Mark Lo (Director/Producer) has worked in film and TV for more than 20 years. First, as a music agent and supervisor, collaborating with composers and artists to bring music to picture and then as an Executive Music Producer Mark recently produced and directed the feature music documentary Count Me In. A celebration of drummers and their unique ability to drive generations of music. I love being a drummer. Everyone thinks you’re dumb. What they don’t realise is that if it weren’t for you, their band would suck. – Dave Grohl Eat drums! Eat cymbals! – Animal Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at. John Bonham Count Me In is a celebration of the role of the drummer in popular music. Mark Lo’s British-made doc dates back to the even darker days of 2021. It’s drummers talking about other drummers and appreciating great drumming, and if that works for you, then hear the drummer and get wicked. The documentary includes interviews with the late Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters), Stewart Copeland (The Police), Roger Taylor (Queen), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Cindy Blackman Santana (Lenny Kravitz, Santana) and Jim Keltner (The Traveling Wilburys) and many others. They all seem to talk about Keith Moon (The Who), John Bonham (Led Zep), and Neil Peart (Rush). Watching Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts, John Bonham, Ginger Baker, or Keith Moon play for the first time is amazing. Of course, many of those legends were inspired themselves by the great American jazz drummers like Max Roach, Buddy Rich, and Gene Krupa. Still, watching Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden give a detailed account of the differences in style between Starr and Watts is remarkable. Enjoy the drumology session on the Mulligan Stew Podcast. Turn it Up and Count Me In.
EP 354 | Count Me In Documentary on drumming and drummers-Interview Director Mark Lo
Mike’s new album is called The Sound of Muscle Shoals. He’s waited almost 20 years to round up the next generation of Swampers and record at the world-famous FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals. Wow – was it worth the wait? Mike Farris lives and sings The Sound of Muscle Shoals. The sound is a mix of blues, soul and country. The NY Times called it Indigenous American Music. The same sound that came from Etta, Aretha, Boz, Paul Simon, Wilson Pickett, Neil Young, Percy Sledge, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, The Staple Singers and many more. Long before heading for FAME studios, Mike had to clean up his life, and he talks about hitting rock bottom. That’s when his wife said, “We’re going to do something different this time. We’ll start by talking about the why’s. Why, when you start getting successful, you self-destruct?” Mike said, “that scared the hell out of me.” Mike is many years clean now, and he’s riding the Slow Train to Muscle Shoals. Enjoy The Sound of Mike Farris!!
EP 353 | Podcast guest is the fantastic singer, songwriter - Mike Farris.
Dan Mangan released his 7th album, Natural Light, last Friday.   A year ago, @danmanganmusic asked the players in his road band to join him at a cottage to demo the songs for Natural Light.   These players would likely not be in studio when he rerecorded the songs. However, after recording the first song  - It Might Be Raining - they looked at each other, laughing. It was pure magic. The room worked, the band worked and the songs really worked They did two songs the next day and  2 more the third day. Four songs the 4th day. The demos in the cottage became the album Natural Light. Our interview covers a lot of ground. Dan opened up about his highs and lows. At one point, he was not being able to find a label that believed in his music. He made a decision not to let anyone mess with his dreams,  so he started his own label. Dan says, This is the very best music he's ever made.   He brings tales of acceptance and rejection. Of finding a balance between his dreams and his family. It Might Be Raining - was written for his children in preparation for the world he/we were leaving them. The songs bring Hope. I believe Natural Light to be one of the albums of the year.
EP 351 | Dan Mangan and new album 'Natural Light'
Most music fans know Kevin Hearn as the pianist and songwriter for Barenaked Ladies. Few would know that Kevin was the band leader for Lou Reed for 7 emotional years.  Or that he fought a battle with leukemia for many years, even while touring with BNL. Gord Downie knew all those stories when he asked Kevin Hearn and Kevin Drew to help him prepare for live performances of his final music project - Secret Path! Because he had just been down his own darkened  path , Kevin Hearn was able to bring comfort and  strength to the recording of Gord's final songs.  Kevin takes us though those moments including Gord's last words to him, about his friendship with Lou Reed and then takes us on another journey - this time to Jamaica. Kevin's new solo album is called Portland Parish. Recorded in three locations. A small jungle cottage, the legendary Trident Hotel and the long-abandoned Trident Castle.  Kevin plays originals, covers (Lou Reed and Sun Ra Arkestra) on a collection of creaking pianos weathered by time and nature. If you listen closely, you can hear chirping frogs and dogs barking in the distance. Several of the pianos were damaged and barely playable.  Kevin says, "The idea was to seek out semi-abandoned pianos in spaces said to be haunted and improvise."
Kevin Hearn. Stories of Portland Parish Pianos/ Gord/Leonard & Lou.
We’re featuring Wine Educator and Event Creator Kurtis Kolt. Top Drop 2025, his sensational small wine fest, runs next week in Vancouver and Calgary. Wine Educator, judge and Event Co-Ordinator Kurtis Kolt. His thoughts on 2025 Washington Grown/Crafted in BC Wines His impressive Top Drop Events this coming week in Vancouver and Calgary. Kurtis Kolt is a Vancouver-based wine & hospitality consultant who writes about wine, presents seminars, hosts events, judges competitions, works with restaurants on their wine programs, and so on. Kurtis has been running restaurants around Vancouver, eventually receiving the ‘Sommelier of the Year’ award at the 2010 Vancouver International Wine Festival. KK is also the co-founder of Top Drop, a series of terroir-focused trade and consumer festival-style events, dubbed “the nerdiest, most awesome wine festival in Canada.” TOP DROP In Vancouver, May 13 and Calgary, May 15. Kurtis books very select wineries (and their winemakers) Check out the participants – https://vancouver.topdrop.ca/en/exhibitors Dubbed “The One Wine Tasting of the Year You Shouldn’t Miss,” by Western Living magazine, Top Drop Vancouver and Top Drop Calgary‘s Main Events return with continued focus on sustainably-farmed, handcrafted wines offering a distinct sense of place, without heavy-handed winemaking trickery to get in the way. His latest project is Free Spirit!, a celebration of the world of non-alc wine, beer, and spirits! Kurtis joins us on Tasting Room Radio to also talk about the Grown in Washington – Crafted in BC 2025 Wines, now being seen on BC shelves. www.topdrop.ca www.winebc.com www.kurtiskolt.com @Kurtis Kolt
EP 348 | Kurtis Kolt on new “Crafted in BC” wines and Launches 2025 Top Drop in Van/Calgary
Matt Andersen is one of CKUA's favourite artists, on the air and certainly with the audience. Matt is releasing his 11th solo studio album, The Hammer and The Rose April 25th. I was delighted with all of that information until I got to"the date," April 25.    As you may know,  that's the first Friday for the CKUA Spring fundraiser. I asked Matt's team if I could move the Stew interview to this Saturday - and they approved!!   So, we get the story of the album and we are the first play of several tracks, anywhere. This album, about the relationship between the head and the heart, presents a different Matt. A slightly quieter Matt,  so you can hear the texture and grain of his voice. Great songs too. Co-writing the title track with Steve Dawson Co-writing with Tom and Thompson Wilson, Terra Lightfoot and Jesse O'Brien. Co-writing The Cobbler with producer/drummer Jason Van Tassel -  as a tribute to, and in memory of,  their Fathers. Includes a fine cover of JJ Cale's Magnolia. With  Afie Jurvanen on guitar and vocals.
EP 346 | Matt Andersen New Album-The Hammer and The Rose
George Siu is a pal and the co-founder of Memphis Blues BBQ House. They now have 6 locations. 3 in Vancouver and 3 in Alberta. They serve top-of-the-line BBQ..beautifully cooked. George and Park Hefflefinger started the first location after heading to Memphis and spending much time studying the process and tricks of the trade. The Memphis style is to slow cook in a pit. Either dry or wet ribs. Dry has a rub with salt, spices before cooking – no sauce. Wet are brushed with sauce before during and after cooking. Our infamous Elvis platter I had a number of things I wanted to ask George… Has any of the Buy Canada affected your business? – It is called Memphis Blues after all. You have a wall of American bourbon. What’s happened to it? Have you made any moves to serve Canadian craft distilleries? Beer, Cider? Are the tariffs having an effect? How different are the wine and drink choices between BC and Alberta? What pairs well with smoky BBQ? It’s not just a Q&A session. With George Siu it’s always a trading of stories. Some are actually true. www.memphisbluesbbq.com
EP 345 | George Siu Memphis Blues BBQ House
Two guests on the Mulligan Stew Podcast Both great pals. Stephen Fearing is a key member of Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. Like all three Front Line band mates, they each have their own solo careers. That’s one of the outstanding elements of their relationship. Freedom to create – together or solo. Stephen Fearing has just released his newest album, The Empathist. Co-Produced in East Nashville with Ken Coomer (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Al Green, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle) Stephen is a truly talented songwriter, but he also carries with him, his Irish storytelling skills. The songs on The Empathist beautifully weave those skills together. Currently on tour – link below. Highly Recommended. Bill Henderson is the leader of Chilliwack. For some 30 years, they’ve been crafting hits and touring The World. As lead singer, songwriter and guitarist, Bill has been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, Rock Hall of Fame and made a member of the Order of Canada. In 2025, the band is on its last tour – Farewell to Friends!! https://www.gonegonegone.com/wp-content/uploads/Farewell-Tour-Dates_Chilliwack-Site-1-7.docx https://www.stephenfearing.ca/tour Enjoy – Happy St Patrick’s Day
EP 342 | Stephen Fearing (The Empathist) & Bill Henderson (Chilliwack – Farewell to Friends)
#BuffySaint-Marie Full Interview here: https://youtu.be/amZnaz0kApY?si=bM7wAzvpQkaDP8Oe What are your thoughts?
Celebrating Indigenous Artists A Journey Through Music Terry's last interviewwith Buffy Sainte-Marie
Full interview can be found here: https://youtu.be/amZnaz0kApY?si=bM7wAzvpQkaDP8Oe What are your thoughts?
Embracing Indigenous Culture A Journey Through Senses-My last interview with Buffy
Full interview can be found on MulliganStew.ca https://youtu.be/amZnaz0kApY?si=bM7wAzvpQkaDP8Oe What are your thoughts?
Uncovering Buffy's Story My Journey Beyond the Myths- A look back at my last interview with Buffy
Full interview can be found here: https://youtu.be/2wjulEjlacg?si=2_7KkLnzA8KZDJ0B
Finding Balance Between Acceptance and Creative Freedom-Bruce Cockburn and Terry David Mulligan
Bruce Cockburn returns to the West Coast. Thoughts on Dylan at Newport, Bo Diddley, a possible covers album, his legacy and today’s headlines. March 11, Victoria. March 12 Nanaimo March 14 Vancouver March 15 Kelowna March 16 Trail. Lots to talk about. @Brucecockburn
EP 341 | Bruce Cockburn Talks His Past, Present and Future
EP 340 | A tale of Native Resilience. In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves near an Indian residential school run by the Catholic Church in Kamloops. BC, Canada sparked a national outcry about the forced separation, assimilation, and abuse many children experienced at this network of segregated boarding schools designed to slowly destroy the culture and social fabric of Indigenous communities. When Emily- a journalist and filmmaker- asked her old friend and colleague, Julian , to direct a film documenting the Williams Lake First Nation investigation of St Joseph's Mission, she never imagined just how close this story was to his own family. As the investigation continued, Emily and Julian traveled back to the rivers, forests and mountains of his homelands to hear the myriad stories of survivors. During production, Julian's own story became an integral part of this beautiful multi-stranded portrait of a community. By offering space, time, and profound empathy the directors unearthed what was hidden. Emily and Julian encountered both the extraordinary pain these individuals had to suppress as a tool for survival and the unique beauty of a group of people finding the strength to persevere. The film is nominated for an Academy Award. It has already won two Critics Choice Awards. Julian Brave NoiseCat - Director Julian is a writer, filmmaker and student of Salish art and history. His first documentary, SUGARCANE, directed alongside Emily Kassie, follows an investigation into abuse and missing children at the Indian residential school NoiseCat's family was sent to near Williams Lake, British Columbia. A proud member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq'escen and descendant of the Lil'wat Nation of Mount Currie, he is concurrently finishing his first book, We Survived the Night, which will be published by Alfred A. Knopf in North America. EMILY KASSIE Director, Producer, Cinematographer Emily Kassie is an Emmy® and Peabody®-nominated investigative journalist and filmmaker. Kassie shoots, directs and reports stories on geopolitical conflict, humanitarian crises, corruption and the people caught in the crossfire. Her work for The New York Times, PBS Frontline, Netflix, and others ranges from drug and weapons trafficking in the Saharan desert, to immigrant detention in the United States. . Her first documentary, I Married My Family's Killer, following couples in post-genocide Rwanda, won a Student Academy Award in 2015. Indian residential school history and its impact are not in the past. For more information on the film's impact campaign, please visit here. If you need support, the following resources are available: CANADA The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line provides 24-hour crisis support to former Indian Residential School students and their families toll-free at 1-866-925-4419. First Nations, Inuit and Métis seeking immediate emotional support can contact the Hope for Wellness Help Line toll-free at 1-855-242-3310, UNITED STATES Call or text 988
Sugarcane: Stunning documentary into Indian Residential Schools in B.C.
Full Interview found here: https://youtu.be/rcZfMv-duPk?si=oClwbd336u9juPIq
Creating Lasting Memories A Night to Remember Interview with #ColinJames and #terrydavidmulligan
Full Interview found here: https://youtu.be/x_GRosWf18U
Expect the Unexpected Our Thrilling Live Music Journey #DavidBowie with #TerryDavidMulligan
Full Interview found here: https://youtu.be/x_GRosWf18U www.mulliganstew.ca
From Stadiums to Intimate Stages A Music Journey - #DavidBowie and #TerryDavidMulligan
Full Interview found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcZfMv-duPk and www.mulliganstew.ca
Back on Stage My First Bike Ride After Recovery Interview with #ColinJames
Full interview with #ColinJames found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcZfMv-duPk www.mulliganstew.ca
Unlocking the Art of Storytelling Through Music with #ColinJames
FUll interview found here: https://youtu.be/x_GRosWf18U
Revisiting the Golden Era Making Music Like the 60s #davidbowie and #terrydavidmulligan
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