I’ve been familiar with the tune Breakin’ up Christmas for some time. It’s a common Old Time dance tune that gets played any time of the year. I read that the tradition of Breakin’ up Christmas is all about neighbours visiting neighbours in the two… Read More
Today I’d like to feature a tune by one of Canada’s great fiddle players, the late Graham Townsend. Mr. Townsend was an Ottawa Valley Boy, from Buckingham Quebec. He got an early start as a fiddler and was winning competitions even as a young boy.… Read More
…doesn’t mean it’s not a good time for a little Boogie-Woogie. Let’s take it down to the Chicken Shack with Champion Jack Dupree. Sorry I couldn’t find the Christmas music… Merry Christmas Everyone
She never spoke Spanish to me, by Butch Hancock. Mr. Hancock was part of a band with Joe Ely who introduces this clip – called the Flatlanders. I first heard this tune as performed by Doug Sahm and The Texas Tornadoes That’s Flaco Jimenez squeezing… Read More
I was driving across Canada, I don’t remember what year it was. It was one of those trips where you slow down to 130 km/hr to change a tire, and it didn’t seem to matter what radio station I tuned to, I heard Ian Tyson… Read More
Since we have a new dog in the house, I’d like to feature my favourite song about a dog – Ol’ Blue. Ian & Sylvia The Dillards The Byrds? Yep, The Byrds… And finally, the fantastic Dave Van Ronk
Sunday morning in an ice storm…let’s start things off on the right foot with a Canadian Old Time polka….Here’s Frankie Rodgers performing the Prairie Polka.
Here are the Go-Devils performing Old Joe Clark
About time I posted some Christmas-related music around this joint. Here’s Sonny Boy Williamson. He just wanted to know what his baby got him for Santa Claus, when the landlady got mad and called the law….
Your Daily Dose of Bluegrass-Hiphop, whatever that is, Featuring Gangstagrass
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