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Listen HERE: Ziggy Marley Interview with TDM
For Ziggy Marley, his latest vehicle of expression the album Fly Rasta, represented a galactic sonic journey .
The trip began in early 2013 with a handwritten note by the six-time Grammy Award winner (with his most recent being the 2014 Best Reggae Album Grammy for Ziggy Marley In Concert). He sat in his home recording studio, took out a scrap of paper, and began to think about what would become his fifth solo studio album.
The concept was simple: make a record that was true to himself, and expanded the territories of the traditional reggae sound by exploring new musical spaces. He had brought strands of other genres into his previous albums, but now he was looking further into the musical universe, like the deep-space eye of the Hubble telescope.
Ziggy began work in Spring 2013 and enlisted producer Dave Cooley to join him on the adventure. Recording began shortly thereafter with the help of friends old and new, including The Melody Makers (sisters Cedella Marley and Sharon Marley, and singer Rica Newell); drummers Stephen Ferrone (Tom Petty), Brian MacLeod (Sheryl Crow), Rock Deadrick (Ben Harper) and Motown’s legendary James Gadson; guitarists Lyle Workman (Sara Bareilles), Takeshi Akimoto (Taj Mahal) and Ian “Beezy” Coleman (Burning Spear); bassists Dave Wilder (Norah Jones), Guy Erez (Karmina), Abraham Laboriel (Paul Simon) and Pablo Stennett (Willie Nelson); and keyboardists Zac Rae (Lana Del Ray), David Palmer (Goo Goo Dolls), George Hughes (Sarah Vaughan), Mike Hyde (Burning Spear) and Brian LeBarton (Beck).
Fly Rasta, scheduled for release April 14, fulfills Ziggy’s mission by marrying his own distinctive reggae sound with elements of psychedelica, rock, funk, soul and pop, exploring further musical zones with the addition of sitar, tabla and taiko drums. “I’m looking to push the envelope, to challenge myself,” Ziggy explains. “ I have always wanted to travel far beyond the realms of expectations.
Lyle Lovett – who passes through Calgary and Edmonton Mon/Tuesday with his acoustic group takes time to phone in.
We’re talking about how he interviewed Texas songwriters in college as part of his studies and gleaned the best info about writing to use in his own career.
That his latest Release Me is his last on Curb Records and what happens next.
A nice story about his set lists and the value of creative freedom.
A little bit about his acting (currently plays Monte P Flagman in The Bridge TV Series.
The last time he toured just Canada..ended up in a small church in Revelstoke..
Working with kd lang and chasing her down the street in Edmonton.
What’s next..music to watch for down the road.
Listen Here: Lyle Lovett & TDM Sept 2014
A very special celebration of
Just Passing Through – The Breithaupt Brothers Songbook Vol 2
Featuring interviews with Don and Jeff Breithaupt.
Marc Jordan
Ian Thomas
Sarah Slean
THE BREITHAUPT BROTHERS
Just Passing Through: The Breithaupt Brothers Songbook Vol. II BreithauptBrothers PDF
Call them “modern standards.” The compositions of the prolific and terrific songwriting team of Jeff and Don Breithaupt are clearly modeled on the classic compositions of that golden age of songwriting represented in the Great American Songbook. Like such role models as The Gershwins, Rodgers & Hart and Cole Porter, these talented siblings devote themselves to the marriage of lovingly crafted melodies and well-honed lyrics, all arranged intricately, then sung by the cream of the crop of the pop and jazz singers of the era.
Don Breithaupt explains: “When Jeff and I started writing together, there were these albums by people like Rod Stewart and Natalie Cole, all doing standards written anywhere from 50 to 80 years earlier. We thought, ‘why isn’t anyone now contributing to that songbook?’ We just thought it’d be fun to come up new material in that vein, and we deliberately used those building blocks.”
”Twelve years of creative collaboration on this concept has now come to full fruition on Just Passing Through: The Breithaupt Brothers Songbook Vol. II. This sparkling new album features a star-studded cast of A-list Canadian vocalists putting their own distinctive stamp on carefully selected material written by the brothers B.
Just check out this elite crew, featuring many Grammy and Juno Award winners, platinum-selling and internationally acclaimed artists: Kellylee Evans, Denzal Sinclaire, Emilie-Claire Barlow, Ron Sexsmith, Jackie Richardson, Heather Bambrick, Marc Jordan, Paul Shaffer, Sophie Milman, Laila Biali, Sarah Slean, Monkey House, Patricia O’Callaghan,
Ian Thomas, and Tyley Ross. Whew!
Don Breithaupt is quick to stress that “this isn’t just one of those ‘special guests’ compilations you see out there. We have been working with a lot of these people for almost the whole period of our collaboration. They have often done other songs of ours live. We have worked very hard at getting the right voices.
“The danger in writing torch song-style material is you end up with too many piano ballads. We were adamant about having at least a half-dozen mid-tempo or fast songs on here. It was so much fun inventing the arrangements and customizing things to the singers. Much of the material was jazzy and theatrical originally, but you wouldn’t put Ron Sexsmith in that setting. So we invented this bubbly acoustic version of what was originally a jazz ballad for him to sing, adding some western guitar.” The result is the delightfully tender “Any Day Now.”
On “Missing Me,” Sarah Slean reaffirms her mastery of the pop-cabaret style on a tune that incorporates gently swelling strings, haunting trumpet and fluent, almost classical piano to sublime effect. Equally gorgeous is Emile-Claire Barlow’s breathy and subtly nuanced take on “Between Me And My Heart.” Light relief is provided by Paul Shaffer’s boisterous version of “Bad Influence,” a very funny horn-fueled ode to a man happily caught in the tender trap —”you’ve got me eating vegan instead of crap.” More sonic variety comes via “Where’s Mantis Evar?,” a cool Steely Dan-inflected track from Monkey House, the acclaimed Toronto combo led by Don Breithaupt. These are just a few highlights on an album devoid of lowlights.
New York City has also been seduced by the charms of the Breithaupt Brothers. In 2009, they took the city by storm with their musical Seeing Stars, which earned standing ovations during its sold-out run at the New York Musical Theatre Festival. Similar enthusiasm has greeted multiple Breithaupt Brothers Songbook revues at the famed Joe’s Pub venue featuring such stars as Tony winner James Naughton, Grammy nominee Kate McGarry, Kelli O’Hara, Carolyn Leonhart, and Janis Siegel. Fittingly, Joe’s Pub was the host the U.S. launch of the new album, on Sept. 30.
Jeff Breithaupt has actually been living in the Big Apple since the mid-nineties. There, he crossed paths with Paul Shaffer, a connection that instigated the coup of enlisting the legendary Letterman foil for a rare guest appearance on the album.
Don, meanwhile, recently relocated to Los Angeles from Toronto, and is now in great demand there as a composer for film and television. Fortunately, the brothers are well-accustomed to long-distance collaboration, and songs are regularly being added to the Breithaupt Brothers songbook.
Expect more projects to be cultivated from that fertile source. For now, relax and enjoy Just Passing Through, an album you’re sure to want to have stay a while.
US release is on September 2, 2014
Canada, September 9, 2014
International September 26, 2014
So he won’t break | The Black Keys | Attack and Release |
Gone Gone Gone | Rob Plant. Alison Krauss | Raising Sand |
Send you back to georgia | Elvin Bishop / Geo Thorogood | The Blues Rolls On |
Well Well Well | Bonnie Raitt | Bonnie Raitt and Friends |
Rising Sun | playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Tweet tdmulligan |
House of the Rising Sun | The Animals | Best of |
Tobacco Road | Nashville Teens | Swinging 60’s Re-Recorded |
Yes it is | The Beatles | Past Masters |
Take a break | Coming Up. New Bryan Adams. Clapton.The Faces | playlist www.mulliganstew.ca |
Welcome back | Mulligan Stew – in its 19 Year | |
Down on the Corner | Bryan Adams | The tracks of my Years |
Forty Four (live) | Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton | Play the Blues/Live at Lincoln Centre |
Memphis Tennessee | The Faces | Stay with Me/Anthology |
Host | CoyoteBanff.com | Coming Up – Breithaupt Bros. Just Passing Through |
This is a Man’s World | James Brown (live) | Get on Up Soundtrack |
I like it like that | Pete Rodrigues | Chef Soundtrack |
Break | mulliganstew.ca | NEXT: Just Passing Through Sarah Slean. Marc Jordan.Ian Thomas etc |
Ian Thomas and Marc Jordan Interview | Just Passing Through. The Breithaupt Brothers | SongBook Vol 2 |
Not You | Ian Thomas | Just Passing Through |
The Angels Share | Marc Jordan | Just Passing Through |
Sarah Slean Interview | Just Passing Through. The Breithaupt Brothers | Songbook Vol 2 |
Missing Me | Sarah Slean | Just Passing Through |
Host tdm | Talking about Just Passing Through | The Breithaupt Bros Songbook Vol 2 |
Bad Influence | Paul Shaffer | Just Passing Through |
Break | ||
Don and Jeff Breithaupt | The Interview | Just passing through |
Anyday Now | Ron Sexsmith | Just Passing Through |
The Breithaupt Brothers | Interview | Just Passing Through |
Where’s Mantis Evar | Monkey House | Just Passing Through |
I’m Ready | Muddy Waters | Fathers and Sons |
Host | Next Week Jay Ferguson from Sloan | |
Cadillac Walk | Boz Scaggs | Memphis |
Route 66 | John Mayer | Cars soundtrack |
Host | ||
I got you | James Brown (live) | Get on Up Soundtrack |
Jason Priestley on his book and his wines, Fall/Autumn Wines from The Wine Diva, Aurelio Montez Jr from Argentina’s Kaiken and Blair Baldwin on the 35th annual Okanagan Fall Wine Festival.
The Wine Diva – Daenna van Mulligen returns from Portugal.. (that’s for another show. She needs to rest)
Before she left Daenna posted a list of Fall/Autumn Wines on her website www.winediva.ca and if you go there you can follow along.
Because of time we can’t mention them all but we do cover most.
And what IS a Fall Wine? That’s the first question I asked.
Wines that are more generous, a little warmer and richer.
Pinot Noir is a fantastic seasonal transition wine. Shiraz/Syrah takes the chill off and still offers perfect barbecuing options. Chardonnay is lusher and creamier, Viognier too…..you get it!!
1 Handcraft Chardonney California
2 Nautilus Pinot Noir, Marlborough New Zealand N/A
3. Clos du Soleil ‘Grower’s Series Guild’ Merlot, Similkameen Valley BC N/A
4. William Fevre ‘Champs Royaux’, Chablis France $31.99
5. McLarens On The Lake Shiraz, McLaren Vale Australia $13.99
6. Gonzalez Byass ‘Noe’ VORS Aged 30 Years Pedro Ximenez, Jerez Spain $39.99
7. Le Vieux Pin Syrah ‘Cuvee Violette’, Okanagan Valley BC $30.00
8. Monte Del Fra Corvina Veronese, Veneto Italy $16.00
9. Undurraga ‘Sibaris’ Reserva Especial Pinot Noir, Leyda Valley Chile $15.99
10. Lariana Cellars Viognier, Okanagan Valley BC $23.00
11. La Miranda de Secastilla Garnacha, Somantano DO Spain, 2008 $18.99
12. JL Giguiere ‘Matchbook’ Syrah, Dunnigan Hills, California $17.99
13. Langmeil ‘Valley Floor’ Shiraz, Barossa Valley Australia $29.99
14. ‘Cherry Tart’ by Cherry Pie, Pinot Noir, Monterey/Sonoma/Santa Barbara California $29.99
15. Longview ‘Red Bucket’, Adelaide Hills, South Australia $19.99
16. Sperling Vineyards Pinot Noir, Okanagan Valley BC $26.00
17. Jean-Maurice Raffault Chinon, Savigny-en-Veron, Loire Valley France $21.99
18. Tormaresca ‘Trentangeli’ Castel del Monte, Puglia Italy $19.99
19. Oak Bay Gamay Noir, Okanagan Valley BC $16.00
20. StoneCap Estate Chardonnay, Columbia Valley Washington $16.00
21. 50th Parallel Estate Winery Pinot Noir Okanagan Valley, BC $32.00
22. Yalumba ‘Old Bush Vine’ Grenache, Barossa Valley $24.99
23. CedarCreek Estate Winery ‘Platinum’ Viognier, Okanagan Valley BC $25.00
24. Louis Bernard Cotes du Rhone Blanc, Rhone Valley France $15.99
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Good Canadian Kid..good friend..really good wine knowledge..fabulous Dad..solid acting chops…TV and Film Director.
David Hawksworth’s Young Chef Scholarship announces a winner.
Chef Michael Smith – Family Meals
John Skinner – Painted Rock wins Big
Lyle Lovett – who passes through Calgary and Edmonton Mon/Tuesday with his acoustic group takes time to phone in.
We’re talking about how he interviewed Texas songwriters in college as part of his studies and gleaned the best info about writing to use in his own career.
That his latest Release Me is his last on Curb Records and what happens next.
A nice story about his set lists and the value of creative freedom.
A little bit about his acting (currently plays Monte P Flagman in The Bridge TV Series.
The last time he toured just Canada..ended up in a small church in Revelstoke..
Working with kd lang and chasing her down the street in Edmonton.
What’s next..music to watch for down the road.
And Ziggy Marley. Son of The Legend Bob Marley.
Ziggy Marley (www.ZiggyMarley.com) will be coming to Edmonton on September 30th to perform at the Winspear Centre.
For Ziggy Marley, his latest vehicle of expression the album Fly Rasta, represented a galactic sonic journey .
The trip began in early 2013 with a handwritten note by the six-time Grammy Award winner (with his most recent being the 2014 Best Reggae Album Grammy for Ziggy Marley In Concert). He sat in his home recording studio, took out a scrap of paper, and began to think about what would become his fifth solo studio album.
The concept was simple: make a record that was true to himself, and expanded the territories of the traditional reggae sound by exploring new musical spaces. He had brought strands of other genres into his previous albums, but now he was looking further into the musical universe, like the deep-space eye of the Hubble telescope.
Ziggy began work in Spring 2013 and enlisted producer Dave Cooley to join him on the adventure. Recording began shortly thereafter with the help of friends old and new, including The Melody Makers (sisters Cedella Marley and Sharon Marley, and singer Rica Newell); drummers Stephen Ferrone (Tom Petty), Brian MacLeod (Sheryl Crow), Rock Deadrick (Ben Harper) and Motown’s legendary James Gadson; guitarists Lyle Workman (Sara Bareilles), Takeshi Akimoto (Taj Mahal) and Ian “Beezy” Coleman (Burning Spear); bassists Dave Wilder (Norah Jones), Guy Erez (Karmina), Abraham Laboriel (Paul Simon) and Pablo Stennett (Willie Nelson); and keyboardists Zac Rae (Lana Del Ray), David Palmer (Goo Goo Dolls), George Hughes (Sarah Vaughan), Mike Hyde (Burning Spear) and Brian LeBarton (Beck).
Fly Rasta, scheduled for release April 14, fulfills Ziggy’s mission by marrying his own distinctive reggae sound with elements of psychedelica, rock, funk, soul and pop, exploring further musical zones with the addition of sitar, tabla and taiko drums. “I’m looking to push the envelope, to challenge myself,” Ziggy explains. “ I have always wanted to travel far beyond the realms of expectations.
I dont need no Doctor | John Meyer | Where the Light is/Live in LA |
Lawless Times | John Mellencamp | Plain Spoken |
Another Tribe | Robert Plant | Mighty ReArranger |
Host | Coming UP Lyle Lovett | playlist www.mulliganstew.ca |
Everybody’s Everything | Santana | Best of |
Old Slewfoot | Blackie and the Rodeo Kings | Let’s Frolic Again |
Babel | Mumford and Sons | Babel |
Rave On | Buddy Holly and the Crickets | Greatest Hits |
Break | NEXT Lyle Lovett Interview | Be right back |
Lyle Lovett Interview | ||
Brown Eyed Handsome man | Lyle Lovett | Release Me |
Lyle Lovett Interview | ||
The girl with the Holiday Smile | Lyle Lovett | Release Me |
Lyle Lovett Interview | ||
release me | lyle and kd lang | Release Me |
Lyle Lovett Interview | ||
I’ve been to Memphis | Lyle Lovett | Live in Texas |
Lee’s Lament | The Devin Cuddy Band | Kitchen Knife |
Break | In 30 minutes Ziggy Marley Interview | playlist www.mulliganstew.ca |
Senor Blues | Taj Mahal | The Essential Taj Mahal |
You da Man | Derek Trucks Band | Coast to Coast |
Host | Ziggy Marley at 630 | |
James Brown | Sinead O’Connor (Seun Kuti) | I’m not Bossy. I’m the Boss |
Devils Load | Lee Harvey Osmond | Folk Sinner |
Host | Ziggy Marley Interview Coming UP | |
Emphasis on Memphis | Duke Robillard | Calling all Blues |
Don’t Fight it | Wilson Pickett | A man and a half |
Break | NEXT Ziggy Marley | playlist www.mulliganstew.ca |
Ziggy Marley Interview | #flyRasta | |
Cry Cry Cry | Ziggy and Jack Johnson | Best of KoKuaFest |
Ziggy Marley Interview | ||
Is this Love? | Bob Marley | Legend |
Ziggy Marley Interview | ||
Get Up | Ziggy Marley | Fly Rasta |
Could you be Loved? | Bob Marley | Legend |
Inner City Blues | Marvin Gaye | Something to believe in |
We start in the Revitalized East End of Vancouver at Campagnolo Roma With JoJo, Peter and Rob Belcham. Talking success in the kitchen, the bar and East Hastings. Then to Sip and Savour this weekend in the Cowichan Valley.
We end up on Salt Spring Island at Hastings House at a Burrowing Owl Winemakers Dinner.
EAST END
Campagnolo Roma is just one of many small success stories that make up the much larger success story in the East End of Vancouver.
East Hastings was one of Vancouver’s main transit hubs. Over many years it fell into disrepair and neglect.
In the last 5-10 years it’s slowly started to show signs of life and many say it began when Rob Belcham took a huge chance and opened two restaurant locations
Campagnolo on Main and Roma on Hastings at Naniamo.
This week Chef Joachim Hayward revealed his Tutto menu. Total Italian Dining.
Communal. Sharing the whole of the plates.
Peter van de Reep – Bar Manager and wine expert – will take us through pairing this amazing menu with Bomber Beer and, for my benefit, pairing with Italian wines.
In part two Rob Belcham – chef and owner – reminds yours truly how the East End came alive in the past 5 years. Bistros, pop up restaurants, and brewers all contributed to the re-growth.
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COWICHAN VALLEY / SIP AND SAVOUR
The Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island has changed their annual wine festival to Sip and Savour.
Celebrating the best of their destination.
A new growing wine region, chefs who can access the very best, freshest ingredients right around them and brewers/distillers who constantly surprise the unsuspecting.
Over the next 10 days there are 50 events including this weekend one called Sip Savour Support. Music, food and wine/beer in and around music barges in Mill Bay. All to raise funds for The Canucks Autism Network. Too many events to mention so check out www.savourcowichan.com.
We talk to Merridale Cidery, Blue Grouse and Unsworth Winery.
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And we finish our show at Hastings House Salt Spring Island.
It’s another winemakers dinner with Chef Marcel Kauer.
The wines are from the iconic Burrowing Owl, South Okanagan.
Guests are Hastings House food and wine expert Milly Sinclair and then from Burrowing Owl we get the story on the pairings with Kerri Wyse McNolty, head of marketing and Sophie Laurent, Basque born now the Brand Ambassador for the label.
Wine Diva returns from Portugal…with stories to tell…
Jason Priestley
New Zealand #4.
www.tastingroomradio.com
www.ckua.com
www.HollywoodandVinesTV.com
@tdmulligan=
We start in the Revitalized East End of Vancouver at Campagnolo Roma With JoJo, Peter and Rob Belcham. Talking success in the kitchen, the bar and East Hastings. Then to Sip and Savour this weekend in the Cowichan Valley.
We end up on Salt Spring Island at Hastings House at a Burrowing Owl Winemakers Dinner.
EAST END
Campagnolo Roma is just one of many small success stories that make up the much larger success story in the East End of Vancouver.
East Hastings was one of Vancouver’s main transit hubs. Over many years it fell into disrepair and neglect.
Wine Diva returns from Portugal…with stories to tell…
Jason Priestley
New Zealand #4.
www.tastingroomradio.com
www.ckua.com
www.HollywoodandVinesTV.com
@tdmulligan=
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Queen of the Hop | Bobby Darin | Best of |
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Break | playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Next week Lyle Lovett |
Host | tdm | last 30 minutes |
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