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Saturday February 1st, 2025 with Gord Peeling
Love fever drives away gloomy winter

Illyrian Dawn
Andy Irvine & Davy Spillane - Eastwind - Tara
In The Dark Green Woods
Rita and Mary Rankin - Home - Ingold Canadian
Le Reel Africain
Jean-Paul Loyer - OJNAB: Le Messager - self Canadian
Big Mistake
The Okra All-Stars - Okra All-Stars - Interstate
I Just Wanna Dance
October Browne - October Browne - self Canadian
Love Fever
Oakie Jones - Swinging Hollywood: Hillbilly Cowboys (v) - Proper
Same As I Ever Have Been
Matt Patershuk - Same As I Ever Have Been - Black Hen Canadian
Palaces of Gold
Martin Simpson (ft. Roy Bailey) - fRoots 37 (var) - fRoots
Dump the Bosses
Utah Philips & Ani Difranco - Fellow Workers - Righteous Babe
Live Injection
The Upsetters - 200% Dynamite (var) - Soul Jazz
Hold On
The Union Boys - The Little Red Box of Protest Song (v) - Proper
Full of Rust
Trevor Alguire - Thirty Year Run - self Canadian
We live in a time when almost all recorded music is available to us. Hence, let's listen to some of the notable releases recorded in 1925! Not surprisingly, Bessie Smith leads the way.
St. Louis Blues
Bessie Smith - The Essential Bessie Smith - Columbia Legacy
Davenport Blues
Bix Beiderbecke - Bix Beiderbecke: Riverboat Shuffle - Naxos
Bachelor's Hall
Fiddlin' John Carson - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be (v) - Yazoo
Banjoreno
Dixieland Jug Blowers - Ruckus Juice & Chitlins V. 1 (var) - Yazoo
Sweet Thames Flow Softly
Ian Robb - JIIG - Fallen Angle Music Canadian
Who's That Knocking At My Window
Aiken & Beggs - Countless Hours by You I've Spent - self Canadian
Hesitation Blues
Vince Halfhide & The Bird - Kitchen Music - Blue Plough Canadian
Steppin' To The Rhythm
The Vanier Playboys - The Vanier Playboys - Moo Music Canadian
When First Unto This Country
Teilhard Frost - As The Crow Flies - Seraphone Canadian
Happy Hour
Ted Hawkins - The Kershaw Sessions - Strange Fruit
For the Sake of My Pride
Fiftymen - Balances and Sums - self Canadian
Song for the Nation
Fathead - Blues Weather - Electro-fi Canadian
It is now time for Round 6 in the musical clash of the Bigs versus Littles and as usual we start this round off with the four performers representing the Bigs this Saturday morning.
Deacon's Hop
Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays - Jump, Jive & Swing (var) - Ace
Juke Box Boogie
Big Jeff & The Radio Playboys - Hillbilly Gems V. 3 (var) - Proper
If You Take Me Back
Big Joe & His Washboard Band - Good Time Blues (var) - Columbia
Chains of Love
Big Joe Turner - Blues Masters V.1: Urban Blues (v) - Rhino
And leading the response by the Littles is a doo wop group extraordinaire!
Bongo Stomp
Little Joey & The Flips - The Doo Wop Box V.3 (disc1) (v) - Rhino
The Gaslight March
Little Johnny England - Little Johnny England - Fellside
Hoy Hoy
Little Johnny Jones - Jump, Jive & Swing (var) - Ace
Part Time Love
Little Johnny Taylor - Blues Masters V.1:Urban Blues (v) - Rhino
Gloomy Winter
Dougie MacLean - Tribute - Dunkeld
Good Times Guaranteed
Downchild Blues Band - Toronto Blues Today (var) - Toronto Blues Society Canadian
Mighty Storm
The Duhks - Fast Paced World - Sugar Hill Canadian
Beulah Land
Gillian Welch - Avalon Blues: A Tribute to Mississippi John Hurt - Vanguard
Long Black Veil
The Band - Music From Big Pink - Capitol Canadian
Song to Woody
Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan - Capitol
Time'll Get You Money
Bob Snider - A Maze in Greys - Borealis Canadian
Love Hurts
Emmylou Harris - Spyboy - Stony Plain
Shingle By Shingle
Eric Bibb - Good Stuff - Earth Beat
Surfin'
Ernest Ranglin - Studio One Rockers (v) - Soul Jazz
Rub Alcohol Blues
Erynn Marshal & Chris Coole - Meet Me In The Music - Hickoryjack Canadian
Been In The Storm So Long
Eve Goldberg - A Kinder Season - Borealis Canadian
Worse Things Happen At Sea
The Reverb Syndicate - Mondo Cacti - self Canadian
Nashville Brats
Reeltime - Live It Up - Green Linnet
Interactive CKCU
Gord Peeling (host)
Welcome to a musical mix to drive away the February blahs!!!

6:54 AM, February 1st, 2025
Gord Peeling (host)
JIIG will be performing at Red Bird Live on February 28th at 8 pm. 1165 Bank Street, JIIG is comprised of James Stephens, Ian Robb, Ian Clark and Greg T. Brown

8:12 AM, February 1st, 2025
Gord Peeling (host)
For all you contra dancers - there is an Ottawa Contra Dance tonight at the Churchill Senior's Recreational Centre at 345 Richmond Road. Doors open at 7 pm, a 7:30 introduction to contra and the dance proper begins at 8 pm. June Harman will be calling and music provided by JET (James Stephens, Emily Addison and Tim Cutts)

8:16 AM, February 1st, 2025
Gord Peeling (host)
The Spirit of Rasputin's features Mojo Banjo: A musical history of the banjo with Teilhard Frost and Jason Mercer. Saturday, February 8th at 8 pm at the Westboro Masonic Hall, 430 Churchill Ave. N., Tickets $25 plus eventbrite fees.

8:25 AM, February 1st, 2025
Neil & Drake, The Dancing Labrador
Morning Gord. Bigs vs Littles...............now there's a fight ! hahaha. Up against Big Joe Turner........kinda weighs the odds to the Bigs right off the bat.

8:31 AM, February 1st, 2025
Gord Peeling (host)
Good morning to Neil & Drake - The Dancing Labrador! Glad you can join me and weigh in for the Bigs today lol.

8:43 AM, February 1st, 2025