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Welcome to another episode of the Fffffing 40s show! This is show 67! 

This time around we chat with life-long musician, Stephanie Merkus. After years and years of practice and playing music for herself, a couple of years ago Stephanie started gigging live and has not looked back since. She is currently in the studio working on new releases and planning some performances around Calgary.

Then we chat to Cody Hall who is a school teacher by day, and musician. Cody is currently enjoying some radio air time. He manages to blend his profession as a teacher, his family life and his musicianship. 

After the break we talk to Barbie Davis, Barbie has been playing music since she was 12 years old and is a regular at the Blind Beggar here in Calgary. Barbie and her husband are in the band, Follow the Rabbit and are currently recording some new music for us all!

We close out this show with a sample from our live show with Gil Tougas and Timothy J. So if you are unfortunate enough not to live in Calgary, you can listen in and enjoy the experience with us!

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Episode 66 of the Fffffing 40s Podcast is now LIVE!

Cory and LeAnne finally reunite in the Fffffing 40s studio upon Cory’s return from Mexico and do some catching up.

We then invite Mixed Blame up on stage at the Blind Beggar, the boys have been together for around three years and play a mix of hard-rock and punk. Keep an eye out for them!

We then speak with Molten Black, another new band that Fffffing 40s Talent are very proud to be managing. 

Links below, check out this week's amazing guests!

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This week on the Ffffing 40s we speak with aspiring young drummer, Jaxon Smith about his journey thus far, his bright plans for the future and a glimpse into life as a 16 year old getting gigs.

We then chat with Brandon Lorenzo, up and coming Country Musician who is currently focusing on growing his fan base further and writing new songs. We also treat you to a segment of our live show featuring White Willy Brown before moving on to an interview with some awesome bands including Arcane Sugar, FKB and Noyze!

We hope you enjoy the show!

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Welcome to another episode of the Fffffing 40s Show!

This time we have another round of awesome guests! We kick things off with Artist, Jamie Pruden, who is a lifelong visual artist, creating mostly as a pass-time until nine years ago when a stranger convinced him to go public. Since then, Jamie has not looked back! 

We then chat to White Owl, live from the Blind Beggar Smokehouse. We talk about her experience with music so far, the revival of her solo career and departure from her band and even go into some of the meaning behind her inspiration before she performs for the audience.

We then speak with Steve McQueen of the Steve McQueen band, longtime musician here in Calgary, we find out what Steve has been doing, past until present and also future plans, he is playing live this Saturday in fact, check him out, links below!

We finish this show with a conversation with Dave Temple of MCC Recording. This is an interview that we have been especially excited about, it has been a long time coming. We talk all about Dave’s life and music from his start at the age of nine playing in his family band through his career in a metal band in the 1980s right through to what he is doing today with MCC Recording Studios.

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Welcome back to the Fffffing 40s show! We are wishing you all a prosperous new year!

This time, Cory dials in from his adventures in Mexico to have a chat about how his trip is going so far and how it compares to Canada, we celebrate our place as number 30 podcast in Alberta!

We briefly get Co-CEO Chris Golka of Fffffing 40s, Chris Golka on the line to wish us all a Happy Holiday season before moving on to speak with returning guest and longtime friend of the show, John William Wade.John talks about his election campaign, the current work he is doing and how he continues to work towards building a better Calgary.

We then have a message from LeAnne’s mum! 

Finally, we have some recorded footage from a live show, co-hosted by LeAnne and Killer Karen. We invite Matt Beatty to join us and we chat about his long career in music, the opportunities for musicians in Calgary and his relatively new podcast.

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Welcome back to the Fffffing 40s Show! This time you can catch us reacting and discussing more local current events...and, we bring you two interviews.

The first of which is with Michael. We had some technical difficulties and almost lost this interview, thankfully we managed to save the best half. Michael began his musical journey in 1987 as a part of the Alt Rock band, Exploding Boy, over the next 13 years the band toured extensively releasing material and opening for acts like The Goo Goo Dolls and Cheap Trick. Currently, Michael is performing with Jameson Rogers.

We then speak with country singer-songwriter, Aaron Allen who broke onto the Canadian Country scene in 2019 with his single “Where Music Comes From”, despite having been playing live since the 1990s. His E.P, Highway Mile has been streamed over 4 million times and Aaron is set to release some new music in the coming months.

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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Fffffing 40s Show!

This time on the show we are joined by Stirling John, life-long country musician who is just putting together an album full of old Gospel tracks, Stirling will be tastefully refurbishing them and releasing them in one place. Alongside this, you can expect to hear regular new music from Stirling, who has recently enjoyed some airplay on local airwaves.

We also speak with Wild T, born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Tony now lives in Toronto where he has been since the early 80s. Tony has had a long and exciting musical career and recalls some tales of his first experience with The Blues, Canadian Culture and the evolution of his playing style.

You can catch Wild T on his tour through the west of Canada, his final show is right here in Calgary! Links Below!

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This time on the Ffffing 40s Podcast… Corey reveals his escape plan as we record our final session together in real life before he busts out of Canada and heads for Mexico, LeAnne keeps us up to date with how her kidney donation is going, we finally book some shows for the acts that we represent, and, as always we speak with a host of wonderful guests...

...starting with Kevin K, who he caught on his way out of the door to a gig. Kevin tells stories of the olden days of getting paid to play music, a roundup of local musical talent and venues, as well as what he is up to these days.

Next we chat with Richard Coumont, lead singer of Deville. They broke up a while back and have since reformed. We chat about just how many musicians are playing bigger gigs than ever before in their forties. 

We close out the show with Paris Black. Paris recounts his early career in New York when he was scouted as a model, his meeting with people such as Mick Jagger, doing impersonations, and right up to what Paris is doing now.

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This time on the Fffffing 40s Show…. Corey becomes a father… to a pigeon mom and her two eggs who found a home on his balcony.

We also have some more interviews lined up this week for you. We chat with Kelly about her start in music, closing for her parents, how she manages stage fright and a little bit about what she's up to now musically. 

We speak with infamous party planner Justin Plosz about his past events and upcoming parties too.

We then finally get the opportunity to invite Doug and Patrick from the Blind Beggar onto the show. These guys have been working ridiculously hard for years to provide the Calgary music scene with a base and now they need our help.

We round the show out with a chat with Mayoral Candidate Jeromy Farkas about some of the changes he would like to see around here.

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