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Mulligan Stew August 5th 2023-Music to get you to September

August 5, 2023 Mulligan Stew

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Welcome to The Summer Stews (also known as Music to get you to September)

 

Here’s the deal..’

Whatever you’re doing Saturday between 5 and 7 PM Mtn,  or during the next week at  CKUA On Demand,  I’ve got the tunes for you – a bag full.

Two hours of tunes.

Starting with LaVern Baker, Oliver Wood, Dan Mangan, Corb Lund, Los Lobos, Peter Wolf, Rockin’ Roy Forbes, Eddie Vedder,

Steve Earle, Blue Rodeo, Chilliwack, Leon Russell, Son Volt, Doug Sahm, JJ Cale, Beatles, Ronnie Raitt, Ray Charles, Jerry Garcia Band with Bela Fleck and Tom Petty.

New music from Margo Price, Brandi Carlile and Catherine Carlile, Celeigh Cardinal, Art Bergmann and Russell Broom and  Tony Allen.

Making plans to be on-site at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival next weekend. More info to follow.

FYI This week Mulligan Stew Podcast is all about Bob Dylan and his influence on several generations of singer/songwriters and groups. On the occasion of his 80th birthday several years ago.

Guests are

  • David Bowie
  • Susan Tedeschi / Derek Trucks
  • Robbie Robertson
  • Colin Linden
  • The Avett Brothers
  • Barney Bentall and Steve Dawson
  • Greg Keeler (Blue Rodeo)

PLAYLIST:

The Summer Stews Terry David Mulligan mulliganstewdotca
You better find yourself another fool LaVern Baker You better find yourself another fool
Fine Line Oliver Wood Always Smiling
Peaks and Valleys Dan Mangan More or Less
Ride On Corb Lund and Ian Tyson Cover your tracks
The Summer Stews TDMulligan Playlist mulliganstewdotca
The Neighborhood Los Lobos La Bamba
Love Stinks (live) Peter Wolf A cure for loneliness
Thistles Roy Forbes Thistles
Coming UP – Classic Canadian Artists Mulligan Stew with TDM [email protected]
You’ve got to hide your love away Eddie Veddar I Am Sam (sndtrck)
I’m looking through you Steve Earle Train a’coming
Deane House / River Cafe Thank you both for the support for The Summer Stews
Freedom (live) Colin James Twenty Five Live
O Glory . Lost those blues again Blackie and the Rodeo Kings O Glory
Closer to fine Brandi and Catherine Carlile Barbie The LP
Already Gone (Live) Blue Rodeo Up Front – Live from Mtn Stage
Fly at Night Chilliwack Dreams Dreams Dreams
The Summer Stews TDMulligan [email protected]
Stranger in a strange land Margo Price A song for Leon
It takes a lot to laugh and a train to cry Leon Russell Leon Russell and the Shelter People (Bonus)
TDMulligan Mulligan Stew Summer 2023
Keep your cool Son Volt Day of the Doug
Glad for your sake Sir Douglas Quintet Complete Mercury Masters
Over before it began Celeigh Cardinal Over before it began
Crazy Mama JJ Cale Naturally
Coyotes Banff coyotesbanffdotcom -Thank you all
Lady Madonna The Beatles One
Love sneaking up on you (live) Bonnie Raitt Alison Krause Keb Mo Ben harper Bonnie and Friends
You don’t know how it feels Tom Petty Wildflowers
A hymn for us Art Bergmann and Russell Broom single
A song for you Ray Charles True Genius Pop Classics
Have a great rest of Summer The Summer Stew @tdmulligan
Harder they come (live) Jerry Garcia Band with Bela Fleck Garcia Live Aug 5 /1990 Greek Theatre
Crazy Afrobeat Tony Allen Home Cooking

EP 266 | Roy Forbes, Holger Peterson, The Bros. Landreth and AV and the Inner City

July 29, 2023 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Roy Forbes, Holger Peterson, The Bros. Landreth and AV and the Inner City.
All of the interviews were done backstage at the Vancouver Island Music Festival of several weeks ago. In Courtney. Thank you, Doug Cox and Team.
Talking to Roy about performing his Thistles album after all those years, to Holger about some of the highlights of his years coming to the festival and interviewing Roy for the audience.
The Bros  Landreth tells the tale of travelling to the Byron Bay Blues Fest in Australia to finally play with Bonnie Raitt. There was just one thing they wanted to do before that…go swimming in the surf. Things went sideways.
Ann Vriend and her Inner City Choir introduced themselves and their second jobs and left us with a song.
Holger was hosting and doing interviews.
The Bros. Landreth was playing various side stages and headlining Sunday
Rocking Roy was playing his Thistles album from his “Bim” Days. with a great band
Ann Vriend and Inner City, after a chat,  left us with a cappella gospel song.
 

July 29th, 2023

July 27, 2023 Tasting Room Radio 0:53:31

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John Skinner on his Painted Rock Wines /VJ Gandhi on making our wines available in USA.

 

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“If Painted Rock is going to compete with the best in the world we must have confidence in our terroir and allow it to express its uniqueness. That’s why we are 100% Estate.”  John Skinner

John Skinner

John Skinner

John Skinner and Valeria Tait planted Painted Rock  in 2006,  a year before we moved to the Naramata Bench. Even though there was no Painted Rock to taste when we arrived, it was one of the first wine names I heard in my ‘walk arounds’.

John was driven to make wines that would be appreciated all over the World but first he had to create it and then convince the wine world that it was worthy.

He has done so with Painted Rock.

Fires around Painted Rock

John’s Red Icon was named as a Decanter Wine of the Year in 2020.

Also this review from Jancis Robinson:  London

Painted Rock, Red Icon 2016 17 Points: “Like a very rich red Bordeaux. Very beautifully balanced. Long and velvety. Everything fully ripe but with good acidity too. Well balanced and very bright-fruited. Still youthful but promising for the long term. (RH) 14.9%” Drink 2020 – 2027

 

John takes us through his new releases and brings a stack of stories.

2020 Chardonnay  available for first time since 2019

2020 Merlot – dark and rich.

2020 Red Icon – classic blend

2020 Syrah – a jaw dropping gem

 

Alfresco Dinner  featuring Backyard Farm  Saturday Sept 16

Info on Painted Rock Website  www.paintedrock.ca

 

VJ Gandhi  – Founder of Kascadia Wine Merchants

“It’s time to change the narrative to – North American wine.” – VJ Gandhi

For everyone who has family and friends in the USA asking how to get their hands on  wines from BC and other provinces, or Americans who discover wines North of the border that they really like, there’s someone now making our  best wines available in the US.

That someone is VJ Gandhi.

KASCADIA WINE MERCHANTS - Napa Valley Life Magazine

VJ Gandhi

Founder, VJ Gandhi is a proud Canadian citizen with epicurean taste, and her deepest passion yet has to be her love for the complexity in a glass of fine-tasting wine.

Over the course of her career in marketing and business management  VJ has developed, implemented and managed several large scale projects in finance and marketing for high profile organizations such as the Government of Canada, BC Provincial Government, and 2010 Olympic Games Secretariat.

VJ was inspired to market award winning Canadian vintages globally in the United States when  she’d moved to the San Francisco area in 2014. VJ and her trusted team of experts have carefully curated the Kascadia Wine portfolio over the years, which has now scaled to shipping in US states.

With the launch of the wine club, clients who are eager to savor exclusive, high quality wines from North America, including Canada and the Pacific Northwest are going to be impressed!

 

Today, her growing venture, Kascadia Wine Merchants, markets and sells Canadian wines across 45 US states.

 

www.kascadiawinemerchants.com

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

 

Fort Berens – Winemaker Alex Nel

Pietradolce Rosso – Mt Etna

Meyer  and Mayhem – it’s a family thing.

 

 

 

Mulligan Stew July 29th 2023-FOUR GUESTS AND A WEDDING !!!

July 27, 2023 Mulligan Stew

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2 Donor Hours. The first says ” go for it” so we do.\
The second is in memory of a lost son and all the concerts they attended.

The Guests

Roy Forbes, Holger Peterson, The Bros. Landreth and AV and the Inner City.
All of the interviews were done backstage at the Vancouver Island Music Festival of several weeks ago. In Courtney. Thank you, Doug Cox and Team.
Talking to Roy about performing his Thistles album after all those years, to Holger about some of the highlights of his years coming to the festival and interviewing Roy for the audience. The Bros  Landreth tells the tale of travelling to the Byron Bay Blues Fest in Australia to finally play with Bonnie Raitt. There was just one thing they wanted to do before that…go swimming in the surf. Things went sideways.
Ann Vriend and her Inner City Choir introduced themselves and their second jobs and left us with a song.
The Wedding – In our back garden. Two families becoming one.
Our son.  Their daughter.
 
Holger was hosting and doing interviews.
The Bros. Landreth was playing various side stages and headlining Sunday
Rocking Roy was playing his Thistles album from his “Bim” Days. with a great band
Ann Vriend and Inner City, after a chat,  left us with a cappella gospel song.
 
These are edited versions of much longer interviews. They will all be heard over the next 4-6 weeks.
The playlist has a nice touch of romance to it.

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew 4 Guests & a Wedding TD Mulligan playlist mulliganstewdotca
The Spark William Prince Reliever
Found the one Ben Harper. Charlie Musselwhite No Mercy in this land
Say when Dan Mangan single
Better together Jack Johnson In between dreams
The Summer Stews 2023 4 Guests – First is AV and the Inner City @tdmulligan
The way you do the things you do (live) Jerry Garcia Band The Jerry Garcia Band
AV and The Inner City (Ann Vriend) Interview and performance at Van Island Music Fest
The Summer Stews – 2023 Terry David Mulligan details – mulliganstewdotca
Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan Highway 61
Hiding out in the open Feist Multitudes
Interview Two – Roy Forbes Host of Roy’s Record Room Performing Thistles Album
Lifting my heart (live) Roy Forbes Striking Matches (live)
Deane House / River Cafe Supporters of CKUA through the Stew Thank You
Old folks boogie (live) Little Feat Waiting for Columbus
These arms of mine Otis Redding Pain in my Heart
The Summer Stews 2023 4 Guests and a Wedding -Fynn and Natalie
Sunbeam Corb Lund Things that can’t be undone
Crazy for you Michael Franti Soul Rocker
On your way down Trombone Shorty and Allen Toussaint BackaTown
Astral Weeks Van Morrison Astral Weeks
Stop and Listen Blackie and the Rodeo Kings O Glory
Holger Peterson Interview with Terry at Van Island Music Fest
I’m free Bobby Rush All my love for you
Fiddler’s Green The Tragically Hip Road Apples
The Bros Landreth Interview Backstage Van Island Music Fest with TDM
Made up mind The Bros. Landreth Let it Lie (deluxe)
Coyotes Banff Thank you Coyotes mulliganstewdotca
Tell me your dream (live) Blue Rodeo Blue Road
Just breathe Willie and Lucas Nelson Heroes
Green Onions Booker T and the MG’s Best of

EP 265 | Mariel Buckley is on a ROLL! New Deluxe album ‘Everywhere I Used To Be’

July 22, 2023 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Two  Western Canadian Music Award Nominations for Breakout Artist and Roots Artist, Polaris nomination, Americana Festival in Nashville in September, Winnipeg Folk Festival, King Eddy gig with Tim,  released a version of album Everywhere I Used to be (deluxe) Two new tracks – Prairie Town Dreams and Sad all the Time.

And she’s not done yet!!! Heading to the Edmonton Folk Festival as well.

Mariel brings tales of relationships, sadness, depression, small-town loneliness that can squeeze the life out of you. Not exactly feel-good songs but there is hope throughout. And a fight-back spirit.

The complete interview – a romp – can be heard on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and the video version on terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel

We talked about when she realized that words, music and voice could be the way out of her dark life and relationships.

 

I wrote this album for losers and underdogs. I want every outsider and lost soul to feel seen and safe with these songs.

I wrote it for anyone who’s ready to make a change and especially for those who aren’t.

 

Onward !!!!!!

July 22nd, 2023 John Schreiner-Good Grog: A life in wine and journalism!

July 21, 2023 Audio FIle, Tasting Room Radio 0:31:43

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 “ I was a friend to the BC wine industry before they had any friends.”

 

John Schreiner is the Dean of Wine Writers in Canada.

Good Grog: A life in wine and journalism is John’s 22nd book.

The journalism chapters of Good Grog take us from  newsrooms such as The Regina Leader Post all the way  The Financial Post.

John travelled the World filing stories on the economies of nations and their industries.

When wine took over his interest and passions, John went back to some of  those  same countries to taste and report on their wines.

 

Profile: John Schreiner - Wine Adventures Magazine

John Schreiner

The Jack Webster award for Excellence in Business Reporting  and the 2017 “the national winner for Canada”  Gourmand World Cookbook Award in the category of New World Wine Book.

John’s research into World Wines took him from BC to the US, Europe, South America, Australia and New Zealand.

Best of all, John was the right guy, in the right place,  at the right time.  He  not only watched the BC wine industry grow and get much better with each harvest but through his reporting  he was also very much a part of building the industry.

I was fascinated by the parade of “characters” John engaged with over the years.

From the business side,  a mix of BS  and Billionaires. On the wine side,  the builders, the grifters and the legends.

TDM, John Schreiner, Brent Gushowaty after a day of  blind tasting Pinots.

 

Characters such as:

Sam Baptiste

Joe Busnardo

Ben Ginter vs Anthony von Mandle

Harry McWatters

Jim Pattison

And many more.

 

Enjoy this special edition of Tasting Room Radio. Saluting the life and triumphs of John Schreiner.

 

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STORIES WERE WORKING ON

Fort Berens

The Sipster 2

Meyer/Mayhem

Hester Creek

Etna/Pietradolce

Painted Rock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mulligan Stew July 22nd 2023-Mariel Buckley on a Roll!

July 21, 2023 Mulligan Stew

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Mariel Buckley returns to The Stew.

She’s been a tad busy.  2 Western Canadian Music Award Nominations for Breakout Artist and Roots Artist, Polaris nomination, Americana Festival in Nashville in September, Winnipeg Folk  Festival, King Eddy gig with brother Tim,  released a version of album Everywhere I Used to be (deluxe).

Two new tracks – Prairie Town Dreams and Sad all the Time.

And she’s not done yet!!!  Mariel is heading to the Edmonton Folk Fest Aug 10-13

Mariel brings tales of relationships, sadness, depression, small-town loneliness that can  squeeze the life out of you. Not exactly feel-good songs but there is hope throughout. And a fight-back spirit. A Rise Up anthem.

Some of the stories are actually true.

The complete interview – a romp – can be heard on the Mulligan Stew Podcast and the video version on terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel

Also – one donor requested Cuban music..so we included Mongo Santamaria,  Alex Cuba & Jon Batiste.

Hour two donor requested memorable concerts I attended…

So a long segment features

  • Nathanial Rateliff –  Fallon
  • Tedeschi Trucks – Beacon Theatre
  • Joe Cocker – Mad Dogs Live/Fillmore.
  • The Band. – The Last Waltz

  • New music from Dominique Fils-Aime, Art Bergmann, Clapton/Beck, Rufus Wainwright and Brandi Carlile, Jon Batiste.

Onward !!!!!!

PLAYLIST:

These are The Summer Stews Terry Mulligan CKUA –
Diving Duck Blues Taj Mahal and Keb Mo Eric Clapton Crossroads 2013
Feeling like a Plant Dominique Fils-Aime Feeling like a plant
VooDoo The Neville Bros. Yellow Moon
Train in vain The Clash London Calling
Heart by heart Ariel Posen Headway
Down in the Willow Garden Rufus Wainwright and Brandi Carlile Folkocracy
Come and Go Blues Allman Brothers Band Brothers and Sisters
Deane House – River Cafe Coming up Mariel Buckley Two New Songs
Watermelon Man Mongo SantaMaria Watermelon Man
el swing Que Tempo Alex Cuba El Swing Que Tempo
Drinkwater Jon Batiste. Joe Bellion Fireboy Drinkwater
The Summer Stews Coming Up – Mariel Buckley 2 new songs Next -New Art Bergmann
Death of a Siren Art Bergmann Shadow Walk
Moon River Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck single
The Summer Stew Terry David Mulligan playlist mulliganstewdotca
Spare Tire Ariel Posen – Cory Wong Notes to Spare
Coming UP Mariel Buckley Interview The Summer Stews TDMulligan
SOB (live) Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats Fallon Show
I pity the fool (live at The Beacon) Tedeschi Trucks Band Let Me Get By (Deluxe)
Summer Stew Mariel Buckley in minutes TDM
She came in through the bathroom window (Live) Joe Cocker/Mad Dogs Live at Fillmore East
I shall be released (live) The Band The Last Waltz (deluxe)
Coyotes Banff Next – Mariel Buckley playlist – mulliganstewdotca
Everywhere I used to be Mariel Buckley Everywhere I used to be
Mariel Buckley Interview Complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast and video version on TDM YouTube Channel
Prairie Town Dreams Mariel Buckley Everywhere I used to be (deluxe)
Mariel Buckley Interview TDMulligan Complete on Podcast and You Tube
Sad all the time Mariel Buckley Everywhere I used to be (deluxe)
Mariel Buckley Interview complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast It’s full of stories. Some of them true
Shooting at The Moon Mariel Buckley Everywhere I used to be (deluxe)
Mariel Buckley Interview The Summer Stew Video version on TDM You Tube
When I call your name Mariel Buckley and Bros Landreth Something New. Something Blue
Complete Mariel Buckley on Mulligan Stew Podcast and TDM You Tube Channel This Stew on CKUA On Demand
Loving Cup (alternate take) The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (deluxe)

 

Mulligan Stew July 15th 2023- The Summer Stews… The Final Tours

July 15, 2023 Mulligan Stew

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With thanks to Pete Townshend and The Who – lyric from My Generation 1966
Elton John.
The Eagles.
Aerosmith.
Foreigner.
All announcing the final tour of their careers.
Elton finished an epic final tour Saturday in Stockholm.
910 million. In ticket sales.
But before you wave Bub Bye to music heroes of the 70’s and 80’s,  just know there are others out there still moving forward. 
Sting. Clapton. U2. Steely Dan. Fleetwood Mac,  McCartney and Ringo. Dylan. Joni.  Neil,  and The Rolling Stones.
Leading the charge and flying the flag is 73-year-old Bruce Springsteen. 
Bruce is on tour and the other night at the end of a 3-hour set in London’s Hyde Park he told the 63,000 fans about the band he first played with when he was 15.
“Death is like you’re standing on the railway tracks with an oncoming train bearing down on you, but it brings a clarity of thought. It pushes you to seize the day, to savour, with urgency, the time and the people you have left”. And then he sang his final song Last Man Standing, a song about the passions of youth, the time in your life when “it’s all hellos” before they are outnumbered by “hard goodbyes”
 
Instead of trying desperately to be 25, as a much older version of himself, he sings about the years in between. What happened to the listener, the song and himself? Poignant, is a shared deep-felt emotion that will stay with many forever.
Having lived my life with their joyous noise I look forward to celebrating…
The Music – The Songs – The Memories with these songs and how the original lyrics have taken on new meaning. Especially Joni’s.
Bruce – Last Man Standing “When all our summers have come to an end /I’ll see you in my dreams” 
Paul – The End of The End
Elton – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Eagles – The Long Run
Bob Dylan – Forever Young  (Shadow Kingdom)
Stones – The Last Time
Joni – Both sides Now (live)

 

PLAYLIST:

The Summer Stews Terry David Mulligan @CKUA
Weightless (Live) Matt Anderson and The Mellotones Live at Olympic Hall
The World is a Ghetto Los Lobos Native Sons
Funky Rhetoric Lee Oskar Funky Rhetoric
Freedom Highway Rhiannon Giddens (with Bhi Bhiman) Freedom Highway
Deane House – River Cafe Coming UP on Summer Stew New Buckley [email protected]
Prairie Town Dreams Mariel Buckley Everywhere I used to be (deluxe)
Watching the river flow Duke Robillard Six Strings of Steel
On Broadway Melissa Etheridge On Broadway
The Summer Stews TDMulligan playlist mulliganstewdotca
Dreams to remember Toots and the Maytals Toots in Memphis
Rolling On The Wood Brothers Heart is the Hero
Waiting for the Bus ZZ Top Tres Hombres
Jesus just left Chicago ZZ Top Tres Hombres
Ain’t no sunshine Sting Ten Summoners Tales (deluxe)
These are The Summer Stews Terry David Mulligan Year 27
Thoughts and music on ‘hard goodbyes’ Mulligan Stew with tdm mulliganstewdotca
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (live) Elton John One Night Only
The Long Run (Live) The Eagles Legacy (Santa Monica Civic)
The last time Rolling Stones Singles 63-65
Forever Young Bob Dylan Shadow Kingdom
The end of The End Paul McCartney Memory almost full
The Summer Stews -TDMulligan Playlist – mulliganstewdotca
Last man standing Bruce Springsteen Letter to you
Mulligan Stew The Summer Stews 2023 Embrace these days
Both Sides Now (live) Joni Mitchell (Brandi Carlile) Newport Folk
Coyotes Banff Please say hello from me Coming UP = Songs for Leilani
Going down to sing in Texas Iris Dement Working on a World
Mulligan Stew – The Summer Stews Songs for Leilani Next week – Mariel Buckley
Say a little prayer for me Aretha Franklin with Royal Symphony A brand new me
Slow Hand The Pointer Sisters Black and White
Sweet Leilani Chris Isaac Baja Sessions
Thanks for listening and donating you ARE donating, right? Next week – Mariel Buckley
Richard Pryor Shawn Hall (Harp and Axe) single

July 15th, 2023- Cowichan Valley Wine Fest & Chef Kristian Eligh/ Marilena, Victoria

July 15, 2023 Tasting Room Radio 0:57:11

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Cowichan Valley Wine Fest & Chef Kristian Eligh/Marilena, Victoria

THE SHOW

It’s Festival Season. In the Cowichan Valley. Wine, Music, Blues and Roots, Food, Fishing, Camping.

Cowichan | 10 reasons to visit the Cowichan Valley

The annual Cowichan Valley Wine Festival returns to its Month of August setting.

Its kicks off July 27  with Sunset Soirée from 6-9 PM on the gorgeous Campbell Commons at  Brentwood College School in Mill Bay.

13 wineries will be pouring some of their favourites plus some chosen especially for this event. Attending and tasting allow you to actually meet the maker of the wines. There’s nothing better than getting the real story of the wine. Expect high-end, new releases and a few surprises being poured.

This year the food program will be created by  Mensch Catering, so you know it will be very interesting.

Wineries pouring on the night will be Alderlea, Avril Creek,  Blue Grouse, Cherry Point, Damali, Devino, Deol,  Emandare, Enrico, Rocky Creek, Unsworth, Venturi Schultze and  Zanatta!

August in the Cowichan Valley  Aug 1 – 31.    Twelve wineries.

Wine Passport.  

Your map and tasting glass are your ticket to all 12 participating Cowichan Valley Wineries.

Everyone who purchases a ticket is automatically entered into draws. 

(Accommodations, wine, tours,  transportation and gift baskets.)

Details at www.cowichanwineries.com

 

Our guests are:

Alderlea – Julie Powell co-owner/co-winemaker

Blue Grouse – Bailey Williamson  Head Winemaker

Enrico Winery – Lorin Inglis  General Manager and Pres Cowichan Wineries Society.

Bailey Williamson (Blue Grouse)

(Jim Moody from Zanatta had tech issues and we will do a follow up)

www.cowichanwineries.com

www.alderlea.ca

www.bluegrouse.ca

www.enricowinery.com

@zanattawinery

 

Chef Kristian Eligh – Marilena Café and Raw Bar.  Victoria

Chef Kristian Eligh

It felt like the longest opening of a new restaurant I’ve seen in many years.

3-4 years ago I knew that Kristian and his family were moving back to Victoria with a plan to create a singular restaurant.

Then came years of COVID and post Covid.

Finally the day has arrived and Marilena Café and Raw Bar  was just launched.

Kristian is a chefs chef.

New Vancouver Island restaurant Marilena to open in Victoria, BC on June 28 | Eat North

Kristian is a chef’s chef.

From Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry, to culinary director of Hawksworth Restaurant and now

Top Table Group Executive Chef.

The Top Table Group includes Blue Water Café, Eliza, Cin Cin, Araxi, Il Caminetto, Bar Oso.  Quite a line up and it doesn’t include their two New York City restaurants.

Marilena is two rooms in one. They’ve been described as “pockets of ambience”.

The Raw Bar, led by Chef Clark Park. The Café is the turf of one of the best managers Aaron Matsuzaki.

New Vancouver Island restaurant Marilena to open in Victoria, BC on June 28 | Eat North

The wine directory is large. It’s overseen by the brilliant Shane Taylor.

This is a destination, my friends…

Go to www.marilenacafe.com and check out the dazzling menu and wine list.

The café is a blend of Japanese-inspired small plates, Italian salads and large sharing plates of whole fish, lobster and  48 hr Beef Shortrib.

Cocktails on tap and a list of variables called lively, adventurous and sophisticated.

Pouring select Vancouver Island Wines. One from Basque Country and Aquilini   Cab/Merlot Family Blend from Red Mountain.

 

Marilena is now open. It was well worth the wait.

 

www.marilenacafe.com

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Fort Berens 

John Schreiner  Good Grog

The Sipster 2

Painted Rock

Meyer/Mayhem

Hester Creek

Etna/Pietradolce

 

 

EP 263 | Festival Time in Courtney. Also from 2019 two legends David Hood (Muscle Shoals) and Leland Sklar (LA)

July 8, 2023 Mulligan Stew Podcast, Podcast

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We start this week with Doug Cox, the artistic director of the Vancouver Island Music Festival. Next weekend. July 14-16 in Courtney, BC This year the headliners are Sarah McLachlan, Rickie Lee Jones and The Bros. Landreth. Doug asked Roy Forbes to return to his BIM character and revisit the tracks from his Thistles Album.

Two legends are appearing. . Dave Alvin and Jimmy Dale Gilmore with The Guilty Ones. Here’s Doug Cox with backgrounds on all those artists and more events and artists. NEXT WEEK – The Artistic Directors of Folk Festivals in Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver and Canmore.  Also Terry Wickham reveals his lineup for Edmonton Folk Fest

The second guests on our podcast are two bass playing legends – David Hood (Muscle Shoals ) and Leland Sklar. In 2019, at the very same Vancouver Island Music Festival two of the most famous bass players in popular music met for the very first time.

David Hood – from Muscle Shoals Alabama finally met Leland Sklar from Los Angeles. David Hood was part of the legendary studio musicians at FAME and Muscle Shoals Studios who shaped some of the most famous hits ever made. For Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, and The Staple Singers. In LA, Leland Sklar has recorded over 2000 albums for artists including Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Warren Zevon, Randy Newman, Linda Ronstadt and many more.

They hold the unique distinction of being “makers of memories” through the music they helped to create. Great bass players are the glue that holds the band together. What makes bass players special? Memorable bass tracks? Did they follow each other’s careers? The key to surviving and thriving for all those sessions, all those artists and those albums? Honoured to finally meet these artists.

Enjoy