“IRON MAIDENS” – CHMR 93.5 FM – PLAYLIST – OCT. 27/12

Programmed and hosted by Honey Girl


1) Miss Angel & the Homewreckers (Blues in the Alley) – “Shake a Hand (Live)” (5:38)
2) Randy Oxford Band (w/ Patti Allen) (Big Blues for Little Bill) – “Another Rainy Day” (5:46)
3) Gayle Ackroyd (Give It All You Got) – “Yellow Moon” (5:59)
4) Cowboy Junkies (Trinity – Revisited) – “I Don’t Get It” (3:55)
5) Pat Moore & The Vinyl Frontier (Take It to Heart) – “There’s a Dark Cloud Hanging over Me” (4:41)

Great Big Rock Jam Report – Oct. 27/12

As mentioned in the previous show, I wasn’t feeling well enough last night to check out either The Salty Dolls & the Moonshine Men at the Rose & Thistle or Skank & the Discounts at the Ship Pub.  Hopefully I’ll be recovered by tomorrow night to see Chris Kirby, as well as Erin Costelo and her guitarist Clive MacNutt, who are making a return visit to The Rock from Halifax.  Erin and Chris both have CDs they are currently promoting – Chris, of course, with his MusicNL award-winning Wonderizer, and Erin, with her brand-new release, We Can Get Over.  I’ll be playing a track from that disc right after this report.

In American female blues news, the 2nd annual New Mexico Blues Society’s ‘’Cused of the Blues” Fest took place in Albuquerque yesterday and featured “Women of the Blues” at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.  Scheduled performers included Twisted Mojo (f. Beth McCormack), Secret Seven (f. Marilyn Hubbert), Anna Marie Anglada’s Bad Katz Blues Band, Zenobia, Suzy Q w/ Rudy Boy Experiment, Sherri and the Ex’s, and Sally Townes.  There was no cover charge, but they did raffle off door prizes and collected money for their scholarship and Blues in the School programs.  Bluesman Charlie Musselwhite donated a signed harmonica for the auction.

Montreal’s Orit Shimoni, recording under the name, Little Birdie, has just released her fourth CD, entitled Bare Bones.  The title refers to the fact that is a truly solo album.  I’ll be playing tracks from it starting on November 10, but if you can’t wait until then, you can scoop up your own copy at CD Baby.  Just search for Little Birdie, and all four of her albums will come up onscreen.

A little while ago, I was asked by Dale Schimpf, President of the East Coast Blues Society in Halifax, to compile a list of local blues performers here in St. John’s or elsewhere in the province.  I could only think of a couple who dedicate their repertoire solely to the blues genre, e.g. Denis Parker and Darren Cooper.  That being said, if you are a blues-focused performer/recording artist (male or female) and you are interested in being included in a Newfoundland & Labrador branch of the East Coast Blues Society, you can contact Dale at the blues@eastlink.ca or visit eastcoastblues.ca.  Since they are already an established blues society, you don’t need to fret about being the first to join.

If you are not able to tune into CHMR regularly on Saturday mornings, you can always get your blues music fix on Sunday morning or Monday evenings with resident blues promoter and long-time CHMR show host, Terry Parsons.  His “Blind Lemon Blues” show airs right after his “Cosmic Debris” musical melange, which begins at 7 p.m.

I’m Honey Girl, and I’ll be right back with Erin Costelo on “Iron Maidens”, a program comprised of music composed and/or recorded by women determined to succeed in the industry alongside their male peers.  Playlist selections include male-female duos or ensembles comprised of both genders.

6) Erin Costelo (We Can Get Over) – “Count to 10” (2:43)
7) Clear (Hard Love) – “Billiards Hotel” (4:40)
8 Vanessa Peters (The Burn The Truth The Lies) – “The State I’m Living In” (3:41)
9 Marie-Josee Houle (Monsters) – “Collarbone” (3:48)
10) Natalia & Montuno (Moving North) – “La Fiesta” (4:21)
11) Hotcha! (Dust Bowl Roots – Songs for the New Depression) – “Ain’t What You Do” (1:54)
12) Sue Foley (Queen Bees – The Antones Collection) – “Lightning Boogie” (1:45)

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“ROCKIN’ THE BLUES FROM CANADA” – CHMR 93.5 FM – PLAYLIST – OCT. 27/12

Programmed and hosted by D.D. Rocker/Misty Blue 1955

Muddy Waters (Hard Again) – “Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll” (0:31) (OPENING THEME)

1) Giovanni Mirabassi (Adelante) – “La Carta” (3:49)
2) Gregoire Maret (Membran) – “Travels” (4:56)
3) Bruce Cockburn (Night Vision) – “The Blues Got the World by the Balls” (1:52)
4) The 24th Street Wailers (Unshakeable) – “On a Mission” (3:23)
5) Jack de Keyzer (Silver Blues) – “Top of the Line” (4:34)
6) Lou De Adder (LouD) – “Dibs on You” (3:30)
7) Mitch Woods (Blues Beyond Borders – Live in Istanbul) – “Queen Bee” (5:28)

D.D.’s BLUE NOTES – OCT. 27/12

If you have any local arts & entertainment news to impart regarding the province of NL, particularly of the blues variety, but not necessarily so, feel free to contact me at ddrocker@yahoo.com or mistyblue1955@hotmail.com.  You will get full credit for your contribution to these blues notes.

The new-generation blues music collective known as The 24th Street Wailers, hot on the 2012 release of Unshakeable, is set to record a live album at Bearly’s House of Blues and Ribs in Halifax, NS, on Nov 9.  Michael Archer, bass guitarist with the 24th Street Wailers, was rightfully disappointed to learn that the man responsible for the shooting death of Michael’s brother, Jesse, has been sentenced to a mere five years’ incarceration.

Unfortunately I wasn’t feeling well enough last night to check out either The Salty Dolls & the Moonshine Men at the Rose & Thistle or Skank & the Discounts at the Ship Pub.  Hopefully I’ll be recovered by tomorrow night to see Chris Kirby, as well as Erin Costelo and her guitarist Clive MacNutt, who are making a return visit to The Rock from Halifax.  Erin and Chris both have CDs they are currently promoting – Chris, of course, with his MusicNL award-winning Wonderizer, and Erin, with her brand-new release, We Can Get Over.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation has announced its list of nominees for the 2013 induction, with the live ceremony taking place in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre L.A. on Thursday, April 18.  The show will be broadcast on HBO at a later date.  The actual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum is located in Cleveland, Ohio.  Ballots will be sent to an international voting body of more than 600 artists, historians and members of the music industry; however, for the first time, fans can vote for five of the predetermined nominees for 2013, comprised of The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Chic, Deep Purple, Heart, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Albert King, Kraftwerk, The Marvelettes, The Meters, Randy Newman, N.W.A., Procol Harum, Public Enemy, Donna Summer, and last, but certainly not least, Canadian progressive rock band Rush.
As if Cleveland weren’t famous enough for their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame landmark institution, plans are underway to build the Official R&B Music Hall of Fame Museum there, as well.  This particular museum’s inaugural induction ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at Cleveland's Music Hall/Public Auditorium, the same venue normally used for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.  Some of the R&B Hall of Fame induction nominees include James Brown, The Temptations, The Hesitations, Otis Redding, The O'Jays, Dick Clark, Gerald Levert, Aretha Franklin, Alan Freed, and The Dramatics. As well, the Reverend Al Sharpton will receive the Ron Banks Humanitarian Award for his life-long support to many rhythm & blues and gospel artists.

Ottawa-raised Raoul Bhaneja of the Maple Blues Award-winning band Raoul & the Big Time and a long-time TV, film, and theatre actor, is currently in St. John, New Brunswick, where he will be presenting his Gemini Award-nominated portrayal of Hamlet (Solo).  Tonight, beginning at 7:30 p.m., is the last performance before he returns to Toronto.

I’m D.D. Rocker (a.k.a. Misty Blue 1955), founder and sole member of NL Blues Society (a.k.a. the St. John’s Anti-Social Blues Conspiracy).  You’re listening to “Rockin’ the Blues from Canada”, offering free group therapy, on CHMR 93.5 FM, streaming live online at www.mun.ca/chmr, and broadcasting on Rogers TV Channel 942 and Bell Aliant Channel 825.  “Iron Maidens”, hosted by one of my numerous alter-egos, Honey Girl, by name, is up next at 10, followed by a prerecorded segment of Converts of Reason with Rory and Liam, and then Newfound Records with Wayne Tucker at noon.  In the meantime, stay tuned for more tunes.

8) Soulstack (Big Red) – “Stone Cold Man” (3:14)
9) The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer (Checkered Past) – “Get Out” (3:35)
10) Chairman George and the Ministers (Expect the World) – “Expect the World” (2:53)
11) The Snow Itself [indie mp3] – “Beijing” (3:47)
12) Planet Seed [indie mp3] – “It’s Gonna Be Okay” (3:49)
13) Sindie 4 [Indie mp3] – “Sorry Sindie” (1:36)

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IRON MAIDENS - CHMR 93.5 FM - PLAYLIST - OCT. 20/12

Programmed and Hosted by Honey Girl

1) Maria Muldaur (First Came Memphis Minnie) – “Tricks Ain’t Walkin’” (4:34)

2) Phoebe Snow (First Came Memphis Minnie) – “In My Girlish Days” (4:48)

3) Bonnie Raitt (First Came Memphis Minnie) – “Ain’t Nothin’ in Ramblin’” (3:43)

4) Rory Block (First Came Memphis Minnie) – “When You Love Me” (3:21)

5) Blues Duo [Tracy K and Jamie Steinhoff] (Canned Heat) – “Chauffeur Blues” (3:11)

6) CC Bronson (Bluesarella) – “Intangible Blues” (5:03)

7) Ann Rabson (Music Makin’ Mama) – “Music Makin’ Mama” (3:15)

8) Cee Cee James (Seriously Raw – Live at Sunbanks) – “Gimme Back My Wig” (4:35)

GREAT BIG ROCK JAM REPORT - OCT. 20/12

This just in – blueswoman Sunday Wilde of Atikokan, ON, has just become engaged – congratulations, girl!

Here are just a few mentions of new releases from Canadian female musicians:

Guelph, Ontario, blueswoman Gayle Ackroyd Gibson, recording simply under the name, Gayle Ackroyd, has a new CD out, called Give It All You Got.  I’ll be playing a track from that – a Neville Brothers’ tune entitled “Yellow Moon”, on next week’s show.

For jazz music-lovers, Toronto-based Donna Greenberg has released a multilingual (mainly English, French and Spanish) selection of material entitled Song in the Wind.

Lindi Ortega, also of Toronto, but rumoured to be hanging out somewhere in Tennessee these days, has just released Cigarettes & Truckstops.  She’s currently on tour, hitting the Metropolis in Montreal on the 23^rd of this month, the Roseland Ballroom in NYC on the 26^th, and gradually heading south to Atlanta, Chattanooga, and San Antonio.

Toronto-based Lily Frost has just released a new CD, as well, entitled Do What You Love.  That release is now also in CHMR’s humongous music library, and hopefully I will get a chance to play something from it in the near future.  There has actually been a ton of new releases added to the library since I started back here at the end of June, but as I usually program my shows in advance using my own ever-increasing music collection, playlist selections taken from the library tend to be quite rare.  It’s simply not practical for me.

The new-generation blues music collective known as The 24^th Street Wailers, hot on the 2012 release of Unshakeable, is set to record a live album at Bearly’s House of Blues and Ribs in Halifax, NS, on November 9.  Speaking of Halifax, it is the home of the East Coast Blues Society.  The organization welcomes musicians from the province of NL, so check them out at eastcoastblues.ca.

I’m Honey Girl, and I’ll be right back with more “Iron Maidens”, a program comprised of music composed and/or recorded by women determined to succeed in the industry alongside their male peers.  Playlist selections include male-female duos or ensembles comprised of both genders.

9) Zabeth Dkos (Unsigned, Undefined, Unapologetic) – “Pages” (3:18)

10) Dream Aria (Transcend) – “The Rhythm of Now” (4:08)

11) El Fuego (The Riddle) – “Down” (4:01)

12) Chantel McGregor (Like No Other) – “Cat Song” (2:15)

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ROCKIN' THE BLUES FROM CANADA - CHMR 93.5 FM - PLAYLIST - OCT. 20/12

Programmed and hosted by D.D. Rocker (a.k.a. Misty Blue 1955)

Muddy Waters (Hard Again) – “Blues Had a Baby and They Named It Rock and Roll"
(Intro Clip)

1) Brian Blade and the Fellowship (Season of Changes) – “Ruby Lou’s Lullaby” (4:39)

2) Heathen Eyes – “Ocea” (3:36)

3) Dokken (Broken Bones) – “Burning Tears” (4:53)

4) Duncan Cameron (The Whistling Thief) – “Love Is a Thing You Do” (3:50)

5) Joel Miller (Swim) – “Nos Etoiles” (4:39) (also on EJN Sampler)

6) Yaron Herman Quartet (Alter Ego) – “From Afar” (2:12)

7) Paul Fenton (Binson’s Blues) – “Binson’s Blues” (1:08)

8) Paul Fenton (Binson’s Blues) – “Can’t Help You” (5:09)

D.D.’s BLUE NOTES – OCT. 20/12

I was amazed to see that Mitch Ryder of Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels is still rockin’ that devil with the blue dress after all these decades.  So, too, apparently are Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Chubby Checker & The Wildcats, and Gary Lewis & The Playboys.  They are all part of the live performance boat cruise series known as “Concerts at Sea”.  Hey, hey, my, my…

For those of you who get prematurely excited about Christmas-shopping, Canadian West Coast blues guitarist/composer and vocalist David Gogo is releasing Christmas with the Blues on his long-time label, Cordova Bay Records, next month.  According to the press release by Sarah French Publicity, Christmas with the Blues features seven blues-inspired standards and two originals and is a blend of traditional blues with a few hints of roots, gospel and rock ‘n roll.  Also sitting in on the recording are some of Canada’s best musicians, including Billy Hicks, David Vest, Phil Dwyer, Shawn “The Harpoonist” Hall, Tina Jones, and Camille Miller.  It will be in stores on November 13.

For classical music-lovers in Ontario’s Steeltown, Guitar Hamilton is pleased to present Argentinian virtuoso guitarist Victor Villadangos, performing the tango masterworks of Piazzolla and the Sonatas of Torroba and Gustavino.  The performance takes place tomorrow night at the Hamilton Conservatory of Arts at 7 p.m.  For more information, visit guitarhamilton.com.

Athens-based band Secret Illusion has begun recording its second CD, following the Turn Back Time EP.  Guitarist Filippos Papakyriakou says:  “Some keyboard parts are already completed, and within the next week some guitar parts will also be ready, before the drums take place.  Later this year we will release a single that will be distributed only in digital form through well-known sites...this will be a very small taste of the new album that is planned to be released before the summer of 2013.”

I’d like to wish drummer John Funkinator of Ottawa band The Funktion a belated happy birthday.  His big celebration was yesterday, although it might continue into tonight.

This past Thursday evening, the Kidney Foundation of Canada Newfoundland and Labrador kicked off their eBay auction of celebrity paintings for their “A Brush of Hope” campaign.  Several masterpieces being auctioned off were displayed in the Rocket Room of the Rocket Bakery on Water Street on Thursday night.  I’m not sure whether they will remain there for the duration of the bidding period, which runs through until October 29.  St. John’s MusicNL award-winner Chris Kirby is involved in the campaign and perhaps has his own artwork being auctioned off for the cause.  Kidney donors are greatly needed across Canada, and since most of us are able to spare one, please give it serious consideration, or at least buy some artwork to help the Kidney Foundation with its funding needs.

If you have any local arts & entertainment news to impart, regarding the province of NL, particularly of the blues variety, feel free to contact me at ddrocker@yahoo.com or mistyblue1955@hotmail.com.

I am D.D. Rocker (a.k.a. Misty Blue 1955), founder and sole member of NL Blues Society (a.k.a. the St. John’s Anti-Social Blues Conspiracy).  You’re listening to “Rockin’ the Blues from Canada”, offering free group therapy, on CHMR 93.5 FM, streaming live online at www.mun.ca/chmr, and broadcasting on Rogers TV Channel 942 and Bell Aliant Channel 825.  “Iron Maidens”, hosted by one of my numerous alter-egos, Honey Girl, by name, is up next at 10, followed by a prerecorded segment of Converts of Reason with Rory and Liam, and then Newfound Records with Wayne Tucker at noon.  In the meantime, stay tuned for more tunes.

9) James “Buddy” Rogers (My Guitar’s My Only Friend) – “My Guitar’s My Only Friend" (2:52)

10) Timo Gross [indie mp3] – “Dance with the Devil” (3:41)

11) The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer (Checkered Past) – “Shake It” (2:30)

12) Jonathan Tyler [indie mp3] – “Way Down South” (2:54)

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MARTY MURRAY & ONE YEAR LATER @ SAVOURY & SWEET with a beat!

NOV. 10 - 8-11 PM

CREEKSIDE CAFE, CHIPPAWA (NIAGARA FALLS, ON)

www.savouryandsweet.com


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MY DREAM - NAC (OTTAWA) - OCT. 14/12

 CHINA DISABLED PEOPLE’S PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE

Sunday, October 14, 2012  7:30pm

National Arts Centre (Southam Hall)

presented by Canada China Cultural Development Association

and supported by the Chinese Embassy

Net proceeds to support Easter Seals and China's Disabled People's Performing Arts Troupe

Tickets:  $28 - $68 with tax

Block of 20 tickets or more receives 10% discount

(contact CCCDA office at 613 226 1830) 

  

Click link below to NAC box office  

Watch video at :   www.cccda.ca/events/

For information:

 
Snookie Lomow, CMP
Marketing & PR Consultant for CCCDA
Tel: 613 241 2426
Cell: 613 863 0212
 Email: snookie@snookielomow.com

Web: www.snookielomow.com

 

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	The Canada-China Cultural Development Association proudly presents: "My Dream"
	PERFORMED BY THE CHINA DISABLED PEOPLE’S PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE MY DREAM is a showcase of the best of Chinese music, theatre and dance performed by an exceptional cast of 80 with hearing, visual and physical disabilities. The senior artistic directors, who have disabilities themselves, design and create the performances, train the performers and produce marketing and publicity materials. The troupe also has a program for developing and training young talent. The Canada-China Cultural Development Association is very proud to bring to Ottawa this very special performing Arts Troupe where the performers are blind, deaf or have mobility challenges. Please visit our website read more at http://cccda.ca Net proceeds will go to support Easter Seals and China's Disabled People's Performing Arts Troupe
	"One of every 7 Canadians report having a disability." StatisticsCanada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2006
	Ottawa: National Arts Centre Southam Hall Performance Time: October 14, 2012 7:30pm http://nac-cna.ca/en/variety/event/2897

FIRST ANNUAL EPILEPSY OTTAWA BENEFIT (WITH JUNO NOM'D CRAIG CARDIFF)

 

Come out and enjoy a fun evening of great food and wonderful music with Juno-nominated performing artist Craig Cardiff while you help to support the work of Epilepsy Ottawa.

Featuring Special Guest Craig Cardiff - 2012 Juno Nominee       

 

Tickets:  $75 (Charitable receipts will be issued for $50)  http://benefitconcertforepilepsyottawa.eventbrite.ca

Includes a relaxed evening with great appetizers and two 45 minute performances. Bring your friends and enjoy a beverage and innovative food at one of Ottawa’s finest brewpubs.

Please Reserve By: October 20th, 2012.

 

 

 

Epilepsy Ottawa-Carleton

http://www.epilepsyottawa.ca/

Tel: 613-594-9255

 

Supporting individuals with epilepsy since 1987. EOC provides services to the city of Ottawa, Lanark and Renfrew counties, the city of Cornwall and counties of Stormont and Glengarry and the United Counties of Prescott and Russell. Please visit our Website for more information on our programs and support services.

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IRON MAIDENS - CHMR 93.5 FM - PLAYLIST - OCT. 13/12

Programmed and hosted by Honey Girl

1) Angel and the Bad Boys (Second-Hand Blues) – “Sweet Black Angel” (5:10)

2) Kathi McDonald & Rich Kirch (Nothin’ But Trouble) – “Trouble” (5:13)

3) Sunday Wilde (Broken String of Pearls) – “I Guess I Didn’t Hear You Right” (3:26)

4) Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa (Don’t Explain) – “Chocolate Jesus” (2:40)

5) Peter Karp & Sue Foley (Beyond the Crossroads) – “Resistance” (3:09)

6) Nellie “Tiger” Travis (Wanna Be with You) – “If I Back It Up” (3:49)

7) Beverly McClellan (Fear Nothing) – “Precious Times” (3:34)

8) Shirley Jackson & Her Good Rockin’ Daddies (When the Money’s All Gone)

 – “When the Money’s All Gone” (4:01)

9) Erin Costelo (We Can Get Over) – “Down Down” (2:55)

10) Mary McPage (Leaving Oz) – “8 Degrees of Sanity” (3:03)

11 Stacy Jones Band (Live and Untapped) – “Waitin’ on Love” (3:24)

12) Mama Groove (How Mama Got Her Groove) – “Chill Giver Blues” (2:10)

13) Jenn Grant (The Beautiful Wild) – “In the Belly of a Dragon” (3:29)

14) Summer and the Sinners (Boogie with the Devil) – “Independent Blues” (2:47)

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ROCKIN' THE BLUES FROM CANADA - CHMR 93.5 FM - PLAYLIST - OCT. 13/12

Programmed and hosted by D.D. Rocker/Misty Blue 1955

1) Muddy Waters (Hard Again) – “Blues Had a Baby…” (0:31)

2) James ‘Buddy’ Rogers (My Guitar’s My Only Friend) – “Buddy’s Walk” (2:37)

3) Jacky Terrasson (Gouache) – “Gouache” (5:25)

4) JaSoul (Blindfold Riddim) – “Fantasy Girl” (3:45)

5) Wayne Krantz (Howie 61) – “U Strip It” (3:55)

6) Spinoza Gambit – “Neon Skyline” (5:32)

7) Feorm (Feorm) – “Cyclick” (4:12)

8 Danko Jones (Rock and Roll is Black and Blue) – “The Masochist” (2:53)

9) Loverboy (Rock n Roll Revival) – “No Tomorrow” (4:53)

10) Bryon Tosoff (with Duane Flock) (Kick Back Just Relax) – “No Escape” (5:14)

11) The Bleeding Rose (Protus) – “Eventide” (3:56)

12) John McLaughlin & 4th Dimension (Now Here This) – “Take It or Leave It” (3:46)

13) Heaven’s Radio (Rendez-Vous – Active) – “Theme” (2:31)

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IRON MAIDENS – CHMR 93.5 FM – PLAYLIST – OCT. 6/12

Programmed and Hosted by Honey Girl

1) Little Birdie (Cinematic Way) – “Oh, Abraham” (4:04)

2) Bonnie Raitt (Nick of Time) – “Nobody’s Girl” (3:17)

3) Tannis Slimmon (w/ David Francey) (Lucky Blue) – “My Body Moves” (4:52)

4) Rita Chiarelli (Road Rockets – Re-Issue) – “Highway 61 (Backporch version) (3:00)

5) Ellen McIlwaine & Cassius Khan (Mystic Bridge) – “Crawlin’ Kingsnake” (2:21)

6) Yanah (The Girl in the Picture EP) – “The Girl in the Picture (Napalm Girl)” (4:28)

7) Tara Holloway (Sins to Confess) – “In the Flesh” (4:18)

Great Big Rock Jam Report

Sad news from the U.S. West Coast - Singer Kathi MacDonald of Anacortes, Washington, and based for years in San Francisco and the Greater Seattle Area, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 3, after slipping into a coma.  Early in her career she was an Ikette backing singer with Ike and Tina Turner and went on to perform and record on a long-term basis with Long John Baldry, best known for his hit, “Don’t Try to Lay No Boogie-Woogie on the King of Rock and Roll”.  Among the numerous bands and artists she worked with was Big Brother and the Holding Company (post-Janis Joplin’s departure from the band), and more recently she recorded with that band’s drummer and his new troupe, The Dave Getz Breakaway.  She also made a duo recording with John Lee Hooker guitarist Rich Kirch earlier this year.  She released several CDs under Kathi McDonald & Friends, and also contributed to the Seattle Women in Rhythm and Blues project.  The Washington Blues Society inducted her into their Hall of Fame in 1999.

There are several special events and festivals happening this month in St. John’s – firstly, for this Thanksgiving weekend, the Qidi Vidi Village Plantation is hosting the Feast of Pottery, an exhibit of functional and beautiful dinnerware and serving pieces by award-winning North American potters and ceramic artists.  It’s on today, tomorrow and Monday from 10 a.m. ’til 4 p.m.

The Festival of New Dance starts on October 9 and runs through October 14.  To check out the performance schedule and event venues, visit festivalofnewdance.ca.

That will be followed by the Women’s Film Festival running from Oct. 16-20, inclusive.

On Wednesday, October 19, at the Ship Pub, off Duckworth Street, the Newfoundland and Labrador Musicians’ Association will be holding a fundraising concert.  All proceeds will help establish the Newfoundland and Labrador Musicians’ Emergency Fund.   The door opens at 10 p.m. $15 at the door.

Republic of Doyle’s Lynda Boyd, Krystin Pellerin and Sean Panting will be singing jazz and blues standards, along with favourite local jazz and blues musicians, Mary Barry, Bill Brennan, Shawn Beresford, Gary Johnston, Brad Jefford, and more.  The contact email address is cfm820@gmail.com or you can call 709-722-8005.

The city, and indeed the whole province, is celebrating its 10^th annual Ocean Week from Oct. 21-27, and once you’re done celebrating the elixir of life on the 27th, you can take in the St. John’s Halloween Mardi Gras.  For info, call 722-7634 or visit georgestreetlive.ca - fun times in Canada’s “Far East”!

I’m Honey Girl, and I’ll be right back with more “Iron Maidens”, a program comprised of music composed and/or recorded by women determined to succeed in the industry alongside their male peers.  Playlist selections include male-female duos or bands comprised of both genders.

8) Evelyn Voigt (And the Embryo Dreams of Rainbows) – “Willow World” (1:57)

9) Jesse Greene Band (Jesse Greene Band) – “You Leave Your Woman Alone” (4:27)

10) Cecilia [DiBenedetto] (Kardamom) – “Market Place” (3:17)

12) Thread (Thread) – “Mortified” (3:50)

13) Kate Schrock (Live at the Majestic – 6.30.01 – Solo Acoustic) – “Madman” (4:04)

14) Aimee Allen (Writers & Mays) – “Bye Bye Blackbird/It Could Happen to You” (3:39)

15) Sue Foley (Queen Bee – The Antones Collection) – “Lightning’s Boogie” (1:45)

ROCKIN' THE BLUES FROM CANADA - CHMR 93.5 FM - PLAYLIST - OCT. 6/12

Programmed and hosted by D.D. Rocker/Misty Blue 1955

1) Smokin’ Joe Wiseman [indie mp3] – “Too White to Sing the Blues” (4:15)

2) David Vest (East Meets Vest) – “Low Down Dog” (4:09)

3) Capital B (Cocktails by the Dumpster) – “Below the Surface” (4:03)

4) Breaching Vista [indie mp3] – “Not Our Fate (Acoustic Demo)” (4:19)

5) Hannu Lepisto (Run Away with Me) – “There Is an Angel for Everyone” (3:22)

6) Aylie Sparkes (Beautiful & Deranged) – “Joanne’s Reel” (4:58)

D.D.’s Blue Notes

Saskatoon blues-rock guitar teen sensation Jordan Cook (now calling himself Reign Wolf – “reign” as in “rule” – is all grown up now and touring the U.S. from west to east, with a brief detour to Austin, Texas, and later dates in Germany and The Netherlands.   Playing publicly since the age of eight, Jordan seems to be first and foremost a live performer.  I have seen no evidence of any official recording being released between the Jordan Cook Band’s 2001 Transitions EP and his brand-new full-length CD, 7 Deadly Sins, but there are quite a few live video recordings at reignwolf.com that you might want to check out.  He currently makes his home in Seattle, WA.

Another Canadian band making waves south of the border are Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, no doubt due to their successful collaboration with American female musicians on their Kings & Queens project.  They’ve got dates this week in Arlington, VA, Red Hook and Stony Brook, both in NY, and then they are heading south to Franklin, TN, on October 20.

Speaking of Tennessee, and in particular, Nashville, that’s where Juno award-winner Old Man Luedecke (based in Chester, NS) recorded his brand-new CD, Tender Is the Night, with folk hero Tim O’Brien.  Luedecke is embarking on a tour across Canada that will take him as far west as Victoria, B.C., and in the east to Charlottetown, P.E.I., and including dates in Halifax and Chester, NS (his home base).

Doug Carter, Greater Hamilton Area musician, author of “Cool Fool”, and co-composer, with Mike MacMillan, on Guitar Mikey’s newest release, Out of the Box, tells me the CD has reached #1 three times on the Canadian Roots Music Report and charted in the Top 10 on the US Blues Chart. It is now striking the ears of Americana Program Directors and listeners alike, getting airplay in the States, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the UK, and, of course, right here on CHMR in St. John’s, NL, Canada.  It’s not just a ‘good’un’, mates – it’s great!  For info on Doug Carter’s book, visit coolfoolthebook.wordpress.com.

American slide guitarist and vocalist par excellence J.B. Ritchie, along with long-time bass guitarist, Frank Bandy of Teardrop Records, will be performing live tonight in Chicago at Buddy Guy’s Legends nightclub.  If I could be granted one musical wish, it would be a free trip to Chicago and a front-row seat at that world-famous venue.

On Wednesday, October 19, at the Ship Pub, off Duckworth Street, the Newfoundland and Labrador Musicians’ Association will be holding a fundraising concert.  All proceeds will help establish the Newfoundland and Labrador Musicians’ Emergency Fund.   The door opens at 10 p.m. $15 at the door.

Republic of Doyle’s Lynda Boyd, Krystin Pellerin and Sean Panting will be singing jazz and blues standards, along with favourite local jazz and blues musicians, Mary Barry, Bill Brennan, Shawn Beresford, Gary Johnston, Brad Jefford, and more.  The contact email address is cfm820@gmail.com or you can call 709-722-8005.

I’m D.D. Rocker (a.k.a. Misty Blue 1955), founder and sole member of NL Blues Society (a.k.a. the St. John’s Anti-Social Blues Conspiracy).  You’re listening to “Rockin’ the Blues from Canada”, offering free group therapy, on CHMR 93.5 FM, streaming live online at www.mun.ca/chmr, and broadcasting on Rogers TV Channel 942 and Bell Aliant Channel 825.  “Iron Maidens” is up next at 10, followed by Converts of Reason with Rory and Liam, and then Newfound Records with Wayne Tucker at noon.  In the meantime, stay tuned for more tunes.

7) Ball Aitken (Live at Tamworth) – “Hit the Road” (4:21)

8) Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate (Frail Hurricane EP) – “By the Water” (3:12)

9) Chris Adams (Under the Northern Lights) – “Under the Northern Lights” (5:14)

10) Lee Harvey Osmond (A Quiet Evil) – “Lucifer’s Blues” (5:41) (BY REQUEST)