Monthly Archives: March 2013

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Trent Severn on Roots Radio Thursday

Thursday March 28th at 9:00 AM, 3:00 PM, and 9:00 PM EDT on RTDS.ca, Andy Frank welcomes special guests Trent Severn. When Canadian astronaut/singer-songwriter Chris Hadfield became the Commander of the International Space Station, he brought along some CDs that reminded ...
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Whitehorse and the seething pit of bile

While my FB status says I saw NQ Arbuckle last night, I didn’t. I saw Whitehorse at the National Arts Centre as part of their NAC Presents series. And I am disgusted by the complete (compleat?) act of entertainment I ...
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Roots Radio Thursday March 21

This week on The Open Chord Bill Garrett looks back at the lives of three key figures that were lost to the Canadian folk community in the last few weeks. They’re Tam Kearney, who started and ran the iconic Toronto ...
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Roots Radio Thursday – March 14

This week on The Open Chord, Bill Garrett presents “Love Brings You Home” a full edition documentary on the life of Jack Hardy, singer-songwriter and playwright. (11:00am, 5:00pm and 10:00pm EDT on rtds.ca) Based in New York’s Greenwich Village, Hardy was influential ...
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Chris Altmann: A Man For All Summers

Transplanted Aussie native, Chris Altmann clearly enjoys the best of all worlds. Moving from Adelaide to Peterborough, the seasoned musician wasted no time finding out who was who, musician-wise, and, by early 2010, had recorded his first solo record, Que ...
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Roots Radio Thursday – March 7

This week, The Andy Frank Show welcomes Ian Sherwood of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, to spin his new CD, Live At The Hive. In hour number one of the show, Andy begins a series of musical face-offs between Juno Nominees in ...