Podcast appearances and mentions of oliver swain

Longtime music fans were thrilled recently when Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder shouted out a legendary Victoria music venue. Harpo's Cabaret closed in 1995, but fans still reminisce about shows they saw there. So what made Harpo's so special? And what would the ideal music venue look like in 2024? We ask local musician, and Seaside Music Festival artistic director, Oliver Swain. 

A tribute to the wonderful Texas singer songwriter Nanci Griffith, who passed away last week. So sad about her. Some tasty new sounds from Vancouver, Ireland, Denmark, and USA, plus a tribute to the amazing spirit of the people of Haiti and the women of Afghanistan. A few Rogue Relaunch artists, and a tip of the hat to Victoria's incredible singer and bassist / banjoist Oliver Swain, who I saw perform in Gibsons BC the other night. My first LIVE concert since March 2020!

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The Belfry Theatre's Manager of Artistic and Community Connections Taiwo Afolabi joins us to talk about a June 11 meeting of Indigenous, Black and People of Colour (IBPOC) Artists and Cultural Administrators in the Capital Regional District that has been in the works since April, but has taken on a new sense of urgency given recent protests and actions in North America and around the world focused on anti-Black racism. Plus a look at what we are watching (29:10), including Pacific Opera Victoria's Flight of the Hummingbird and Atomic Vaudeville's latest virtual cabaret, as well as some venues and events that might actually get you away from a computer screen (39:50), including the reopening of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Royal BC Museum, and the Vic Theatre, Oliver Swain's physically distanced outdoor concerts, and Coffeehouse Theatre's CoffeeMakers Festival.

PODCAST: 11 Dec 2016 01 Po' Boy - Groanbox - Guts, Lungs & Bones 02 Je Veux Plus Te Voir - Linda Thompson - Evangeline Made 03 Temptation Rag - Bottle Bank Band - Bottle Bank Band 04 Trois Matelots Du Port-De-Brest - Arcady - After The Ball 05 What May You Do For The Jam (Just About Managing) - Ange Hardy - Download  06 Lonesome Scene Of Winter (Feat. Oliver Swain & Ruth Moody) - The Fretless - The Fretless 07 Away From The Pits - Barluath - At Dawn Of Day 08 England Green And England Grey - Geoff Lakeman - After All These Years 09 Linkin' O'er The Lea / The Auld Beggerman - Maggy Murphy and Sarah -  Linkin’ O’er The Lea 10 Freight Train Blues -  Derroll Adams - Feelin' Fine 11 Moving On - Luke Jackson - Proyecto Somos 12 Éamonn An Chnoic - Lasairfhíona - One Penny Portion 13 Connemara Ponies - Chris Murphy - The Tinker's Dream 14 Angel In The Ashes (With Janis Ian) - Sam Gleaves - Ain't We Brothers  15 Rubenstein Remembers - Allan Taylor - Lines  16 Fairytale Of New York - Christy Moore - Smoke and Strong Whisky 17 Stone's Rag And Pearl O’Shaughnessy's Barndance - Dennis Botzer & Patrick Cavanagh - 19-P 18 Single Girl, Married Girl - Levon Helm - Dirt Farmer

Plus features on Oliver Swain, The Bills, Lennie Gallant - and a whole bunch of CDs acquired at Folk Alliance in Kansas City last week

To kick off Black History Month I started the show with several African-Canadian artists, before moving onto a mini-theme of Carnival / Mardi Gras. Featured music by Cape Breton Celtic combo Coig, Cuban-Canadian artist Alex Cuba (sold out show this evening at the Kay Meek Theatre in West Vancouver), upcoming Rogues like The Bills, Bumper Jacksons, Eilen Jewell, Oliver Swain, Sharon Shannon, De Danann, plus other performers coming to town including Aoife O'Donovan, Damien Dempsey, Jeff Lang, and new releases by Colin Linden, Rhiannon Giddens, Show Of Hands, and Tim O'Brien. Paid tribute to The Busby Babes, the Manchester United soccer team decimated in the Munich Air Crash 58 years ago today with a song by Mick Grove and Phil Beer (of Show of Hands.)

Another lovely spring evening on the West Coast: hope this finds you dear listeners all well and in fine fettle. Tonight's Vinyl Vault was dedicated to Joni Mitchell, still in hospital at the time of this writing, and was side 2 of her debut LP. I also had a chance to chat with Oliver Swain, multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire from Vancouver Island, about his project "Tower of Song", a tribute to Leonard Cohen. He's taking it on tour this spring, starting with a Centennial Theatre (North Van) show April 10.Have a lovely Easter weekend, all, and I'll be back next week with 2 more kumbaya-free hours!cheers, and thanks for listening.Val folkoasis@gmail.com

New music, upcoming shows, great stuff, new music, upcoming shows, great stuff, new music, upcoming shows, great stuff! sure, things get a little routine around here, but why not? There’s always great new stuff, there’s always great upcoming shows, and we’ve got a huge well to draw out great songs from the past! Sounds good to me!

New music, upcoming shows, great stuff, new music, upcoming shows, great stuff, new music, upcoming shows, great stuff! sure, things get a little routine around here, but why not? There’s always great new stuff, there’s always great upcoming shows, and we’ve got a huge well to draw out great songs from the past! Sounds good to me!

Aug. 1 was the second night of Vancouver's annual fireworks competition, so several songs along that theme were sprinkled throughout the evening. Musical tribute was paid to Jerry Garcia, who would have turned 70 on this day. Tonight's interviews involved the upcoming FolkWest festival in Victoria, from perspectives of the artistic director (Oliver Swain) and a performing musician (David Newberry). Please support this new festival, which takes place Aug. 11 + 12: http://folkwest.ca/Cheers, and many thanks for listening!val folkoasis@gmail.com