Playlist Friday: Canada Day Celebration
The playlist this week is to celebrate Canada and the music we have here. Like many people I have some conflicted feelings on Canada 150. I don't want to celebrate the genocide of a culture [...]
Playlist Friday: National Indigenous Peoples Day
Our playlist today is in celebration of the newly named National Indigenous Peoples Day which was formerly called National Aboriginal Day. It may have been a couple days ago but I think we can still [...]
Playlist Friday: Polaris Music Prize Long List 2017
By Darlene Barss We have two playlists for you this week about the Polaris Music Prize Long List. One has a song representing each of the 40 albums that are on the official Long List. [...]
Playlist Friday: Tracks on Tracks, Then and Now
The playlist today is taking a look back at the artists that were on the train for Tracks on Tracks and seeing what they are up to now. Tracks on Tracks happened 5 years ago [...]
Playlist Friday: DarBar’s Polaris Music Prize Top 20
Playlist Friday is about my top 20 choices for the Polaris Music Prize Long List. I have until June 6 to make my choices so I thought I would share with you where I am [...]
Playlist Friday: Northern Lights
The playlist this week takes us up north to experience the Northern Lights of music from NWT, Yukon and Nunavut. I put them all together as it is an area whose music I was really [...]
Playlist Friday: Grant Lawrence Dirty Windshields
The playlist today is in honour of Grant Lawrence and his new book Dirty Windshields. There was a rockin' book release party last Saturday, May 13 in Vancouver. The Commodore was full of friends, family, [...]
Playlist Friday: Cdn Indie Mother’s Day Stream of Thought
The playlist today is in honour of Mother's Day coming up this Sunday. I thought I would attempt another Stream of Thought for it. I am never sure where it is going to go and [...]
Playlist Friday: Cdn Indie Beer O’Clock/Cinco de Mayo
The playlist for this Playlist Friday was going to be for Cinco de Mayo originally but I quickly realized I was going to have a hard time finding Cdn Indie songs for that. So I [...]
Playlist Friday: 2017 Western Canadian Music Awards Nominees
Playlist Friday has most of the 2017 WCMA nominees that were announced earlier this week. There is 4.5 hours of Jazz, Blues, Pop, Rock and even Country on it. Western Canada has a lot of [...]