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EP 306 | Kimberly Hundertmark. Okanagan Spring Wine Fest and John Skinner. BC Wine view Painted Rock

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I’ve had the distinct pleasure to host and produce Tasting Room Radio for 17 years.

Most weeks we consider featuring some of those stories on the podcast but music, arts and music history seem to carry the day.

These two interviews deserve to be featured because they tell the story of the current state of the BC wine industry.

The Okanagan has been burned by summer fires and choked by summer smoke, blocked by road closures at the peak of the summer season, deep frozen by two successive winters and disappointingly shunned by liquor governing bodies in Alberta.

All the while the BC wine industry is making better and better wines. So it all feels like three steps forward and two back

Kimberly Hundertmark, the GM of Okanagan Wine Festivals brings great news. Right now, they are kicking off the Spring Wine Festival all over the Okanagan Valley. It’s an amazing collection of events. Huge gatherings like 2024 BC Top 50 and the Wine of the Year. The TASTE series, carefully curated in locations North and South, the Naramata Bench this Sunday, June 2 and the District Wine Village in Oliver Sat-Sun June 8/9 and Saturday, June 8th at the Summer Sips at Spirit Ridge Osoyoos. Kimberly brings all the news and tips for making plans.

 

The complete list of events can be found at  www.thewinefestivals.com

 

 

John Skinner is the co-owner/co-founder of Painted Rock Estate Winery, on the Skaha Bench in Okanagan Falls.

If you go to their website www.paintedrock.ca have a look at the wines but also the awards those wines have won over the years.

Pages and pages of awards and outstanding reviews.

John’s comments about his wines and two new releases – Rose and Chardonnay can be found on Tasting Room Radio. www.tastingroomradio.com

These comments by John are about the state of the BC wine industry – the good and not-so-good.

Above all, it’s John’s belief in BC Wine. He shows leadership and well-thought-out decision-making.

If you’re interested in supporting the BC wine industry – and I truly hope you are – then John brings clarity and commitment to all of us.

John Skinner reminds us that most of these wineries are owned by small farming families.

“support the little wineries first. Find your favourites and support them when you can”

 

Mulligan Stew June 1st 2024-Legendary Red Devils and several artists from the Edmonton Folk Fest and remembering two drummers: John Bonham and Charlie Watts

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Remembering David Ruffin, Bob Marley and two legendary drummers John Bonham and Charlie Watts.

New music from Joe Ely (and Bruce Springsteen) Vancouver’s Honeybear,.

We’re featuring several artists from the just announced Edmonton Folk Fest – Rhiannon Giddens, Blue Rodeo, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.

We’ll also feature one of the best blues bands anywhere…The Red Devils – produced live by Rick Rubin, with just 3 microphones.

New music from Secret Sisters, Devin Cuddy, Black Crowes, and Celeigh Cardinal.

Van Into the Mystic, The Faces, John Prine, Tracy Chapman, Tina, John Cash, Peter Gabriel, Bonnie Raitt and more.

June 22 Two Guests Celeigh Cardinal – with new album Boundless Possibilities

And Bridget Kearney – from Lake Street Dive.  She brings their brand new album Good Together

 

Both artists release their new albums on Friday, June 21.

 

Join us – and please do turn it UP

 

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew – Year 28 Terry David Mulligan CKUA – mulliganstewdotca
no fightin’ the red devils king king
odds of the blues joe ely and bruce springsteen driven to drive
i was wrong honeybear – the band single
same water the secret sisters mind, man, medicine
deane house – river cafe mulligan stew coming up – john prine
ain’t hurtin’ nobody john prine lost dogs & mixed blessings
stand by me tracy chapman greatest hits
my girl the temptations gold
hold on tight the devin cuddy band dear jane
rock me baby tina turner what’s love got to do with it?
mulligan stew Next – travelling wilburys johnny cash mulliganstewdotca
end of the line the travelling wilburys trav. wilburys collection
i won’t back down johnny cash CASH
lucky rodney crowell chicago sessions
dont give up peter gabriel (kate bush) so
Hour Two of the The Stew marley.stones.zep.plant.krauss mulligan stew
poor tom led zeppelin coda (remaster)
crackin up (live) the rolling stones live at the el mocambo
trenchtown rock (live) bob marley & wailers Live at rainbow
high and lonesome robert plant & allison krauss raise the roof
TDMulligan The Stew – Year 28 NEXT – Rhiannon Giddons
black is the color (live) rhiannon giddons single
The Galway Girl Steve Earle transcendental blues
woman be wise (live) bonnie raitt songs from the rainbow room
go go round blue rodeo beautiful – a tribute to gord lightfoot
coyotes banff – for over 25 years mulliganstewdotca NEXT – Red Devils
cut that out the red devils king king
wilted rose the black crowes (lainey wilson) happiness bastards
Hi all – get your ckua 50-50 ticket somebody’s getting the money thank you
light of the moon celeigh cardinal boundless possibilities
celeigh cardinal guests on the stew June 22 with lake street dive
into the mystic van morrison moondance
thank you for listening and donating Terry Lionel is next
stay with me the faces best of

MulliganStew May 25th 2024-From Sunny Boy to Sgt Pepper and Happy Birthday to Bob Dylan and Miles Davis.

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Hello all
Great donor suggestions kick things off including John Hiatt, Wm Prince. Marc Jordan.
New music from Celeigh Cardinal, Cherie Camp, The Sadies, Nathaniel Rateliff and Willow Smith/Jon Batiste.
We celebrate the day Sgt Pepper was released and changed “everything”.

We celebrate Sonny Boy Williamson 2  through Mick and the Red Devils, Tedeschi Trucks and Sunny  Boy himself. And celebrate Bob Dylan’s Birthday in 1941 and release of  Nashville Skyline 1969.
And the last birthday honor go to Miles Davis. We finish The Stew with  his greatest work,   All Blues from Kind of Blue
Have a kind weekend.

Interviews coming from Celeigh Cardinal and Lake Street Dive.

 

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew – Year 28 Terry Mulligan CKUA
let them knock sharon jones and the dap kings 100 days 100 nights
make it happy lyle lovett and his large band its not big it’s large
home at last steely dan aja
david and goliath nathanial rateliff and the night sweats south of here
deane house – river cafe both on the bow – calgary coming up – john hiatt – the sadies
have a little faith john hiatt bring the family
coltrane plays the blues marc jordan waiting for the sun to rise
hold on hold on (live) the sadies in concert vol 1
fits and starts cherie camp love and blood
tdmulligan the stew – for you next – dire straits
brothers in arms dire straits brothers in arms
home willow smith and jon batiste empathogen
the stew – hour one playlist – mulliganstewdotca next the beatles – sgt pepper
good morning the beatles sgt pepper
sgt pepper – reprise the beatles sgt pepper
a day in the life the beatles sgt pepper
hour two of mulligan stew honoring sonny boy-bob dylan -miles playlist mulliganstewdotca
checking up on my baby mick jagger and the red devils best of mick jagger
bring it on home sonny boy williamson two the real folk blues
bird on a wire tedeschi trucks band live from the fox theatre oakland
tanqueray william prince stand in the joy
terry david mulligan the stew – ckua radio [email protected]
mrs robinson simon and garfunkle bookends
light of the moon celeigh cardinal single
ckua radio – the stew coming up – los lobos, dylan, miles davis tdm
the world is a ghetto los lobos native sons
coyotes banff supporting ckua over 25 years birthday music from rosanne, bob & miles next – bob dylan
tonight i’ll be staying here with you bob dylan nashville skyline
50,000 rosanne cash the river and the thread
change it colin james open road
thank you for listening and donating don’t forget the 50/50 on now careful out there – terry
all blues miles davis kind of blue

EP 305 | Dylan Turns 83 and Tofino Wine and Dine

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Wonderful article from Charles P. Pierce   Esquire Magazine May 25

Let’s get the whole gang together: Davey Moore, Hattie Carroll, Hollis Brown, Einstein disguised as Robin Hood, the motorcycle black Madonna two-wheeled gypsy queen, Ma Rainey, and Beethoven, John the Baptist, the Commander In Chief, Louis The King, Napoleon in rags, Lucille, Johanna, Sweet Marie, John Wesley Harding, St. Augustine, the joker, the thief, Big Jim, Lily, Rosemary, and most of all, the Jack of Hearts, Rubin Carter, Isis, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Blackjack Davey, Charlie Patton. All of them. Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack, because if you want to remember, you better write down the names.

Bob Dylan turned 83 on Friday. All of him did. All of them did. All the personae, the entire kaleidoscope of masks, the false fronts and head fakes, and, finally, the last, and in many ways, best of them all. The travelling storyteller, the seanchai as the people in the old country would call him. Out on the endless tour, up the endless highway. I think of him and I think of Turlough O’Carolan, the legendary blind Irish harper who would travel the countryside, composing his songs on the spot for whomever would give him food and drink. Go back further. Go back to Homer. Sing to him, O muse. When Dylan dropped “Murder Most Foul,” virtually out of a clear blue sky, blessing us with it as consolation for the years when America had gone so terribly wrong, it was Homer of whom I thought, poet and historian both, protector of the shadowland between myth and reality, chronicler of what Greil Marcus called “the old, weird America,” a phrase I wish I’d written.

He’ll be around all summer, travelling with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp and a whole clutch of other artists in something called the Outlaw Music Festival Tour. It’s a high-priced extravaganza but, in a very real way, he’s just on the road, heading for another joint. Move along, brother Bob. The highway, as you taught us, is for gamblers, and we take what we have gathered from coincidence.

Here’s a collection of comments and reflections from Dylan’s artistic partners and others just sharing the same spaces with Bob. Interviews I’ve done over the years to be added to when Dylan turns 85.

Interviews with

David Bowie

Robbie Robertson

Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks

The Avett Brothers

Barney Bentall and Steve Dawson

Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo)

And Colin Linden (Blackie and the Rodeo Kings)

Wine and Dine – Tofino June 1-2.

The second story takes place next weekend June 1 and 2 in one of Earth’s most beautiful places –  Tofino,  British Columbia. The western edge of Canada on Vancouver Island. The community includes surfing, golfing, fishing, underwater adventures and an unusual gathering of chefs. It is where they come to learn how to create seafood dishes and cook with what the forest and oceans give them – and surf their minds out.

 

It’s the second annual Wine and Dine gathering on the front lawns of Best Western Plus Tin Wis Resort.

All of the details can be found at  www.tofinowinedine.com 

 

Our guests are the organizers and founders  of Tofino Wine & dine

 

 

Ronnie Lee and Ryan Orr.

EP 304 | Sue Foley Interview New Album ‘One Guitar Woman’

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We know Ottawa-born Sue Foley from the blues albums she’s created and released. Plus Multiple blues awards on both sides of the border.
Her new album is One Guitar Woman. A tribute to the female pioneers of guitar.

This was/is a very personal journey for Sue. She’s studied the many women who played guitar before her and left their legacy to study and pass on.
Female singers and players like Memphis Minnie, Elizabeth Cotten, Maybelle Carter, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Geeshe Wiley,  Lydia Mendoza etc.
Many tales and tunes are connected to the album.

Four-time Blues Foundation Traditional Female Artist award winner, Sue Foley’s new album One Guitar Woman is a heartfelt tribute to the female pioneers of the guitar – including Memphis Minnie, Lydia Mendoza, Maybelle Carter, Ida Presti, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The album showcases the dexterity of Foley’s acoustic nylon string guitar skills as she expands on her blues playing into other genres like Piedmont fingerpicking, traditional country, the Carter Scratch,  flamenco and classical.

“From the time I decided to be a professional guitar player, I’ve always looked for female role models. These are the women who were expressing themselves through the instrument as far back as the 1920’s, at the inception of radio and recorded music. They are the trailblazers and visionaries whose footsteps I walk in,” 

Sue  Foley.

Mulligan Stew May 18th 2024-Special Guest Sue Foley and her new album ‘One Guitar Woman’

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New music from
Beyonce/Sue Foley and a wonderful new first single from Winnipeg’s Madeleine Roger.
Classic Saturday night tracks to go with dinner prep and hockey fights
Watermelon Man – Mongo Santamaria/Squib Cakes Tower of Power
LIVE tracks from Billy Strings and Willie Nelson/Indigo Girls/Steve Winwood
and we proudly salute the latest inductee into the Order of Canada – Jim Byrnes
We know Ottawa-born Sue Foley from the blues albums she’s created and released. Plus Multiple blues awards on both sides of the border.
Her new album is One Guitar Woman. A tribute to the female pioneers of guitar.

This was/is a very personal journey for Sue. She’s studied the many women who played guitar before her and left their legacy to study and pass on.
Female singers and players like Memphis Minnie, Elizabeth Cotten, Maybelle Carter, Sister Rosetta Tharp, Geeshe Wiley,  Lydia Mendoza etc.
Many tales and tunes are all connected to the album.We also salute National Whisky Day with a medley of whisky songs.Complete Sue Foley interview on Mulligan Stew and YouTube Channel

 

 

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew – Guest is Sue Foley Terry Mulligan Donor supported CKUA
love will be reborn martha wainwright Locve will be reborn (deluxe)
hasn’t hit me yet Blue Rodeo five days in July
what’s going on marvin gaye what’s going on
I’m a man (live) Steve Winwood Winwood’s greatest hits live
TDMulligan Sue Foley brings new album One Guitar Woman mulliganstewdotca
Jolene Beyonce cowboy carter
ninety nine and a half Jim Byrnes Long hot summer days
gypsy in my soul van morrison magic time
Sue Foley guests in Hour Two One Guitar Woman Tribute to the female pioneers of guitar
Tangled up in blue (live) The Indigo Girls 1200 curfews
champagne corolla justin townes earle Kids in the streets
Youngblood The Coasters the ultimate Coasters
Watermelon Man Mongo Santamaria Watermelon Man
Squib Cakes Tower of Power Back to Oakland
Mulligan Stew – Coming UP Whisky Songs Guest is Sue Foley with new album
Coming UP – Whisky songs and guest Sue Foley One Guitar Woman
Old Men Corb Lund Agricultural Tragic
Whisky River (live) Billy Strings, Willie and cast Willy Nelson 90 (Hollywood Bowl)
Alabama Song (Whisky Bars) The Doors The Doors
Mulligan Stew New Madeleine Roger single Coming Up
You don’t think about me Madeleine Roger Nerve
God only knows The Beach Boys Made in California
CKUA Radio – The Stew Terry David Mulligan Playlist mulliganstewdotca
Interview with Sue Foley New album One Guitar Woman A tribute to the Female Pioneers of Guitar
Last kind words Sue Foley One Guitar Woman
Sue Foley Interview One Guitar Woman New album
Oh Babe, it ain’t no lie Sue Foley One Guitar Woman
Sue Foley Interview A Tribute to the female pioneers of Guitar One Guitar Woman
Maybelle’s Guitar Sue Foley One Guitar Woman
Sue Foley – complete Interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm YouTube channel
My journey to the sky Sue Foley One Guitar Woman
Complete Sue Foley Interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and tdm You Tube Channel
Nothing in Rambling Sue Foley One Guitar Woman
Mulligan Stew TDMulligan @tdmulligan
Cold Sweat Mongo Santamaria Greatest Hits

May 18th 2024-Spring wine releases from the Naramata Bench

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THE SHOW

Last week we featured Part Two of the Cowichan Spring Wine Releases.  10 interviews in total.

This week, we’re again set up in a very busy room. This time there are even more wineries pouring their Spring releases and all telling the stories that go with each.

This week  we reconnect with the wineries of the Naramata Bench.

Like many others in the BC wine community, The Naramata Bench was also hit with heartbreaking losses of their prime vineyards due to a killer Winter deep freeze.

Even as they pour the wines this year, we’re still talking about the growing season last year and how each and all with survive.

The pouring and presenting of Spring wine releases is an annual traditional event.  Talking about failed bud breaks, the loss of complete vineyards and the big question – what to do next?

Many changes coming to BC Wine farming.

What to plant?  Where to plant? How to survive the crisis?

New Varietals, new Blends and new owners/makers/farmers.

As tough as the next couple of years may be,  none of that showed itself in the Spring pour at Vancouver Community College on West Pender.

The Bench is a very tight community. Even though they are all hyper-competitive, when it comes to showcasing their individual wines  The Naramations pull together as a team. Impressive,  to say the least.

Here are the guests for Part One – talking Spring Wines and Vineyard Survival!!

 

  • Colin Ross – President of Bench Wineries (Tightrope)
  • Tyson Archer –  (co-founder) Fox and Archer
  • Emma Roberts – (GM) Howling Bluff
  • Bob Ferguson – (co-founder/winemaker)  Kettle Valley

Kathy Malone – Hillside Winery

  • Kathy Malone – (Winemaker) Hillside Winery and Bistro

Marcus

(Marcus Ansems/Daydreamer)

  • Marcus Ansems – (Winemaker Co-owner) Daydreamer Wines
  • Richard Da Silva – (Owner-Winemaker)  Da Silva Vineyards and Winery
  • Lyndsay O’Rourke (co-founder/winemaker) Tightrope Winery

Dylan Roche-Roche Wines

  • Dylan Roche – (co-founder/co-winemaker) Roche Wines
  • Graham Pierce – (winemaker) Ruby Blue

Rebecca Mikulic

  • Rebecca Mikulic  – Three Sisters Winery

Robert Van Westen

  • Robert Van Westen – (co-founder/winemaker)  Van Westen Vineyards
  • Lauren Bunckle – (Asst Winemaker) Elephant Island Winery
  • Wilbert Borren – (co-owner/winemaker) Four Shadows Vineyard and Winery
  • Will Hardman – (co-founder/winemaker) Deep Roots Winery

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

 

  • Haywire/OK Crush Pad
  • The Hatch
  • Mayhem
  • Poplar Grove Pinot
  • Winemakers Cut
  • Okanagan Spring Wine Fest
  • Best Coast Distillery

Mulligan Stew May 11th 2024- Donor requests and hand picked Stew songs

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Hello Warm – Nice to have you back in the neighbourhood.

This second Stew,  following the spectacular Spring Fundraiser at CKUA,  starts with almost a full hour of donor song suggestions and honourable mentions.

Donor suggestions for

  • Tom Petty
  • Matchbox 20
  • Bonnie Raitt
  • The Rolling Stones
  • Tom Waits
  • Elton John
  • Van Morrison
  • Patti Smith Group
  • Robert Plant/Allison Krauss
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Bahamas
  • Corb Lund
  • Eric Clapton

From my bag of tunes…I added

  • Mark Knopfler
  • The Strumbellas
  • Booker T
  • Seth Walker
  • Gary Clark Jr.
  • Rodney Crowell
  • Pearl Jam and The Tragically Hip
  • The Bros. Landreth

Next Week – The guest is Sue Foley. She brings tracks and tales from her new album One Guitar Woman

Have a memorable Mother’s Day Weekend—heartfelt love to Mothers everywhere.

-TDM

 

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Year 28 (I think) Terry David Mulligan Donor Requests
Free Fallin’ Tom Petty Full Moon Fever
3:00 AM Matchbox 20 Yourself or someone like you
No expectations the rolling stones Beggars Banquet
Down on you Bonnie Raitt Slipstream
The Mothers Day Weekend Stew TDMulligan Coming up – Elton, Van and Junior
Tom Traubert’s Blues Tom Waits Small Change
Donor Requests from the Spring fundraiser The Stew
Texas Flood Gary Clark Jr Willie Nelson 90
Mother Days Weekend Mulligan Stew TDM
Levon Elton John Madman across the water
Playing donor choices You made history at ckua Thank you
Astral Weeks Van Morrison Astral Weeks
Deane House River Cafe Mulligan Stew
2 pairs of hands Mark Knopfler One Deep River
Lucky Rodney Crowell The Chicago Sessions
Find new ways Dan Mangan single
Shrimp and Grits Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator
This is Mulligan Stew TDMulligan Spring Fundraiser Requests
Scavengers yard Mark Knopfler One Deep River
Dancing barefoot Patti Smith Group Wave
Mulligan Stew – CKUA NEXT – Robert Plant-Allison Krauss Playlist mulliganstewdotca
Your long journey R Plant – A Krauss Raising Sand
Steal my soul (acoustic) The Strumbellas Steal my soul Acoustic
Hip Hug Her Booker T and the Mg’s Definitive Soul Collection
Take me to the River Seth Walker single
Coyotes Banff Mother’s Day Menu NEXT -Clapton
Stones in my passway Eric Clapton I Still Do
Gone Girl Gone Bahamas Bootcut
The Ghost of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen The Ghost of Tom Joad
Next Week – Sue Foley Interview One Guitar Woman The Stew
Daughter Pearl Jam RearView Mirror
Bobcaygeon The Tragically Hip Phantom Power
Thank you Donors You created an Amazing Fundraiser Next week Sue Foley
Made up Mind The Bros Landreth CKUA Hidden Track
The Spell of the Lilac Bloom Ruth Moody ( Joey Landreth) Single

 

EP 295 | Corb Lund Interview, New Album ‘ EL VIEJO’ Repeat

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Corby brings new, acoustic, live off off-the-floor music in his new album El Viejo (The Old One) in memory and tribute to his pal Ian Tyson.

Corby says that this album may be his best yet.

He brings memories of Ian and also how his audiences are different depending on where he’s playing,

For El Viejo Corb and the Hurtin’ Albertans played live, letting the songs reveal themselves.

It was all captured by CKUA Alumni Scott Franchuck.

Corby describes it as “organic”.

We talked about his name “is that the name of the band?”

Talked about  his time with The Smalls and how this music connects to those days. “half urban/indy and half cowboys/ranchers”

We touched on Hearts on Fire Michael Barclay’s book on “6 Years That Changed Canadian Music” which in its promo mentioned cowboys who used to play speed metal. 

“the alt-country music in the late ’90s and 2000s was littered with x-punks who suddenly discovered acoustic guitar.”

That’s Corb. The Poet Laureate of the Albertan people.

May 28 Amsterdam

And multiple dates in Europe with The Dead South.

Canada Day – CFB Wainwright

ALL dates – corblund.com

 

 

 

EP 303 | Bassist Ron Carter The living history of modern jazz turns 87

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When Ron Carter’s name comes up, one of the first things people write or say is – he’s played bass and cello on over 2500 albums.

That’s impressive and awe-inspiring. Totally agree.

When I hear the name Ron Carter I think of the bassist who played in Miles Davis’ second band, alongside Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams & George Coleman.

“The List” of bands and recordings would include Wayne Shorter, Blue Note recordings with Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, and 100’s of others.

I talked to Ron about his recordings in popular music.  Roberta Flack, Eddie Harris, Aretha, Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Erykah Badu, A tribe called Quest, Phoebe Snow, The Rascals, Gil Scott-Heron, Carlos Santana.

Ron has taught music for many years at esteemed colleges and schools, his current documentary is Finding the Right Notes, also the name of his bio book.

Ron Carter turns 87 years old today – Saturday, May 4 !!  we wish him WELL.

Enjoy the conversation – I sure did.