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Sauti Za Africa
Sauti Za Africa
Bringing you great music from the continent of Africa. Afrorock, Bongo Flava, Souskous ++++.
We strive to bring you both the old and new
Nahodha wa kipindi hichi alizaliwa Tanzania na juhudi yake inaendelea kuongeza maisha ya wananchi wa Africa katika eneo ya elimu, matibabu, elimu, afya n.k.
Sauti Za Africa is not currently on the CKMS-FM schedule.
Coral FM’s Aural Halloween Salon! BOO!
Here is my Movie and Music and Mix of all Things Halloween dedicated to my pals Zoe and Mo… and Paddy and Sam – Love and Screams – – Magenta
Halloween Music and Movie Mix – Part 1, 2 and 3
Sonic Halloween Hijinks with Musicians Cory Williams, Mike McDonald, Jack Pender and Jeese Webber
What fun was had by all. Tune in and find out what happens when one Jeese is late and three Jesses take over.Here is the Coral FM Halloween Aural Salon with very special guest musicians Cory Williams, with Mike McDonald, of The Beggar’s Banquet joined by Jack Pender and Jesse Webber of The Crazy Diamonds!
Check out The Crazy Diamonds at Elements Friday Oct 30 and The Beggar’s Banquet Sat Oct 31 at The Blue Moon! BOO!
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Oct. 26, 2015
1. The Black Keys, Everlasting Light
2. Collective Soul, This
3. Aerosmith, Write Me A Letter
4. The Rolling Stones, No Expectations, (Rock & Roll Circus live version)
5. Ocean Colour Scene, 40 Past Midnight
6. Pink Floyd, Pigs On The Wing (Part One)
7. Pink Floyd, Pigs On The Wing (Part Two)
8. Jethro Tull, Cheap Day Return
9. Jethro Tull, Wond’Ring Aloud
10. Jethro Tull, Slipstream
11. Bad Company, See The Sunlight
12. Blind Willie McTell, Georgia Rag
13. Bob Marley & The Wailers, Exodus
14. Don Henley, That Old Flame
15. Rush, The Trees (live)
16. Mountain, Blood Of The Sun
17. Bob Dylan, They Killed Him
18. Charlie Parker, My Little Suede Shoes
19. Nick Lowe, Big Kick, Plain Scrap!
20. Lou Reed, Dirty Blvd.
21. The Smiths, How Soon Is Now?
22. Eddie Cochran, Drive In Show
23. Valdy, Landscapes
24. David Baerwald, Nobody
25. J. Geils Band, Give It To Me
26. Love, Hey Joe
27. Flash And The Pan, Walking In The Rain
28. Flash And The Pan, Lights In The Night
29. Warren Zevon, Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner (live acoustic extended version from Learning To Flinch)
The Lost Indie City – October 25, 2015 HALLOWEEN Set list
The Lost Indie City – October 25, 2015 HALLOWEEN Set list 10:30pm – 1230am Sunday night
Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Nine Inch Nails – Dead Souls
The Specials – Ghost Town
English Beat – Tears of a Clown
Concrete Blonde – Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
Alien Sex Fiend – I Walk The Line
Curve – Horrorhead
Ministry – Everyday is Like Halloween
Faith No More – Zombie Eaters
Dead Kennedys – Halloween
The Forgotten Rebels – Science Fiction Feature
Gruesomes – Buried & Dead
The Fall – There’s a Ghost in My House
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Enter Sandman
Tool – 46 & 2
Love & Rockets – Haunted When the Minutes Drag
Medicine – Time Baby III
Chameleons UK – Swamp Thing
White Zombie – Black Sunshine
TSOL – Silent Scream
Rock Cut Feature: Rosedale + Love to Air!
Rose Dale front man Mike Liorti was in the Mano A Mano studio for what has now been renamed as a “Love to Air” performance.
Mike came to us all the way from Toronto and was so good that he was even able to change up his acoustic set to take requests of songs he had not intended to play and pulled out a few unreleased tracks too! Check out the podcast above and make sure to check out Rosedale at Maxwell’s concert and events hall on November 8th.
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Oct. 19,2015
1. The Rolling Stones, Stray Cat Blues
2. The Rolling Stones, Gun Face
3. The Beatles, Run For Your Life
4. The Beatles, Taxman
5. Led Zeppelin, Black Dog
6. Led Zeppelin, How Many More Times (BBC Sessions version)
7. The Who, Behind Blue Eyes
8. The Who, I Can See For Miles
9. AC/DC, Night Of The Long Knives
10. AC/DC, Hell’s Bells
11. The Allman Brothers Band, Drunken Hearted Boy (live)
12. The Allman Brothers Band, Done Somebody Wrong (live)
13. Pink Floyd, Apples And Oranges
14. Pink Floyd, Fat Old Sun
15. Bad Company, Evil Wind
16. Bad Company, Can’t Get Enough
17. Bruce Springsteen, Atlantic City
18. Bruce Springsteen, Two Faces
19. Cowboy Junkies, State Trooper
20. Bruce Cockburn, Civilization And Its Discontents
21. Bruce Cockburn, Gone
22. Foreigner, Jukebox Hero
23. Foreigner, Women
24. Genesis, Home By The Sea
25. Genesis, Deep In The Motherlode
26. Rory Gallagher, Cluney Blues
27. Jimi Hendrix, Drifting
The Lost Indie City – October 18 2015 SetList
The Lost Indie City – October 18, 2015 Set list
The Lost Indie City – Set List October 18 2015 10:30 pm – 12:30 am
Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK
Bad Religion – American Jesus
Billy Bragg – A New England
Beautiful South – Good As Gold
Spirit of the West – Political
Consolidated – Butyric Acid
Dayglow Abortions – Proud to be a Canadian
Forgotten Rebels – I Left My Heart in Iran
Rancid – Rwanda
Rhymes with Orange – Trapped in the Machine
Furnaceface – The Ballad of Richard Iommi
Beatallica – Sandman/Taxman
Corrosion of Conformity – Vote with a Bullet
Sloan – Left of Centre
Happy Mondays – Step On
New Fast Automatic Daffodils – Stockholm
Rusty – Misogynist
The Clash – Clampdown
D.R.I. – Reagonomics
Dead Kennedys – Rambozo the Clown
Elbow – Station Approach
Love and Rockets – Ball of Confusion
Rollins Band – Liar
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Oct. 12, 2015
- Donovan, Sunshine Superman
- Alanis Morissette, Ironic
- Alice In Chains, Man In The Box
- America, Sandman
- April Wine, You Could Have Been A Lady
- Arc Angels, Living In A Dream
- Average White Band, Pick Up The Pieces
- Bad Company, Can’t Get Enough
- Big Country, In A Big Country
- Black Sabbath, The Warning
- Blood, Sweat & Tears, Spinning Wheel
- Blue Oyster Cult, Burnin’ For You
- Bob Dylan, Man Of Peace
- Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Fire Lake
- Chicago, 25 or 6 to 4
- Chilliwack, Arms Of Mary
- David Bowie, Starman
- Domenic Troiano, We All Need Love
- The Black Crowes, Remedy
- The Rolling Stones, Dangerous Beauty
- The Tragically Hip, So Hard Done By
- The Who, Pictures Of Lily
- Triumph, Blinding Light Show/Moonchild
- Tracy Chapman, Give Me One Reason
- Traveling Wilburys, Last Night
- Pink Floyd, A New Machine Part 1
- Pink Floyd, A New Machine Part 2
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 (8 to 10 pm)
Not in studio tonight, programmed set list:
- Joe Jackson, Wild West
- Joe Jackson, The Evil Eye
- Alice Cooper, Some Folks
- The Allman Brothers Band, Midnight Rider
- Bee Gees, Nights On Broadway
- Big Sugar, ‘Round Midnight
- Bruce Cockburn, The Whole Night Sky
- The Kinks, A Face In The Crowd
- Bob Dylan, Ballad Of Hollis Brown
- Elton John (Gotta Get A) Meal Ticket
- Frank Zappa, Bobby Brown Goes Down
- Herman’s Hermits, Mrs. Brown You’ve Got A Lovely Daughter
- Bad Company, Rhythm Machine
- Judas Priest, Machine Man
- R.L. Burnside & The Sound Machine, Outskirts Of Town
- Soft Machine, Out-Bloody-Rageous
- Triumph, Rock ‘N’ Roll Machine
- Jimmy Cliff, Many Rivers To Cross
- Martha & The Muffins, Paint By Number Heart
- Rod Stewart, My Way Of Giving
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, It Ain’t Nothin’ To Me
- Miles Davis, Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, My Baby Changes Like The Weather
- Pink Floyd, Sheep
- Pink Floyd, Signs Of Life
The Lost Indie City – October 4, 2015 Set list
The Lost Indie City – Set List October 4 2015 10:30 pm – 12:30 am
Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll
The Ramones – Rock & Roll Radio
Presidents of the United States of America – Video Killed the Radio Star
Catherine Wheel – Spirit of Radio
Selecter – On My Radio
Pukka Orchestra – Listen to the Radio
Blue Peter – Radio Silence
The Clash – This is Radio Clash
Problem Children – On the Air
Elvis Costello – Radio Radio
PWEI – Can you Dig it?
Rheostatics – Legal Age Life Variety Store
Forgotten Rebels – In Love with the System
Rage Against the Machine – Guerilla Radio
System of a Down – Radio/Video
The Smiths – Panic
Joy Division – Transmission
SNFU – Devils Voice
N.F.s – Spoiled Brats
Lowest of the Low – Rosy & Grey
Stan Ridgeway – Mexican Radio
The Clash – Capital Radio One
Dead 60’s – Radio Riot
The Ramones – We Want the Airwaves
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Sept. 28, 2015
SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) week Canadian content show
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Sept. 28/15
1. Headstones, Pinned You Down
2. Joni Mitchell, This Flight Tonight
3. The Doors, In The Eye Of The Sun (from Other Voices, 1st of 2 post-Jim Morrison albums, Ray Manzarek on vocals)
4. Colin James, Chicks ‘n’ Cars (And The Third World War)
5. Goddo, So Walk On
6. Junkhouse, Big Lake
7. Klaatu, Sub Rosa Subway
8. Cowboy Junkies, Murder, Tonight, In the Trailer Park
9. Leonard Cohen, Suzanne
10. Lighthouse, Broken Guitar Blues
11. Keith Richards, Illusion (duet with Norah Jones)
12. Tom Wilson, Keep On Grinning
13. Murray McLauchlan, On The Boulevard
14. Neil Young, Like A Hurricane
15. The Rolling Stones, Fingerprint File (live 1975, recorded at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens, appears on Love You Live, 1977)
16. Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Don’t Get Yourself In Trouble
17. Pat Travers, Snortin’ Whiskey
18. Aerosmith, Girl Keeps Coming Apart (from Permanent Vacation, recorded in Vancouver)
19. Powder Blues, Nothin’ But A Tease
20. Pursuit Of Happiness, Two Girls In One
21. The Guess Who, Key
22. Humble Pie, Live With Me
23. Rush, Distant Early Warning (live)
24. Rush, Mystic Rhythms (live)
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Sept. 21, 2015
1. REM, Begin The Begin
2. Ringo Starr, It Don’t Come Easy (live, 1971 @ The Concert For Bangladesh)
3. David Gilmour, Faces Of Stone
4. Grand Funk Railroad, Flight Of The Phoenix
5. Rainbow, A Light In The Black
6. Keith Richards, Crosseyed Heart
7. Keith Richards, Heartstopper
8. Queen, Sail Away Sweet Sister
9. Peter Frampton, The Crying Clown
10. Paul Butterfield’s Better Days, Nobody’s Fault But Mine
11. Dr. Feelgood, Roxette
12. Nazareth, Whiskey Drinkin’ Woman
13. Motorhead, Speedfreak
14. Midnight Oil, The Real Thing
15. Led Zeppelin, Custard Pie
16. Ocean Colour Scene, The Riverboat Song
17. Neil Young, Change Your Mind
18. Paul McCartney/Wings, Famous Groupies
19. Gregg Allman Band, Before The Bullets Fly
20. Genesis, The Fountain Of Salmacis
21. Rory Gallagher, What In The World (live)
22. Humble Pie, As Safe As Yesterday
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Sept. 14, 2015
- The Beatles, Old Brown Shoe
- Bad Company, Evil Wind
- ZZ Top, Breakaway
- Cream, World Of Pain
- Jimi Hendrix, Drifting
- Grand Funk Railroad, Black Licorice
- Lynyrd Skynyrd, All I Have Is A Song
- The Rolling Stones, Going Home
- Van Morrison, Crazy Love
- Fats Domino, Whole Lotta Lovin’
- Neil Young, Till The Morning Comes
- Neil Young, Oh, Lonesome Me
- Pink Floyd, Arnold Layne
- Humble Pie, I Don’t Need No Doctor
- Peter Frampton, Penny For Your Thoughts
- The Who, Bargain
- Woody Guthrie, Pretty Boy Floyd
- Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Killing The Blues
- The Guess Who, Hey Jude
- Gregg Allman Band, Before The Bullets Fly
- Wilson Pickett, Land Of 1000 Dances
- The Band, Jemima Surrender
- Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Boomtown Blues
- Deep Purple, Any Fule Kno That
- J. Geils Band, Till The Walls Come Tumblin’ Down
- David Bowie, Janine
- Funkadelic, Maggot Brain
- Rory Gallagher, Out On The Western Plain
- Pink Floyd, Signs Of Life
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Sept. 7, 2015
- The Byrds, Mr. Spaceman (live)
- The Byrds, Jesus Is Just Alright (live)
- The Byrds, He Was A Friend Of Mine (live)
- The Beatles, I’ve Got A Feeling
- David Bowie, All The Madmen
- The Clash, The Magnificent Seven
- Van Morrison, St. Dominic’s Preview
- Thin Lizzy, Gonna Creep Up On You
- Thin Lizzy, Randolph’s Tango
- Nazareth, Woke Up This Morning (BBC radio 1 live)
- Nazareth, Vigilante Man (BBC radio 1 live)
- Nazareth, Alcatraz (BBC radio 1 live)
- Electric Light Orchestra, Can’t Get It Out Of My Head
- Tame Impala/The Flaming Lips, Children Of The Moon
- Bob Dylan, Maggie’s Farm
- Bob Dylan, It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
- Johnny Cash, It Ain’t Me, Babe
- Burton Cummings, My Own Way To Rock
- The Guess Who, Star Baby
- The Guess Who, Minstrel Boy
- The Guess Who, No Time (alternate version)
- Jethro Tull, Thick As A Brick (live, 1978)
- Led Zeppelin, How Many More Times (live BBC sessions)
- Led Zeppelin, Black Dog (live BBC sessions)
Robert Reid – “Reid Between the Lines” discusses The 2015 Stratford Festival Season
Arts Writer Robert Reid recently retired from The Waterloo Region Record. He has transcended into Blogger Extraordinaire writing about all of his “creative passions and everything in between” be it the latest fly fishing antics through Armchair Fly Angler, Books and Literature, Visual Arts, Celtic Spirituality, Music (from preferred Blues, Roots, Folk) and of course, Theatre.
From Rob’s sumptuous take on a fine Single Malt to his insightful, informative theatre reviews, “Reid Between The Lines” – http://www.reidbetweenthelines.ca/ is a joyous read.
It was my great pleasure to invite Rob back as my co-host. During the program we discussed the 2015 Stratford Festival including season opener, “Hamlet” plus other Shakespearean plays “Taming of the Shrew,” “Pericles,” and “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” Musicals; “Sound of Music,” and “Carousel,” plus other Festival productions including “The Alchemist,” and “The Physicists.” We also discussed Rob’s latest fly fishing triumph, and played some of his fave folk artists including David Wiffen, Guy Clark, Jesse Winchester, John Gorka, and Willie B. Bennett.
Here is my chat with Robert Reid from The Coral FM All Theatre Extravaganza. Tune in soon for Part 2 in which Rob speaks about the 2015 Blyth Festival Season.
Sit back, grab your fave libation, and listen to us Wax Theatre in Abundance! Thanks again Rob – Slàinte!
So Old It’s New set list for Aug. 31, 2015
1. Chuck Berry, All Aboard
2. Joe Walsh, County Fair
3. Richie Havens, The Klan
4. The Electric Flag, Groovin’ Is Easy
5. The Edgar Winter Group, It’s Your Life To Live
6. The Faces, You’re So Rude
7. Tame Impala, Desire Be Desire Go
8. The Jeff Healey Band, Stuck In The Middle With You (Stealers Wheel cover)
9. CAN, Mary Mary So Contrary
10 Uriah Heep, Sweet Lorraine
11. Marianne Faithfull, So Sad
12. The Rolling Stones, Take It Or Leave it
13. The Temptations, Runaway Child, Running Wild
14. The Guess Who, The Answer
15. Johnny Cash, The Baron
16. UFO, This Kid’s
17. Donovan, Ferris Wheel
18. Metallica, Tuesday’s Gone (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover)
19. Elton John, This Train Don’t Stop There Anymore
20. Joe Cocker, Cry Me A River
21. Gov’t Mule, Is It My Body (live, Alice Cooper cover)
22. Vanilla Fudge, Lord In The Country
23. Procol Harum, Quite Rightly So
24. Gregg Allman, One Way Out (live)
Interview with Kenny Bridges of BR/DGES & Moneen
Check out the podcast above for some great tracks by Moneen and BR/DGES. In most cases that would be enough to get people to check out a podcast HOWEVER we give Kenny Bridges a call to settle a little dispute and then take the opportunity to do a full interview! Check it all out above.
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Aug. 24, 2015
1. Little Richard, Keep A-Knockin’
2. Gene Vincent, Be-Bop-A-Lula
3. The Coasters, Yakety Yak
4. Paul McCartney & Wings, Deliver Your Children
5. Rory Gallagher, Souped-Up Ford
6. ZZ Top, I Wanna Drive You Home
7. The Rolling Stones, It’s Not Easy
8. Deep Purple, Black And White
9. Santana, Open Invitation
10. The Kinks, Holloway Jail
11. Robin Trower, Man Of The World
12. Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey, Muskrat
13. Quicksilver Messenger Service, I Hear You Knockin’ (It’s Too Late)
14. Townes Van Zandt, Waiting Around To Die
15. The Cult, The River
16. XTC, Dear God
17. Pink Floyd, The Nile Song
18. Dire Straits, Six Blade Knife
19. Roy Buchanan, The Story Of Isaac
20. Ry Cooder, Available Space
21. Spooky Tooth, Fantasy Satisfier
22. Johnny Winter, Illustrated Man
23. Robert Plant & The Strange Sensation, Shine It All Around
24. King Crimson, 21st Century Schizoid Man (live, 1969)
25. Led Zeppelin, For Your Life (live 2007 reunion show O2, London)
26. Fairport Convention, A Sailor’s Life
Robot Apocalypse Rock Cut Feature Band
Matt Kras from the newly formed Robot Apocalypse Collective came by the Mano A Mano show to promote the new self titled EP that was just released. Check out the podcast above for some of the music and then Download it FREE on the link below!
The Robot Apocalypse Collective brings together performing members from 54-40, Limblifter, Hot Hot Heat, The Gay Nineties, Fur Trade, The Mounties, The Cursed Arrows, The Gary Cain Band, Elsa Jayne, Cyanide Kiss, Audio Boffins, All Weather Haulage, DJ AdRock’s Country Experience.
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Aug. 17, 2015
- Deep Purple, Burn (live)
- Judas Priest, Breaking The Law
- Van Halen, Cabo Wabo
- Soundgarden, Fell On Black Days
- Big Sugar, Devil Got My Woman
- James Gang, Ashes, The Rain and I
- The Beach Boys, Sloop John B
- Eric Clapton, Driftin’ Blues (live)
- The Yardbirds, Out On The Water Coast
- Electric Light Orchestra, Telephone Line
- George Clinton/Parliament Funkadelic, We Want The Funk
- Sly & The Family Stone, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
- The Byrds, Lay Lady Lay
- U2, Bullet The Blue Sky
- John Mayall, Sonny Boy Blow
- Buddy Guy, Talkin’ ‘Bout Women Obviously
- Alice Cooper, No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Taj Mahal, Going Up To The Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
- The Rolling Stones, How Can I Stop
- The Rolling Stones, I’m Not Signifying
- 54-40, She La (live)
- The Beatles, The Ballad Of John And Yoko
- The Allman Brothers Band, In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed (live)
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Aug. 10, 2015
1. Jethro Tull, Sossity, You’re A Woman
2. Led Zeppelin, Dazed And Confused
3. Bruce Springsteen, Candy’s Room
4. Lighthouse, Hat’s Off To The Stranger
5. Bruce Cockburn, Silver Wheels
6. Junkhouse, Praying For The Rain
7. The Rolling Stones, Stray Cat Blues
8. The Beatles, Rocky Raccoon
9. The Guess Who, Share The Land
10. Deep Purple, Gettin’ Tighter
11. AC/DC, Boogie Man
12. Judas Priest, Hell Bent For Leather
13. Miles Davis, Sanctuary
14. John Coltrane, My Favorite Things
15. The Allman Brothers Band, Drunken Hearted Boy
16. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Every Mother’s Son
17. The Kinks, Lola
18. The Clash, Police On My Back
19. Ian Dury, I’m Partial To Your Abracadabra
20. Elvis Costello, Pump It Up
21. Eddie Cochran, Twenty Flight Rock
22. Tom Cochrane, Lunatic Fringe
23. Cream, Four Until Late
24. Ohio Players, Love Rollercoaster
25. April Wine, Love Is A Vicious Game
26. Derek And The Dominos, Bottle Of Red Wine (live)
27. Pink Floyd, Signs Of Life
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, July 27, 2015
1. Yes, I’m Down (Beatles cover)
2. The Who, The Ox
3. Santana, Europa (live)
4. Keith Richards, Trouble (from forthcoming album Crosseyed Heart, out in September)
5. Primal Scream, Rocks
6. Bob Dylan, Seeing The Real You At Last
7. The Kinks, A Little Bit Of Abuse
8. Lou Reed, Sally Can’t Dance
9. Tom Wilson, The Right Thing
10. Joe Cocker, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
11. Spencer Davis Group, Keep On Running
12. Vanilla Fudge, She’s Not There
13. Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Yield Not To Temptation
14. Stephen Stills, In My Life (Beatles cover)
15. Little Feat, Tripe Face Boogie (live)
16. Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band, Sunspot Baby
17. J.J. Cale, Don’t Cry Sister
18. John Mellencamp, Melting Pot
19. Mott The Hoople, Thunderbuck Ram
20. Eric Clapton, Have You Ever Loved A Woman (live)
21. Bruce Springsteen, Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
22. Genesis, The Cinema Show
23. Blue Oyster Cult, M.E. 262 (live)
24. Deep Purple, Lazy (live from 2013 Now What?! tour)
The Grand Rivers Blues Camp – 2015!
“This show is remarkable and it really is what kicks off the Bluesfest. Families are there. People who getting started at the Festival are there. And it is a packed house. What a great experience it is to witness this.” – Claude Cloutier, Artistic Director,TD Kitchener Blues Festvial.
The Grand River Blues Society has adopted a mandate to educate young people about the blues. Since 2008 they have run this annual Grand River Blues Camp, a day-camp experience for young musicians from 12-18 years of age. For many years now, Blues Campers have benefited from instruction by and performance experience with local, working blues musicians. This is a unique learning experience for young musicians and a mentoring opportunity (providing additional revenue) for local blues musicians.
The Eighth Annual Grand River Blues Camp is planned for the summer of 2015, from August 4 to August 7; the week leading up to the Kitchener Blues Festival. The 2015 Camp will be held at Courtland Public School, Kitchener, ON.
Young musicians who play guitar, drums, bass, vocals, keyboards, horns or harmonica will find this a wonderful opportunity to learn about blues and meet other young musicians. Grand River Blues Camp will be of particular interest to young musicians who want to perform. During this exciting week campers will learn learn licks, a full set of blues tunes, how to jam and perform on stage.
The most exciting feature of Grand River Blues Camp is the Grand River Blues Camp Showcase. This will be a culminating performance by our Blues Campers on Friday afternoon, August 7, between 2:15 pm and 4:15 pm on BIA stage (downtown Kitchener at King and Benton Streets) at the 2015 Kitchener Blues Festival – an amazing opportunity to participate in the Festival and to perform for friends and family.
There is nothing I like doing more than writing about promising new musicians. It was KBF Mel Brown Award Recipient Cheryl Lescom who first spoke to me about this amazing concept several years ago. I remember seeing the Blues Camp show last year at the BIA stage with a capacity audience – one of my fave parts of this three day event.
It was my great pleasure to have both the students and several of the instructors from The Grand River Blues Camp (now in its eighth year) as my very special guests. Students Alexis Boudreau, Joshua David, and Braydon Kains performed several songs live in the Sound FM studios.
They were joined by Grand River Blues Camp instructors (all locally based working professional blues musicians) Cheryl Lescom, Mike McDonald, Alana Leonard, (2015 head instructor) Don Featherstone, plus Grand River Blues Camp co-director Dennis Cuomo.
Other teachers of the Blues Camp include John Lee, Chris Latta, Colin White, (former student) Matt Weidinger (former student), John McKinley, David Rodenburg, and Andy Gingerich, plus organizer Janet McKerron Wendell and Blues Camp co-director George White.
The Grand River Blues Camp show is Friday Aug 7 between 2:10 and 4:10 pm at The BIA Stage at King and Benton streets.
Blues Camp Podcast music – “Next to You” – waterstreet blues band – Got Mojo 2 – Grand River Blues; Conor Gains Band – “Lazy Boy” from Got Mojo 2 – Grand River Blues; Braydon Kains; “Pride and Joy” (Stevie Ray Vaughan cover); Joshua David; “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember (Otis Redding cover); Alexis Boudreau – “Little by Little” (B.B. King cover); Colin White – (former Blues Camp student) “Vacation to Nowhere” from Got Mojo 2 – Grand River Blues; Johanna Pavia (former Blues Camp student) and SoulDrive “Work It On Out” – from SoulDrive; Cheryl Lescom “Soul Shakin’ Romance” from 1953; Braydon Kains (Eagles Cover) “Witchy Woman” Joshua David; (original song) – “Am I Being Naive”; Alexis Boudreau, Braydon Kains, Joshua David – “The Letter” (Joe Cocker cover); Matt Weidinger – “Stick It Out for More” from Got Mojo 2 – Grand River Blues.
For more info go to www.kitchenerbluesfestival.com
For more on “Under a Blue Moon” go to www.thebluemoon.ca
**To the Grand River Blues Camp students … Go get Em! To all the Blues Camp teachers – Bravissimo! Thanks for encouraging and enlightening these artists and bringing them one step closer to their dream of playing the stages of tomorrow. – Coral FM.**
Here is my Grand River Blues Camp podcast.