For those music fans who discovered the seductive narrative of  Andy Shauf through his last album The Party, just know that he’s hooked up with three of the party-goers and headed for The Skyline Bar in Parkdale, Toronto.

There’s his buddy Charlie, Rose the bartender and  Judy.

Oh!  His ex is in the bar as well.

You just don’t hear concept albums and certainly not concept songwriting and production at this level.

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Amy van Keeken, who knows a thing or two about songwriting wrote me a note ..

“The Neon Skyline is so good. Listening to the whole album start to finish

in one go (like people used to do) adds a deeper level of meaning to the songs and the narrative.  It’s brilliant”

Andy’s buddies Foxwarren are up for a Juno Award March 15 but Andy will be in Bourdeaux on tour.

I’ve asked Andy to leave his acceptance speech with us in our chat.

The rest of our two-hour show features handpicked Saturday night music.

JJ Cale

Linda Ronstadt

Steve Miller band

a double shot of Led Zeppelin.

Ry Cooder

Frazey Ford

Bruce Springsteen..

J Geils Band

Muddy Waters – Live in Chicago

Leon Russell

Next WEEK – Gord Sinclair – Formerly of  the Tragically Hip

  TWO WEEKs  Frazey Ford- New album U Kin  B The Sun

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