Mulligan Stew Dec 1st


Serena Ryder returns to CKUA to talk about her amazing new album Harmony.
It’s going to take some fans by surprise but it’s going to be the album to take her career through the roof.
Frankly, it’s one of the best Canadian releases I’ve heard all year.
Polished, engaging and memorable!!

 Here’s what the Montreal Gazette had to say

 With the follow-up to her breakout album, the slick, but formulaic Is It O.K., singer-songwriter Serena Ryder hints at an artistic lifespan that could well extend beyond mainstream radio hooks that are instantly memorable and just as swiftly forgotten.
There’s a helping of the latter in some tracks, like the big-chorus opener, What I Wouldn’t Do and the sing-song arena hopeful Mary Go Round. But little sonic treasures like the Let’s Go handclaps on the former song, and the layered vocal bridge in Baby Come Back elevate even the average material.
Ryder can write a melody, as the sunny gem Fall demonstrates. But when she stretches out, as she does on the soulful ballad Please Baby Please, the subtly electro-wise jazzy torcher For You (which is reminiscent of the Screamin’ Jay Hawkins classic I Put a Spell on You) and the almost Broadway-ready and infectious Stompa, you can hear a real career beckoning.

 

PLAYLIST:

Artist

Song

Album

Steely Dan Josie Live on Letterman
Son of Dave Aint nobody but the blues Shake a Bone
Tim Chaisson Speak easier The other side
Tom Petty Candy Mojo
The Beatles Hey Jude 67/70
Serena Ryder No Body but you Harmony
Serena Ryder Interview
Serena Ryder Fall Harmony
Serena Ryder What I wouldn’t do Harmony
Serena Ryder Baby Come Back Harmony
Hour Two
Serena Ryder End of Interview
Serena Ryder Mary Go Round Harmony
Tom Wilson Keep on Grinning Dog years
The Band/Crickets Not fade away Not fade away
Prince Musicology Musicology
Black Crowes Cold boy Smile (Acoustic) Croweology
Cara Luft Idaho Darlingford
Harry Manx Nine Summers Lost Bread and Buddah
Staple Singers Respect Yourself Stax 50th Ann
James Brown Man’s World Best of
Van Morrison Madame George Astral Weeks
Steve Cropper Help me Somebody Dedicated