I really can't express how I'm feeling right now... sad, excited, nostalgic, grateful and so many more emotions. It has been an absolute honour and pleasure to host the Wednesday morning Green Eggs and Ham from 6 to 8 every week. Not only that, but to be part of the Saskatoon music scene. The local artists that have come from this city are amazing and it is great to see more and more putting together fabulous music. I'm so proud of all of the musical talent from Saskatoon.

Saskatoon has been my home for 16 years after I left my small town for "the big city" and it has provided me with so much. It is a special city and my friends from across the country agree with that.

Saskatoon, I will miss you!

All songs are either local artists or artists singing about Saskatoon. Enjoy!
Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian


6:00-7:00am
Carbon Dating Service - Light up the synchrotron - Polyentendrii
Maybe Smith - Underground lost and found - root hugs
Junior Pantherz - Death by life - death by life
Jen Lane - The Real Thing - self
Megan lane - Lost in love - purple and blue
The Karpinka Brothers - Across a crowded room - There's a light
Farideh - Seasons of loving - Seasons of loving
Dumb Angel - City on a river - Ghost dance
James Keelaghan - The Kiss (Saskatoon) - Compadres
Leeroy Stagger - Saskatoon - Depression River
Malike Sellami - Prairie Love - Barefoot, smiling

7:00-8:00am
Johnny Cash - Girl in Saskatoon
The Deep Dark woods - Westside Street - The Place I left behind
Luke Ryalls - Afraid of the city and the night - The City
Joni Mitchell - River - Blue
The Tragically Hip - Wheat Kings - Fully completely
Malika Sellami - River - self-titled EP
Heather Aitken - Dust on my shoes - NessEssentials 2005
Heartstrings* - Songs about me belle - self-titled
The Fjords - It don't bother me - self-titled EP
The Guess Who - Running back to Saskatoon - The guess who collection

As a side note I'm planning a music blog with my good buddy Tina, who hosts the Tuesday morning Green eggs and ham, and will put a link on this blog for that. But I guess this will be my last official post.

For my second-last show of hosting Wednesday 6-8am green eggs and ham I took a trip down memory lane. Songs that have been instrumental in my musical development and even life development. Thanks to all the staff at CFCR over the years that have been so awesome and for making me the Volunteer of the Month. It has been an honour being a host on this awesome radio station. Next week will be my last week. It is going to be an Ode to Saskatoon. Definitely listen to it.

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
The Waifs - Service Fee - Sink or swim
Jeff Buckley - Hallalujah - Grace
Regina Spektor - Real Love - Save Darfur
Sarah Slean* - sweet ones - Night bugs
Sarah Harmer* - One Match - Oh, little fire
Sarah Harmer* - The Ring - I'm a mountain
Royal Wood* - I'm so glad - A good enough day
Rose Cousins* - I were the bird - The Send Off
Be Good Tanyars - Littlest Birds - Blue Hose
The Beeatles - Birthday - The White Album

7:00-8:00am
Bob Dylan - The times they are a'changin
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee
Janis Joplin - Mercedes Benz
Led Zeppelin - Dyer Maker - Houses of the holy
Smashing Pumpkins - Today - Siamese Dream
Live - Selling the drama - Throwing copper
Scratching Post* - Bloodflame - Flamethrower
Veruca Salt - Awesome - 8 arms to hold you
The Pack A.D.* - Snow - Tinetype
Tegan and Sara* - Frozen - This business of art
Ani Difranco - Both hands - self-titled
Po' Girl* - Under the chestnut tree - Unreleased
Eekwol* - That's just me - Apprentice to the mystery

March 6th playlist! Happy birthday Mom!

Third-last show!


Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Serena Ryder* - Good morning starshine - If your memory serves you well
Hawksley Workman* - All the trees are hers - Between the beautifuls
The New Pornographers* - Mutiny, I promise you - Challengers
Romi Mayes* - Sweet somethin steady - Sweet somethin steady
Barley Wik* - Tumbleweed - Dusty Lullaby
Laura Cantrell - Not the tremblin kind - Not the tremblin kind
Whitehorse* - Cold July - The fate of the world depends on this kiss
The Deep Dark Woods* - The winter hours - Winter hours
3 o'clock train - One of two fates - Muscle In
Ladyhawk* - (I'll be your) Ashtray - Shots

7:00-8:00
Little miss higgins* - Beautiful sun - Across the plains
Little miss higgins* - I'm glad your whisky fits inside my purse - Across the plains
Little miss higgins* - In the middle of nowhere - Junction City
Martha Wainwright* - Proserpina - Come home to mama
AroarA* - II - In the pines EP
lisa b* - Prairie Dawn - salvaged music
Serena Ryder* - Weak in the knees - if your memory serves you well
Serena Ryder* - Stompa - self-titled
Tracy McNeil* - Headlong into nothing - In the room where she lives
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - the send off
Veruca Salt - Seether - American Thighs
The Pack A.D.* - Don't have to - Funeral Mixtape
The Dead Milkmen - Punk rock girl - Beelzhubba

February 27th Playlist!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Shotgun Jimmie* - Bedhead - The Onlys
Bob Marley and the Wailers - Redemption Song - Legend
Josh Ritter - Bright Smile - Hello Starling
The Once* - Coming back to you - self-titled
Sarah Harmer* - One Match - Oh little fire
The Hidden Cameras* - In the na - Origin:Orphan
The Hidden Cameras* - Awoo - Awoo
The Hidden Cameras* - Death of a tune - Awoo
Josh Ritter - Change of time - So runs the world away
Regina Spektor - Real love - Darfur Now
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - Every child a daughter, every moon a sun

7:00-8:00am
Stars* - Calendar Girl - set yourself on fire
Amelia Curran* - Years - Spectators
Feist* - Mushaboom - Let it die
Metric* - Gimme sympathy (acoustic) - Remixes
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners - Ol' Fort Mac - Paper Nickels
Elliott Brood* - Ol' Alberta - Tin Type
The Sadies* - Loved on Look - Tremendous Efforts
Josh Ritter - Idaho - The Animal Years
Love is making its way back home - Josh Ritter - Bringing in the Darling EP
Whitehorse* - Out like a lion - The state of the world depends on this kiss.
The New Pornographers* - Myrid harbour - Challengers
Novillero* - Hypothesist - Aim right for the holes in their hearts
Ladyhawk* - I don't always know what you're saying - Shots

As promised, here is the video to Josh Ritter's Love is making its way back home:

Josh Ritter - Love Is Making Its Way Back Home from Josh Ritter on Vimeo.

February 20th Playlist!

The Saskatoon Blues Festival is coming up next week! February 25th to March 3rd. Go check out the awesome blues performers! Here is the schedule.

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Mother Mother* - Burning pile - o my heart
Beck - Devil's Haircut - Odelay
Whitehorse* - Devil's got a gun - The fate of the world depends on this kiss
Metric* - Empty - Live it out
Wilco - You and I (featuring Leslie Feist) - Wilco (The ablum)
Blitzen Trapper - The Tree (featuring Alela Diane) - Destroyer of the void
Justin Rutledge* - I'm you're man, you're my radio - The devil on a bench in Stanley Park
Danny Michel* - Beautiful - Tales from the Invisible Man
Rose Cousins* - Go First - We have made a spark
Ember Swift* - Boinked (the bride) - Stiltwalking
Sloan* - I am the cancer - Smeared
Hey Rosetta!* - Red Heart - Into your lungs

7:00-8:00am
Blues festival preview:
Blind Boy Paxton - Dirtiest little darling
Marcia Ball - That's how it goes
David "Boxcar" Gates - Good lovin

Jenn Grant* - I've got your fire - The Beautiful Wild
Stars* - Changes - The Five Ghosts
Sarah Slean* - Lucky Me - Day one
Scott Nolan* - Open spaces - Receive/Reflector
Romi Mayes* - How I roll - Sweet somethin' steady
Justin Rutledge* - Be a man - The Early widows
The Deep Dark Woods* - They won't last long - hang me oh hang me
Yukon Blonde* - My Girl
Arcade Fire* - Rococo - The Suburbs

February 13 Playlist!

After 34 years of marriage, my folks are still together and still love each other. They also know each other well. My dad texted me before 6:00 to request a song to send out to my mom, his "main squeeze." She knew exactly what song it was - Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" (my mom's name is Margaret). It made me smile and a little sentimental. Very inspiring. Here is today's kind of V-day playlist with a playlist at the bottom:

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Cuff the Duke* By Winter's End - Sidelines of the city
Elliott Brood* - President (35) - Ambassador
The Weakerthans* - Civil Twilight - Reunion Tour
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Who do you love? - Living with the living
Wolf Parade* - Soldier's Grin - At mount zoomer
Rose Cousins* - Celebrate - Celebrate
Tegan and Sara* - Your love (live)
Janis Joplin - Me and Bobby McGee - 18 essential songs
Amelia Curran* - The Mistress - Hunter Hunter
Farideh* - She - Symphony of chemistry
Cat Stevens* - The Wind - Greatest hits
Gordon Lightfoot* - Song for a winter's night - Gord's gold

7:00-8:00am
Bob Dylan - Maggie's Farm
Corb Lund* - Hard on equipment (tool for the job) - Horse soldier Horse soldier
Old Crow Medicine Show* - Wagon Wheel - OCMS
Metric* - Don't think twice it's all right - acoustic session
Po' Girl* - Under the chestnut tree - Unreleased
Jenn Grant* - You'll go far - Echoes
Hawksley Workman* - all the trees are hers - Between the beautifuls
Mother Mother* - Arms tonight - o my heart
Modest Mouse - One chance - good news for people who love bad news
Josh Ritter - Right Moves - The Historical Conquests of Josh ritter
The Deep dark woods* - Winter hours - winter hours
The Tragically Hip* - Long time running - Road apples
The Sadies* - Loved on look - Tremendous efforts
Jason Collett* - Sorry Lori - Here's to being here

January is finally over! February 6th Playlist

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am

Kate Maki* - Strangest Dream - Confusion Unlimited
Kirby Criddle* - Death of you - Vena cava
Cuff the Duke* - Ballad of a lonely construction worker - Life stories for minimum wage
Tegan and Sara* - Frozen - This business of art
Memphis Minnie - When the levee breaks - Queen of the blues
Ruthie Foster - Another Rain Song - Stages
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings - How do I let a good man down - Naturally
The Decemberists - Yankee Bayonett (I will be home then) - The crane wife
Jason Collett* - Pacific Blue - Reckon
Laura Cantrell - Pacific Blue - when the roses bloom again

7:00-8:00am
Regina Spektor - Us - Soviet Kisch
Rose Cousins* - Edmonton - If you were for me
Jack Johnson - Hope - Sleep through the static
Sunparlour Players* - Hymn for the happy - Hymns for the happy
The Black Keys - She's long gone - Brothers
The Zolas* - In heaven - Ancient Mars
The Weakerthans* - This is a fire door never leave open - Left and Leaving
Neil young - Need and the damage done - Harvest
Jenn Grant* - The fighter - The beautiful Wild
Loretta Lynn - Portland Oregon (with Jack White) - Van lear rose
Janis Joplin - Try (Just a little bit harder) - 18 essential songs compilation
The Breeders -bang on - Mountain battles

January 30th Playlist!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

6:00-7:00am
Metric* - Too little too late - live it out
Islands* - Pieces of you - Arms Way
Immaculate Machine* - C'mon Sealegs - Fables
The Weakerthans* - Tournament of Hearts - Reunion Tour
Sloan* - Cheap Champagne - Parallel Play
Arcade Fire* - Keep the car running - Neon bible
Liz Phair - Polyester Bride - Whitechocolatespaceegg
Laura Cantrell - Roll truck roll - The Hello Recordings
Po' Girl* - Drive all night - Home to you

7:00-8:00am
Stars* - Ageless beauty - Set yourself on fire
Mother Mother* - Wrecking ball - O my heart
Modest Mouse - One chance - Good news for people who love bad news
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - Every child a daughter, every sun a moon
Regina Spektor - How - What we saw from the cheap seats
Rose Cousins* - If I should fall behind - We have made a spark
Martha Wainwright* - Far Away - self-titled
Sarah Slean* - Eliot - Blue Parade
Ron Sexsmith* - Brandy Alexander - Exit strategy of the soul :2008)
Ron Sexsmith* - Secret Heart - self-titled (1995)
Whitehorse* - I'm on Fire - self-titled
Whitehorse* - Devil's got a gun - The fate of the world depends on this kiss

Shows coming up!
Whitehorse, Ron Sexsmith & Sarah Slean at The Broadway Theatre
Martha Wainwright at The Bassment
Stars at The Odeon

2012 Favourites... and other songs

Hello friends! I have found some really good albums that I enjoyed in 2012. I have put them in bold in this playlist update.
Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

Sarah Slean* - Lucky Me - Day one
Serena Ryder* - Just anther day - Unlikely Emergency
Cuff the Duke* - Live my life - Union
Feist* - I feel it all - The Reminder
Ingrid Gatin* - How did I get so - Broken Tambourine
Jason Collett* - Tiny ocean of tears - Motor motel love songs
Regina Spektor - Folding chair - Far
The Liptonians* - Hey! Hey! Help is on the way! - Let's all make it into the sea
Tori Amos - The power of orange knickers - The beekeeper
Little Miss Higgins* - The dirty ol' tractor song - Live - 2 nights in March
Heather Aitken* - Dust on my shoes - NessEssentials 2005

7:00-8:00am
Greg MacPherson* - Bankrobber - Maintenance
Jill Barber* - Chances - Chances
Jen Lane* - Election day - For the night
Ted Leo & the pharmacists - Who do you love? - Living with the living
Cake - Love you madly - Comfort eagle
Whitehorse* - Devil's got a gun - The fate of the world depends on this kiss
Rose Cousins* - The Darkness - We have made a spark
Regina Spektor - How - What we saw from the cheap seats
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - Every child a daughter, every moon a sun
Metric* - Breathing under water - Synthetica
Mother mother* - Let's fall in love - Sticks

2012 Favourites...

Happy New Year!

Hellooooo music lovers!
First off, I have to apologize to you all. As of today, I have not figured out my top 10 albums of 2012. You see, 2012 was a gong show year for me, my family and some very close friends. Needless to say, I am so glad that 2012 is over! Bring on 2013! For me, 2012 was a year that fell off the map in terms of music. It's a sad state of affairs and something that has happened since I was about, oh, maybe 15 years old or so. It felt like something was missing. So it is very difficult to pick albums from 2012 when I listened to (in depth) about 10 albums in total. A sad state, indeed. I may have to get the help from a friend or two to help me out, but that just hasn't happened yet. So we'll have to settle for playing music from 2011 and beyond... with some 2012 mixed in. Also, Happy new year! Hooray for 2013!

Artist - Song - Album (year of release, extra information)
* = Canadian

Modest Mouse - Float On - Good News for People who love bad news
Elliott Brood* - Second Son - Ambassador
Sloan* - If it feels good do it - Pretty Together (01)
Sloan* - Money city maniacs - Navy Blues (98)
Sloan* - Cheap Champagne - Parallel Play (08)
Sloan* - I am the cancer - Smeared (92)
Sloan* - Who taught you to live like that - Never hear the end of it (06)
Sloan* - Follow the leader - The Double cross (11)
Sloan* - Underwhelmed - Smeared (92)
Sloan discography

7:00-8:00am
The Elected - 7 September 2003 - Me First
Peter Elkas* - Sweet Nancy - Wall of fire
Travis - Writing to Reach you - The man who
Cuff the Duke* - Live my life - Union
Le Tigre - On the verge - This Island (2004)

Dragonette* - Fixin to Thrill - Fixin to Thrill
Spiral Beach* - Made of stone - Ball
Ani Difranco - Wish I may - To the teeth
The Wooden Sky* - Take me out - Every child a daughter, every moon a sun (2012)
Whitehorse* - Out like a lion - The fate of the world depends on this kiss (2012)


Bikini Kill - Article about Bikini Kill and their re-relase of their discography.
Interview with Kathleen Hanna on CBC Q with Jian Gomeshi