Roots Radio Thursday January 31, 2013
This week on The Open Chord Bill Garrett features new music from Montreal singer – songwriter Rob Lutes. Rob’s new album The Bravest Birds is getting great advance reviews as he begins a string of eastern Canadian concerts. Also featured ...
Record Review: Jim Henman – Same Old Feeling
I’m not much for end-of-the-year statements. The process seems to imply that good music has an expiry date. The best music, however, remains timeless and as I think back to another year of aural adventure, one album repeatedly comes to ...
Roots Radio Thursday – January 24
This week, Andy Frank welcomes Juno-nominated, singer-songwriter John Wort Hannam to The Andy Frank Show. They’ll spin John’s 2012 CD Brambles and Thorns, and explore a wide range of subjects, including John’s fascinating life and times. Plus you’ll also hear music from ...
Roots Radio Thursday – January 17, 2013
This week on The Open Chord – Bill Garrett features music from all points of the compass, but perhaps with a little more from the British Isles than usual. From Scotland, Karine Polwart, from Britain, the Unthanks and Red Shoes ...
Show him the Canadian Tire money –
Roots Radio Thursday ...
We ran this story almost exactly a year ago. Since that time, thousands of people have heard of The Great Canadian Tire Money Caper of 2012. Even The Wall Street Journal ran a story on Corin Raymond’s great adventure. Well, ...
Roots Radio Thursday, January 10
This week on Roots Radio Thursday on rtds.ca: The Open Chord this week Bill Garrett takes a fond look back at some of the amazing talent that we lost in 2012. Among those that will be greatly missed, Raylene Rankin, Doc ...
How do we learn folk music? Part II
In the last article, I tried to avoid answering the question of whether written music is still relevant in folk music by posing two more questions, “What motivates one to learn to play or sing folk music?” and, “How do ...
Roots Radio Thursday on RTDS – Jan 3, 2013
Happy New Year, and thanks for listening to Roots Radio Thursday on rtds.ca. Coming up this week: The Andy Frank Show welcomes in-studio guest Jory Nash (images below). You’ll hear several tracks from Jory’s critically-acclaimed new CD Little Pilgrim and ...