Mulligan Stew

“I believe in the divine," Bruce Cockburn shares with Terry David Mulligan on this week's Mulligan Stew podcast. "I believe there is something at the center of the energetic universe that is intentional, and focused.”

Bruce talks to Terry about his faith, and how it's reflected on his latest album 'Bone on Bone,' produced by Colin Linden. Plus, the pair discuss the influence of Al Purdy's poetry on the new record, and what impact political tensions in the US had on the record.

This week on the podcast, Terry shifts gears into the world of wine. Wine Master Elizabeth Gabay joins him from her home North of Nice. The pair discuss her book Rosé - Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution. Elizabeth has tasted 10 Rosé a day. A total of 1500 over 6 months from across the globe. Hear everything you need to know about one of the world's oldest known types of wine.

On the eve of her performance at the 2017 Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Valerie June talked to Terry David Mulligan about becoming a more confident performer, gleaning new insights from her older songs, her love of Van Morrison's 'Astral Weeks'. Plus, Valerie June shares what she's learned from the great Mavis Staples.

This week, Terry catches up with Doug Cox, Artistic Director of the Vancouver Island Music Festival (July 13-15, 2018). The pair discuss this year's line-up, which includes Ry Cooder, Passenger, Walk Off The Earth, Arlo Guthrie, and more! Doug tells us who his favourite Canadian band is, the act that his daughters convinced him to book, and how his experience as a musician influences his approach to curating the festival.

Frazey Ford's 'Indian Ocean' brought her worldwide attention -- something that hit the BC singer-songwriter while playing a show in New Zealand last November.

"There was a whole row of women in front who flew in from some other island. And they knew the words to every song," she tells Terry David Mulligan. "It was just so sweet. It's a wild thing."

Now working with a new label and with another album set to be finished later this year, Ford gives a peek at her personal approach to songwriter.

Recorded live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Rhiannon Giddens talks to Terry David Mulligan about stepping into the spotlight as a solo artist, the influence T-Bone Burnett has had on her career, and her thoughts on the recent sea change in American politics.

This week on the Mulligan Stew podcast, Terry's feature guest is the legendary Robbie Robertson. The musician, songwriter, producer and actor talks to TDM about his new autobiography Testimony. Robbie shares details on the genesis of some of The Band's best-known songs, the "cinematic experience" he aimed to create with the book, his reflections on working with Bob Dylan, and more.

Bryan Adams has been a lot of things over his 40 career. As a musician and songwriter, he's a global hit-maker. As a photographer, his work has been features in the pages of Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, & Esquire. As a philanthropist, he established the Bryan Adams Foundation to better the lives of society's most vulnerable. Now, he can add writing for Broadway to his already legendary list of accomplishments. Bryan Adams talks to Terry about his work on the Broadway musical Pretty Woman.

A joyful conversation with Canadian folk music legend Buffy Sainte-Marie. This spring, Buffy’s 'Medicine Songs' took home the JUNO for Indigenous Music Album of the Year. She describes her 16th studio album as “a collection of front-line songs of unity and resistance.” Buffy shares her thoughts on the state of the protest song, the rise of Me Too and Times Up, her experience with the false ballistic missile alert in Hawaii, and her thoughts on the documentary Rumble: The Indians who Rocked the World.

This week, Terry hosts a feature conversation with Steven Page, recorded live at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre. This past week, Barenaked Ladies celebrated their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. As part of the festivities, Terry hosted a Q&A with Steven that explored highlights of his BNL career, his solo work, and his collaborations with Steven Duffy, Craig Northey and more. Plus, stories about neeting his musical heroes Brian Wilson, and Billy Bragg.