On this edition, I talked way too much, accidentally almost replayed a song (oh live radio!) and paid tribute to the late punk legend Tom Verlaine. Here’s what you would have heard: 1) Television “See No Evil” (from Marquee Moon) 2) miss emvy “B Movie Brain” (from Invisible Fiends) 3) Tanya Donnelly “Here Comes Your Man” 4)
(Original air date: January 2, 2023) Nostalgia ruled this episode of B Street. Here’s what you would have heard: 1) Sloan “Friendship” (from Between The Bridges) 2) Sarah McLachlan “Steaming” (from Touch) 3) XTC “Earn Enough For Us” (from Skylarking) 4) R.E.M. “Pretty Persuasion” (from Reckoning) 5) The Sundays “You’re Not The Only One I Know” (from Reading Writing
Time to say goodbye to 2022, but not before I highlight some of my favourite tracks and albums of the past year. Thanks for listening, and let’s meet up again in January! 1) Marian “Don’t Wanna Be Down” (from Hit Record) 2) Adam Baldwin “The Voice of the Eastern Passage (Wayne’s Serenade)” (from Concertos and Serenades) 3)
B Street has been “Last Christmas”-free since 2019! You’re welcome! Here’s what you heard on this edition: 1) Rose Cousins “The Expert” (from Bravado) 2) Evangeline Gentle “Gay Bar” 3) Anyway Gang “Out Of Nowhere” (from Still Anyways) 4) Andy Shauf “Wasted On You” (from the forthcoming album Norm) 5) Sister Ray “Justice” (from Communion) 6) Catherine
You don’t have to like Cheap Trick to like this show, but it helps! 1) Old 97s “Southern Girls” 2) Kylie Fox “Chetwynd” (from Green) 3) Kill Chicago “Unthaw” (from The Rest) 4) The Motorleague “New Commandments” 5) Begonia “Right Here” 6) Royal Wood “One More Night” (from What Tomorrow Brings) 7) Busty and the Bass “All The
Already tired of waiting on this winter. Here’s what you would have heard on this edition: 1) Joel Plaskett Emergency “Face of the Earth” (from Ashtray Rock) 2) Jenn Grant & Kim Harris “Judy” 3) Hayden “Home By Saturday” (from Elk-Lake Serenade) 4) Andy Shauf “Neon Skyline” (from The Neon Skyline) 5) Josiah & the Bonnevilles “Anti-Hero” 6)
Still adjusting to that evil time change? Same, so much that I forgot to blog my playlist last week! Here’s what you would have heard on this edition: 1) Lucy Dacus “It’s Too Late” 2) My Black Ram “Sweet Time” 3) R.E.M. “Accelerate” 4) The Mr. T Experience “Can’t Get There From Here” 5) The
We were all about ghosts, monsters and graveyards on this edition of time spent in your musical scary place. 1) Tom Waits “Whistlin’ Past The Graveyard” (from Blue Valentine) 2) Stars “Dead Hearts” (from The Five Ghosts) 3) The Smiths “Cemetry Gates” (from The Queen Is Dead) 4) Robyn Hitchcock “The Ghost In You” (from The
Sweater weather creeping in means it’s time to dig out the comfort songs, but that’s kind of what I do here each week anyway. Here’s what you would have heard. 1) Lake Street Dive “Nick Of Time” (from Fun Machine: The Sequel) 2) Basia Bulat “The Shore” (from The Garden) 3) Fleet Foxes “Can I
Between technical issues and brain farts (like forgetting to file the playlist last Monday) this was a hot mess of a show. THANKS FOR STICKING WITH ME YOU GUYS! Here’s what you would have heard: 1) Lisa Leblanc “Gossip” (from Chiac Disco) 2) Kelly McMichael “Stepping Stone” (from Waves) 3) Basia Bulat “The Garden” (from The Garden) 4)
This little show turns three this month! Thank you for tuning in these last few years, especially when we were all laying low and I was not able to bring cool music from Studio A to you. Also, for a birthday show, the playlist took a dark turn. I blame Bruce. This week’s Weekly Springsteen was a
On this week’s show I debuted my new segment Weekly Springsteen (which is exactly what you think it is) as I get a little bit excited about seeing him in 2023. Also lots of warm and fuzzy songs to help heal and take our minds off of what was a tough weekend in Atlantic Canada.
August came and went like a bottle of wine and Taylor wasn’t kidding when she wrote those lyrics. Here’s what you would have heard on this edition of B Street (hint: I seemed to have picked a lot of title tracks) : 1) Terra Lightfoot “Consider The Speed” (from Consider The Speed) 2) Kathleen Edwards
Back from another mini-vacay with fresh new music and some nostalgia as you’ve come to expect from this fun little show. 1) The Cure “Mint Car” (from Wild Mood Swings) 2) Pillow Fite “Leaves” (from the EP Flutter) 3) Jason Collett “Dark Times” (from the forthcoming album Head Full of Wonder) 4) Julie Aubé “Changer le mal
Your musical happy place was all about the nostalgia on this episode as we celebrated the August 13th Big Shiny Tunes fundraiser for CHSR and Living Roots Music Festival and remembered Olivia Newton-John who will always be cool for that song she did with ELO. Here’s what you would have heard: 1) Olivia Newton-John “Magic” (from
I almost melted in the process of bringing you this episode but given the playlist I think it was worth it: 1) The National “Bloodbuzz Ohio” (from High Violet) 2) Sloan “Spend The Day” (from the forthcoming album Steady) 3) Dillon Ryan and the Dream Romantic “The Winter of You” (from Dreaming Of Love (One More
On this episode we heard from some of the artists featured in the 2022 edition of Sweltering Songs. You can learn about it here. We also heard some fun summer tracks too, and a few Songs About Feelings. As always, this show has it all. 1) Mavis Staples “High Note” (from Livin’ On A High
A show for the frozen yogurt lover in all of us. Here’s what you would have heard on this edition: 1) Golden Seals “Independence Day” (from Something Isn’t Happening) 2) Kelly McMichael “Stepping Stone” (from Waves) 3) Sheryl Crow “Steve McQueen” (from Live From The Ryman And More) 4) Adia Victoria “In The Pines” 5) Marian
Thinking of all of you who spent last weekend binge watching The O.C. because you could and wondering why I didn’t do the same. Here’s what you would have heard on this show: 1) JEM “Just A Ride” (from Finally Woken) 2) Tim Baker “Some Day” 3) Lucy Dacus “First Time” (from Home Video) 4) Charlie
A show fit for the grads of 2022…or maybe (probably) their parents. Here’s what you would have heard: Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | More
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Another Monday, another B Street which is always the best part of Monday. Here’s what you would have heard:
On this edition we featured artists that you can catch this weekend at Living Roots Music Festival, plus some new tracks from artists I dig and a little sendoff to the late Andrew Fletcher of Depeche Mode.
This show goes out to everyone who likes songs. Here’s what you what have heard on this edition of B Street:
On this edition, the B in B Street stands for “birthday”, as in mine (a day early, but hey!) Here’s what you would have heard on the show: a little indie, a little stadium rock, a whole lotta fun…
The official radio show of everyone who rocks the 20 minute power nap. On this edition, we showed some love to ECMA 2022 and played some old and new stuff too (as per usual):