Two hours of programmer created content, podcasts, music, interviews, and community announcements. Hour One airs Mondays from 11am to Noon; Hour Two airs Saturdays from Noon to 1pm.
Dan Walsh joins Bob Jonkman to play some guitar, and to talk about Guitars For Kids Waterloo Region and the fundraiser they’re having on Sunday 22 November 2020.
Dan Walsh tells Bob Jonkman it’s “Virtusoso”, not “Virtuoso”. Talking about beards, playing guitar, teaching, how it was in “before times”, performing online, cancelled shows in the event list, the vibe of playing live, talking about The Moonshine Café,
LEWP is “Line Echo Weather Pattern”; Dan’s 2006 National Replicon 14 guitar, the mojo of guitar sound. Practicing or playing? Experimenting with Open Tuning. Where’s the soul in music? Not in Nashville, apparently… Stolen guitars, sentimental value.
Interpreting Movin’ On, recovering a stolen guitar. Too many guitars? Getting around to Guitars For Kids Waterloo Region and the fundraiser; “Blue Box for Guitars”; how people donate guitars; the spread of Guitars For Kids across the country and North America; the donors that provide services to GFK; Video documentary coming out on Sunday, 22 November 2020 at http://guitarsforkids.ca/; Art Guitar auction at https://www.32auctions.com/gfkwr.
58m44s
Drive Me To Drink
Excerpt as Bob signs off for the week
Jim Stewart and Riani de Wet of the Waterloo Region Health Coalition return to CKMS Community Connections to talk about the new legislation for Long Term Care facilities and privatization of health care.
Ford’s 4-hour long-term care announcement too late:
Need commitment to deal with staffing crisis now
Toronto – While the Ontario Health Coalition is happy that the Ford government has finally adopted the 4-hour minimum care standard as policy, the timeline that they have given is so long that it is meaningless for the people who are suffering and dying in long-term care now, warns the Coalition. The Coalition has been working to win a minimum care standard in long-term care for more than 20 years, since the Harris government removed the existing care standard in the late 1990s. For at least 15 years this has been a priority issue and the Health Coalition has held countless events and activities to pressure consecutive governments to bring it in. Today the Ford government announced that it has adopted the 4-hour target but will not commit to implementing it until 2024/25, four years and a provincial election away.
“Too much of the government’s response to date has been focused on PR at the expense of concrete measures, said Natalie Mehra, executive director of the Ontario Health Coalition. “There is much more that the Ford government could do right now to save lives and get care levels up, so announcing a care standard four years from now is just not good enough.”
“Ontarians need to know what concrete recruitment and training is going to happen right now to get staff into the homes and to move us toward the four-hour minimum average care level as quickly as possible,” Ms. Mehra went on to say.
For example:
4 months ago, at the beginning of June, Quebec’s government launched a recruitment drive backed by the full power of government and funded fully to get 10,000 PSW-equivalent workers, paid them $21 per hour for training, increased wages to $26 an hour and is deploying this small army of workers into the homes.
British Columbia’s government took action 6 months ago to provide full time work and an increased wage of $21.75 per hour for PSWs in long-term care to stabilize the workforce.
In contrast, Ontario’s government did nothing substantial in the summer months when there was a lull in COVID-19 cases and should have been planning for the fall. Finally in September, they announced funding and training for 2000 PSWs along with a series of piecemeal funding and training; no big recruitment drive, no full time work, no improvement in wages and working conditions that would attract people to this work. They also renewed the pandemic pay until March, but at $1 per hour less than it was in the summer.
“We are happy that the minimum care standard is finally, belatedly, adopted as policy but we cannot allow this to be the way that this government tries to shut down the legitimate criticism about their inadequate response. We desperately need staff in the homes now. It is in this government’s power to do more. Why will they not do it?” concluded Ms. Mehra.
Almost Four Dozen People Who Applied to Testify Before the
Ontario Legislature’s Standing Committee on Bill 218 Limiting Legal Liability for COVID-19 Harms for Long-Term Care Homes and Others,
Cut Out of the Hearings Today
Toronto – Increasingly frustrated with the lack of accountability for the response to COVID-19 in Ontario’s long-term care homes, Coalition executive director Natalie Mehra called today’s revelation that dozens of people who applied for standing in today’s legislative hearings on Bill 218 which limits legal liability for the home operators, “Injustice heaped upon injustice,” for the families of those who have died.
A number of family members and their lawyers were among those cut from the hearings, as the Ford government has limited the hearings to one part-day meaning that there are only 15 spaces for people to be heard. The government gave almost no notice for the hearings, which are being held this afternoon, so families spent hours in the past two days reliving the horrors of the last days of their loved ones lives while trying to write up their presentations, only to find that they will not be heard, Ms. Mehra reported. “It is heartbreaking, just so wrong,” she said.
Fifty-eight people applied for standing and only 15 are being heard. The practice of severely limiting public hearings has reached unprecedented levels under the Ford government which has also changed the rules of the Legislature to enable themselves to pass bills with unprecedented speed.
“There is no reason that the government cannot extend the hearings to one more day to hear from people who have been directly impacted in the most devastating of ways,” she said. “We are calling on the government to extend the hearings and give the families the ability to have input on this legislation that directly impacts their attempt to seek justice.”
Bill 218 raises the legal bar for those suing for COVID-19 harms to gross negligence from simple negligence. It redefines “good faith effort” which usually means a reasonable and competent effort to say that long-term care and retirement homes, among others, just had to make an “honest effort, whether reasonable or not”, thereby making it both harder to sue and easier to defend. It makes these measures retroactive to March 17, 2020, the week that COVID-19 began to spread in long-term care homes, impacting more than two dozen class action and legal suits that are already underway against for-profit long-term care homes that were responsible for more than half of the COVID 19 deaths in Ontario’s homes in the first wave of the pandemic, a trend that is shaping up to be the same or worse in the second wave, reported the Coalition.
The Health Coalition, which opposes these measures for long-term care and retirement homes, will testify before the Standing Committee on Justice Policy at 1 p.m. today and will call on the committee to extend the hearings.
Bob Jonkman and Jim Stewart talk about the state of the Covid pandemic in Ontario, and are joined by Riani de Wet to discuss long term care legislation.
58m01s
Ridin’ With A Thief
while Bob gives the end credits.
Bob Jonkman talks to Denny Copf about the style of Tomacco‘s music (Spoiler: It’s “Rock / Funk”), playing shared venues, the tribulations of drummers, the line-up of the band, playing large and prestigious venues, a bit of band history, streaming a show during the pandemic shutdown, the trouble with services shutting down streams for copyright violations.
About the Mister Twister video setup, the visual production for live shows, what brought Denny to play Funk/Rock, how Funk comes and goes in the mainstream, Denny’s musical background, using the pandemic to work on refining his music.
Producing the first Tomacco EP, realizing revenue from performing and streaming, using the pandemic to hone his craft. Bob makes another fundraising appeal. Inviting other bands to submit music. Talking about being a musician and a social justice advocate, events Tomacco has, upcoming social justice
How Denny came to name the band “Tomacco“, both a Simpsons reference and incorporates some GMO awareness. Listing the social media and online presence for Tomacco. Upcoming project: A new EP, discussing the setup and software tools used to self-produce an album. Another project: Filming an analysis on how bands are dealing with Covid. Working Covid into song lyrics.
57m53s
Rebellion Da Funk while Bob gives the end credits and makes a final fundraising request.
Bob Jonkman speaks with Aaron about the music of Dichroma, the band itself, how Covid has affected the band, and the production of their new EP, possibly called Two and possibly to come out this Friday, 30 October 2020.
The interview starts at 5m55s. Sadly, the phone connection was not very good.
John MacDonald of the Kitchener Festival of Neighbourhoods
John MacDonald joins Bob Jonkman on a web conference to talk about the Kitchener Festival of Neighbourhoods, what the organization does, how it operates with the City, and the upcoming festival on Sunday 15 November 2020.
Jeremy Gignoux and Bob Jonkman talk about Extension Chord, Calgary, studying composition, Greek musicology and Pythagoras, composition technique, and a technical discussion on resolving notes which Jeremy demonstrates on the piano.
Analyzing Technicolour, talking about the Cinacoustic album, the personnel, influenced by Stéphane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt, the banjoline, working on new skills and projects during Covid downtime, the pedal steel guitar, the viola. Fidde player or vio
Jeremy Gignoux talks about fiddle music. Fiddle music is folk music, music of the people, all over the world. Fiddle styles are like accents in language. Is classical violin music more difficult?
Talking about classical music. There’s a spectrum of style from classical violin to fiddle and even jazz violin. Upcoming jazz concert in Calgary. Contact info, social media info, streaming and purchase info for Jeremy Gignoux and his music.
58m18s
Climate Rag and Bob Jonkman gives the end credits.
The YouTube Editor seems to have trimmed the *end* of the video, not the start, so now it has 20 minutes of Musician’s FAQ (a fine show), but is missing 20 minutes with Jeremy Gignoux. You’ll just have to listen to the podcast…
Thanksgiving, Covid safety, introducing Alt.Pop.Repeat, explaining “Counterculture”, the joy of podcasting and community radio, listing the episodes, finding counterculture, researching counterculture.
Taking pictures, retro-counterculture, having Alt.Pop.Repeat on Dash Radio, producing podcasts is timeconsuming, new episode on Tuesday 13 October 2020 about Yoga with Faith Hunter
Excerpt from Alt.Pop.Repeat‘s episode Legally High: The Cannabis Episode (w/ Tommy Chong) and the analysis, “The Sync”. The structure of podcasts, launching WR Podcasts, finding people for podcasts, podcasting is publicity, podcasting is informing people about differences and similarities, the cycle of counterculture to pop culture and back again, contacting Chrissy Newton and Alt.Pop.Repeat
David Marskell Bob Jonkman chats with David Marskell of THEMUSEUM about the operation of a museum, the exhibits, the history, and upcoming exhibits. And we play some CanCon and local KWCon music too!
Bob reads the bio for Bano, now known as Astral Gates. Chatting with David Marskell: The state of THEMUSEUM during the pandemic, both physical and online. Reviewing some current events at THEMUSEUM. A bit of history, how THEMUSEUM came to downtown Kitchener. THEMUSEUM is still open for weddings; other collaborative exhibits with the CNE and Bingemans. Permanent exhibits as remnants from The Children’s Museum, some more history. Still open for walk-in visitors, seniors’ program, couples. About the Alarm exhibit (open until January 2021), the Land Back Camp exhibit, Music and Islamic Art. About the Underground Studio, a makerspace for STEAM.
Chatting with David Marskell about the branding of THEMUSEUM, with no collection it is officially THEMUSEUM of Ideas Transcending Objects; David Marskell’s background at other organizations; staffing at THEMUSEUM; partnerships with other museums and organizations; working online. Talking about funding THEMUSEUM.
Bob reads Jacob Bradshaw’s e-mail to the station. Chatting with David Marskell about show business; the structure of THEMUSEUM – Board of Directors, volunteering, marketing. Introducing the upcoming blockbuster exhibition: The Rolling Stones | UNZIPPED
56m40s
Gimme Shelter and Bob Jonkman gives the show credits
Please pardon the persistent on-screen graphic. I was trying out some new-to-me software (OBS Studio), but I don’t have enough hands to do both radio and video at the same time…
Bob Jonkman interviews musician JSP, and co-hosts the program with Felix Ranchero of Atardecer Ranchero, which airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Thursdays from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.
Talking to JSP about Don’t Worry, his new single made during quarantine; the ideas that led to the single, distribution on radio and Spotify; “JSP” was “Jay Superior”, discussing earlier works, and JSP’s art in other media. Talking about JSP’s studio and equipment, live performances. Introducing Don’t Worry.
Discussion with Felix Ranchero of Atardecer Ranchero / Dusk On The Ranch, Felix’s history on radio, language differences between Salvadorean and European Spanish. A bit of history of Bob Jonkman, too. Talking about community radio, how community radio works, involvement of the community. Talking about Jenniefer Stronge’s vision for CKMS Community Connections. Promoting the Host Your Own Show program, playing Rob Curwain’s HYOS promo.
Shiv TalwarRobyn LeBron-Anders Shiv Talwar and Robyn LeBron-Anders join Bob Jonkman to talk about the Spiritual Heritage Education Network (SHEN), the upcoming “Teaching Unity in Diversity” conference, the books they’ve written. Shiv even conducts a breathing workshop for Bob!
Deep Breathing Sessions with Shiv Talwar are held every Monday evening from 7:00pm to 8:30pm on Zoom through the Civic Hub Online. Workshops are on hold while Shiv is giving lectures and preparing for the conference; they’ll resume on Monday, 5 October 2020.
Talking to Robyn LeBron-Anders about her books and the work she’s done on creating world religion courses. Final thoughts: Think of your children and grandchildren, and how they can live in harmony with the rest of the world.
Amanda Di Battista Amanda Di Battista, project coordinator with the Laurier Centre For Sustainable Food Systems joins Bob Jonkman to talk about the research work of the Centre, and the Handpicked Podcast.
The interview starts at 5m56s.
Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems Online:
Introducing Amanda Di Battista and the Handpicked Podcast; sustainable food systems from seed to compost: localized, ecologically regenerative, socially just, fair, economically viable.
1 in 8 households, and 1 in 6 children are food insecure, don’t have access to or are unable to afford healthy food. It’s worse in Indigenous and Black communities. We need to move people out of poverty so they are able to eat well, and have culturally appropriate food. People across Canada have some of those solutions which are culturally appropriate and help combat climate change.
Discussing how climate change affects people’s food supply, affected by stewardship of the land. Through the Handpicked Podcast researchers are sharing information across communities in new ways.
Talking about reslience at the Centre for Sustainable Food Systems, including dealing with Covid-19. Dr. Theresa Schumilas and the Open Food Network offers a new way to participate in food markets, allowing people to pivot and respond to the pandemic. It’s totally Open Source and socially just. Allows both producer to retailer, and direct to consumer, eg. Bailey’s Local Food.
Talking about researchers in the field, eg. Dr. Schumilas, looking at food sovereignty, people’s right to food, and linking that with technological sovereignty, the right for people to control their own data. Building trust relationships with communities, determining what research will meet their needs. Working in “Participatory Action Research” or “Community Driven Research”; the Centre works on several projects, amongst them FLEdGE (Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged), international projects in Brazil and Kenya, as well as policy work at the national and global levels.
24m25s
Climate Rag (or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Embrace Change)
Talking about the City Region Food Systems toolkit, including pandemics and Covid-19 response. Using the UNESCO chair to build more robust networks in Waterloo Region.
Sustainable Food Systems as both a cause and a solution to the global climate crisis, a lever for change. Also, Covid-19 is a window into interesting solutions.
Dr. Alison Blay-Palmer is working with CC-UNESCO, other universities, on how to recover from Covid-19, keeping the environment and food systems in mind. The Building Back Better task force, and position papers in iPolitics. How/where to spend recovery money to have the biggest effect. Prioritizing equity, social justice, and the environmental in the recovery.
Funding for LCSFS comes from Laurier University for operational costs; research is funded through grant writing, some from SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council), government support (some international). No industry funding, so no conflict with research.
Handpicked: Stories From The Field is the LCSFS podcast. There are six episodes in the first season, hosted by Amanda Di Battista and Laine Young, available on all the regular podcast outlets. Telling the stories of the researchers at the LCSFS. This is a way to get the research out into the public, directly from the researchers themselves. Quick synopsis of some current episodes, and next season. Talking about Season 1, Episode 6, the Open Food Network, activist coders, Open Source Software, and the Free Software resources in Waterloo Region.
Talking about Hold The Line celebrating municipal legislation and protecting rural areas from urban encroachment. How other municipalities imagine their roles in sustainable food systems.
Podcasts as a research tool, provides open access to research. Podcasts bring research to life.
James Blacktop James Blacktop joins Bob Jonkman in the studio, and Marc Reilly is on the phone as we talk about The Boys & I and the upcoming release of their first single, That Ain’t Me Anymore.
Exclusive tracks recorded in the CKMS-FM 102.7 Radio Waterloo Studio are now available! Right-click on a linked track title to download!
The Boys And I in the studio on 19 August 2019: Adom Postma, Marc Reilly, James Blacktop, Luke Ducharme.
0m00s: CKMS Community Connections theme – Steve Todd
0m23s: Angel In Disguise – James Blacktop
4m07s: James Blacktop is the first musical guest to come back for a repeat visit; talking about recording the single That Ain’t Me Anymore; this is a single, no EP yet; James and Marc Reilly playing a few gigs; That Ain’t Me Anymore is Marc’s first commercial recording. Introducing the band: Luke Ducharme, percussion, has started a family and has left the band, Nathan Bonassin is now the drummer, Marc Reilly is lead guitar, Adom Postma is the bass player. James introduces Lay Down Easy.
11m56s: Lay Down Easy – James Blacktop, Live, On-Air, In-Studio!
15m34s: That’s new music! Going from idea to production; talking about collaboration; mentioning Book of Counted Sorrows; Marc’s inspiration for music combines with James’s music; writing down the music; James gets the lyrics first, notes some chords, than passes to Marc to flesh out the music; introducing Book Of Counted Sorrows.
23m40s: Book Of Counted Sorrows – performed by James Blacktop, music by Marc Reilly, live, in-studio
27m47: Origins of Book Of Counted Sorrows; James Blacktop’s studio equipment, and on live gigs; cancelled gigs and internet gigs; starting live gigs again with plastic screens separating musicians from the audience; toying with new songs during quarantine.
38m40s: Lovers In A Dangerous Time – James Blacktop, live, in-studio
43m40s: Playing cover songs at live gigs; releasing That Ain’t Me Anymore on all the usual online and streaming locations; practising when not performing; Adom Postma on YouTube Chat; trying collaboration software during quarantine; the story behind That Ain’t Me Anymore; a brief listen of last year’s studio recording; alterations to the song since last year; James and Marc chat while Bob finds the track to play.
53m45s: That Ain’t Me Anymore – James Blacktop and The Boys & I
57m56s: End credits
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Thursday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.
Show Notes are in progress! Check this page later for updates!
Show Notes
In this episode we talk with Mike and April of “Struggles of the City: Kitchener Waterloo”. We discussed their backgrounds and what made them want to become involved with the less fortunate. Also, their work with “Struggles of the City” and how it came gained traction. We also talk about their involvement with Lot 42.
Mike Ingenue & April Desrochers from Struggles of the City: Kitchener-Waterloo
We cover both Music and Arts today, as we chat with Gabriel Baragan of the band Beast & Fish, and Allie Brenner from local arts venue Button Factory Arts. Gabriel Baragan and Cristian Iesan of Beast & Fish
Camping, weather, day jobs, introducing the band: Gabiel on guitar, Cristian Iesan on drums, and Rick Boulter on bass; about White Rock, BC; Covid difficulties, working on new songs and a new album; everybody listens to the songs; sounding like David Bowie, Iggy Pop, The Stranglers? Introducing Green
A blues band? Recording at Cosmic Pig Recording Studios; about the name of the band, the album artwork, distribution channels, picked up all over the world, No. 24 on the Top 100 in Pennsylvania, playing for the fans, back in the studio in winter to release an album, CKMS-FM will be the first to know!
Allie Brenner from Button Factory Arts tells us about the building, the history of the organization, the arts programs offered, cancellations due to Covid. Creating a safe space for people to participate in activities: enhanced cleaning, reduced hours, limited public traffic; opening 15 September. Call for The Once Unknown photography exhibtion.
Allie Brenner tells us how the public can help Button Factory Arts with a Go Fund Me campaign, make a donation, buy a membership, or buy a tulip bulb. Talking memberships, the Board structure, run as a non-profit charitable organization. Introducing the staff: Executive Director Heather Franklin and Operations Manager Erin Stamoulos, and the Program Director is Allie Brenner. Upcoming events: Photograpy Exhibit, Fall programming, workshops, classes, including still-life drawing, watercolour basics, fused glass, embroidery, printmaking, and writing as performance. The upstairs space at the Button Factory is available for rental.
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Thursday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.
0m00s: Theme for CKMS Community Connections by Steve Todd
0m25s: All I Am by One Eyed Oracle
4m55s: Boris Buhot talks to Bob about Oshawa, the local music community, the joy of live music, talking about Really Small Town and All I Am.
17m25s: Really Small Town by One Eyed Oracle
21m17s: The history of Really Small Town, “the social conscience of music”.
30m30s: Cast Away by One Eyed Oracle
34m05s: The Eastern European influence, the dream influence, remembering The United Truce, Boris’s instrument collection, studio album production.
47m00s: Love So Hard by One Eyed Oracle
51m10s: Album release on 4:20 in April, seeing reality in the lyrics of Really Small Town, all touring is on hold, talking about the disruption of Covid, inspiration from the assembly line,
58m58: One Black Day by One Eyed Oracle and end credits.
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Thursday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.
Today’s episodes features Love and Loss. Bob Jonkman talks with George Panagopoulos from Radio Free Universe about their album Love, and with Jean-Paul De Roover about his album Loss.
Show Notes
Radio Free Universe: George Panagopoulos, Steve Pelletier, Adan Neumann, Aston Norman, Vincent Sciara
George Panagopoulos from Radio Free Universe
Bob and George talk about living in Welland, the music scene in Hamilton, Festival Of Friends, the Radio Free Universe album Love, marketing music, defining success in the Internet age, where the money in music is, making music in the digital age but using analogue equipment in the studio, creating Love as a labour of love, introducing the members of the band, Radio Free Universe means setting music free, the craziness of genres, getting a team with expertise in the radio market, treat your music career like a profession!
Bob and Jean-Paul talk about his albums Love and Loss, his recording studio Blueprints and recording the album, digital vs. real drums, instrumentation using an old church organ, reminiscent of Eddy Grant and “Electric Avenue”, collaborative vocals, how Covid has altered music production, appreciating technology, live performances in Thunder Bay in diverse venues, touring in Ontario at the start of Covid, touring with a live band, playing intimate venues for Love but larger venues for Loss, and the background of There’s Been An Accident.
Chris Sherren, Deaf By Design Chris Sherren, who hosts CKMS’s Into The Void and forms the band Deaf By Design joins Bob Jonkman in the studio for a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance, and a chat about the music he makes.
Music for the moment, Jazz-like, improvisation. Chris describes his equipment in the studio; demonstrates a reverse loop. Recalling Syd Barrett’s reverse guitar solo; Chris’s Nighthawk guitar; the EBow.
When: Friday to Sunday, 14-16 August 2020 Where: Purple Hill Country Hall Location: 20903 Purple Hill Road, Thorndale, Ontario Website: https://www.purplehillcountryhall.com/ Phone: Call Anna for tickets: +1‑519‑461‑0538
Susan Nelson and Bob Jonkman talk about finding sources and inspiration for music; playing music together since 2013; introducing Sam and Charles Nelson, and new band member Leeanne; choosing bluegrass; the appeal of the bluegrass genre; bluegrass as a community connector; The Nelson Family Bluegrass Jamboree was a successful fundraiser; playing at the Purple Hill Country Hall on Sunday, 16 August 2020; spending a quiet year to learn new music; jamming with the public after festivals; playing at the Galt Legion with the Waterloo Wellington Bluegrass Club.
What noun? “Band”, it’s The Nelson Family Bluegrass Band; history of bluegrass; bluegrass is making a comeback in Hamilton and Toronto; reminiscing about the Elmira concerts; the wide range of bluegrass styles; discussing Lord Hear My Prayer by Robin H. McCurdy.
Bob Jonkman introduces You’re Not Alone to start on Friday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm, hosted by Sherice Alishaw, and talks about Community Radio and how you can Start Your Own Show
Heather Janssen Catching up on a bit of CanCon music that’s been sitting in our digital music library for a while, and we talk to Heather Janssen from Hamilton, who released a new single on Friday called Keeping Secrets.
Heather and Bob talk about Hamilton and Dundas; performing in Toronto; performing with Covid-19 (and plugging CKMS Covidfest this Thursday at Noon); playing in other bands.
Becoming an independent artist, getting music on the air at CKMS-FM, marketing yourself on social media; the new single Keeping Secrets; getting more music in the CKMS-FM; getting ready for more music releases; another CKMS Covidfest plug; get Heather’s music on Spotify.
Yet another CKMS Covidfest plug — inviting any musicians who want to participate to send an e-mail to office@radiowaterloo.ca with “Covidfest” in the subject line.
38m32s
Thoughts Of Death In The Mind Of A Pilgrim from Bandits & Bridges
Great interviews today with two musicians from Toronto: Bob Jonkman interviews Lexxicon in the first half hour, and STORRY in the second. All music today is by Lexxicon and STORRY.
Cancelled shows, reaching people online, CKMS Covidfest, new album Bashment Trap House, not your average Hip Hop, “Keep pushing and you’ll get where you want to go.”
Instrumentation, studio and band lineup, not your average genre, what is Afrobeat and Dance Hall? Jamaican patois, growing up in Jamaica, Birmingham, New York; the influence of the UK musical forefront.
Music full of social justice ideas, the music and sex industry are equally misogynistic, unreleased Chapters I and II, where STORRY is at today, acceptance (or lack of) by mainstream radio.
Music with irony, music that’s trying to change the world, how STORRY creates music, performing live, another plug for CKMS Covidfest; creativity in film, painting, music; discussing A Lost Find, and the new track For No One, released for Pride Month.
Because of Covid we’re still not having any guests in the studio, and this week’s there are no phone interviews either, so it’s another show packed full of new Canadian Content music.
There are new tracks from Kingston’s Willy Nilly, JC Townsend, station favourites The Soviet Influence, local Cambridge group Shy Harry, and from Storry, whom we hope to have on the phone for an interview in the next few weeks.
But if you’ll indulge me for a few minutes, we’ll end the show with a bit of comparative musicology. I’d heard about the Vocaloid musical voice synthesizer before, but finally found something worthy of radio airtime when I read Vocaloids: Our Friends Electric by Mariana Timony writing for Bandcamp Daily. In the last 10 minutes of the show you’ll hear Offend In Every Way played by Beam Morrison using a Vocaloid synthesizer, followed by the original by The White Stripes, and finishing off with a bit of, um, old-fashioned synth music. Not new, and not CanCon, but this week that’s what caught my ear.
Mo Markham on CKMS Community Connections 1 July 2019 Mo Markham is back, but not in the studio. Because of Covid the studio is still closed to guests, so Mo joins us online.
The same is true for KW Vegfest. After the huge turnout in Carl Zehr Square at Kitchener City Hall the last two years, this year KW Vegfest is going virtual. Mo and Bob Jonkman talk about how that will work.
Bob announces the played tracks, and reads artists bios for Tye Dempsey and Kiana Smith, but Bibo remains an enigma. There’s also a phone call, but it’s not Mo Markham.
Bob introduces the Korol Music School, Melotika, and Parallax Error; a bit more information on KW Vegfest, and a promo for Liberation Hour which airs Fridays at 8:00pm on CKMS-FM
Although show hosts are back in the studio, we’re still not open for guests. So today I’m catching up on some of the artists I didn’t get to last week, and revisiting the music of some previous guests.
There’ll be podcasts for those episodes with guests in the studio, or on the phone. But today, it’s just the music list.
–Bob.
Time
Title
Artist
Album
00m00s
Theme for CKMS Community Connections
Steve Todd
CKMS Community Connections
00m40s
No Headlights
Jake Feeney
03m47s
Calling Cards
Jake Feeney
06m36s
Something Digital
Ryan Fischer
10m02s
Reality Is On Me
Ryan Fischer
13m17s
Raven’s Song
Carla Bonnell
Raven’s Song
16m52s
Laurence
Mort Rose
20m26s
Heavy Dust
AMC Gremlin
Heavy Dust
25m48s
Lonesome Sundays
AMC Gremlin
Heavy Dust
29m18s
Star Child
Radio Free Universe
Love
32m42s
She’s High Again
Radio Free Universe
Love
36m22s
Dusty Boots
Trevor Sloan
Green Reflections
38m56s
Green Reflections
Trevor Sloan
Green Reflections
41m16s
You Could Be Mine
Nelson Family
The Little Boy With the Mandolin
43m44s
Forever Young
Nelson Family
The Little Boy With the Mandolin
47m01s
Keep on the Sunny Side of Life
Nelson Family
The Little Boy With the Mandolin
50m24s
Argument
JoJo Worthington
The Company You Keep
53m55s
Company
JoJo Worthington
The Company You Keep
56m20s
Ginger Bread Man (radio edit)
El Sancho
Money & Art
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Friday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm.
Bob Jonkman and his hot pink mic sock!It’s the first day back in the studio after the Covid shutdown, and show hosts are required to take precautions: The station has provided hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, and mic socks!
Two great interviews today, but unfortunately we didn’t get to all the new music submitted this week. It’s in our library, though, so stay tuned to CKMS-FM 102.7 and you’ll hear it in our other programs!
00m49s: Athanase — Times Like These from the album Time Like These
04m58s: Athanase — Lion from the Album yellowbird
07m00s: Interview with Jason Athanase Baronette from Athanase: Origin of the band name, inspiration for Wolves.
12m54s: Athanase — Wolves
16m25s: Creating music with the band, the band lineup, instrumentation, the first album yellowbird
20m38s: Athanase — Ceiling Songs from the Album yellowbird
24m30s: About the new single Too Late To Follow, recorded separately, for Bandcamp’s promotion. Contact info and upcoming events, coming to Maxwell’s in KW.
28m55s: Athanase — Too Late to Follow
32m04s: Athanase — Battlefield from the Album yellowbird
42m38s: Interview with Dave Wanless from Sven Gali: Members of the band; playing music across Canada since 1992, releasing a new album, history of the band lineup, re-releasing early material.
49m00s: Sven Gali — Kill The Lies from the EP 3
51m57s: The power of Hard Rock, remembering Saga and Helix, origin of the band name, future gigs.
58m00s: Sven Gali — You Won’t Break Me from the EP 3
Here’s hoping this is the last week the Radio Waterloo studios are closed! Programmers and show hosts should be back in the studio soon, and hopefully we’ll be able to have guests later this summer. So here’s another show of old & new Canadian Content music, with a distinct Canadiana Country flavour.
–Bob.
Time
Title
Artist
Album
00m40s
Exes and Ohs
Jessica Towler
04m18s
Tricks Of The Heart
Espanola
Espanola
08m30s
Living Room Blues
Espanola
Espanola
12m57s
Meet me by the Towers
I, the Mountain
Land & Sea
16m15s
Land
I, the Mountain
Land & Sea
21m11s
Cigarettes
Dylan Lafave
25m27s
Wanted All Along
Cory Hotline
Cory Hotline
31m59s
One Night
Cory Hotline
Cory Hotline
35m44s
Treehouse
Colour Tongues
Almost East
39m05s
Temper
Colour Tongues
Almost East
42m09s
Shoulder
Chris Hauer
Hum
50m47s
Toward
Chris Hauer
Hum
56m32s
Striped Sox
Jamie Lee Trio
Introspective
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Timeless
Virtuoso
Vagabond
Tomacco
One
Dreamonic
(single)
Cinacoustic
Fiddle Demo
Changemakers Without Borders
Elliott and the Audio Kings
Lara MacMillan
End Of A Perfect Day
Astral Gates
Let It Bleed
Single
Sidestreet Dive
Cinacoustic
Eddie
Keep It Simple
Field Guide
Love
Loss
Maybe Music
Live, On-Air, In-Studio
Live, On-Air, In-Studio
Til It Be Tomorrow
(single)
Fear of Falling
(single)
Lazy Crazy Blues
Legacy
Bashment Trap House
(single)
Ch III
(single)
Yestermind – Side A
Inglaterra
This Band is So God
GhOStS
Like A Rising Sun
Oil the Guns
The Comeback Queen (Promo)
Ball & Biscuit
Softly
The Ridge
Gemini
Athanase
Krista Hartman
Sven Gali
AMC Gremlin
Trevor Sloan