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Aug 24, 2018

This month at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, American singer-songwriter, poet, humanitarian and filmmaker Michael Franti graced the CKUA stage for music and conversation with Terry David Mulligan. Michael shares his thoughts on the power of optimism to overcome his anxiety and depression, his connection to the City of Edmonton, and finding peace amidst political turmoil in the US.
Songs performed include “Enjoy Every Second” and “I’m Alive.” Michael Franti & Spearhead’s latest album ‘Soul Rocker’ is available on Fantasy Records.

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Aug 16, 2018

“I believe in the divine,” Bruce Cockburn shares with Terry David Mulligan on this week’s Mulligan Stew podcast. “I believe there is something at the center of the energetic universe that is intentional, and focused, and is both macro and very personal and interior.”
Bruce talks to Terry about his faith, and how it’s reflected on his latest album ‘Bone on Bone,’ produced by Colin Linden. Plus, the pair discuss the influence of Al Purdy’s poetry on the new record, and what impact political tensions in the US had on the record.

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Jul 31, 2018

 

This week on the podcast, Terry shifts gears into the world of wine. Wine Master Elizabeth Gabay joins him from her home North of Nice. The pair discuss her book Rosé – Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution. Elizabeth has tasted 10 Rosé a day. A total of 1500 over 6 months from across the globe. Hear everything you need to know about one of the world’s oldest known types of wine.

Aug 14^th is International Rose Day – In the fine wine World Rose was always considered the Ugly Duckling..Now  THE SWAN Emerges!!

Elizabeth is s Master of Wine who lives North of Nice!

Just outside Provence.  In France, 30% of all wine consumed in Rose.

She’s written a book called Rose!  Understanding the Pink Wine Revolution.

One thing we do understand – there is no hotter wine right now than Rose.

In Canada for example, Imported Rose sales grew by 116% between 2012-2016.

Canadian production grew 9%.

Rose winemaking has become complex, making it perfect for food pairing.

Yes, you can find lots of light Summer Sippers..somebody is even making a stronger Rose..for all you fans who want ice in the glass.

There are natural Rose..made with little or no human involvement.

Spending post-harvest in cement tanks or eggs.

Maybe even terracotta amphorae.

And it’s NOT just a Summer drink anymore.  Even though stores and restaurants back off after Thanksgiving..many wine fans (me included) carry on through the Winter..finding new ways to pair Rose and hearty winter meals.

There’s Rose in Oak. Aged Rose.

What colour Rose you choose is totally open for discussion.

Many fully grown men (if there is such a thing) will not be caught with a “pink drink”

I still find that bizarre

Elizabeth joins us  from her house in a small French village Saint- Martin- Vesubie “just North of Nice”

You can find her at www.pink.wine

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July 22, 2018

On the eve of her performance at the 2017 Edmonton Folk Music Festival, Valerie June talked to Terry David Mulligan about becoming a more confident performer, gleaning new insights from her older songs, her love of Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’. Plus, Valerie June shares what she’s learned from the great Mavis Staples.

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Jul 6, 2018

Frazey Ford’s last album, Indian Ocean, brought her worldwide attention — something that hit the BC singer-songwriter while playing a show in New Zealand last November.
“There was a whole row of women in front who flew in from some other island. And they knew the words to every song,” she tells Terry David Mulligan on this week’s podcast. “It was just so sweet. It’s a wild thing.”
Now working with a new label and with another album set to be finished later this year, Ford gives a peek at her personal approach to songwriter. And he shares some info on her plans this summer, which include a stop off at Lethbridge’s Wide Skies Music Festival.
Songs featured on this podcast include “Indian Ocean,” “Done,” and “September Fields” from Frazey’s 2014 album Indian Ocean.

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Jun 22, 2018

Rhiannon Giddens performs at TED2016 – Dream, February 15-19, 2016, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED

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Jun 2, 2018

A joyful conversation with Canadian folk music legend Buffy Sainte-Marie. This spring, Buffy’s Medicine Songs took home the JUNO for Indigenous Music Album of the Year. She describes her 16th studio album as “a collection of front-line songs of unity and resistance.”
Buffy shares her thoughts on the state of the protest song. Plus, the rise of Me Too and Times Up, and her reflections on the music documentary Rumble: The Indians who Rocked the World. Finally, we’ll hear about the moments after Hawaii’s false ballistic missile warning was issued, and how she chose to spend what may have been her final moments on earth.