Podcasts about capital city records

On this episode, Bryce is joined by EPL librarian and Capital City Records whiz, Rocky Mann, to talk all about the Junos, local musicians and the exciting new Junos Legacy Project at EPL. Plus Rocky and Bryce share which artists they're rooting for during the Junos here in Edmonton on March 13.  Don't forget to check out our list of all the titles that we talk about during this episode.  Downlaod your own Overdue Finds March Madness bracket and play along. This year you get to pick who the Best Villain is. You can vote everyday on epl.ca, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.  If you liked our show, feel free to leave us a review or tell a friend about us! We'd also love to hear from you at podcast@epl.ca, or find us on Twitter by using #eplOverdueFinds.

Edmonton Public Library (EPL) demonstrates how the library is a significant player in cultivating the vibrancy and diversity of local arts through its local music initiative, Capital City Records. Its first vinyl compilation album, “Riversides,” produced through this project, inspired excitement for music recording studios in EPL’s new downtown library. It also strengthened the city’s music community, showcased local artists, and celebrated the diverse and vibrant talent of Edmonton’s music and arts scene. From the 126 tracks submitted by 71 artists to the jury of experts that selected the tracks and even the album artwork, every element of its production was local. EPL’s “Riversides” has become a piece of Edmonton music history and demonstrates how the public library is a significant player in cultivating the vibrancy and diversity of the local community. Urban Library Council's Innovation Award Winner 2019 • Category: Communicating the Library’s Value, Honorable Mention

We welcome back EPL librarian Rocky Mann to the show to tell us all about super-cool Capital City Records vinyl album. Get the scoop on how the project came together and hear about some of the amazing Edmonton artists that are featured on the album. Plus, the group reminisces about the very first album that they bought when they were kids. Check out the list of all the items that we talk about in this episode. Visit us online to learn more about the Capital City Press Vinyl Project.   Tickets are now available for our next Forward Thinking Speaker Series event, "It's Time: A Conversation about Domestic Violence in Edmonton". Join us on Monday, April 8th for this important presentation.  We would love to hear from our listeners so if you have any comments about the show or episode ideas please email us at podcast@epl.ca.  Be sure to follow EPL on Facebook and on Twitter. Join the conversation by using #EPLOverdueFinds.  The next episode will be available on Friday, April 12 when we'll be chatting with EPL's Writer-In-Residence Matthew Stepanic and librarian Kate Gibson about pop culture and poetry. 

We have a special guest this week, friend of the podcast and super cool Librarian, Rocky Mann. Rocky manages EPL’s Capital City Records our go to source for local music in Edmonton. In this episode we talk about A LOT, more than you’d think considering it is supposed to be an episode about Edmonton music – although we talk about that too. Get to know Bryce’s ‘eclectic’ iPod playlist and hear Kim fangirl for a long time favourite musical duo. For a playlist of the Capital City Records artists that are featured on this episode visit https://capitalcityrecords.ca/featured/playlist-1524782199526  Check out Capital City Records at https://capitalcityrecords.ca.  For a complete list of everything that's talked about on the show visit www.epl.ca/podcast We would love to hear from our listeners so if you have any questions or comments about the show please email us at podcast@epl.ca.  Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/EPLdotCA/.  We're also on Twitter @EPLdotCA.

This is Mark Rodgers, your producer for season two of the Capital City Records podcast in partnership with the CKUA Radio Network and the Edmonton Public Library. I put together this last episode to recap the season and use some audio clips that didn’t land in the original episodes. Also if you listen till the end you’ll hear some of the outtakes which are always fun. In producing this season I confirmed what I had known all along. Edmonton is a healthy close-knit community, by no means perfect, but positive with energy and a quiet momentum that will hopefully continue. In talking with people about other people in the scene, nothing but positive vibes is the consistent aspect of the discourse.  This podcast is about the music living on the website of Capital City Records which is an amazing digital snapshot of the Edmonton music scene. It’s also a free way to access local artists while seeing them getting compensated for their  music being consumed at the same time. Voices featured this season include: Kennedy Jenson, Dave Sawchuk, Dan Lenz, Brittany Lyne Rudyck, Jason Norman, Brent Oliver, Mike Ross, Ben Sures, Tyler Butler, Philip Muz, Kat Danser, Lindsey Walker, Beth Portman, Amy Van Keeken, Celeigh Cardinal, F and M, Jesse Northy, Dave Von Bieker. Capital City Records Song of the Week is an affiliated member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB.

This week’s episode features long time Edmonton musician and arts administrator Brent Oliver chatting about the legendary Edmonton act Wilfred N and the Grown Men and the song ‘I’m In Love with the City’ as found on Capital City Records.   Edmonton’s Wilfred Kozub has a long history of making rock and pop music sprinkled with innovation and electronic experimentation. Wilfred N & the Grown Men grew out of the New Wave music phenomenon of the early 80s when Wilfred and his band mate, Jamie Philp, hunkered down in Kozub’s basement recording studio. They produced a string of radio singles and the early album that spawned the hits "I Could Get Closer To You" and the still-well-loved title track, "Thunder on the Tundra". You can now find their 2013 album ‘I’m In Love with the City’ on Capital City Records. Brent Oliver is in love with the city, having moved to Winnipeg and back. He is heavily involved through his work as the City of Spruce Grove Arts Director , UP+DT Festival Director, Alberta Music - Director/ Vice Chair and BOP MGMT Director. His resume expands over three decades in Edmonton and along with Wilfred N and the Grown Men, they have made Edmonton a healthy place to live with their contributions to the arts. Capital City Records Song of the Week is an affiliated member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB.  

This is another week of a Capital City Records act chatting about another Capital City Record act. Tyler Butler has had two of his songs featured on past podcasts and he wanted to get in on being a guest host himself.   F and M are active in the Edmonton Music community and were co-hosts of a Capital City Records podcast talking about the group Concealer.  F&M have toured and recorded extensively garnering chart success, critical acclaim and a loyal fan base across Canada & internationally.  A new F&M album entitled "Lessons From Losers," is set for a late 2017 fall release.   The sea may be in his blood but the prairies are in his heart. Tyler Butler was born on Canada’s east coast but taps into his Alberta roots. Tyler seeks to understand what makes a true folk musician, scouring Canada to find those tireless troubadours who craft stories of the land, in turn creating place through their song.   Capital City Records Song of the Week is an affiliated member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB.

This week’s guest host is Celeigh Cardinal, a future Capital City Records artist. Look out for her soon-to be released record “Everything or Noting at All” on Capital City Records. Celeigh chats about Kimberley MacGregor and her song “Building a Case”, the second last selection on Kimberley’s record “I am My Own” as found on Capital City Records. According to Kimberley’s website , she is reformed bank manager, Kimberley realized she was doing a successful job of living someone else’s life—and a poor job living her own. In 2013, she launched her original songs into the world and took centre stage. She has since released two full-length albums and was awarded Female Artist of the Year at both the 2015 and 2016 Edmonton Music Awards. Other nominees from the Edmonton Music Awards are also found on Capital City Records. Celeigh is from the north country of Alberta and moved to Edmonton in 2010. She can perform solo, with her duo, trio or full band. A Celeigh Cardinal performance is a profound, soulful triumph of songs that blend roots, folk, rock and pop. Her voice at once evokes gentleness and control which can turn to raucous, gut wrenching, twisted, turn-yourself-inside-out blues within a single phrase. Capital City Records Song of the Week is an affiliated member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB.

  This week’s episode features local impresario Dave Von Bieker and according to his web site he’s “your bow-tied tour guide to the other side”. He chats about the Lucas Chaisson song “My Lover and My Ghost” found on the record “Telling Time” as discovered on Capital City Records. Produced by Grammy winner Colin Linden, "Telling Time" highlights Lucas’s strong songwriting, and very distinctive vocal delivery. An honest and confident songwriter, Lucas isn’t afraid to tread familiar ground with new eyes. When he is on stage, he is exactly where he is supposed to be. Dave is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Bleeding Heart Art Space. Also a local musician, he talks about how “My Lover and My Ghost”, “…puts you in a zone”, and why it still strikes a positive chord with him years after its release. Capital City Records Song of the Week is an affiliated member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB.

This week’s podcast features Amy van Keeken, another artist on the Capital City Records website. She talks the group Switches, a fellow act on the electronic arm of the Edmonton Public Library. Switches live up to the rep of the place they call home: a prairie city with big skies and big sound. The band straddles the worlds of ruthless garage-punk and gritty, sing-along rock. Amy van Keeken is deep into the Edmonton music scene as a musician, singer, educator and broadcaster on both CJSR and CKUA. The Amy van Keeken Rock and Roll Sing Along experience is something to behold for people of all ages. She also has two solo releases on capitalcityrecords.ca “Live Right” and “So Long. She can be heard as well as part of the group Dub Vulture also featured on the web site through the album “Brother Can You Spare A Gun”. Capital City Records Song of the Week is an affiliated member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB.

This week’s podcast features two Capital City Records artists, Lindsey Walker, who has her album “Our Glory” is on capitalcityrecords.ca. Lindsey talks about Jesse and the Dandelions and how she loves driving and listening to “Looking at the Sun” along with the whole record “A Mutual Understanding”.   Jesse and the Dandelions is a 4 piece art/space pop band based in Edmonton Alberta, led by Jesse Northey. With Jesse and the Dandelions’ production value through the roof, their new album True Blue (2016) has classic synth and guitar textures that pay respect to the past. You can hear bits and pieces of the 2013 record in the new release.   Since 2011 Lindsey has toured extensively as a solo artist in Canada with half her heart in Alberta, and the other in her hometown of Winnipeg. Lindsey fell in love the band before meeting and getting know Jesse. The Edmonton music scene, which can feel like a big city, is really a small and loving community that has allowed Lindsey to know and love both the band and its leader. Capital City Records Song of the Week is an affiliated member of the Alberta Podcast Network, powered by ATB.

Our March podcasting meetup offered a local spin on #trypod, a campaign that started in the U.S. to encourage more people to listen to podcasts. I am, of course, strongly in favour of more people listening to podcasts of all kinds, but I am particularly interested in carving out some mindshare for locally produced shows. That's why I invited Chris Chang-Yen Phillips, creator of Let's Find Out, and Katrina Ingram, interim CEO of CKUA, to give their perspectives on how to do that. Chris's podcast was part of his successful application to be Edmonton's historian laureate, and his aim was to extend interest in the city's history beyond the usual heritage community. So far he has succeeded, with 400 to 500 downloads per episode and a ripple effect beyond that can be felt in mainstream media coverage of his stories and new questions from people curious about our past. He is also news director at CJSR. Katrina, a marketer by trade, is currently at the helm of Canada's first public broadcaster, which has seen a tremendous amount of technological and cultural change over its 90-year history. She has been paying close attention to the evolution and growth of podcasting ever since her friend Tema Frank introduced her to her show, Frank Reactions, and has been working with me to see if we can put together a sustainable local podcast network. (It will grow out of this.) You'll hear them address what it will take to get more people to listen to more local podcasts; what podcasters can learn from independent radio stations like CJSR and CKUA; how to activate a community of support; why quality and uniqueness matter; why local matters; and how networks can help. This episode is also available in iTunes, on Google Play, on SoundCloud or on Stitcher. We also mentioned these resources along the way: The Infinite Dial, Edison Research's annual look at digital audio; The technology adoption life cycle; Kevin Kelly's 1,000 True Fans concept; The Incomparable network. You can subscribe to Let's Find Out on iTunes and Stitcher. I highly recommend the Let's Find Out live show, recorded earlier this year at The Needle. Also, check out the excellent podcast CKUA does with the Edmonton Public Library called Capital City Records, featuring a taste-maker's recommendation of a song by an Edmonton artist. Thanks again to Studio Theatre for donating guest passes to Bright Burning (on until April 8); to Variant Edition for hosting; and to CafeRista for catering. Our next podcasting meetup is on April 30. Join the meetup page or subscribe to the Seen and Heard in Edmonton newsletter for details as soon as they're available. This episode of Seen and Heard in Edmonton is brought to you by Castria, where award-winning podcasters help you take your podcast from idea to reality. Castria’s Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky record and edit both our live meetups and the regular interviews you hear on Seen and Heard in Edmonton. If you’d like them to help you, visit wearecastria.com.

In the final episode of the podcast, CKUA's very own Tony King tells the jazzy, Capital City soaked tale of MacEwan musical alumni Paul Richey and his band, the Fusionauts. It's hard to accurately describe their un-paralleled fusion of worldly sounds jazz. That's why we brought in the eloquent Mr. King. Allow him to properly inform you on this group of unique and talented Edmontonians, and take in "Lands of Night" off of their 2013 self-titled album while you're at it. 

How do you make music that's both a "tip in the hat" to the rock 'n roll of the sixties, yet still fresh enough to stand out amongst today's clamouring indie throngs? The Velveteins know, it seems, at least according to Alberta Music Executive Director Chris Wynters. Take his word for it. "XOXY" from the Edmonton psych-rockers' 2014 release Fresh Claws is the title track for this week's Capital City Records podcast.   

It was a heavy Alberta snowstorm that first led Steve Derpack to Edmonton indie-pop quartet, Nature Of. Without that storm, and a savvy Mercury Room sound-tech, Derpack might never have booked the band he’s been a fan of ever since. Hear the story in this week’s Capital City Records Podcast. Steve Derpack is a co-founder of the Edmonton Music Awards, Executive Director with the Arts Touring Alliance of Alberta and the owner of JCL Productions.

Michael B. MacDonald, author, ethnomusicologist and assistant professor of music at MacEwan University, has known Tyler Butler for a long time. When asked to describe Tyler's music though, MacDonald still finds himself struggling to find proper words to justify the talent of the local folk musician. Tyler Butler's music gives you a feeling, MacDonald says, that reminds you what's "special about living in Edmonton." "Anybody that's been away from Alberta and comes back, they know that emotional connection they have to western Canada, to the prairies. Tyler captures that and that's what's so special to me." 

The Col du Tourmalet is the highest paved mountain pass in the Pyrénées mountain range. It's challenged Tour de France riders for over 100 years and, not coincidentally, lends its name to a track from local rock outfit Electricity for Everybody's latest album, Local Technique.  David Shepherd, Edmonton Centre MLA and avid cyclist, picked "Tourmalet", the album's title track, as his Song of the Week. The band's "catchy, big pop melodies" help fuel Shepherd's own cycling adventures, so why not join him in saying "farewell to summer" (okay, you might have already done that) and get motivated with "Tourmalet" by Electricity for Everybody. 

Ever since the Edmonton electro-indie outfit Shout Out Out Out Out invited Edmonton Ward 6 Councillor Scott McKeen on stage at the Legislature grounds, the fervent local music supporter has kept a soft spot in his ears for the group. He especially likes this track, "Now That I've Given Up Hope, I Feel Much Better", the title of which relates to his main Councillor initiative, mental health. McKeen speaks to that, as well as the loss of the band's creative space in the city's maligned Graphic Arts building in this episode of the Capital City Records podcast.

Way back in July, the CKUA crew met with Corb Lund in his trailer before his Calgary Folk Fest Sunday night show and recorded what was technically the very first Capital City Records podcast pick. The recording was then buried beneath a pile of Folk Fest performance, concert and interview recordings before finally being unearthed to become the tenth Capital City Records Song of the Week. Here it is, Corb Lund on Choir Marching Band's "So Duh Pop Song".

CKUA morning announcer Grant Stovel was feeling worldly when selecting this Song of the Week. Here it is, "A Bellavista" by the Marco Claveria Project, a tune that gets lodged in Grant's head "for weeks at a time."

“Talking, laughing, crashing waves” - find out what it is about the album north of fifty-four by Sirch. that catches Mid-Morning Mojo announcer Baba’s interest.

This week's Capital City Records host - CKUA's very own morning announcer Grant Stovel. Giving Grant a musical database the size of Capital City Records and telling him to pick out just one song is no easy task, but he did it. Here he is presenting "Eliminate the Toxins" from Mark Davis' new album of the same name. 

The way CTV Edmonton meteorologist and retired rapper Josh Classen hears it, KazMega & Baggylean's 2014 release Grillios has it all - social commentary, love songs and "straight up battle rap braggadocio". According to Classen, Grillios' fifth track captures a "certain feeling" felt by hip-hop fans in the early nineties, and it's his pick for the Capital City Records Song of the Week. Transport yourself back in time with "Never Outdated". 

In this week's edition of the Capital City Records podcast, Michelle Langevin, scheduling manager at YEG Music, presents "Anchor Tattoo" by folk troubadour Rebecca Lappa. According to Langevin, Rebecca Lappa is "the definition of modern folk." Hear it for yourself, right now.

Local piano teacher and social advocate Sarah Chan chose "Bulgogi Pizza" to be her Capital City Records Song of the Week. It's a legendary Edmonton treat with a special place in the hearts and stomachs of those whose late-night hunger pangs have driven them beyond the bright lights of Whyte Avenue's donair mile. It's Steel Wheels Rock 'n Roll Pizzeria's most famous slice, and it's the namesake inspiration for the fourth track on Doug Hoyer's 2013 LP To Be A River.  Hear Chan's take on the "bubbles", "lasers" and "cheeky-ness" of Hoyer's memorably named track in this edition of the Capital City Records Song of the Week. 

Find out, in his own words, why Edmonton Folk Festival Producer Terry Wickham trusts Edmonton Reggae outfit Souljah Fyah to bring down the house at the Folk Fest's famous after-parties. They're a band "so popular they've been voted Canada's best reggae band. Twice."

The 2nd Capital City Records Song of the Week - "The Good Lord's Concrete Weighs" by I Am Machi, as chosen by Kris Harvey, operating partner at The Chvrch of John. Hear it in Kris' words how I Am Machi's sound defies their two-piece makeup and embodies what it means to be an Edmontonian.

This week on the Capital City Records Song of the Week podcast, Edmonton Journal music writer Sandra Sperounes recommends a tune by Edmonton's own Counterfeit Jeans. "For me the best songs leave you wanting more," says Sandra, "and this is definitely one of them".

Conversación con Claudio Bringas, bilbiotecario comunitario, de la Biblioteca Pública de Edmonton sobre la plataforma “Capital City Records”.