Mulligan Stew March 7th 2020- Special Guest Frazey Ford

March 6, 2020

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March 7 brings the return of Frazey Ford, although she never really went away. We just kept playing Indian Ocean until the first teaser singles started to show a couple of months back. Sneaky good tracks here with a really fine band. Songs that start low and quiet ended up doing a slow burn Frazey talks about Azad the lead track. A very personal story about her sister and her family. Same with Purple and Brown. This interview.

It’s not about tour dates or summer plans. Its all about her life growing up with her Hippie draft-dodging parents and her larger than life Mom. I wouldn’t be surprised if Frazey is #1 on the CKUA top 30 albums. We love the person and her music and we’re not the only ones.

Playlist includes Bowie and Queen, Puss N Boots, Alan Doyle and his #1 Country album in Canad (what??) Andy Shaun and Nathaniel Rateliff (who will be a guest in 2-3 weeks)Got some Rory Block, Laurie Anderson, Van the Man Live, New Wood Bros, Tami Neilson back to back with Leeroy Stagger and Rocking Roy Forbes and his new album. Edge of Blue Heads UP. Future guests include William Prince. Nathaniel Rateliff. Roy Forbes.

-TDM

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew – Year 25	Todays Special Guest – Frazey Ford	www.mulliganstew.ca
Money can’t buy	Frazey Ford	U Kin b The Sun
under pressure	queen and david bowie	atomic blonde soundtrack
angel dream	puss n boots	Sister
Sweet Inspiration	Derek Trucks Band	Already Free
www.deanehouse.com	Todays Special Guest – Frazey Ford
I gotta go	Alan Doyle	Rough side out
and it’s still alright	Nathaniel Rateliff	and it’s still alright
Things I do	Andy Shauf	The Neon Skyline
The Stew – Year 25	www.mulliganstew.ca
Caravan (live)	The Band with Van Morrison	The Last Waltz
Little Blue	The Wood Brothers	Kingdom in my Mind
In my girlish days	Rory Block	Prove it on me
TD Mulligan – The Stew	Coming UP – Frazey Ford
Life on a string	Laurie Anderson	Life on a string
Bring that thing (live)	Harry Manx	Harry Manx Live
Coming UP – Frazey Ford Interview	Complete interview at Mulligan Stew Podcast	www.mulliganstew.ca
Ain’t no sunshine	Bill Withers	Just as I am
NEXT – Frazey Ford	www.mulliganstew.ca
Frazey Ford Interview	Full Interview www.mulliganstew.ca
Holding it down	Frazey Ford	U Kin b The Sun
Frazey Ford Interview	Full Interview www.mulliganstew.ca
Azad	Frazey Ford	U Kin b The Sun
Frazey Ford Interview	Full Interview www.mulliganstew.ca
Purple and Brown	Frazey Ford	U Kin b The Sun
Frazey Ford Interview	Full Interview www.mulliganstew.ca
www.mulliganstew.ca	Next – Blackie and Dylan. Plus New Rockin Roy Forbes
Trust yourself	Blackie and the Rodeo Kings	King of this town
I shall be Released (live)	Bob Dylan – Rolling Thunder Revue	Live 1975
You were mine	Tami Neilson	Chick a Boom
Hey Hey (for Gord)	Leeroy Stagger	Strange Path
www.coyotesbanff.com	Next – New Roy Forbes music
Big mouth shut	Roy Forbes	Edge of Blue
www.mulliganstew.ca	Thanks for listening – Next Week – Wm Prince
done tore your playhouse down	King Biscuit Boy	Gooduns

EP 97 | Frazey Ford- U KIN B THE SUN

March 4, 2020

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“Don’t be fooled by the glittery jumpsuit. Frazey Ford is out for blood.” – NPR

Frazey Ford releases U kin b The Sun. It’s stunning.

Currently the Number 1 album on the CKUA Top 30. For the second week in a row

Or maybe it’s three. Frazey Ford is a blur.

One of her messages is…

Get out of the way

You’ve had your day

And it’s no longer how we gon’ play

The kids are having none of it.

From: The kids are having none of it.

This is the complete podcast interview. With tracks

Azad

Golden

Purple and Brown

February 29th, 2020- Top Drop 2019- Victoria

February 28, 2020 01:05:37

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TOP DROP / FIRST TIME IN VICTORIA

The press release came in loud and clear.

For the very first time Top Drop was coming to Victoria.

Frankly, that’s all I needed to know.

I’ve been happily covering this small wildly successful wine gathering for
Six Years but Top Drop in Victoria is a whole other event. Why? Because
Victoria is a great wine town.

TOP DROP is Vancouver based so they needed a Victoria Host. Turns out the
Vessel crew have been watching this independent, craft wine festival seed
and grow in Vancouver, and spread to Calgary in 2018. This was their year to
launch it in Victoria for ONE DAY .

Victoria International Marina

Top Drop is an opportunity to celebrate authenticity in farming, terroir
and wine, with winery principals from around the globe.

Mirroring Top Drop Vancouver and Calgary’s flagship experience, the public
event is a walk around, grazing-style tasting where attendees enjoy sips
and stories from the principals of international and local wineries. There
has never before been a wine tasting of this scope and caliber in Victoria.

For me and TRR, the voice and face of Top Drop has always been Kurtis Kolt.
Wine educator and Wine writer for the Georgia Straight.

Kurtis and TD

Because of the foul weather, Kurtis and his partners were delayed in
Vancouver and could not attend while I was there.

Once again Kurtis Kolt and his partner Jeff Curry and a sensational team
have convinced some of the very best winemakers to pour at Top Drop.

What they have in common is craft and care!

In Kurtis’ column in the Georgia Straight he said this:

“Each year, our process begins the same. Our team casts out a wide net to
British Columbia-based importers and wineries, asking for winery
applications to participate in the event. First and foremost, Top Drop
wineries must fit with our general philosophy: that wines, indeed, express
terroir or offer a sense of place.

Whether we’re talking vines grown in mineral-rich soils or under
cool-climate growing conditions bringing bright acidity or in sun-drenched
regions offering generous, opulent fruit and so on, we want those elements
to be notable in the glass and for them to have arrived there authentically,
rather than via heavy-handed additions in the winery.

Sustainable farming is also key. There is a high priority on those who
employ these methods while farming their own fruit or who work with growers
who fit the mold.”

Winemaking Guests in Victoria:

(Check them out – Winners All!!)

Ross Borland Managing Partner/Vessel Liquor Victoria www.vesselliquor.com

Mitch Renaud Asst manager Vessel Liquor Victoria www.vesselliquor.com

Rhys Pender (MW) Little Farm/Similkameen Valley
http://www.littlefarmwinery.ca/

Angus Thomson Urlar/ Gladstone NZ http://www.urlar.co.nz/

Kelsey Rufiange – Echo Bay/OK Falls www.echobayvineyard.ca

Grant Biggs – Kitsch wines/Kelowna www.kitschwines.ca

Tyler Knight = Lightening Rock/Summerland www.lightningrockwinery.com

Larry Gerelus – Stags Hollow/OK Falls www.stagshollowwinery.com

Michael Shindler – A Sunday in August/Similkameen Valley
www.asundayinaugust.com

Dan Wright – Unsworth/Cowichan Valley www.unsworthvineyards.com

https://topdrop.ca/

: Angus Thomson and Urlar Cows

: Dan Wright Unsworth

: Grant Biggs – Kitsch

: Kelsey Rufiange – Echo Bay (photo silk and coupe)

: Larry Gerelus – Stags Hollow

: Michael Shindler – A Sunday in August

: Rhys Pender Little Farm

: Tyler Knight – Lightening Rock (yyc tasting)

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Mescal Master in Oaxaca

Orofino. Row Fourteen. Road 13, The Hatch. Unsworth.

Locals Only

Parksville Uncorked and Untapped.

What’s up with Ned Bell

Discovering Sheringham and Lumette Distilled

EP 96 | Gord Sinclair- Taxi Dancers

February 28, 2020

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Special guest Gord Sinclair. Bassist, singer, and songwriter for The Tragically Hip. On Friday the 28th he releases Taxi Dancers the first solo lp following the death of Gord Downie and the end of The Hip. Terry talks about the new album Taxi Dancers and what life is like post Tragically Hip and the emotional journey he underwent to create the album.

EP 95 | Andy Shauf-Neon Skyline

February 22, 2020

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Andy Shauf’s new album The Neon Skyline ..is presented in full storytelling concept.

The interconnected songs were all written, performed, arranged and produced by Andy, and follow a simple plot: the narrator goes to his neighborhood dive, finds out his ex is back in town, and she eventually shows up.

Some of his characters can be found in his last album The Party. All are sympathetic people who share countless inside jokes, shots, and life-or-death musings when the night gets hazy.

It just happens to be one of the best albums I’ve heard in quite a while. The delight in the songs may not reveal themselves on first listen but the second time..the puzzle starts to show itself.

Please enjoy this chat with a true star in the making…if he wants to go down that road.

<a href="http://andyshauf.bandcamp.com/album/the-neon-skyline">The Neon Skyline by Andy Shauf</a>

EP 94 | Daryl Cloran Shakespeare and the Beatles

February 15, 2020

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William Shakespeare’s As you like it has been called his Romantic Comedy (RomCom).

It’s got laughs, love and rejection, women dressed as men, men dressed as wrestlers.

And Director Daryl Cloran was challenged to weave the magic of The Beatles into the dialogue.

Instead of soliloquies..we get I am the Walrus.

25 Beatles songs, William Shakespeare AND wrestling. Let’s go.

Opens tonight at The Citadel in Edmonton

“As You Like” by RMTC and Citadel performed at the John Hirsch Mainstage as part of the master playwrights festival.

“As You Like It” cleverly blends Shakespeare’s gift with language and 25 Beatles songs performed live, including She Loves You, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Let It Be and Here Comes the Sun. Will you love it? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

“Like it? I loved it. This one’s a hit.” – Georgia Straight

“You’d have to be a real nowhere man not to be on your feet and singing along.” -Vancouver Sun

Tickets for the first week are nearly sold out. Book yours, and make sure to arrive early for the pre-show Superstar Wrestling match!

“As You Like It” runs from Feb 15 – Mar 15, 2020 at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre.

Music begins at 7:05 p.m. Wrestling begins at 7:15 p.m.
More info at www.citadeltheatre.com

EP 92 | Colin Linden and Tom Wilson

February 9, 2020

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Although they each have successful solo careers, Colin Linden, Tom Wilson, and road warrior Stephen Fearing together are Blackie and The Rodeo Kings.

In 2020 the boys celebrate being together and making music for 25 years.

How did they kick off 2020?

Jan 4 they played The Ryman Theatre, home of The Grand Ol’ Opry.

Stephen Fearing packed his bags and went touring his solo album The Unconquerable Past!

Colin won a Grammy for Keb Mo’s Oklahoma, which Colin co-produced in his home studio in Nashville.
Just days ago Tom Wilson gets a Juno nomination for Lee Harvey Osmond.

And Blackie releases King of this Town.

The coming tour may take the entire year!

What started off in 1996 as a one-off tribute album in celebration of the music of Willie P Bennett has evolved into 25 years of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings.

Quite simply one of Canada’s finest bands. Ever!!

Enjoy the stories!

EP 93 | Oscars and Oz

February 3, 2020

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The Academy Awards are a week away!

Gary Cogill a highly respected Dallas film reviewer/interviewer and

Hayley is a much respected Dallas Sommelier and blogger/podcaster.

They both now live in Hawaii and work together on Cogill Wine & Film. A perfect pairing.

On instagram @dallasuncorked

My suggestion was: Let’s choose your Oscar Winners and pair them with the perfect wines.

Gary and I exchange opinions on

best film

the acting categories

and best director.

Hayley pairs with wines from

Adelsheim in the Willamette Valley,

Dana Estates/Vaso Cellars in Napa,

ZD Wines in Napa.

Australia is on fire..We can help!!

Jane Ferrari – Independent Consultant & Voice of Yalumba

(Barossa Valley Australia)

Wildfires have destroyed many regions, towns and lives in Australia and it’s not done yet.

Jane Ferrari – was for years the voice of Yalumba Wines. She was/is a natural storyteller. Jane would tell stories about Yalumba, Barossa, and Australia.

My most important question to Jane was – How can we Help?

Wildfires have destroyed many regions, towns and lives in Australia and it’s not done yet.

Jane Ferrari – was for years the voice of Yalumba Wines. She was/is a natural storyteller. Jane would tell stories about Yalumba, Barossa and Australia.

My most important question to Jane was – How can we Help?

Here’s a follow up note from Jane:

Hi Terry – this is the Instagram site that shows specific food and wine bushfire affected folk across the country

https://www.instagram.com/morethanagooddrop/

This is the excellent summary of the bushfire affected areas nationally, put together by young consultant Trish Barry Cheers

Jane

http://www.mastermindconsulting.com.au/musings/morethanagooddrop/

Hi Terry – this is Max Allen – excellent Oz wine journo – on what we can do long term to support the fire affected areas

Cheers

Jane

https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/food-and-wine/wineries-calling-after-the-fires-it-s-your-shout-20200115-p53rmv

There you go folks…support is only a click away.

Please pass the Tasting Room links above to those who could support and help.

And Thank You Jane Ferrari!

February 1st, 2020 – OSCARS AND WINE -JANE FERRARI ON HELPING OZ

February 1, 2020 00:58:16

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OSCARS AND WINE -JANE FERRARI ON HELPING AUSTRALIA

THE SHOW

Oscar picks and pairs

Gary Cogill and Hayley Hamilton Cogill (Cogill Wine & Film. A perfect pairing)

Please meet my pals Gary Cogill who’s a respected Dallas film reviewer/interviewer and

Hayley is a much respected Dallas Sommelier and blogger/podcaster.

Gary and Hayley

They both now live in Hawaii and work together on Cogill Wine & Film. A perfect pairing.

https://art19.com/shows/cogill-wine-and-film-a-perfect-pairing

Find Gary @garycogill

You can also find all things Hayley at her website

www.redwinewithbreakfast.com

On instagram @dallasuncorked

They can both be found at Lahaina Galleries in the shops at Mauna Lani on the Big Island.

Gary is gallery director. http://www.lahainagalleries.com/

Gary Coghill

My suggestion was: Let’s choose your Oscar Winners and pair them with the perfect wines.

Gary and I exchange opinions on:

best film

the acting categories

and best director.

Hayley pairs with wines from

Adelsheim in the Willamette Valley,

Dana Estates/Vaso Cellars in Napa,

ZD Wines in Napa.

Gary helps with your Oscar pool and Hayley suggests wines to seek and serve.

What’s not to like?

Jane Ferrari – Independent Consultant & Voice of Yalumba

(Barossa Valley Australia)

Jane Ferrari

I find it almost impossible to try and explain what has happened to the people of Australia, the wildlife, the wineries and the land itself.

Wildfires have destroyed many regions, towns and lives and it’s not done yet.

One of my favourite humans is Jane Ferrari – who was for years the voice of Yalumba Wines. She was/is a natural storyteller and that’s what she did all over the World. Jane would tell all of us stories about Yalumba, Barossa and Australia.

Who better to call and talk to?

My most important question to Jane was – How can we Help?

Jane more than fills two segments of the show but she followed up by sending three links that take you directly to those on the front lines.

Australia Fires

Hi Terry – this is the Instagram site that shows specific food and wine bushfire affected folk across the country

https://www.instagram.com/morethanagooddrop/

Hi Terry – this is the excellent summary of the bushfire affected areas nationally, put together by young consultant Trish Barry

Cheers

Jane

http://www.mastermindconsulting.com.au/musings/morethanagooddrop/

Hi Terry – this is Max Allen – excellent Oz wine journo – on what we can do long term to support the fire affected areas

https://www.afr.com/life-and-luxury/food-and-wine/wineries-calling-after-the-fires-it-s-your-shout-20200115-p53rmv

There you go folks…support is only a click away.

Please pass the Tasting Room links above to those who could support and help.

and Thank You,

Jane Ferrari!

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

VanWineFest

Victoria Whisky Fest

Colin Linden – Nashville

A Mescal Master – Oaxaca

Sheringham Gins

January 25th, 2020 – The 5th Annual Garagiste North – Kelowna

January 24, 2020 01:00:13

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Coverage of the 5^th Annual Garagiste North – Kelowna

THE SHOW

What is a garagiste? (gar-ah-jeest)?

It started out in France (of course) where it was a derogatory phrase for those avante garde and crazy mavericks making wine in their garage and outside the highly regulated system. Gradually and grudgingly came the acknowledgement that something really interesting was happening with these small case lot artisan wines, and a movement was born.

Garagiste North brings together the small guys. Wines produced from 100% Canadian grapes and under 2000 cases total production annually.

We’ve been covering this gathering of small BC producers from the beginning. We like the people, the wines and the no BS approach to farming, creating and selling.

This year Sperling Vineyards was once again the site for a gathering of the Garagiste. Many of the favourites are returning, but with the growth of the wine industry we are excited to see new small wineries popping up.

Sperling Vineyards

The likes of Lightning Rock, Scorched Earth and Burnt Timer all seem to have a theme! Added to this year’s event will be a wine pairing of Sperling Vineyards and cheese, music by Glendale Avenue, food truck service from CrAsian, a cool booth by Taste Advisor and a pop up wine store by Fairview Cellars.

tdm and Ann Sperling

This event gives you an insight into the passion, commitment, craziness and excellence that is the hallmark of a small producer. We love that for many this is their first time showing off their wines to the public. Others have been attending for awhile, carefully crafting their wines and growing their business and reputation. Others have grown up and graduated.

Former Garagiste are: