L-A’s back on Window of Opportunity – but just before the big road trip

Hi! Happy May!

I’m finished my radio broadcasting studies at Algonquin College, so I won’t be on CKDJ anymore – except as a guest/alumna in the Fall. I’ll post about my graduation when it comes up in June.

Meanwhile, I have occasional shifts on AIR AM 1700, and I have returned to CKCU. I also work behind the scenes at LiVE 88-5 and love it. When Tony and are on our trip (in Colorado, Arizona and Nevada), Chris White will be hosting the show. Fridays 3 pm Eastern on CKCU 93.1 FM, Rogers Digital Cable 944 or online at ckcufm.com

Meanwhile, here are some of the latest playlists:

Window of Opportunity – May 11, 2012    (Welcome cart)  Carts

CKCU ID

CD Kate & Hollis, “Window of Opportunity” [c]

Set One

Kirsten Jones, “Bittersweet Grand Canyon” (Mad Mile) (Indie) [c]
ID
Lynn Miles, “8 Hour Drive” (Love Sweet Love) (True North) [c]
ID
Chris White, “Miles with Miles” (I’m a poet and aware of it) (Indie) [c]
ID
Doug Spears, “(You ain’t) leaving on a jet plane” (Live single)
Upcoming events

-Ninety Pounds of Ugly, The Sin Sisters and Ginger St James at the Rainbow Bistro tonight
-Old Man Luedecke is at the Black Sheep tonight
-Brock Zeman is at the Branch tonight.
-Gerry Wall is at Irene`s Pub tonight.  So we have lots of choice.
-Tommy Emmanuel will be at the Casino Lac Leamy theatre on Wednesday.

Set Two Sultans of String set – (I had a call in to win tickets)                                                                

Sultans of String, “Yalla Yalla” (Yalla Yalla) [c] (Borealis)
ID
Sultans of String, “Heart of Gold” (Move) [c] (Borealis)

Set Three

Tommy Emmanuel, “Classical Gas medley” (downloaded live single)
ID
Old Man Luedecke, “Wrong side of the Country” (Hinterland) [c] (Indie) –Black Sheep Inn tonight
ID
Brock Zeman, “End of the World” (Me then You) NR [c] –The Branch tonight

Set Four

Gerry Wall, “On my way” (World) [c] – Black Sheep Inn tonight
ID
Amelia Curran, “Truly dear I love you so” (single) [c] (Indie) – Black Sheep Inn next Friday

Set Five

Kristin Sweetland, “Gone, Gone, Gone” (Own Sweet Time) (Indie) [c] 3:40

The Copples, “Window of Opportunity” [c]

13 tracks, 12 Canadian [c]

Window of Opportunity – May 4, 2012 (Welcome cart)

CKCU ID

CD Kate & Hollis, “Window of Opportunity” [c]

Set One

Matt Francis, “Names” (For Chris) (Indie) [c]
ID
Rose Cousins, “The Shell” (You have made a spark) (Indie) [c]
ID
Lynne Hanson, “Lilacs dancing” (Once the Sun goes down) (Indie) [c]

Set Two

Stephen Fearing, “The Man who married music” (The man who married music) [c] (True North)
ID
Ian Tamblyn, “Hurricane Heart” (Gyre) [c] (North Track)
ID
Colin Bernard, “You draw it out of me” (Hold on) [c] (Indie)

Set Three

Rob Lutes, “Cold Canadian Road” (Ride the Shadows) [c] (Indie)
ID
Shari Ulrich, “Everlasting Great Regret” (Find our Way) [c] (Indie)
ID
Michael Munnik, “I am with the Hunters” (I am with the Hunters) [c] (Indie)

Set Four

Olenka and the Autumn Lovers, “Go” (And now we sing) [c]
Tony Turner ID
Tony Turner, “Silvery Moon” (A Matter of Time) [c] (Indie)

The Copples, “Window of Opportunity” [c]

12 tracks, 11 Canadian [c]

Last Stoke the Folk show of the semester!

This is a bittersweet post.  While Stoke the Folk will continue next year (subject to PD Gill Proudfoot’s approval), it is the last show with me (L-A Copple) at the helm.  But I’ll be back at times as alumni.  Next semester Stoke will be hosted by Matt Frankie Francis and Doug Ralph.  The show is in great hands.    After this, you’ll hear me again on CKCU’s Window of Opportunity beginning April 27.

Here’s our playlist:

Stoke the Folk, Monday April 16/12 Matt Francis/L-A Copple

Last show – with Bob Nesbitt of Ottawa Grassroots Festival

Elias El-Zein’s newscast

Matt’s Stoke the Folk promo/The Copples, “Stoke the Folk” Theme song [c] 1:09

Set One – Ottawa Grassroots Festival set 1

Rick Fines, “Perfect Politician” (Riley wants his life Back) [c]
ID
Rick Fines, “Riley wants his life back” (Riley wants his life Back) [c]

Guest interview  Bob Nesbitt (Ottawa Grassroots Festival) pt 1

Set Two Ottawa FolkRoots set 2
Katherine Wheatley, “One True Kiss” (Landed) [c]
ID
Missy Burgess, “Play me Sweet” (Play me Sweet) [c]

Guest interview  Bob Nesbitt (Ottawa Grassroots Festival) pt 2

Set Three – Matt’s set
Mumford and Sons, “Roll away your Stone” (live version) UK
ID
Neil Young, “The Painter” (Prairie Wind) [c]

Set Four L-A’s set
Jesse Cook/Melissa McClelland, “It ain’t me” (Frontiers) [c]
ID
Molasses Creek, “Because” (And Island out of Time) (US)
ID
Whitehorse, “I’m on Fire” (Whitehorse) [c]

The Copples, “Stoke the Folk instrumental” [c]

10 tracks, 8 Cancon, 80 per cent [c]

Please listen in on ckdj.net – Monday, April 16  9 pm Eastern.

Let us know you’re listening via the Stoke the Folk Facebook page!!!

Yours in Folk

L-A Copple

Stoke the Folk goes north – our last regional show

Stoke the Folk is having it’s last regional show!  We’re going up North!   There is a very strong roots community in the Yukon, so we’ve included a bunch of those folks in the mix.

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And I had the pleasure of Matt visiting our place on Good Friday.  I’ve always wanted Matt to see our mandolins and charango, and he loved playing my mandolin (see pic to the left).   And Matt also got a beautiful new guitar, which he is proudly showing off in the pic to the right.

Tune in Monday April 9 at nine pm Eastern!   ckdj.net or locally on 107.9 FM in Ottawa

Here’s our playlist:

Stoke the Folk, Monday April 9, 2012 Matt Francis/L-A Copple The North show

Elias El-Zein’s newscast
Matt’s Stoke the Folk promo/The Copples, “Stoke the Folk” Theme song [c] 1:09

Set One L-A’s set – Bonnie Ste Croix as she moved around the north

Bonnie Ste Croix, “The Letter” (Canadian Girl) (Yukon)
ID
Bonnie Ste Croix, “You’ve already got what you need” (Canadian Girl) (NWT)
ID
Bonnie Ste Croix, “You are the Reason” (Canadian Girl) (Nunuvut)

Set Two Matt’s set – The North
Indio Saravangia, “Northern Town” (Indio Saravangia) NWT
ID
Gordie Tentrees, “Mercy or sin” (Mercy or sin) (Whitehorse) –on tour right now
ID
Sam Tutanuak, “Back in ‘58” (single) (Nunuvut)

Set Three – Whitehorse Girls L-A

Kate Weekes, “The Ugliness and Me” (Kate Weekes) (Whitehorse)
ID
Kim Beggs, “Banks of the Yukon” (Wanderer’s Paean) (Whitehorse)
ID
Kim Barlow, “Great White Nothing” (Champ) (Whitehorse)
Set Four
Anne Louise Genest, “Trouble and Strife (Ain’t my life)” (single) (Whitehorse)
ID
Stephen Kakfwi, “In the Walls of his mind” (In the Walls of his mind) [c] (Fort Good Hope, NWT)

Track 6 The Copples, “Stoke the Folk instrumental” [c]
13 tracks, 13 Cancon, 100 per cent [c]

Next week is our last show before CKDJ is off air for the summer.  We will have Bob Nesbitt as guest from new local folk festival – Ottawa Grassroots Festival  (which is on April 28)

Stoke the Folk sets up the campfire in British Columbia this week!

 

 

This is CKDJ’s Zach Periard with Dan Mangan.   Dan Mangan won the Juno for Alternative Album of the Year!!!!  We’re playing a tune from that cd. While I’m not going to the Junos, my husband is, my housemate Jackie Cassandra is, and so is my morning show co-host Doug Ralph.  And of course, Zach is all over the Junos as CKDJ’s delegate. Matt and I will just folk along anyway.  This week we’re in BC.  Next week we travel north (I am partly sure that we have a show next Monday – it is Easter Monday).

Here’s our playlist:

Stoke the Folk, Monday April 2, 2012 Matt Francis/L-A Copple BC show
4 MINUTES Elias El-Zein’s newscast

Matt’s Stoke the Folk promo/The Copples, “Stoke the Folk” Theme song [c] 1:09

Set One

Dan Mangan, “Leaves, Trees, Forest” (Oh Fortune) (Vancouver) – won the Juno – Alternative album of the year, played Bronson Centre Thurs
ID
Special Blend, “Don’t you ever call me Sweetheart” (single) (Victoria)
ID
Tim Readman/Jennie Bice, “A Pair of Brown Eyes” (Into the Green) (Vancouver)

Set Two

Sasenach Rebellion, “Are you from Bevan” (single) (Vancouver)
ID
The Bills, “Covered Front Porch” (The Bills) (Vancouver)
ID
Trinitude, “Havin’ a Time” (Trinitude) (Vancouver)

Set Three

The Bills (Hill Billy Band), “Francis” (All Day Every Day) (Vancouver)
ID
Tim Harrison, “Wheatfield with Crows” (Wheatfield with Crows) (Salt Spring Island- moved from Toronto)
ID
Leslie Alexander, “The One and Only” (single) (Ashcroft BC, originally from AB)

Set Four
David Newberry, “All my friends are famous” (Northern Electric) (Victoria/Didsbury)
ID
Jane Eamon, “I remember when” (A Different Place) [c] (Kelowna)

The Copples, “Stoke the Folk instrumental” [c]

13 tracks, 13 Cancon, 100 per cent [c]

Please listen in via ckdj.net Monday at 9 pm Eastern!

Yours in folk,  L-A Copple

Go west young man! (well, everyone really) Stoke the Folk is in Saskatchewan and Alberta this week!

Caught ya!!!!

I caught Matt in the CKDJ newsroom carrying only two instruments.  He also had a harmonica but didn’t put it on at the time.  But all folkies are used to lugging their own gear. Unless the folkie family and roadies help them/us out.

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Matt and I are continuing to have fun on Stoke the Folk.  We only have four more shows this semester, although Matt is continuing the show in September.  I may even drop in as alumni from time to time.  We hope you enjoy our shows and we are thankful for the opportunity to bring our campfire to you every Monday night.

You can listen via ckdj.net online, or locally in West Ottawa on 107.9 FM

Here is this week’s playlist:

Stoke the Folk, Monday March 26, 2012

Matt Francis/L-A Copple Saskatchewan and Alberta show

Elias El-Zein’s newscast

Matt’s Stoke the Folk promo/The Copples, “Stoke the Folk” Theme song [c] 1:09

Set One L-A’s set

Library Voices, “Traveller’s Digest” (Green Couch Sessions Live) (Regina) – playing at the Ritual Nightclub April 14
ID
Joel Fafard, “Aukland Express” (And another thing) (SK)
ID
Allen Dobb, “Train Dream” (Rosetown) – northern AB/Victoria
Set Two  Matt’s set

Joni Mitchell, “Carey” (Blue) (Saskatoon)
ID
Johnny P Johnson, “Back to Saskatchewan” (Prairie Roots Grow Deep) SK
ID
Gilles Zolty, “Haunted by Love” (Gilles Zolty) (SK)

Set Three L-A and Matt shared set

Feist, “Bad in each Other” (Metals) (Calgary)
ID
Maria Dunn, “How do you do, 1935?” (We were good people) (Edmonton)
ID
Jesse Dee, “Sunblind” (A Cross Pollination of Service Station Scrawl) (Edmonton)

Set Four

Trevor Tchir, “Are we there yet?” (Are we there yet?) [c] Edmonton
ID
David Newberry, “English Bay” (No One will remember you) (Didsbury) [c] New Release
ID
Jill Zmud, “Late to Bloom” (East of the Line) [c] (Saskatoon/Ottawa)

The Copples, “Stoke the Folk instrumental version of theme” [c]
13 tracks, 13 Cancon, 100 per cent [c]

Next week BC Artists!

Happy Spring! Well, almost. Stoke the Folk is in Manitoba this week (musically speaking)

Happy Spring!  Well, almost.  This will be the last time that I play the Winter Winds Stoke the Folk promo. But this is Canada, and even though we’re having a warm spell, it can get cold at anytime. Enjoy the warmth while we have it.

My Stoke the Folk co-host Matt Francis and I are really enjoying our time ‘travelling’ across the country to bring you regional folk.  We make some very hard decisions each week.  We only have one hour to work with and only have about five picks each – less if I have a cd review.  But we manage.  I hope you get a chance to listen.

We’re on CKDJ 107-9 every Monday night (to April 16th) at 9 pm Eastern.

Here’s our Manitoba playlist:

Stoke the Folk, Monday March 19, 2012 Matt Francis/L-A Copple Manitoba show

Elias El-Zein’s newscast

Winter Winds Stoke the Folk promo/The Copples, “Stoke the Folk” Theme song [c] (Last week for this intro!)

Set One L-A’s set
The Wailin’ Jennys, “Old Man” (40 Days) (Winnipeg)
ID
The Duhks, “Mighty Storm” (Fast Paced World) (Winnipeg)
ID
Mae Moore, “Oh, Canada” (Folklore) – Brandon/Vancouver

Set Two Matt’s set
James Keelaghan, “Orion” (Manitoba Artists Vol. 3) (Winnipeg)
ID
Neil Young, “Cowgirl in the Sand” (Live with CSNY)
ID
Ben Sures, “Who killed the Last Folk Singer” (Field Guide to Loneliness) (Winnipeg)

Set Three L-A’s set
James Keelaghan, “House of Cards” (House of Cards) (Winnipeg)
ID
The D-Rangers, “Ramblin’ Man” (D Rangers) (bluegrass experimental – Winnipeg)
ID
Nathan Rogers, “The Ballad of William and John Gibson” (Manitoba Roots Vol 3)

Set Four
Romi Mayes, “Mama Ain’t No Fool” (Living Room Sessions Volume One) [c] NR
L-A ID
Rick Unruh, “Hungry Ghost” (Manitoba Roots Vol 3) [c]

The Copples, “Stoke the Folk instrumental” [c]

13 tracks, 13 Cancon, 100 per cent [c]

Stoke the Folk for March 12 – Ontario artists 2 Week

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L-A and Matt are back on Stoke the Folk this week!

Make sure to listen in, Monday 9 pm Eastern at ckdj.net. If you let us know you’re listening via the Stoke the Folk Facebook page, we’ll give you a shout out!

This is also Ontario artists 2 week (next week is Manitoba).  There are SO many good Ontario artists.  I can understand why Amanda Putz always has enough to play on her CBC Radio One Bandwidth show.  I had the pleasure of working with her on a short internship and loved it.

Here’s our playlist:

Stoke the Folk, Monday March 12, 2012  Matt Francis/L-A Copple

Elias El-Zein`s newscast

Winter Winds Stoke the Folk promo/The Copples, “Stoke the Folk” Theme song [c]

Set 1 review (L-A)

Fred Eaglesmith, “Stars” (6 Volts) [c] NR (Caistor Centre SW Ontario)
L-A ID
L-A Copple/Fred Eaglesmith, CD review 6 Volts

Set 2 (Matt)

Caitlin Burgess, “I know it’s you” (I know it’s You) (Toronto)  [c]
L-A Ontario ID
Fay Blais, “Ball of Fire” (Something has Changed) [c] (Sudbury)
Mark Mainville ID
Richard Garvey, “The Harvest” (The Grow) (Kitchener) [c]

Set 3   (L-A)

Kris + Dee, “Mars – Live version” (Still Here Inside) (Kingston) [c]
Jordan Peca ID
Jack Pine + Fire, “Lost in New Orleans” (Jack Pine + Fire) [c] Ottawa
ID
Lynne Hanson, “Best of my Days” (Once the Sun goes Down) (Indie) Ottawa [c]

Set 4  (Matt)

Matt Francis, “Names” (for Chris) (Ottawa) [c]
ID
The Undesirables “This Town” (single) (Toronto) [c]

The Copples, “Stoke the Folk instrumental” [c]

12 tracks including one cd review, 12 Cancon, 100 per cent  [c]

Let us know if you’re listening!  Like us on Facebook!  We’re at Stoke the Folk on Facebook.

Yours in Folk,
L-A Copple

(By the way, I hope you enjoy my co-host’s song.  He loves to play music – as a radio host AND as a musician)