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 this week; music from Métis songwriter Don Freed, Emmylou Harris and Murray McLauchlan. 11:00 AM EST, 5:00 PM EST, 10:00 PM EST on rtds.ca .
On the Andy Frank Show, Andy welcomes Jay Aymar to the studio, where they’ll spin some tall tales and some lovely songs from Jay’s new CD, Overtime. You’ll also hear music by winners of the 2013 Maple Blues Awards, including Steve Strongman, Matt Andersen and the 24th Street Wailers. Plus, Sue’s News, this time spotlighting Winterfolk in Toronto. 9:00 AM EST, 3:00 PM EST, 8:00 PM EST on rtds.ca .
Special Links: Alex Pangman’s new single, Breathe In, with proceeds going to The Ontario Lung Association. Plus, Sue Peters of Sue’s News great book, Attention All Subway Riders
How to listen: Go to rtds.ca and find the Listen to RTDS box (top left). Select the stream quality you wish to use (192 kb or 128 kb). A player will pop up. If you wish to listen to archives of these shows, you can find them in the same Listen to RTDS box under On Demand . Select Roots Music Thursdays, and the shows are listed there.