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.
Jul 12, 2018
Photo: Susan Kerr
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.
Jun 22, 2018
Rhiannon Giddens performs at TED2016 – Dream, February 15-19, 2016, Vancouver Convention Center, Vancouver, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED
Jun 16, 2018
This week on the Mulligan Stew podcast, Terry’s featured guest is the legendary Robbie Robertson. The musician, songwriter, producer and actor talks to TDM about his new autobiography Testimony. Robbie shares details on the genesis of some of The Band’s best-known songs, the “cinematic experience” he aimed to create with the book, his reflections on working with Bob Dylan, and more.
Jun 8, 2018
Bryan Adams has been a lot of things over his 40-year career in show business. As a musician and songwriter, he’s a global hit-maker who has sold more than 75 million records. As a photographer, his work has been featured in the pages of Vanity Fair, Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire and Interview Magazine. As a philanthropist, he established the Bryan Adams Foundation to better the lives of society’s most vulnerable and disadvantaged.
Now, the Order of Canada recipient can add writing for Broadway to his already legendary list of accomplishments. Adams and his long-time writing partner Jim Valance recently created a suite of songs for the Pretty Woman musical. Bryan fills Terry in on the musical on this week’s Mulligan Stew podcast.
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.
May 25, 2018
This week on Mulligan Stew, Terry hosts a feature conversation with Steven Page, recorded live at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre. This past week, Barenaked Ladies celebrated their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the NMC. As part of the festivities, Terry hosted a Q&A with Steven Page that explored highlights of his BNL career, his solo work, and his collaborations with Steven Duffy, Craig Northey and more. Unforgettable stories about his encounters with Brian Wilson, Billy Bragg, and Steven’s last minute prep for his JUNO reunion with BNL.
May 20, 2018
This spring, Donovan celebrates the release of his fifth full-length album Both Ways. We’ll preview four tracks from the new record, including “Our Friend Bobby,” “Easy Street,” “Truck Full of Money,” and “Burn The Bridge.”
Donovan talks about representing same-sex romance in the video for his latest single “Burn that Bridge,” the genesis songs on the new record, and how he defines success at this stage in his career.
May 11, 2018
Singer, songwriter, and philanthropist Molly Johnson sits down with Terry this week to discuss her latest record, Meaning To Tell Ya. Molly talks about working with Grammy-award winning producer Larry Klein, who has worked on some of the greatest vocal jazz records of all time. She reflects on “being born into the business”, and the people who’ve shaped her life along the way. Plus, she chats with Terry about covers – why she loves performing them, why nobody other than k.d. lang should cover “Hallelujah”, and why she now enjoys singing Leonard Cohen songs.
