Mulligan Stew

This week on the show, Terry welcomes Dan Mangan. The Vancouver based indie rocker returns this month with his fifth album, and his first in 3 years. The record is called 'More or Less' and Dan will preview 5 tracks from the album on the podcast, along with some insights into those songs.

Tracks include "Fool for Waiting," "Troubled Mind," "Just Fear, " "Cold in the Summer," and "Peaks and Valleys."

Jann Arden reflects on her book 'Feeding My Mother: Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mother Lives with Memory Loss.' Terry talks to the Alberta legend about taking on the responsibility of caring for her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, and the process of writing the new book that Jann calls "a love letter to my mother."

Plus the pair discuss tracks on Jann's latest record, 'These Are The Days'.

Originally recorded November 2017

Author Andrea Warner joins Terry to discusses her latest book “Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography." Their wide ranging discussion reflects on the “restless mind” that drives Buffy’s artistic approach, her groundbreaking creative accomplishments, and the price she’s paid for her activism.

“Some of her peers wanted to get famous...She wanted to bring rights to Indigenous people. She wanted to stand up to war, and help lead a peace movement and talk about why that’s important."

This week on the podcast, author Michael Barclay talks to Terry about his latest book: The Never-ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip.

“This is not just a story of a band, I think is a story about culture and how we talk about it,” says Michael about his new book. Michael tells us about Gord’s resistance to being considered “Captain Canada”, how The Tragically Hip remained intact and vital for more than 30 years, and the celebration that was The Hip’s Man Machine Po

This week on the Mulligan Stew podcast, a feature chat with The Bros. Landreth recorded live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival 2018, including a live rendition of a new song from their forthcoming album. Brothers Joey and David talk to Terry about the Winnipeg music scene, the band’s forthcoming record, and balancing solo projects while keeping the band a going concern.

From the archives, Terry's conversation with Alan Doyle, former lead singer and co-writer of songs for Great Big Sea. We should have known that Alan would end up writing a book: He has the gift, and the stories. 'Where I Belong: From Petty Harbour to Great Big Sea' was an instant bestseller. It’s about his family, the poverty that at times called for “kitchen parties” where the Doyle’s would play and friends would bring heating oil, food and provisions to get them through.

On this episode, we preview Colin James' 19th album 'Miles to Go'. The record features 11 blues standards, and 2 original songs. Colin coves his hero James Cotton, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Charles Brown, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and more. The podcast includes two tracks you'll hear on the album, "I Will Remain" and "40 Light Years".

This week, it's Joachim Cooder live from Edmonton Folk Music Festival! At age 4, Joachim (son of Ry Cooder) got his first drum kit by superstar session drummer Jim Keltner. At 19, Joachim was part of the rhythm section on the Grammy-winning recording by the Buena Vista Social Club. We’ll hear about Joachim’s decision to go from being a celebrated percussionist, supporting player, and producer, to a front man in his own right with his latest EP ‘Fuchsia Machu Picchu.’

Afie Jurvanen talks about love, empathy, depression, and his new record Earthtones. The Toronto-based musician talks about choosing to love his absent father, which informed the track “Bad Boys Need Love Too”.

“I think there’s probably some way to hold people accountable for their actions,” Afie tells Terry, “but do it with empathy, and do it with compassion, and realize we have to live on this planet together. It’s just the realization that things can be done with love as opposed to hate.

This month at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, American singer-songwriter, poet, humanitarian and filmmaker Michael Franti graced the CKUA stage for music and conversation with Terry David Mulligan. Michael shares his thoughts on the power of optimism to overcome depression, his connection to Edmonton, and finding peace amidst political turmoil in the US.