Sharpest Diamond

Allo!

Well, the first month of 2016 is almost done. Today's show was all over the place, but I had fun putting this one together. Lotsa Sasky goodness, some rock, some folk, and some non-traditional picks. T'was a blast!

If you happened to tune into me today - apologies for my voice issues. I'm recovering from a cold, and still a bit raspy. The rest of the year can be ailment free now... ☺

Today I started the show off with Tanya Tagaq. I saw her live last week along with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, thanks to some lovely pals o' mine who generously snagged me a ticket. All I have to say is wow. What an experience for the senses - so beyond captivating. I think I sat there with my mouth agape the whole time. It was lovely to see a drum group, and a drum and flute duo perform alongside as well.

Check out some really great links in this post for some information, pictures, and upcoming events.

Playlist for January 28, 2016

Rabbit - Tanya Tagaq
Our Love - Caribou
Spellwork - Austra
Saturday Night - Yukon Blonde
Rock N Rollin' - Fancy Diamonds*
Inside Your Heart - Ty Segall
Next Time You See Me - Beat Cops
The Hair Song - Black Mountain
Ones Who Love You - Alvvays
A Million Little Things - Rosie And The Riveters*
Backyard - Good Lovelies
When the Wind Wakes Me - Six Moons Later*
For the Sun - Close Talker*
Sharpest Diamond - Shuyler Jansen*
Ship in a Bottle - Little Criminals*
Try - Megan Nash*
Northern Air - Elliott BROOD
Who Says Dreams Don't Come True - Karpinka Brothers*
Getcha Good - Jenn Grant
I Wanna Love You - Michael Rault
Harriet - Hey Rosetta!
Failsafe - The New Pornographers
Dance in the Dark - Friends of Foes*

*Denotes Saskatchewan-based artists. Even if they don't live here anymore. ☺

Have a great weekend, come out to the Record Sale, and talk (and hopefully not squawk) to you next week!

Take care,

k

Choisis Tes Mots

Oh, hi there!

So very happy to be back after two weeks. I hadn't planned on missing last week's show, but was out of commission with back issues. I'm feeling about 90 percent better this week, so yay!

I really liked the composition of this week's playlist, it was a lot of fun. Lots of local flavour and a mix of beats, tempos and genres. I featured some artists that will be performing in the fine city of #yxe soon. Please check out the links below for some information on that, and some other goodies! And CFCR's comprehensive event listing is a handy-dandy tool!

Playlist for January 21, 2016

Between the Lines - Matt Andersen
There's A Light - Kirby Criddle*
Jealous Lovers - We We Lovers*
Could I Be - Sylvan Esso
Choisis Tes Mots - Economics*
Downtown - Whitehorse
The Slider - Ty Segall
Red Queens Arms Race - Swervedriver
New Orbit - The Moas*
Timecop - Wizards*
A Heart Like Hers - Mac DeMarco
Peace On the Rise - Chad Van Gaalen
Knight Moves - Chilly Gonzales
Lover Come Back - City and Colour
Drapeau Blanc - Coeur de pirate
A Soft Place to Land - Kathleen Edwards
Count on Me - Cuff the Duke
Silver Lining - First Aid Kit**
Hey Love - Hayden
Life Itself - Grey Lands
Ad Astra - Deerhunter
Midnight Meets the Rain - Destroyer

*Denotes Saskatchewan-based artists.
**Denotes a request.

FYI: CFCR has a couple wonderful events coming up very soon!

Read about it here!

Chinese New Year Celebration Times!

Hope to see you out at some shows and our events, and talk to you next week!

Take care, 

k

Another Love

Wooo wooo!

It's 2016, baby!

I really enjoyed my very first show of this year, it was a fun one with a sweet mix of new, old, different tempos, acoustic, dance-y, FUN!

There is so much rad stuff coming up here in our fine city, like Winterruption and some awesome local shows. Always check out our events page for goings-on.

There are some other interesting links below as well, including a picture of Jill Barber's daughter, born on New Year's Day ! :)

Playlist for January 7, 2016

I Wanna Be Alone (With You) - La Luz
Too Bad So Sad - Michael Rault
Fools Rush In - Faith Healer
Sweet Victoria - Andy Shauf*
Another Love - Megan Nash*
In Perfect Time - Jill Barber
Hard Times - Joel Plaskett
Hostages - A.C. Newman
Omega Dog - The Dears
Need Myself - Empress Of
Pin - Grimes
Shoot The Water - Austra
Fool's Gold - Delhi 2 Dublin
After Dark - economics*
I Wanna Know - Calvin Love
Silent Seven - controller.controller
Wreckless - Little Criminals*
For the Sun - Close Talker*
Loin d'ici - Coeur de pirate feat. Sam Roberts
All In a Daze Work - Kurt Vile
Là Pour Toi - Paul Cournoyer
Roll With the Punches - Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer

*Denotes Saskatchewan-based artists.

Well, talk to you in the middle of January!

Take care,

k

Life's A Miracle

Well, 2015, you were a slice.

Great music, fun and friends. Lessons, ups, downs and all arounds.

For 2016, I just wish for continued growth, health, happiness and kindness.

I am exhausted because I attended Bandswap last evening and had a raucous good time, and got to bed fairly late. With my show being at 6 am, I'mma gonna need me some massive amounts of coffee to close out this year, but that's okay. Why not have a great time, eh!?

I'm so very thankful for experiences, CFCR-related, music-related and otherwise this year.

Check out some great year end lists for some wonderful prairie-based musical goodies.

Playlist for December 31, 2015

Money City Maniacs - Sloan
Rooster - Northern Light*
Home - Slow Down Molasses*
Out There (In The Wild)  - Young Benjamins*
Chip off the Heart - Rah Rah*
French Connection - We Were Lovers*
night shift - economics*
From The Night - Stars
Fall for You - Young Galaxy
Belly Of The Beat - Grimes
Are You Experiencing - Rich Aucoin
Shortie - Hannah Georgas
Your Rocky Spine - Great Lake Swimmers
We Lost Everything - The Dears
Receptacle for the Respectable - Super Furry Animals
Nothing All Of The Time - The Sheepdogs*
Letter from an Occupant  - The New Pornographers
Left and Leaving - The Weakerthans
Red Heart - Hey Rosetta!
Life's A Miracle - Wassabi Collective
Auld Lang Syne - Hilary Grist

*Denotes Saskatchewan-based artists.

Well, thanks for being awesome, listening to our amazing community station, and see ya next year!

You Are A Gift

Allo!

It seemed fitting with the impending winter solstice and the holidays coming up, that I should do my annual holiday-esque show.

Playlist for December 17, 2015

18th of December - Deep Dark Woods*
Tundra Nights - Hooded Fang
Winter Song - Woodpigeon/Laura Leif
Blue Light II - Michael Feuerstack
In the Bleak Midwinter - The Weather Station
You Are A Gift - Basia Bulat
Fairytale of New York - In-Flight Safety /Jenn Grant
Dear Mrs. Claus - Barr Brothers
Carry Me Home - Hey Rosetta!
Last Christmas - In-Flight Safety w/Carmen Townsend
You Would Never Survive the Winters In This Province - Maybe Smith*
Snow - Zolas
I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without You - Maylee Todd
Noël (Au coin de Portage et Main) - Chic Gamine
Fur Elise - Ruth Minnikin
Believer - Snailhouse
Silver Bells - Slow Down, Molasses*
All I Want for Christmas is a Hoverboard - Machu Picchu
Candleholder - Monomyth
Good Winter - Rah Rah*
Le Blizzard - Malajube

*Denotes Saskatchewan-based artists. 

Thanks to an awesome website, The Line of Best Fit, there are many great tunes available from fantastic Canadian artists. Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada they're called. Last year's collection was dedicated to the memory of the wonderful Derek Bachman, who passed away suddenly on December 10, 2014. ♥♫

Speaking of the sparkling Saskatchewan music scene, here's some Sask-made goodness in the form of a playlist from SaskMusic!

So, I'll be away for next week's show, but back on December 31 to close out the year that was 2015.

Till then,

Take care,

k

Concrete Heart

Hey, hey!

Last week's show was great. I got to train an awesome pal o' mine, the luminous Miranda Young! She's got a deep appreciation for CFCR, has been an avid volunteer for a few years now, and has finally given in to incessant badgering from several folks (including me!) to join the host ranks. She picked a few great tunes and hopped on air for a few sets -- fun times!

Playlist for December 10, 2015
Miranda's picks in PINK!

Knight Moves - Chilly Gonzales
High as You Want - Delhi 2 Dublin
The Mighty Birch - PandaCorn*
Yesteryear - The Dears
Like a Wave, Like the Tide - Dumb Angel*
Another One - Mac DeMarco
Something's Happening - Les Jupes
True Love Knows - La Luz
Happy Ever After - Old Man Luedecke
Forever to the End - Dennis Ellsworth
Young Lights - Paint Movement
I'm Not Talking - A.C. Newman
Of Space and Time - City and Colour
Amour Than Amis - Two Hours Traffic
The Darkness - Rose Cousins
The Less I Know, the Better - Tame Impala
Chip Off the Heart - Rah Rah*
Boy With a Coin - Iron and Wine
Devil's Got a Gun - Whitehorse
Wherever You Are - Megan Lane*
Concrete Heart - Great Lake Swimmers

*Denotes Saskatchewan-based artists.

I am a bit late posting last week's list, so you'll be getting another blog post today about my winter/holiday themed show for December 17!

Take care,

k

Wicked Ways

Howdyyyy ho!

So, it's December. Holy wowsa.

I always have a great time preparing for my show, but I really liked this playlist. It was a bit all over the place, but it kinda worked. A mix of lots of things, tempos, genres, beats. Played a couple of my favourites - Public Animal, Paper Lions.. let's face it. Music = ♥!

Great times. Check out the links for some cool info.

Playlist for December 3, 2015

Hostages - A.C. Newman
Hold on to the Metal - Royal Canoe
Space Song - Beach House
Artangels - Grimes
Fall For You - Young Galaxy
Good & Bad - No Gold
Next of Kin - Alvvays
Observatory - The Zolas
Stay Still - Slow Down Molasses*
Another Lie - Grey Lands
27 Is the New 17 - Zeus
Lungs - Valery Gore
Friday I'm In Love - Yo La Tengo (Cure Cover)
Brightest on the Heart - Old Man Luedecke
Time Running - Seahags*
Stay Here for a While - Paper Lions
Coax Me - Sloan
Wicked Ways - Public Animal
Baby Don't Dance - Mother Mother
Harriet - Hey Rosetta!
Burning Bridges - The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer
Wasted Love - City And Colour

*Denotes Saskatchewan-based artists.

Well, talk at ya next week! I'll likely have a super awesome trainee host with me, which is always so exciting!

o,

k