Fun weekend in Toronto.  Garbage strike wasn’t as noticeable as I thought.  Good for Toronto.  However I’m sure some tourists have been scared off by the strike.  Does mean more than just garbage.  Can’t get to Centre Island since no ferries running there with city workers not working.  That sucks.

Saturday night’s show was great, and close by the hotel which always helps.  The Cameron House on Queen Street.

Went to the back room where the concert was and sat down with a beer.  There was a CD playing.  I thought “that sounds familiar”.  It was Toronto’s own David Baxter with the title track from his CD “Day and Age”.  I know that since Melissa DiMarco requested that song after her interview a couple of months back on the show.  That was strange timing to hear that song at that exact time.

http://www.myspace.com/davidgavanbaxter

First up during the concert was Andrea Simms-Karp from Ottawa.  Think she filled in for Nick Rose who was originally on the bill.  Andrea was great and I bought her CD after the show so you’ll hear that on Friday night’s program.

http://www.andreasimmskarp.com/

http://www.myspace.com/andreasimmskarp

Ian was on second and had a great set.  Talked to him before the show and he had some friends in the crowd too.  He told the “moose story” he talked about on the show before a song.  No, there is no “moose song” but it was something fun to talk about between songs.

Last on the bill was Windsor’s Ron Leary with two other musicians.  Another great act.  In fact I was talking to Ron before the show too.  He was going over the setlist with one of the other guys.  Discussing which songs to play.  That’s the great part of seeing a show at a smaller place.  You wouldn’t get that chance at the bigger shows.

I’ll play some of Ron’s music on Friday as well.

http://www.myspace.com/ronleary

After the show I hung around a while to pick up Andrea’s CD.  Helped Ian back to his car with his guitars and equipment since it was a little past 2am. He gave me a lift back to the hotel. Newfoundlanders help each other out.

Other than that music, not much of a plan for Friday night’s show.  Previous 2 weeks were the interviews so I’ll see what new music might be at the station.

Back from Toronto so some time to upload Friday’s episode with Toni Marie.  Next few weeks I think and try and get someone to transcribe it.  We’ll see how that goes.  Sure a few fans would be interested in reading it as well.

Show on Saturday with Ian Foster was great, I’ll write more during the week when I’m not so tired from the weekend.

On to Friday’s episode.

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJuly10th2009Hour1

In this episode an interview I did with Toni Marie Wiseman of NTV. Play parts of the chat along with songs by Newfoundland artists throughout the show. First radio interview Toni’s done in a long time. Since she also works for OZFM she can’t chat with one of the competing stations in the province.

I open the show with Ian Foster, who was playing Toronto that weekend. I saw him at The Cameron House on Saturday Night.

During this hour’s part of Toni Marie’s interview I play songs by Ron Hynes, Great Big Sea and Teresa Ennis.

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJuly10th2009Hour2

2nd hour with the rest of the interview with Toni Marie Wiseman. Touch on a few different topics like Facebook, World of Warcraft, her favourite songs and when she spent a couple of nights in a Women’s Correctional facility for a TV report.

Music of Great Big Sea with Fergus O’Byrne and Dermot O’Reilly, Kenny Butler, Ron Hynes, and a surprise 80’s pop song which is Toni’s favourite.

End the hour with some instrumental Ian Foster as he was hitting Ontario that weekend with his Canadian Tour.

Thanks to Toni Marie for doing the interview.

Finishing the editing of the interview with Toni Marie right now.  I know, a bit late but there’s not much to do.  So I’ll air the entire thing tomorrow night.  Probably longer clips than usual during the show since she has some great stories.   About starting out in radio, getting tricked during a sportscast, spending time at a jail for NTV [was for a TV report] and about a guy vacuuming the red carpet at the Junos.  That last one I liked a lot.  Shows the difference between St. John’s and Toronto people.

During the show the music of Great Big Sea, Teresa Ennis, Fergus O’Byrne, Kenny Butler and Ron Hynes.  And I’ll have to make a Canadian Content exception for Toni and play a certain 80’s British song.  It’s one of her favourites so it’s only fair.

Visiting Toronto this weekend.  Seeing Ian Foster play on Saturday Night.  What good timing with the garbage strike in Toronto, eh?  So I won’t be walking the streets of the city too much if it’s a scorcher.  Day 16 of the strike I believe.  Yikes.

So the link for the episode won’t go up till Monday or Tuesday this week after I get back and have some time to get it online.

Tomorrow night as usual, 6-8pm EST.

http://www.cfrc.ca

Both hours from last night’s episode with Ian Foster.  Interview and songs.

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJuly3rd2009Hour1IanFoster

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJuly3rd2009Hour2IanFoster

Preview clip of next week’s show with Toni Marie Wiseman at the end of the 2nd hour.  Short clip but that’s why you have to tune in next week.

Tonight I’ll be playing songs from Ian Foster’s 2 brand new CD’s that are coming out.  ‘We Begin Here’ is a disc of demos and B-Sides.  ‘Found : Music from the Unmade Film’ is the concept album.  My chat with Ian runs about 26 minutes so I’ll be playing parts of that during the course of the show.

Ian is hitting Ontario next week so if you’re in a town where he’s coming, hopefully you can catch him.

Then he’s traveling to British Columbia, so for the West Coast readers of this blog [Adrian for example, lol] you can see him later in July/early August.

If you missed it Adrian left a comment on the blog a few days ago.  Apparently Allison Crowe is another big World of Warcraft fan.  I mentioned Toni Marie Wiseman is.  Something in the Newfoundland water that’s getting all these women playing WOW online?

Interview with Toni Marie should air next Friday.  It’s a longer chat, before editing it runs over an hour! This is what happens when you talk to someone you’ve known for years.

My plan is to see Ian play next weekend in Toronto.  So that might cause Toni’s interview to get pushed up a week if I do a taped show if I travel to T.O. on Friday.  Plan is to do the show live on Friday, then travel to Toronto on Saturday. Keep an eye on the blog if anything changes.

Here are two of Ian’s sites.  To check out his music, the tour dates and his tour blog.

http://ianfoster.ca

http://www.myspace.com/ifbmusic

Have a nice Canada Day, for those Canadian readers of the blog.

Had some phone/internet problems fixed today.  Yep, Bell working on Canada Day.  Was a minor wiring problem inside but one I couldn’t have fixed.  And the technician didn’t charge me for it.  Nice.

You’re thinking, “Wow, that’s really nice. What part of the country was this tech. originally from?”

Newfoundland, of course.  Found that out while he was wrapping up the visit, so the ‘no charge’ thing wasn’t based on us both being from Newfoundland. LOL.

Since it’s Canada Day, a little bit about Canadian radio. Shore 104 officially launched today in Vancouver.  The on air people started this morning.  Jody Vance and Bill Courage are on right now from 2-6pm Pacific, or 5-9pm Eastern. Check it out here.

http://www.shore104.com

Jody said she’s become a fan of Joel Plaskett by hearing his music on the station.  Glad to hear East Coast artists getting airplay on the West Coast.

Hope you’re enjoying the holiday, if you have it off.  The Bell technician didn’t, Shore 104 crew doesn’t and I’m working later tonight.  I’ll assume some of you have today off from work.

Might upload the voiceover I did for the “best of” show.  Did them back to back and edited them as MP3’s so it would play before each hour.  Piece of cake.

Here was the 2 episodes I played.  For the radio I edited out the commercials in each one.  Since an ad from 2007 and 2008 doesn’t make much sense if you’re listening on the radio.

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJuly28th2007

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicFeb16TeresaEnnis

Thought I’d upload a clip on the blog from the interview with Toni Marie but for WordPress you need to pay to upload Mp3’s or video files.  D’oh.  Might look into that but not right now.

Clip was her talking about Great Big Sea and I mentioned Monty Python.  Which got her to sing a very short line from Holy Grail.  I know, now you want to hear it.  I’ll try and figure out something during the week.

Been a long week and the plan for this week’s show got pushed up a week.  But there will be interviews tonight on the show, first “best of” show so to speak.  After 2 years I’m finally digging into the archives.

Half the show will be the hour from 2007 with the first interview I did for the show.  With Ian Foster.  Had some of Ian’s music along with some other bands on the old Saturday Night timeslot.

Second half will be the hour with Teresa Ennis from Feb. 2008.  Had the interview with her and her CD ‘Space’.

Next Friday will be the new interview with Ian Foster along with his brand new music for 2 hours.

Following Friday I have the chat with Toni Marie Wiseman I did a few days ago.  Went very well.  Talked over an hour and there were still things we never got to.  Did cover a lot of things with Toni.  She mentioned some artists during our interview so I’ll play them during the 2 hours when that airs.

I’ll probably upload a short sound clip here over the next few days to give you a preview of it.

If I can I’ll see if I can get someone to transcribe it.  Went quite well and people might like to read it too.  Like her 5000 friends on Facebook.

So hopefully you’ll enjoy the “best of” tonight or its other name, a rerun. LOL.

Looks like things are a go for taping an interview tomorrow with Toni Marie Wiseman.  As readers might remember she did a print interview with me for the Newfoundland Herald.  Which is the reason I got to chat with Fergus O’Byrne and Ray Johnson of Buddy Wasisname.

Toni’s been a friend of mine for years so it should be fun.

For those not in Newfoundland or haven’t watched NTV on satellite she has a few jobs at NTV/OZFM/Herald.  Let’s see. [For those who think I do a few things at CFRC, please she has me beat.]

On the TV side she does reports covering the local arts scene. She’s a news anchor 4 days a week on Newsday and on the Sunday Evening Newshour.  Also does the live weather remotes during the 6pm news, Monday-Thursday.  Sometime during the week she writes/produces/hosts a 30 minute Entertainment News show that airs on Saturday.

Add to that she does some news updates on OZFM radio during the afternoon.  Oh, and Toni writes pieces covering the arts for the Newfoundland Herald too.

Other than that she’s not busy at all.

Covering the music scene in Newfoundland is what I’ll chat with her a lot about.  She was awarded Media Person of the Year by MusicNL 4 years in a row from 2000-2003.

But since we’re friends we can go off-topic.  She’s gotten hooked on World of Warcraft the last couple of years.  I don’t understand that game but she really enjoys it.

And we’re both big Monty Python fans who can quote the movies.  Yes, those type of fans.

Quite a “get” for a little show like mine.  I’ll give an update after it’s over tomorrow night.

This Friday will be the Ian Foster interview, if the CD’s get here by then.  I’d say they get here so that’s the plan for Friday Night.

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJune19thHour1

Salt Water Music June 19th Hour 2

Technically 45 minutes because I let the previous show run long, political show had some people from City Council Live in Studio.  That’s rare so that’s why this is shorter than usual.

Kicked it off with Allison Crowe as she wrapped up her eventful tour of Europe.

Then some more of Joel Plaskett’s triple album.  After that some solo work from Rose Cousins and Ana Egge who contributed to Joel’s new album.

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJune19thHour2

Salt Water Music June 19th Hour 2

Couple of songs from Pat Lepoidevin to start off the second hour.

Mix of Jessica Rhaye. One song from her new CD, one from her previous album and one live track.

Continue with Scott Macleod. And end the show with some demos and live tracks from Ian Foster.

First up another music video.  They must be coming back or something.  This time Joel Plaskett’s first single from his triple album ‘Three’.  “Through & Through & Through” has Rose Cousins and Ana Egge on backing vocals.  Both make appearances in this video.  Lot of East Coast scenery in this clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap_vWmhRHh0

So I’ll play more of Joel’s disc[s] on Friday night.  Along with Rose and Ana since they’re also Canadian content.

Interview with Ian Foster might air next Friday.  If the CD’s get here in time.  His tour hits Quebec, Ontario and BC in July.  So we have a little leeway to air the interview before the tour starts.  Most likely will do the full 2 hour show on Ian’s music.  Since there is two albums worth of new music coming my way.

Another interview I’m closer to lining up.  Not a musician, but someone who has covered the music scene on the East Coast music for years.  Could be a text interview, phone or possibly both.

Lastly, a DawgFM update.  Hearing was last Friday and sounded like got heated once in while.  Not the parts with people from the blues station but other parts.

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/transcripts/2009/tb0612.html

Chairperson was getting annoyed I think, read this exchange about frequency maps.

1106   THE CHAIRPERSON: You are going to file these maps — one that is legible?

1107   MR. BRADET: Yes.

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Ouch, sounds like a teacher calling you out in class. LOL.

DawgFM’s Facebook group did have an update.  Sounds like no decision till September.  Not surprising with government.  Think they do a lot of stuff during the summer?  Nope.

Does sound hopeful for the blues gang.  Maybe at a different frequency then they wanted but I’ll be cautiously optimistic.

Friday’s program is now online.

Interview with Ian Foster went well Saturday morning.  Won’t air next Friday since he’s sending along his 2 new CD’s.  Yep, two of them.  “Found : Music from an Unmade Film” which I play a track from at the end of the show.  But he’ll also have another disc of B-Sides and the like from his repertoire.  Stuff he’s played in concert but hadn’t been available on CD yet.

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJune12th2009

Was under the weather, so the 2nd hour was a rerun from the previous week. But in this first hour lot of new music to the show.

Ian Sherwood’s most recent CD makes its debut on this show. Also music from Carbonear’s folkartlullaby. New music from The Divorcees and Molly Thomason. End the hour with Ian Foster who I interviewed the following morning.

Tonight’s show will be 50% new. First hour I’ll be live in studio, 2nd hour will be the second part of last week’s show.

Been under the weather all week and have a busy 24 hours. Try and get a few hours of sleep before I work overnight today, then doing a phone interview with Ian Foster tomorrow morning around 11am EST. So I finally am dipping into the “rerun” pool. But only a week old. So if you missed last week it will still be recent. If you did hear it already then you can skip the second hour.

In the new hour tonight brand new music so stay tuned for that.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/News/radio+spat+could+mean+three+Ottawa+stations/1686317/story.html

Quick story about the Dawg FM/CRTC hearings. From yesterday’s Ottawa Citizen.

“The tussle over Ottawa’s FM airwaves appears to be headed for a compromise that may give listeners three new stations on the radio dial.

At a CRTC hearing Friday, the commission will consider a proposal that would allow a new blues station called DAWG-FM to broadcast at 101.9; a woman-focussed, soft-rock and talk station called EVE-FM at 99.7; and a community station to serve franco-Ontarians at 94.5.”

The hearing was today in Ottawa, I would’ve listened online but had to catch a few hours sleep after work today. Fridays I come in early to help out on Offsides, the sports show on CFRC. By the way only 2 episodes left of that program. So tune in on the next two Fridays at 4pm for that.

Hopefully it is all coming together for Dawg FM in Ottawa. When I get an update I’ll pass it along in the next few days.

New music for Friday with Ian Sherwood’s CD ‘Art of Conversation’.  It’s also been a while since I played folkartlullaby so I’ll be bringing some of his music’s on the show for this week.

Taping the “3rd Annual Ian Foster Interview” on Saturday with, ironically enough Ian Foster.  That works out well.

Ian was the first guest interviewed for this show in June 2007.  Talked to him last summer before he went on tour.  And he’s doing another tour of Quebec/Ontario this summer.  But this time he’s also traveling all the way out west to B.C. for some gigs out on the left coast.  Long trip since he lives in St. John’s. Closet stop to Kingston is Toronto.  Check Ian’s website for details.

http://ianfoster.ca/shows/

He’s been adding dates but I think it’s getting set in stone now.  Interview should air the following week or the Friday after.  Going to try and get his new CD before I air the interview.

Link to Friday’s show.  Second link had an error message but looks like it’s working fine.  So I might have to re-upload that one, but I’ll cross my fingers it’s OK.

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJune5th2009Hour1

Salt Water Music June 5th 2009 Hour 1

Kick off the show with Matt Mays and El Torpedo, the week Matt dissolved the band. But he’s on tour with his new band over the summer, more details during the show.

Then some blues from Garrett Mason and Glamourpuss. DawgFM is having it’s follow-up CRTC hearing the following Friday so some Canadian blues for good luck.

New music to the show from Andrew Hunter and the Gatherers. End the 1st hour with The Lever Pulled, and it was one of the band members birthday on the weekend too.

http://www.archive.org/details/SaltWaterMusicJune5th2009Hour2

Salt Water Music June 5th 2009 Hour 2

Brand new music to the show to start the 2nd hour.

First Scott MacLeod and his CD ‘Old Soul’.  Follow that with more new music, this time from Pat LePoidevin with his disc ‘Blue Tornadoes’.

End the show with Allison Crowe, as the story keeps going.  This week she had a motion in the Scottish parliament about what happened to her.  Before I talk about that I play ‘Disease’ from her latest CD.  Then 2 cover songs from Allison’s website.  One a Pearl Jam song, the other Nirvana.