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Welcome to The Stew – Year 26.  Hope you’re having a  memorable Easter weekend.

It’s another one of those “a donor sent me off in a new direction” emails.  They’re always welcome.

Donor Hour One just said – “Do what you do”

So…it’s a mix of JJ Cale, Leo Kottke, Kinks, G Love and Keb Mo, Walk off the Earth, Lake Street Dive, Ron Sexsmith, John Hiatt, Colin James, Ariel Posen and Mick Jagger with the Red Devils.

The Donor of Hour Two suggests…

“In light of so many racial divides and intolerances  to cultural differences, perhaps a focus on cultural musical influences would be a way to open the mind””

With that in mind the mix of Saturday night music includes…

Sting and Shirazee, Wyclef Jean, Taj Mahal, and Los Lobos, Toots and Keith Richards, Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mombasa, Los Lobos. 

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New tracks from Paul McCartney/Beck and Van Morrison.

Blue Rodeo, Feist, and The Stones Midnight Rambler finish off the first Saturday of Spring.

The Mulligan Stew Podcast is very special – First it’s EP 150.

Nomadland may very well win the Oscar for Best Film. It’s been winning lots of other awards including @CriticsChoice.

We have interviews with the actual Nomads who the story, book, and screenplay were written about and who play themselves in the film.

Swankie, Linda May, Bob Wells plus the author of the book Jessica Bruder.

Happy Easter weekend all!

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Ariel Posen is an admitted guitar-for-hire.

I discovered him through the music of The Bros Landreth.

Joey and David were the first to take me aside and say “watch that guy…he’s much more than a guitar player.”

And so we arrive at that moment when Ariel steps out with his second solo album Headway.

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His songs. His band. His voice.  Pure Posen

And just like the Bros. he already had a growing and established audience in Europe.. He lived in Cork, Ireland for years, toured all over that part of the world. Many in his audience discovered his playing when he regularly demo’d guitars for a large music chain. They had no idea he also sang and wrote his own music. All the fans and fan mags knew was – he was a great guitar player.

We found Ariel now living in Montreal.  You’re going to love this guy.

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Allman Bros

Stephen Stills

Mark Knopfler

And

Dominique Fils-Aime  Kick Off The Stew.

Chris Cornell doing John Lennon

Paul McCartney – new solo

The Wood bros Live

Tedeschi Trucks

Ray Charles

Blue Rodeo Live

Steve Miller Band

Fats Live

And  lot MORE

Enjoy!

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The Stew is wall to wall hand-picked music

Strong  Mulligan Stew donor suggestions drive this weeks playlist.

Here’s a mix of their favourites and mine..

Kick off with

Shape I’m in – The Band (New remaster of Stage Fright LP)

PJ Harvey and Thom Yorke

The amazing Dominque Fils-Aime

Valerie June and Carla Thomas (Valerie  in Calgary Saturday night)

Best of the Rest –

Two Van Morrison tracks

2 John Mayer tracks

Bettye LaVette does Dylan

Dylan does Dylan

The Hour Two donors lean all  the way into Cash Country.  Yesterday was Johnny Cash’s Birthday.

With  several tracks by Johnny Cash (his birthday Saturday)

Roseanne Cash– with Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello

Sheryl Crowe and Joe Walsh

Toots in Memphis

Sam Roberts

And we finish with a couple of guitar gunslingers Chuck Berry and Eric Clapton Live – wailing on Wee Wee Hours.

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And this week  on the Mulligan Stew Podcast Buffy Saint-Marie guests from Hawaii – on the occasion of her 80^th Birthday. The complete Interview.

Next week – Ariel Posen

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Happy Birthday 1971

1971 was a great year for music and classic albums. The last 30 minutes of The Stew will salute just a handful of the landmark releases.

Many still play well..some really need to be re-discovered.

Rod Stewart – Every picture tells a story

Elton John – Madman Across the Water

Dave Edmonds – Rockpile

The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers

Marvin Gate – What’s goin’ on

Janis Joplin – Pearl

Bill Withers – Just as I am

PK – please don’t yell if YOUR favorite is not on this list – there WILL be others all year long.

As for the rest of The Stew on this Super Bowl Weekend

StevieRayVaughn/LindiOrtega/MichaelFranti/Toots/JamesBrown/AmyWinehouse/TheHip/Coldplay/BlackKeys/BenHarper&CharlieMusslewhite/LittleFeat/JimByrnes/VanMorrisonLive.

Double shots of

The Byrds

Page/Plant/Zep

Harry Manx (and Kevin Breit)

Play the Music

Play Ball

The Mulligan Stew Podcast features an interview with Shawn Edwards. Film critic and writer, who founded The Celebration of Black Cinema in LA.

It was a fantastic year for black filmmakers and films.

Shawn takes us through the year of black cinema and who the event honored.

(Delroy Lindo/John Legend, Tessa Thompson,  Leslie Odom Jr. Chadwick Boseman, Andra Day, and more)

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Heading back to the donor request list.

A – Because they’re  DONORS

B – Because the lists and stories  are fantastic

Corb Lund/Joel Plaskett/Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance/The Who/Trombone Shorty/Eliza Gilkyson/The Beatles/Branford Marsalis and Eric Clapton (Live)/Paul Simon (Live)

We Kick off with

Lightning Hopkins

CCR

Son of Dave (new)

Daniel Lanois (new)

Jon Batiste (new)

Cultura Profetica (new)

Serena Ryder (new)

Selwyn Birchwood (new)

And some classics

Dire Straits – Communique

Tom Cochrane – Big League

Robbie Robertson and Van Morrison – I hear you paint houses

Bonnie Raitt – Fearless Love

Crescent City Gold – Hang Tough

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