Georgian Bay Roots

This is the Easter/April Fools Day show for 2018! Host Kailey Jane Hawkins was fighting a cold when this show was created, so the music does most of the talking this week. This show features tracks about Easter, about Fools (for April Fools Day) and about Summerfolk 43!

The latest epi of the Georgian Bay Roots Radio Show is a special shoutout to the solo performer, "Facing The Crowd". (and a few bands too) Host Ted Rusk goes Live & Local to Port Elgin for the Monthly Blues Jam at the Queens Bar with host Patrick Dunning. We have the unsung history of Canadian folk legend Al Cromwell; News and Music with upcoming Summerfolk Music and Crafts Festival acts Stephen Fearing, Suzie Vinnick, Beppe Gambetta, Adonis Puentes and Tanika Charles, plus selections from Bob Snider, Fred Eaglesmith and Amanda Rheaume.

This week's host; Dylan McMullin shares some St. Patrick's Day fun, talk about Earth Hour, interview with Helen Austin of "Big Little Lions" about their upcoming Ontario tour, local music man Steve "Danger Pay" Danard is in the studio sharing some new tracks he's working on...plus we feature some performers who are coming to Summerfolk 43, and a special song by Ian Bell recorded just for this episode!

Featuring: Express and Company, Joan Morrissey, Goitse, The Mae Trio, Our Shotgun Wedding, Big Little Lions, Treasa Levasseur, The Lifers, Steven Danard, Ian Bell.

This is Jon's Folk Alliance International episode. He was awarded the first ever Gene Shay scholarship for new folk DJ's and got to attend the 30th FAI conference in Kansas City Missouri in February. This episode features songs from people he met, heard perform, and ran into again at the conference. It also features an interview with Summerfolk Youth Discovery veteran Benjamin Dakota Rogers.

This week's show is dedicated to all things Summerfolk and to the annual "Youth Discoveries" competition. Host Kailey Jane Hawkins interviewed the co-coordinators of Youth Discoveries, Kimmer Trombley and Rob Elder, and learned all about what it is and how it works. The show features music by past competitors and winners of the Youth Discoveries competitions including Jake Feeney, Jimmy Pearson, Kildear, Tragedy Ann, Ben Turcotte, Grant Mask, Brontae Hunter, Marshall Veroni and The Lifers, as well as a couple of tracks from Summerfolk 43 artists Sarah Harmer and Rose Cousins. Get your Summerfolk weekend passes today!

Host Ted Rusk shares famous stories of obscure people, and vice-versa. The Duhks reveal the source of the Theme Song, Buffy Sainte-Marie channels Carol King while Rose Cousins channels Tina Turner, Leadbelly on the trains and in the movies, we go to the shed with The Hut People, Paul Edward Farrow takes Larry Andreas Jensen's car to Carolina, Shakura S'Aida tells Mr. Wrong what, Neil Young And Crazy Horse go downtown to The Pub Owen Sound for a live jam with Robert Menzies and The Great Canadian Swampstompers, Mississippi John Hurt expounds on Stagolee and we all clap along with Trout Fishing in America.

This week, Dylan is having fun with "Canadian canine content" celebrating the Year of the Dog! There are interviews with Chairman George, where we learn to say "Happy New Year" in Mandarin,

we talk to local musician Jayden Grahlman about his new musical project, and get some info on the line-up for Summerfolk 43!

Featuring music by:

Blitzen Trapper, Hound Dog Taylor, The Undesirables, Joanne Morra, Valdy, Ian Tamblyn, Chairman George, Terry Bush, Tanglefoot, Vishten, Tanika Charles, ET Rhino, Tim Harrison, and Susan Aglukark

Jon spins songs for Valentine's Day on this episode. The first act features courting and crushing songs, we move on to lovely love songs in the middle, and it's all over after when we get to tunes of love lost and gone astray.

Happy February! Episode 71 of Georgian Bay Roots offers music that you can sing a long with, some local favourites (and one group's debut on the radio airwaves), music from Summerfolk alumni artists to get you excited for this year's festival, and a song from Trent Severn appropriate for Groundhog's Day. Featuring music by The Mackenzie Blues Band, JD Edwards, Don Ross, Matt Andersen, Trent Severn, Richard Garvey, Al Simmons, Big Little Lions, Bram Morrison, Margaret Wysman, Taylor Holden, Joni Mitchell and Deep Blue Honey!

PLEASE NOTE- THE DEADLINE FOR SUMMERFOLK EARLY BIRD TICKETS IS ACTUALLY MARCH 31 2018. VISIT http://summerfolk.org/ FOR DETAILS.

A feature and interview with Blues impresario Kim Doolittle headlines our Chasin' the Winter Blues episode {show #70 if yiou're counting}. Host Ted Rusk gets rid of the blahs with a fistful of the blues. The wide-ranging show includes winter-busting tunes from Lightnin' Hopkins - The Blues, The Original Sloth Band, Élage Diouf, Lori Yates, Faron Young, Katherine McClelland, Woody Guthrie, Corin Raymond, Bobby Dean Blackburn and The Ken Whiteley Band. Just chillin'...

Correction: the Early Bird deadline for Summerfolk tickets is March 31st