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We welcome Winter Olympic Gold Medal Winner Chandra Crawford..founder of Fast and Female.

It aims to empower young women.  Here’s Chandra’s message!

“Did you know that girls quit sports at 6 times the rate of boys?! When they do they miss out on the resiliency and leadership skills sport has been proven to foster.

Fast and Female, a not-for-profit founded by Olympic Gold Medalist in cross country skiing Chandra Crawford, is on a mission to change that statistic.

Chandra gives us a quick background on their foundation and then she gets a chance to play DJ – No surprise she wants female empowerment music..

So you get some Aretha, Basia Bulat, Jann Arden and Annie Lennox.

Plus Amy Helm, and Amy van Keeken.

Check out the Saturday night music..

The Wood Bros,King Biscuit Boy, Bob Dylan, ..and two new albums from Winnipeg by  Madeleine Roger and Carly Dow

One segment is all LIVE

Caravan – Van Morrison

Diamonds on the soles – Paul Simon

American Land – Bruce Springsteen

Pulling back the Reins – kdlang

Got some Tower of Power Live, Lee Dorsey, Alan Doyle, Madeleine Peyroux and classic Elton John.

The kicker to close the show is Leeroy Stagger.

Have a great weekend..and turn it UP

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So I’m thinking … Sept 1^st  End of Summer. An hour of  Greatest hits of CKUA Radio  Summer 2018?  

Last Lion of Albion– Neko Case – Hell-on

Shame Shame Shame – Lake Street Dive – Free Yourself Up

Political  World  – Bette LaVette-Things have Changed

Girls gotta do – Jill Barber – Metaphora

Can you get to that – Frazey Ford – single

Everything to Everyone – Earthtones – Bahamas

How about we start the Stew with an hour of  Greatest Hits of Summers Past?

Think about it.  In 1968 alone you’ve got

The Weight – Music from Big Pink – The Band

People got to be free – Freedom Suite – The Rascals

Hey Jude – from Hey Jude – The Beatles

Or how about a year later –  1969?

Hot Fun in the Summertime – from Stand – Sly and the Family Stone

Honky Tonk Women – from Hot Hits – The Rolling Stones

So..here we go.

Hits from our lives and hits from this summer.

Did I mention the hits of summer 2018 will have a guest host?

Arianne Smith-Piquette – Library technician at CKUA

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Have a great time with your memories and a great long weekend.

Ps..Our Mulligan Stew Podcast will be with the most played artist of the Summer.. Bahamas.

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Not really sure why I decided to start The Stew with “street songs” but I did.

Rock and Blues Music is filled with street references.

Streets are in everyone’s childhood..even farm kids have to go into town once and a while.

Included in this set is our feature album from Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul (Soulfire Live – 3CDs)

Tracks from Miami Steve include

10th Ave freeze out (with The Boss)

I don’t wanna go Home.   We finish the Stew with Steve’s first song he ever wrote.

So, Tom Petty kicks things off with Depot Street from his Box Set Playback

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band  with Out on the Streets Live at Madison Square Garden

Taking it to the streets  – Quincy Jones (with Luther Vandross, Gwen Guthrie & Michael Brecker)

Racing in the Streets (Bruce’s song)  sung by EmmyLou Harris.

This Saturdays Stew has new music from Mike Farris, Elvis Costello, Whitehorse.

JJ Cale, Lauren Hill celebrates 20 years since she released the remarkable The  Miseducation of Lauren Hill.

Bruce Cockburn, some rock steady from The Maytals, Sheepdogs, Taj, Derek Trucks and an amazing set that starts hour two…All Live Tracks

10th Ave Freezeout – Little Steven and Bruce Springsteen

Caravan – The Band and Van Morrison

People Get Ready  – Curtis Mayfield

There was a time – James Brown and the Famous Flames

I’ve been loving you  – Otis Redding

Again – all live.

The last 30 minutes includes

Derek Trucks Band – Down in the Flood

And a sublime version of The Weight with The Staple Singers and The Band.

As good as everyone is – it’s Rick Danko who just owns the song.

Two Hours of the very best music I can find…For your last Saturday of August.

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Live from the Edmonton Folk Fest today… Check out my videos from the stage!
 

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I’ve lost my July. It was over by the car keys and now it’s just – Gone!
That’s 31 days I’ll never get back.
I know where August is..it’s right in front of us and I’m ready to hit the
road.
The August 4th Stew celebrates a long weekend, a beautiful last month of
Summer and my sister’s birthday.
Maureen, this is your gift. (again)

We start with the reunion of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young at Neil’s annual
Bridge School concert.
Over 8 minutes of a sublime Déjà vu.
Followed by The Band doing Buddy Holly and Little Richard doing Johnny Cash.
Both rock.
What follows is pure long weekend music
Aaron Neville AND Mavis Staples (she’s in Kaslo)
Frazey Ford, Jill Barber, The Doobies, Taj, Tedeschi Trucks, Colin James and
James Brown..both live.
You also get a Saturday night with Ray Charles Live at Newport, Shuggie
Otis, Steve Winwood, Justin Townes Earle, Chicago and Summertime (live) with
Gene Harris.
Happy Birthday Sis and Hey! all of you have a great August.
NEXT WEEK.. The Stew is Live at Edmonton Folk festival

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Ok, listen. It’s festival season. 
Stages everywhere are filled with great music. 
So this Saturday on Mulligan Stew we have our own festival. 
The What The f…k happened to July?” Festival. 
Playing music to recover those days gone by…

Any show that starts with “This is a Man’s World” LIVE has infinite possibilities.

Fyi – the next track is James Brown’s Please Please Please but as done by Dave and Phil Alvin…and we’re off and running!

Highlights include a double shot of David Byrne – as himself and as Talking Heads.

I particularly like The Stone Set with

Amy Helm – Roll the Stone

Leon Russell – Roll away the Stone

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings – I’d have to be a stone.

The donor for hour two asked for specific Canadian artists..thus:

Neil Young – Live at Massey Hall..introduces a “new” song called Old Man.  Neil explains that he was writing about the manager that came with Ranch he had purchased.

“I think he’s around 70 now”…So, this is 1971 when Neil was a young man.  Neil today is 72 and he has become the old man he wrote about all those years ago.

Chilliwack – Fly at Night Live

Sam Roberts – Detroit 67 Live

Spirit of Canada (Barney/Doyle/BNLadies/Sarah/Colin James/Byrnes/Cuddy) – Live at The Commodore singing Home for a Rest for John Mann. The song was recorded and shot in the Men’s Washroom at The Commodore.  Please find GoFundMe/John Mann

The Stew ends with a rush of “everything”

Early Leeroy Stagger

Romi Mayes

Panic at the Disco

A mini “Midnight” set with Eric Clapton and Gregg Allman

And we finish with The Birthday Boy – Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones – Angie

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Saturday night at 9 PM The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer play the main stage at Taste of Edmonton. That concert will be also broadcast Live on CKUA Radio.

To celebrate, we’ve asked Shawn  “The Harp” Hall to pick up the phone backstage and fill us in on what the night holds and what’s next for them.

Love these guys. Plus Shawn’s an Island neighbor and I think owes me a beer.

The playlist below is your Saturday night roadmap.

Starting with Ry Cooder  Live.

Lyle Lovett/Aretha/Coldplay/Jann Arden/Otis etc

New music from

Lake Street Dive

Walk off the Earth

Colin James

Joey Landreth

AND…

For the donor and you ..a set of 60’s hits..memories for a grad class that has partied at  Sylvan Lake since the 60’s.

The Byrds            Mr Tamborine Man

Cream                   Badge

Beach Boys         God only knows

The Beatles        I need you

Marvin Gaye      I heard it through the grapevine

Bob Dylan            Like a rolling stone

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Gurvinder Bhatia is a wine friend of mine..Lives in Edmonton

He is the wine editor for Quench Magazine plus the wine columnist for Global TV.

Once a year he takes many hours to listen to the artists appearing at the annual Interstellar Rodeo that takes place next weekend (July 20-21-22)

Then he pairs wine with the artist..which the audience can taste as they play.

It’s a brilliant crossroads of art and pleasure.

The Stew would like to provide, as a public service..an opportunity to practice this weekend.

We’ll play Feist, The Mavericks, Alejandro Escovedo and Courtney Barnett and Gurvinder will tell you why he chooses the wine to go with them.

Try this at home..it’s fun.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anonymous/AP/REX/Shutterstock (6571574a)
Singer Prince is shown in concert in 1985
Prince, USA

We also have a solid playlist, which includes two special songs..

First is Prince..just Prince and a piano from 1983..but it’s a Prince that’s full gospel mode with Mary, don’t you weep..

And then there’s Alejandro Escovedo’s new single Sonica USA which has created quite a stir in the USA.

Another artist speaking out against social and political conditions south of us.

If you’re in Calgary Have a great final Stampede weekend.

Cheers – tdm

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The donor for the first hour is The Canmore Folk Festival…Year 41. The longest-running festival in Alberta.

Our guest is Artistic Director Sue Panning.

We get all the good info for you.  We talk and play tracks from  performers and special artists..like

Buffy Ste. Marie

Ruthie Foster

Coco Love Alcorn

Joey Landreth

Sue brings info on

Tarps

Kids..

Tickets..

Other performers 

AND she spends quality minutes talking about Andy and Tom’s appearances on Friday August 3.  Andy hosts Celtic Show..and Tom plays the role of Dick Clark..hosting the street dance with The Mammals.

Second guest is the wonderful Frazey Ford.

We’ve played her as a member of The Be-Good Tanyas and now as a solid solo singer/songwriter.

Her last album Indian Ocean with its astonishing single September Fields created a worldwide audience for her music.

She now has fans all over the World..and with her signing to Canada’s Arts and Crafts record label..it appears her roll is going to continue.

We talk about protest songs,  the social movement Families belong Together, her new singles which are not on the new album..covers of songs by D’Angelo and George Clinton and Funkadelic .

Tour dates

This Saturday at the Khatsahlano Street Festival in Vancouver. (Kitsilano)

Next Sunday July 15 in Victoria (with Brian Wilson and Bahamas)

And August 1^st at Wide Skies Music and Arts Festival in Lethbridge

The complete interview can be heard on our Podcast  Mulligan Stew (Music. Film. Food. Wine)

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