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Jenna Loren, a Northern BC based independent artist, has been rocking out on her guitar since age 13 when she strummed a poem to an Alanis song on her old Yamaha. Her music style was inspired by her Mother Michelle Prins and many influential female singers from Tracy Chapman to Jewel. Having grown up in Ontario, Jenna attended Peterborough Collegiate Vocational School's unique Integrated Arts Program with fellow Canadian musicians (such as Serena Ryder, Kelly McMichael, Brock Stonefish, Daniel Fortin, Benj Rowland, Caylie Staples, Jonah Cristall-Clarke, and Director Jared Raab). Since becoming active on TikTok in late February 2022, Jenna's attracted over 6000 followers, and goes live often, especially during 'Saturday Sessions' where she co-hosts a live music train alongside New Zealand's Crystal Starr. Last summer Jenna was humbled to perform in the women's festival Wild Women Grow and the Moose FM Block Party. In 2022 her single "You Can't Give Up" was featured in CBC Music's Toyota Searchlight contest, where Jenna was interviewed by several radio stations. Jenna has enjoyed recent performances such as Canada Day at Burleigh Falls Inn in Ontario, Bright Nights for the North Peace Cultural Centre and Moose FM, as well as Energetic County Fair's Rising Star competition at the Pub in Charlie Lake. She is also looking forward to being Stage Crew for the Bear Creek Folk Fest again this summer, featuring Sarah McLachlan and Blue Rodeo. When Jenna was 18, she moved to the west coast, where she busked Victoria's inner harbour and street markets, and held a weekly spot at Bastion Square. Jenna's performance venues ranged from Ocean Island Inn to the world renowned Butchart Gardens, and was an open mic regular at Darcy's Pub and Felicita's at UVic. Busking one day, a $20 bill was casually dropped into her case. It was from singer songwriter Kevin Woodward. He made Jenna a deal – that he'd help her record her first album if she vowed to pay-it-forward one day. That's the story of how Jenna's 2005 Overabundantly album came to fruition, and she fully intends on keeping her promise. Jenna's discography continued with her 2011 EP “It's Perfect Timing,” recorded at Infinity Studios with producer Jason Cook, featuring lead guitarist Christian Down. It exerts a raw soulful quality, and many of its songs are environmentally inspired. Jenna's single You Can't Give Up was released to radio across Canada and chosen for the Rock'in the Peace Compilation and showcase at the North Peace Cultural Centre in 2012. With awesome reviews, she was asked to open for Juno award-winning Russell DeCarle at the Lido Theatre. Jenna has performed on TV shows The New Canoe song writing episode with Kinnie Starr and Art Napoleon in 2007 and MYTV with Niska Napoleon in 2009. She's played live on Victoria's CFUV Radio and Peterborough's Trent Radio, and has been aired on many stations from Moose FM to CBC Radio One All Points West. In May 2010, Jenna's "Andrew" song was included on Feed the Soul vol.2 Compilation, a food bank fundraiser organized by musicians. In fall of 2017, Jenna opened two sold out shows for the Twin Peaks (Lindsay Pratt & Naomi Shore) Aussie Tour Kickoff Show at Whole Wheat 'n Honey in Fort St John. In early 2018, she performed original songs and acted in the Vagina Monologues, a Women's Resource Society fundraiser. In April 2019, Jenna was a main headliner for the Women Song concert at the Lido Theatre. #jennaloren #independentartist #musician #songwriter #chrispomay #livewithcdp #barrycullenchevrolet #wellingtonbrewery https://www.jennaloren.ca/home https://beacons.ai/chrisdpomay https://www.cameo.com/chrispomay Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/54200596...

Welcome to Peterborough Currents' podcast coverage of the city's 2025 budget process! In this episode, Brett Throop and Will Pearson discuss what's behind next year's proposed tax increase and how the city might solve its budget troubles without resorting to tax hikes. We also discuss a couple of key topics we've reported on, including the city's capital shortfall and discretionary benefits for social assistance recipients.TIMESTAMPS(0:00) Community rallies against cuts to arts and community grants(6:38) Why are citizens facing a big tax hike for the second year in  a row?(17:26) Councillors met for two days to bring the tax hike down. It went up instead.(29:24) Why Mayor Jeff Leal sees high taxes as an economic development issue(37:34)  Property taxes are over a century old. Is there a better way to fund cities?(42:10) The city's capital budget and  growing infrastructure backlog(56:55) Transit riders face higher fares for the same service next year(1:03:47) Should the city fund health benefits for people on social assistance?(1:14:56) Millions more for homelessness next year; is it sustainable?(1:23:52) A "beautiful vision" of what budget season could beSPECIAL THANKSThanks to Will Ward for the wonderful piano improvisations.Thanks to Eddy Sweeney from Trent Radio for audio of the Community Not Cuts rally.SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISMOur in-depth and community-centred journalism takes a lot of resources to produce. We can't do it without you. If you want to see Peterborough Currents grow (and make more podcasts!) please sign up as a financial supporter: https://peterboroughcurrents.ca/support-us/

How a man who grew up barely able to read ended up inspiring generations of young people to embrace literacy. We heard about the life of Arnie Stewart, and why it's being celebrated in Barrie this evening. Israel has stepped up its offensive in Gaza under an emergency government and war cabinet. Meanwhile, Canadians stranded on both sides of the war are anxiously waiting to return home . We checked in with one of them in Jerusalem. Amid the tension and turbulence in the world today, some calm and wisdom can be drawn from nature. An Indigenous scholar offers insights into what trees can teach us. We met an athlete from Barrie preparing to compete in the national wheelchair tennis championship in Nova Scotia. Taking your radio experience to stages in Peterborough. This morning, we learnt about the latest project to come out of Trent Radio.

On October 5, 2023, Peterborough Police Chief Stuart Betts announced a new "no tolerance" approach to policing illicit drug use in public. Effective immediately,  police officers will direct people who are using drugs in public to move along to a different location. If they don't, officers will arrest them, Betts said. "Police officers will not tolerate people injecting and smoking up in front of public places, places where our community members should feel safe," Betts said.The announcement was quickly criticized by Peterborough Public Health, which said the new approach "differs significantly from an evidence-based, public health approach to substance use."On this episode of the Peterborough Currents podcast, we have coverage of this story made possible through our partnership with Trent Radio, whose Local Journalism Initiative reporter Eddy Sweeney attended Chief Betts's media conference on Thursday. Eddy also spoke with Star Fiorotto, a local harm reduction outreach worker, about the announcement.TIMESTAMPS0:00 — Introduction1:25 — A report on Chief Betts's media conference4:14 — The response from Peterborough Public Health 5:36 — Reaction from local harm reduction outreach worker Star Fiorotto13:07 — ConclusionMUSIC: Thanks to Jordan Cook for the music in this episode.

In this episode, two stories from Trent Radio's Local Journalism Initiative reporter Eddy Sweeney. First up: Peterborough's roller derby team is prepping for a doubleheader this weekend. Learn about the team and the sport in advance of the bouts. And second: The Theatre on King celebrated its tenth anniversary last weekend. Eddy interviewed founder Ryan Kerr about the theatre and asked other members of the local arts community why they love the venue.TIMESTAMPS1:59Peterborough Area Roller Derby preps for its double header this weekend. 8:22The tenth anniversary of the Theatre on KingCONNECT WITH USwww.peterboroughcurrents.cawww.trentradio.ca

More from my archives of old programs while I take a bit of a summer break. IMPORTANT NOTE: Because this program had been recorded directly off a feed from Trent Radio, the sound quality isn’t up to my usual Discovering Jazz podcast standards. But the music’s great…and I hope you’ll find some of the information…Continue reading Archives: Episode 10: New Acquisitions from Fall of 2017.

On this episode, two stories brought to you through Peterborough Currents's partnership with Trent Radio and their Local Journalism Initiative reporter Eddy Sweeney. Plus, an update on the City's big affordable housing initiative, and why some families are worried the plan will lead to their displacement.Timestamps:PHC Update (0:45)Six Young Rowers From Spain Visit Peterborough (2:05)John Climenhage Paints The Only's New Sign (7:55)Connect with us:www.peterboroughcurrents.cawww.facebook.com/ptbocurrentswww.instagram.com/ptbocurrentshttps://twitter.com/PTBO_Currents

This is the Trent Radio program that spawned the Discovering Jazz podcast. In February 2016 my partner and I had recently moved to Peterborough, Ontario and I decided I wanted to do a program on Trent Radio, Call letters CFFF-the community and university radio station. Since they didn’t have a jazz program and I was…Continue reading From the Archives: NCRA Award Winning Episode from 2017

Eddy Sweeney speaks with Andrew MacGregor and Aurynn Jacobs Parkin, the new owners of Dreams of Beans cafe in downtown Peterborough. MacGregor and Parkin discuss: How the two decided to open a business together while working side by side at the One Roof Community CentreWhy they're operating as a social enterprise, and what that meansWhy they've decided to pay employees $25 per hour, but not allow tipsWhat plans they've got for their new business (including getting a liquor license.)Eddy's Sweeney's reporting is funded by the federal government's Local Journalism Initiative and produced for Trent Radio in partnership with Peterborough Currents.

This is a program originally aired on Trent Radio and placed on my podcast site in November, 2017. Inspired by a jazz instruction blog & podcast , LearnJazzStandards.com, hosted by guitarist Brent Vaarstra, and his post called “92 Modern Jazz Albums You Need to Listen To”. ‘Modern’ was defined as being anything after the year…Continue reading Archives, Episode 9: Newer Jazz Albums Recommended

It's not easy to find others who can whip out their eye (prosthesis) in a crowd, as a Halloween party trick. One of us hosts on Outlook can do this, but doesn't. Justin Evangelho can and does. Question is, is he an evil genus, a magician, a childhood cancer survivor? Answer is, maybe all three, and he's our latest guest on Outlook. We discuss his evolution from creative writing to audio recording/editing along with education for disabled students in a public vs Catholic School Board. We speak about his talk show Disenabled where he focuses on people with physical disabilities and the skills and techniques they use to foster independence. It's available both on Trent Radio and as a podcast. We discuss the music review show he hosts on Trent Radio over the summer called Bottom40in40. We met Justin at an event through Peterborough Independent Podcasters, in March 2021. We were happy to have him at his first ever Canadian Federation of the Blind convention and his perspective, as a young blind person in Canada today, is a valuable one we're happy to get to share on this show. Note: The episode of Disenabled we appear on is not yet available online, but be sure to check out previous episodes of his podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-disenabled-podcast/id1549168294 And give a listen to his music review show Bottom40in40 all summer long, Tuesday evenings at 9 PM EST: http://trentradio.ca:8800/hi-fi

I love this conversation I had with Dr. Mike. We touch on many topics ranging from Healing from Within, Moving Energy, how everything is perfectly un-perfect and much more.  The way Dr. Mike articulate his insight, knowledge and over all life experiences in this episode is fantastic, he's so good. This is part 2 of our conversation taped in April 2021 aired May 2021 - Trent Radio 92.7 cfff fm    

This interview was also released on Musically Speaking podcast avenues and also on Trent Radio, a Peterborough radio station. Yaron and Chuong cover free market capitalism and the deterrence of communism and music. Musically Speaking is a show where Chuong Nguyen, a music enthusiast, discusses music and other interesting topics with a variety of interesting guests. He is originally from Hanoi, Vietnam, and is currently residing in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. The podcast can be found here: https://chuongnguyen.locals.com/Like what you hear? Like, share, and subscribe to stay updated on new videos and help promote the Yaron Brook Show: http://youtube.com/ybrookBecome a sponsor to get exclusive access and help create more videos like this: http://yaronbrookshow.com/supportOr make a one-time donation: http://paypal.me/yaronbrookshow.Continue the discussion by following Yaron on Twitter (http://twitter.com/yaronbrook) and Facebook (http://facebook.com/ybrook). Want to learn more about Ayn Rand and Objectivism? Visit the Ayn Rand Institute: http://ari.aynrand.org

Trent Radio & Arthur made a radio project together with the hope of building some audible history of past Arthur editors and contributors. We asked participants to answer a series of questions and choose their favourite (or most memorable) article or editorial from their time at Arthur. Listen here to take a deep dive into the past of the campus news curiosity that is Arthur Newspaper.

Trent Radio & Arthur made a radio project together with the hope of building some audible history of past Arthur editors and contributors. We asked participants to answer a series of questions and choose their favourite (or most memorable) article or editorial from their time at Arthur. Listen here to take a deep dive into the past of the campus news curiosity that is Arthur Newspaper.

Trent Radio & Arthur made a radio project together with the hope of building some audible history of past Arthur editors and contributors. We asked participants to answer a series of questions and choose their favourite (or most memorable) article or editorial from their time at Arthur. Listen here to take a deep dive into the past of the campus news curiosity that is Arthur Newspaper.

Trent Radio & Arthur made a radio project together with the hope of building some audible history of past Arthur editors and contributors. We asked participants to answer a series of questions and choose their favourite (or most memorable) article or editorial from their time at Arthur. Listen here to take a deep dive into the past of the campus news curiosity that is Arthur Newspaper.

Trent Radio & Arthur made a radio project together with the hope of building some audible history of past Arthur editors and contributors. We asked participants to answer a series of questions and choose their favourite (or most memorable) article or editorial from their time at Arthur. Listen here to take a deep dive into the past of the campus news curiosity that is Arthur Newspaper.

Trent Radio & Arthur made a radio project together with the hope of building some audible history of past Arthur editors and contributors. We asked participants to answer a series of questions and choose their favourite (or most memorable) article or editorial from their time at Arthur. Listen here to take a deep dive into the past of the campus news curiosity that is Arthur Newspaper.

Trent Radio & Arthur made a radio project together with the hope of building some audible history of past Arthur editors and contributors. We asked participants to answer a series of questions and choose their favourite (or a memorable) article or editorial from your time at Arthur, and recording a reading of it to share on the radio. If you could give one piece of advice to a rookie reporter, what would it be? What is your favourite Trent/ptbo myth/legend? How did your time at Arthur impact your career and life choices? Did it? What song did you choose, and why?

Trent Radio & Arthur made a radio project together with the hope of building some audible history of past Arthur editors and contributors. We asked participants to answer a series of questions and choose their favourite (or most memorable) article or editorial from their time at Arthur. Listen here to take a deep dive into the past of the campus news curiosity that is Arthur Newspaper.

Heyo!! The fall season of Trent Radio is back on track! We're going to do our best to have an episode uploaded every Monday, but even if we forget, you can always catch us on Trent Radio, Mondays @ 1pm, 92.7 CFFF-FM. This week we chat about some more video games, the postal service (kinda) and a rat!

First, we speak with Justin Evangelho, host of a Trent Radio show called Disenabled, who tells us how he copes with university life as someone with a visual impairment. Next, Ayesha Barmania, General Manager of PIP—Peterborough Independent Podcasters invites us to participate in Podcasting 101 for people with disabilities.

Heyo! We are back in action, and like, for Trent Radio this is a new season, but we'll call it a season from the top of a traditional school year. We also come bearing guest, Mitchell, Melissa's brother. I (Brenny) go on about some animal and some water, and Melissa tag teams some video games and a certain special show With Mitchell.

This is my first solo show and in it I breakdown how I use manifestation in all ares of my life, my strategies, practice, thoughts and a possible blue print others can adapt and exercise in their own manifestation endeavours. I also talk about recent experiences revolving around manifestation that I've had here in Austria. i start the show talking about some of my experiences here at University and how being alone is affecting my thoughts and how others are also starting to feel alone. A few of the topics I cover range from manifestation, relationships, aloneness etc.... This show also gives the listeners a little more information and insight into who I am and how I look at and live my life. enjoy Taped early October 2019, aired on Trent Radio 92.7fm mid October 2019

Jessi and I talk yoga and lots of it covering all aspects from creepy dudes to yoga teacher rivalries then all the way up.  We also chat about relationships and how to try mange them. Jessi's knowledge surrounding this practice/life style turned out to be more than I had considered and as a result we break into some in depth discussions that are sure to have people thinking. Taped July 2019, aired on Trent Radio 92.7fm 

Intuition, subconscious, awareness, and manifestation are only a few of the topics we discuss, debate and twist all together during this thought provoking interview, tune in now and hear how it all goes down.  Bren and Jordan join me in also discussing destined paths, the power of energy, unlearning vs relearning, fear, higher powers, intuition suppression. I'm proud to say this interview is my first episode of Redeye City's Impression Extension. Thank You all for listening and joining me on this endeavour. Taped June 2019, aired on Trent Radio 92.7fm Peterborough

The season at Trent Radio is over! Our last show for a few weeks. I get too little time to talk about some Zelda, and I throwdown about doughnuts while Melissa regails us with the theories of the Scranton Strangler and the somber tones of Florist. We (Brenny) will fight all those who oppose Waluigi. And thank you to Matthew Campbell for our music! and shout out to Ya No Casino who plays out this episode!

Today we talk about some stuff! More specifically Guinea Pigs and Bloodborne, two things that are very good but don't really go together. We record at Trent Radio and sometimes the audio levels aren't consistent because Melissa and I are in charge during our show but yeah!

His life in radio began, aged 16, in Canada – and his distinctive voice  was to be heard on the UK’s biggest stations.  In this hour of ‘Radio Moments Conversations’, David Jensen tells of growing up in Canada and making his radio debut, before moving, aged just 18, to a new life at Radio Luxembourg in the days when it commanded UK evening listening. Advised to get some UK experience, ‘Kid’ alighted at a brand-new Radio Trent in Nottingham in the challenging times so typical of those early days of UK commercial Radio. David opens up about the Radio 1 days in its most colourful era, his friendship with John Peel, the stars he encountered, the roadshow days – and he shares a wealth of anecdotes, not least why he was playing midnight football with the Rolling Stones on an American runway. He also tells of his Capital spell and why he loved that 'big' sound of the City. He tells too of his family life, his love of jazz and how he is facing his Parkinson’s diagnosis. In his own words, this is the David Jensen story. Hear the whole ‘Radio Moments Conversations’ series here (https://podfollow.com/radiomoments-conversations) – and sign up for the regular podcast for this ongoing series. Music by Larry Bryant (http://www.larrybryant.com/) . 

Recorded live from the studios of Trent Radio in Peterborough, Ontario, this is an assortment of tracks from jazz albums I blindly selected from the station’s extensive jazz library of vinyl. It includes some of the ‘usual suspects’—Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington & Ray Brown, and Keith Jarrett.   You’ll also hear the very first…Continue reading Episode 51: Random Records from Trent Radio Jazz Library

During the 2018 municipal election, Peterborough voters cast their ballots and elected in Diane Therrien, who previously served as a city councillor for Town Ward. Peterborough Currents invited Mayor-elect Diane Therrien to join us on our live radio show, broadcast through the facilities of Trent Radio. Co-hosts Ayesha Barmania and Will Pearson interviewed Therrien and opened the phone lines (with some technical difficulty) for listeners to ask questions.

Includes two great but obscure Canadian jazz artists.

Today….from a live feed from Trent Radio in Peterborough….I play some 2nd hand jazz lp’s I bought at a pawn shop recently just to see which ones I’ll put in with my collection and which ones I’ll give away.  I’ll try out some Pat Martino, Mel Torme, Gene Roland w. Jimmy Knepper (great trombone!), George…Continue reading Episode 10, Autumn Acquisitions, Part 1

Jack Roe has been an on air presence for CBC Radio, 680 NEWS, CKPT (now Energy 99.7) and (back in 1973-5) Trent Radio, where this interview took place. The conversation ranges across his 40+ year career in radio and captures memories from the magical to the manic: from interviews with Chris Hadfield to interviews with a guy who traveled North America blowing himself up at county fairs, from carving out community radio to almost getting arrested in pre-unification Germany.  Roe also gives a glimpse behind the scenes of the one of the most demanding radio studios in Canada, and then offers views on the state of modern radio -- as well as advice for media studies/journalism students on how they can find their own way in the shifting media landscape.It's an honest, intimate, and often humorous conversation that shines the light on an individual who is much more used to shining the light on others.

With tales that take us through an awkward Much Music debut with Bon Jovi to a strange encounter with Diana Ross' hair to a Robert Plant dinner that takes a turn to the strange, Christopher Ward offers an hour of entertaining talk.Ward has written songs for Diana Ross, Hilary Duff, Wynonna Judd, The Backstreet Boys, Meredith Brooks, Tina Arena, Amanda Marshall, Roch Voisine and many others. His best-known song is the worldwide # 1 hit for Alannah Myles, ‘Black Velvet’. Previously, Ward was a member of the ‘Second City Touring Company’, based in Toronto. In 1984, as Canada’s first ‘VJ’, he helped launch MuchMusic, where he interviewed artists as diverse as Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and Tina Turner.During his time at Trent, Christopher helped launch Trent Radio.

Former MuchMusic VJ/Billboard #1 songwriter Christopher Ward recounts the financial perils of dining with Robert Plant. The cast of characters includes Mike Myers, Alannah Myles, Robert Plant, and...  Don Rickles?It's a teaser for the full length interview being played on Trent Radio (92.7FM), next Monday, July 6th, at 7pm.  It will also be posted right here on the Trent Talks Podbean page.It's one heck of a good listen.  Be sure to tune in!

Stephen Stohn is an 11 time Gemini Award winner and executive producer of Degrassi: The Next Generation -- as well as a nearly 20-year executive producer of The Juno Awards.  He's also one of Canada's most respected entertainment lawyers. We discuss his career, but also roll back the clock and talk about his involvement in launching both Arthur Newspaper and Trent Radio.Be sure to subscribe to the Trent Talks podcast.  Upcoming interviews include: "The Human Kebab" Jason Parsons: Jason is a DJ, emcee, producer, writer, and voice actor.  He's best known as half of the Canadian alternative band USS (Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker).Christopher Ward: Canada's first VJ, Christopher helped pioneer Much Music.  As a music journalist he has interviewed 2 ex-Beatles, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and many, many other acts.  He has also written a slew of hits for musical acts such as Diana Ross, Backstreet Boys, Alannah Myles, and more -- including the #1 Billboard hit "Black Velvet."Alan Martin: The research director for Partnership Africa Canada -- an organization that undertakes investigative research, advocacy and policy dialogue on issues relating to conflict, natural resource governance and human rights in Africa.  In particular, the relationship between rough diamonds and civil war.Dr. Suresh Narine: Suresh was names one of Canada's "Top 40 under 40 leaders," as director of the Trent Centre for Biomaterials Research. His research has led to zero-trans-fat margarines, shortening, and confections; polyurethane foams, elastomers, and plastics from canola oil; and lubricants from vegetable oils.  Really cool stuff!

Our first ever Trent Radio show!Featuring music and talk from Sara Ostrowska, lead singer of alumni band, Television Road; and a discussion on transportation issues with GreenUp Transportation and Urban Design Program Manager, Brianna Salmon, whose thesis centred on sustainable transportation.

Starting next season, we'll be having "Just the Music" and "Just the Lecture" mini-casts that will feature individual segments of the show.  "Just the Music" will feature interviews, new music, music from the Trent Radio archives and -- just maybe -- live music from the Trent Talks studio.This week, the segment gets a trial run:  A great interview with Nick Ferrio -- and some brand new music. We chat about his collaborations with The Weather Station, Evening Hymns, Julie Doiron, Gavin Bradley Gardiner (from The Wooden Sky); his upcoming gigs with The Lonely Parade; our mutual musical crushes on Dave Tough, the Silverhearts, and the Trent and Peterborough music scenes in general; the impact of Trent University academia on his songwriting; and his grizzly near death in the Trent Nature Areas.

We return to Trent Radio for The Antidote's year four opener. Tune in to hear a wide range of genres. Discover both new and established artists who are making a profound impact in the music scene. This episode includes new songs released in the past few weeks.

We return to Trent Radio for The Antidote’s year four opener. Tune in to hear a wide range of genres. Discover both new and established artists who are making a profound impact in the music scene. This episode includes new songs released in the past few weeks.

The Antidote returns to Trent Radio as the station switches from the sunny days of summer and heads into the new fall season. On this, the third year episode opener of The Antidote, we'll look at a wide range of genres from artists who have released new music in the past few months.

The Antidote returns to Trent Radio as the station switches from the sunny days of summer and heads into the new fall season. On this, the third year episode opener of The Antidote, we’ll look at a wide range of genres from artists who have released new music in the …

The Antidote teamed up with Sara Ostrowska, the host of Trombones, Accordions, and Distortion, for a two hour ska and punk extravaganza. Despite computer difficulties at Trent Radio, the show went on. Sara’s programme proceeds The Antidote on Wednesday evenings and her passion and knowledge for these styles of music …

The Antidote teamed up with Sara Ostrowska, the host of Trombones, Accordions, and Distortion, for a two hour ska and punk extravaganza. Despite computer difficulties at Trent Radio, the show went on. Sara's programme proceeds The Antidote on Wednesday evenings and her passion and knowledge for these styles of music match those of The Antidote. PLEASE NOTE that this special edition of The Antidote contains both Christian content from Dave and non-Christian music from Sara as we explore both the differences and similarities between these artists and genres.

The Antidote joined Trent Radio for WMD. No not weapons of mass destruction, but "Weird Music Day" a day of strange and peculiar music. Some songs on The Antidote were unquestionably weird, while others could be considered be simply odd. You be the judge. Find out what we had lined up when you listen in to this episode.

The Antidote joined Trent Radio for WMD. No not weapons of mass destruction, but “Weird Music Day” a day of strange and peculiar music. Some songs on The Antidote were unquestionably weird, while others could be considered be simply odd. You be the judge. Find out what we had lined …

The Antidote had a one week break as Trent Radio geared up for the summer season. When we returned to the studio we featured several artists who cross genre boundaries as they produce music with an usual mix of styles. Whosoever South offer up their own unique blend of music as they draw from country, reggae, and old time gospel music and integrate into hip-hop. Listen in to a conversation The Antidote had with Whosoever South band members Rowdy, Sarah, and Mike as they share about their faith and music. If you're looking for music that is out of the norm, this episode is for you.

The Antidote had a one week break as Trent Radio geared up for the summer season. When we returned to the studio we featured several artists who cross genre boundaries as they produce music with an usual mix of styles. Whosoever South offer up their own unique blend of music as …

Today marks the first in an experimental series of podcasts here on the blog. I’m trying out the medium: taking the gear out for a ride and exploring different ways of talking about things that I’m interested in. Putting this piece together brought back a lot of memories about Nouspeak, a weekly spoken word programme on Trent Radio that I was one of the production team for; I enjoyed that experience, and I had a good time editing this piece together. Today’s podcast: Cindy Burton, owner of the recently-closed Cool Dog Deli in Charlottetown, talks about the ideas behind the deli, the challenges she ran into running it, and how it came to close. I have long been a fan of the CITY-TV programme The Originals, especially its “interviewless” format. I’d experimented with the format in radio projects before, and decided to return to it for this piece. Here’s the tech used to assemble today’s podcast: My “in studio” voiceovers were recorded into Sound Studio using the Omnidirectional Tie Clip Microphone from Radio Shack connected to my iMac using a Griffin iMic (see this technical note). I recorded the telephone interview with Cindy Burton using the Monitor command in our Asterisk telephone system. The result is two WAV-format files, one for each side of the telephone conversation. I broke Cindy’s part of the interview up into individual clips using Audacity; I exported each of the eleven clips as a 16-bit, 44 Khz AIFF file. I used Apple’s GarageBand to edit everything together: I imported my intros and Cindy’s clips, added a soundtrack, and exported into iTunes. I then exported as a 24kbps mono MP3 file from iTunes (which compressed the file from 108MB down to a more reasonable 2MB!). Thanks to Cindy for agreeing to talk about her experiences; you can email her at cindy@cooldogs.ca or visit her website at bigdogsolutions.ca.

When I started volunteering at Trent Radio, early in my year at university, I met two guys, Richard Hamilton and Ken Hone. At the time I was an empty political vessel waiting to be filled up, and Rick and Kenny happily facilitated this. They were a couple of the rabble-rousers behind a storefront political group called “Projects for Change.” Projects for Change was many things: a food bank, a lending library, a place to print leaflets, a place to drink beer. It had a revolving membership of university students, radicals (real and aspiring). The issues we concerned ourselves with ranged from poverty to nuclear power to the arms race. Although I don’t think I ever made it to bona fide radical status — I always felt like an interloper — I loved the place nonetheless, and was involved, to one degree or another, for four or five years. I still have the old Projects for Change sign, hand-painted by Kenny, hanging on my wall. Towards the end of my time in Peterborough, I partnered with Oonagh O’Connor to produce a radio documentary called “The Emotions of Activism.” Our goal was to interview a series of people involved in activist politics, but rather than interviewing them about their cause, we talked to them about the underlying rationale for their orneriness, the emotions behind their activism rather than the thoughts. What, in the gut, gets people up and out on the barricades, or behind the printing press or on the radio. Although I have lost the tape of the final product, I do have the original, unedited interview tapes. An interview with Kenny is among them. Setting aside my rambling interviewing technique (this was before I got the Ann Thurlow brevity religion), the interview is a great listen, due entirely to Kenny’s clear-minded ability to get at the stuff of what drives him. It’s also an excellent short course in how to be a good human being. The interview was recorded on an inexpensive tape recorder, using one of the classic Radio Shack PZM microphones that, to my ear, make excellent mics for doing interviews like this because they produce bright sound and lots of atmospherics (some of this has been drummed out by the digitizing down to 32K; the silences appear too silent, but it makes for a smaller file).

Back in the early 1990s, I was Programme Director at Trent Radio, a campus-community radio station in Peterborough, Ontario. At the time, the station had a broadcast audio line running from Artspace, an artist-run centre downtown; this meant we could do live broadcasts of anything happening in Artspace’s performance hall. On June 1, 1990, we organized an event called RadioMusic, and invited a wide variety of performers from the community to come and play for two audiences: people in the bleachers, and people listening in on their radios at home. John Muir did the sound, and Ron Gaskin was up in the studio acting as a virtual host and technical man. One of the highlights of the evening was a 25 minute set by Curtis Driedger. Criticized once by my father as “having a total absence of musicality,” Curtis has always been one of my favourite performers. From the presciently-named 1980s band the CeeDees to the various and wonderful musical projects he’s done since, Curtis is (my father’s protests notwithstanding) a great musician, and an insightful songwriter. He’s also a really nice guy. I was going through my archives the other day, and found a tape of Curtis’ set from that night, 13 years ago.

A CBC “Off the Beaten Track” episode in which I talk about Showboat and the history of the song Old Man River. Originally aired on August 20, 2000 on CBC Radio’s Mainstreet program in Prince Edward Island. Ol’ Man River Introduction: A brief history of the song “Ol’ Man River,” along with two very different interpretations by Canadian artists Curtis Driedger and Jane Siberry. Show Boat In 1926, a book called “Show Boat” by Edna Ferber was published – she was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan who had won the Pulitzer Prize in 1924 for her book So Big. Show Boat follows the life of Magnolia, daughter of the captain of the riverboat The Cotton Blossom. Magnolia marries a gambler, Gaylord Ravenal. As a result of his gambling, they separate Magnolia moves to Chicago where she takes up life in musical comedy. Their daughter follows her mother into show business, and eventually Magnolia and Gaylord are reunited years later at a performance of their now internationally famous daughter. Woven throughout this plot is the sub-plot concerning the lives of the black workers on the riverboats, and marriage of Magnolia’s best friend Julie La Verne and her husband, which runs afoul of the law because it is discovered that Julie is of mixed black and white heritage, and this is against the law. In 1927, collaborators Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II adapted the book into a Broadway show. Show Boat the musical was groundbreaking when it premiered in 1927, as musicals up to that point hadn’t had a coherent plot or songs tied to the action. Show Boat is said in many circles to mark the beginning of American musical theatre. Show Boat originally played Broadway in 1927, was adapted into a movie in 1936 and again in 1951, and was revived on Broadway in 1946, and several times thereafter, most famously in recent years in 1994 by Garth Drabinsky. Ol’ Man River The song Ol’ Man River is sung by Joe, one of the riverboat workers, several times throughout the musical. Edna Ferber said in her autobiography: “…Jerome Kern appeared at my apartment late one afternoon with a strange look of quiet exultation in his eyes. He sat down at the piano. He didn’t play the piano particularly well and his singing voice, though true, was negligible. He played and sang ‘Ol’ Man River.’ The music mounted, mounted, and I give you my word my hair stood on end, the tears came to my eyes, I breathed like a heroine in a melodrama. This was great music. This was music that would outlast Jerome Kern’s day and mine. I have never heard it since without that emotional surge. When SHOW BOAT was revived at the Casino Theater in New York just four years after its original production at the Ziegfeld I saw a New York first-night audience, after Paul Robeson’s singing of ‘Ol’ Man River,’ shout and cheer and behave generally as I’ve never seen an audience behave in any theater in all my years of playgoing…” The song is most closely associated with Paul Robeson, who played Joe in the Broadway production of Show Boat and in the 1936 movie. In the original 1927 lyrics, it’s written: I gits weary and sick of tryin’; I’m tired of livin’ and scared of dyin’ And Ol’ man river, he just keeps rollin’ along. Robeson later revised the lyrics to: I keeps laffin’ instead of cryin’ I must keep fightin’ until I’m dyin’ And Ol’ man river, he just keeps rollin’ along. Roberson, who had been a football star and then an actor, went on to a life as a political activist. Canadian Singers on Ol’ Man River Back on June 1, 1990, I was program director at Trent Radio, a community radio station in Peterborough, Ontario. We organized an evening of performances by local musicians at the Market Hall in downtown Peterborough. One of the performers was Curtis Driedger, formerly of the infamous Toronto band the CeeDees. Here’s some of his performance from that night, recorded live and originally broadcast on Trent Radio… [clip from “Curtis Dreidger live at Artspace”, recorded June 1, 1990; on cassette tape, queued] Toronto singer/songwriter Jane Siberry, who has, in recent years, been running her musical career largely through her own Sheeba Records website – www.sheeba.ca — is about to release an album of Celtic and American spirituals called “Hush.” From that album, here is her own rendition of “Ol’ Man River,” which you will immediately see is quite different from Curtis’ [clip from “Hush” by Jane Siberry, track 9]