Mulligan Stew

Two guests on the Mulligan Stew Podcast Both great pals.   Stephen fearing is a key member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. Like all three members Front Line Members, they each have their own solo careers. That's one of the outstanding elements of their relationship. Freedom to create together or solo. Stephen Fearing has just released his newest album, The Empathist. Co-Produced in East Nashville...

Bruce Cockburn returns to the West Coast. Thoughts on Dylan at Newport, Bo Diddley, a possible covers album, his legacy and today's headlines. March 11, Victoria. March 12 Nanaimo March 14 Vancouver March 15 Kelowna March 16 Trail. Lots to talk about.

In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves near an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Kamloops. BC,  Canada sparked a national outcry about the forced separation, assimilation, and abuse many children experienced at this network of segregated boarding schools designed to slowly destroy the culture and social fabric of Indigenous communities. When Emily- a journalist and filmmaker- a...

One of the true pleasures of a lifetime in music and broadcasting is connecting with artists at the very beginning of their careers. If the connection is a strong friendship, emotionally you get to go along for the ride. On the downside,  you must be prepared to lose those friends along the way through attrition, lifestyle and medical issues. I'm pleased to say  Colin James  has given all of us a...

Special Guests are Allison McGourtey- Producer Bernard MacMahon. Director Makers of Becoming Led Zeppelin     A documentary about the first 18 months of Led Zeppelin. Jimmy, Robert. John Paul and John Bonham. Before it all exploded, and their lives got CRAZY. And……… it's in IMAX. The  complete story  can be heard on  Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm YouTube Channel. Amazing filmmaking and storytellin...

  THE SHOW  It's the first of two Whisky Specials from the 2025 Canadian Whisky Awards and the 2025 Victoria Whisky Festival. There are always headlining whiskies and star whisky makers in attendance! Whisky fans want to taste and explore the new releases from Crown Royal, Canadian Club, Forty Creek, Hiram Walker, JP Wiser's Lot 40, Pike Creek, Gooderham and Worts, Nikka, Amrut, The Dalmore and Gl...

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are one of the most interesting bands working anywhere today. Sometimes they're in a recording studio time warp with more songs to choose from than Gabriel. Followed by tours and festivals everywhere. Then they disappear The punch line to the tale is, the Blackie guys have their own lives, careers and fan bases. What's most remarkable is, after more than 25 years, they...

The fires outside Los Angeles had brought tragedy and carnage. Everything stopped for the firefighters, medical teams,  first responders,  the support teams and those affected directly by the wildfires. It's awards season in LA.  The  2025 Critics Choice Film and TV Awards  were to take place in January just as the fires were raging.  Those fires and the conditions that swept them through homes an...

Rhys Pender  - Master of Wine/Little Farm Winery  (Similkameen) Kathy Malone - Winemaker at Hillside Estate  (Naramata Bench)   There are so many elements in play during the 2025 BC wine-growing season. AND it's just started. Two cold snaps that damaged or killed many vines and vineyards over the past two Winters. It caused many growers to consider planting more winter-proof varietals and adjustin...

BC Wine/Alberta wine fans.  -  Finally, a hug and a handshake. Our guest is Paul Saywer.   Board Chair  BC Wine Growers & leadership at Dirty Laundry (Summerland) BC wineries can now ship Direct-To-Consumer in Alberta! Starting this week, BC wineries who register can sell into Alberta; report and make payment to AGLC for the wine products they sell directly to consumers in Alberta. Alberta is a hu...

Welcome to 2025 all. Our guest is Oscar Lopez. 2 time Juno winner. 10 albums were released.  Nothing usual about the words above, except that for several years Oscar had disappeared!  From entertainment, media and life itself. This interview is his way of explaining how he went from winning two Juno awards and walking onto stages with loving audiences to living in his car on the streets of Calgary...

It's our first-ever Trans Canada Christmas - starring the Trans Canada Highwaymen. Steven Page  - BNLadies and Steven Page Trio Moe Berg  - Pursuit of Happiness Craig Northey  - Odds and Steven Page Trio Chris Murphy  - Sloan   They are great friends, each with his band and career. What they have in common is a sense of the music they grew up with and a welcome sense of humour.   These Christmas s...

Liam Mayclem and I met doing interviews at film junkets weekends in LA, NYC, Chicago etc.  Me from Vancouver. He from San Fransisco. We talked about two things -Movies and Wine. Now Liam moves at a speed most humans couldn't and wouldn't abide. He's become an essential key to San Fransisco's dynamic hospitality, culinary and wine communities. The Host of Food Chap, CBS radio and TV. His foodie cha...

We're nearing the end of a volatile year in BC Wine. It featured wildfires, floods, COVID, road closures, price, tax and wage increases and two cold snaps over two Winters. Vineyards were damaged or destroyed by the freeze. Wineries and growers were facing a 2025 with little or no wines to cellar and sell. The Wine Industry and Government leadership came up with a plan to allow BC Wineries to harv...

Jim Cuddy guests on Mulligan Stew Saturday. He's on stage Saturday with The Jim Cuddy Band at the National Art Center Ottawa and Wednesday next at Massey Hall. Then Jim and Blue Rodeo partner Greg Keelor head for The Whistler Film Fest Dec 6-8 For the premier of their documentary Lost Together.   2025 will be a celebration of B lue Rodeo's 40th anniversary. Lots to talk about. Complete interview o...

Lisa Ahier is known far and wide as the owner and chef at Sobo in Tofino. Sobo is the kind of dining and room you like so much, you send all your best friends there. It's the centre of the town. Locals meet there for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  Lisa has moved on from Sobo and is now making notes for her third book and has become the darling of this years  Top Chef competition.   Five shows in an...

Barney Bentall is bringing The Last Roundup through the West. Next Friday at Bella Hall in Calgary. It's the final tour of the Caribou Express. Over 20 years of seasonal touring,  Barney and various members of Caribou Express raised Millions for charities all across Canada. Especially, serious money for food banks late in the year when they really need it. Barney gives us an update on the last lin...

Look who's on a Roll - It's this week's guest,  Author Luke Whittall   Luke and his Sipster's Pocket Guides Books.   In the third volume in the popular  Sipster's Pocket Guide series, wine expert and educator  Luke Whittall  presents his latest top 50 British Columbia wines under $50 (including many under $30) and along the way shares his thoughts on wine country and common misconceptions about ce...

The full title of Natalie Maclean's  memoir is  Wine Witch on Fire Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation and Drinking Too Much.   For all of you who bought and read Natalie's  book  Red, White and  Drunk All Over  and listened to her podcast  Unreserved Wine Talk,  this memoir is a completely different read. She discovers her husband of many years is leaving the relationship and at the same...

We meet  Blue Moon Marquee -  Al Cardinal and Jasmine Colette  - on the stage at the Osbourne Bay Pub in Crofton, Vancouver Island. That stage was the first place they met and then played together many times as Blue Moon Marquee. They've come a long way since that stage.  Juno Winners, sweeping the  2023 Maple Blues Awards and still winning awards  including this week. After a decade of stages and...

The Fretless guest on The Stew. Karrnnel Sawitsky and Trent Freeman - one-half of The Fretless join us. Saturday in the first hour.   Their album -  Glass Wing  is brilliant. With 3 songs cowritten and sung by  Madeleine Roger. Classically trained, raised on rock, jazz, blues, folk and heritage roots, they take all those influences and combine them into a sound unlike any other group. They take 10...

This week we welcome  Donovan Woods and his latest album   Things were never good if They're not good now.   Wonderful insight into his songwriting and his place in the music business. The first time he played in Victoria, he couldn't believe the audience knew the words to his songs. And in the past year, he played in Australia and remembers an audience in Perth who sang the words louder than he c...

Joel Plaskett's eleventh album—One Real Reveal  is special for several reasons. Joel sat down with a small Telefunken KM56 microphone and a 4-track recorder and recorded the tracks for One Real Reveal ON CASSETTE TAPE starting with the brilliant High Summer. This album and its music is bare.  Because it is, you're forced to listen to the music and especially the lyrics.  These are words and melodi...

Terry David Mulligan joins Blues lifer Robert Finley in the media tent at the Edmonton Folk Festival. Robert spins the stories of how he went from losing most of his sight to becoming the hot new voice in the blues. Inviting himself to do a cold walk-on at the Blues Festival in St Helena. It's quite a story he tells.  The crowd loved him and that set things in motion. The Music Maker Relief Founda...

  I've been waiting for new music from Winnipeg's Madeleine Roger for four years. That's how long it's been since I discovered her voice, playing and gifted songwriting. Maddy took a solo career detour through the stellar chops of The Fretless. They needed an exceptional vocalist who understood and was comfortable with, classical music. Madeleine needed a different "band" to shine with. Perfect! S...