut about "the high side of the Bay" and the legendary Stars on 54 reboot of his 'If You Could Read My Mind'. We share some big news from the Beverly Glenn Copeland camp + his new single and talk up local appearances by Daniel Lanois, Jeremy Dutcher and The Sadies by spinning a track of each. This week's Georgian B...

Georgian Bay Roots #344 May 21 2023 (with Kelly) by Georgian Bay Roots

This week's show looks at the human voice and acapella singing. It features Windborne; The Watersons; Gordon Lightfoot; Ojibway Square Dance; Home Free; The Nylons; Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss; Lou Killen; Kathy Keknek and Janet Aglukkaq; The Young Tradition; and Stan Rogers.

This week on Georgian Bay Roots Radio we're talking about local music, upcoming shows like the Paisley Blues Festival, we're spinning tracks from artists coming to Summerfolk 48 this August, and we feature a very special tribute to the legendary artist Gordon Lightfoot, offered by the wonderful Steve Poltz. You can catch it all here! Featuring tracks by Shane Pendergast, Ken Dunn, Suzie Vinnick, R...

A look ahead at the summer around the corner. The playlist doesn't run in chronological order but, for the sake of your calendar, here's what's on the show: Andy Elliott (Hami G + Lakewater, May 18 Heartwood) The Sadies (June 17, Marsh Street Center), Rufus Wainwright, Feist, Jeremy Dutcher and Weather Station (July 7-9, Mariposa Folk Fest), Daniel Lanois (July 20-21, Meaford Hall), Owen Pallett,...

Georgian Bay Roots #340 April 23 2023 The Earth Day Episode.(with Kelly) by Georgian Bay Roots

On this week's show we ride the range and visit the cultural of outlaws and cowboys, then stop for the night and tell stories and sing around the campfire. The week features the music of Ian Tyson; Rambln' Jack Elliott; JP Cormier and Dave Gunning; Townes Van Zandt; Steve Cormier; Alison Krauss and Union Station; Nanci Griffith; Matt Andersen; and Arlo Guthrie with Pete Seeger. Also lots of inform...

It's all Summerfolk all the time in this week's episode of Georgian Bay Roots Radio! Join host Kailey Jane Hawkins as spins tracks from artists playing at this year's festival! Featuring tracks by Loreena McKennitt, Scott Cook, Redfox, Mimi O'Bonsawin, Matt Andersen, Digging Roots, Shane Pendergast, Mia Kelly, Julian Taylor and Serena Ryder!

Fooling around on April Fool's weekend, time traveling back to Summerfolk 1988 to check in with Parsons Green, which of course leads us straight to Bryan Leckie and the Krueger Band. From there we fast forward to the future and the summer with new cuts from Summerfolk 2021 alum Caleigh Cardinal and Electric Eclectics alums U.S. Girls and Hackedepiccioto (Heartwood, April 15th be there!). The hour...

This week on Georgian Bay Roots, our host, Kelly Babcock, looks back at the acts he has had the pleasure to introduce as an MC on Summerfolk stages. It's an eclectic mix, no surprise there, just like the mix of music you'd expect at Summerfolk itself. There's familiar names and there's folks that don't get as much air time here at Georgian Bay Roots, but there's nothing on the show this week that...

This week's show features music from Owen Sound's Al Walker, from British guitarist Davy Graham, Pentangle, John Martyn, Nick Drake, Marianne Girard, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard, Sierra Hull, Molly Tuttle and Rob Green.

We've got a whole slew of great music on this week's show -- new music sent into the show's email inbox, old favourites from Summerfolks of the past, tracks from local friends, and tracks from artists playing at this year's Mariposa Folk Festival! Get all caught up on what's happening right here on this week's episode of Georgian Bay Roots Radio! Featuring tracks by Feist, David Hawkins, The Pairs...

As a belated celebration of Black History month the show howls to life with a deep dive into the music of a big musician with local ties: Eugene Smith. Tune in to hear a deep cut from the '64 CHUM charts with Jay & the Majestics, a scorcher from Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks in '65 (the year Eugene joined the band), one from his '81 album Warmin' Up, with the Warm Up Band, on Pickering Ontario's Wa...

Georgian Bay Roots #332 February 26 2023 (with Kelly) by Georgian Bay Roots

This week's show is dedicated to love songs. The playlist includes: Case of You, Joni Mitchell; We Make Love, David Sereda; Dave Gunning and JP Cormier, Kate 'O The Gowrie; Isabel Fryszberg and the Uncommons, Distance; Nanci Griffith, Love At The Five And DIme; Steve Goodman and Jethro Burns, The Dutchman; The Bombadils, Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming; Kate Wolf, Green Eyes; Valdy, Renaissance.

It's all about feeling the love this week on Georgian Bay Roots Radio! This week's show has songs about romantic love, that feeling of new love, love between friends and more. You can catch it all here. Featuring music by Valdy, The Good Lovelies, Dave Hawkins, Coco Love Alcorn, Drew McIvor, Eric Nagler, Donovan Woods, Sharon Lois and Bram, Christine Lavin, The Barra MacNeils, John Prine, Joel Pla...

This time it's roughly divided into three hefty slabs of sound; new to newish earworms from local, and playing locally, acts, a very special song from the movie Cult Hero and two indulgent tangents from said Cult Hero song before rounding out the show with a few tracks from DEEP in the vaults. In the new earworms section: Doug Paisley, Ansley Simpson, Charlie Glasspool & Sarah McInnis, The Sadies...

This week's show is a visit to the roots of some of Canada's best known songs, a look at people who write songs with depth about the culture they live in, the people they meet, their personal interests and passions, and their joy of living. Artists include: Kate and Anna McGarrigle; The Travellers; Wade Hemsworth; Jim Layeux; Rodney Brown; Stan Rogers; Tanglefoot; Maria Dunn; David Bradstreet; and...