Citr -- Folk Oasis

Tonight's feature from the vinyl vault is entire first side of the Dylan classic. Enjoy! Tonight's edition is chock full of new releases goodness and is, as always, kumbaya-free! Check out the sneak peek at Vancouver Folk Fest. 2 1/2 hours of goodness, as several shows are on hiatus.Thanks for listening, and keep in touch!cheers, valfolkoasis@gmail.com

Matthew, host of the fabulous Australian-Canadian music show "Stranded" on CiTR, sat in for me tonight. He even managed to get a fellow Aussie, Tom West, in for a live session. Enjoy, and see you all next week!Thanks for listening,Val folkoasis@gmail.com

We report to SOCAN (performing rights organization, distributor of radio airplay royalties) quarterly, so I like to give love to our homegrown composers. 100% CanCon this evening, mostly new releases. Including a song for Palindrome Week!Enjoy, and have a good long Victoria Day weekend, my fellow Canucks. Play safe!Val folkoasis@gmail.com

Another extended edition (2 1/2 hours) of kumbaya-free folk, tonight with a Mother's Day theme. I interviewed Reid Jamieson and his wife Carolyn about their upcoming benefit on Sunday. Hope you enjoy tonight's tunes and don't forget to call *your* momma!hugs,val folkoasis@gmail.com

No interviews tonight, no live sessions on this extended edition of Folk Oasis. I did reach into our vinyl vaults for a Joni Mitchell masterpiece, and played side 2 of "Blue" in its entirety. Send her your healing thoughts! weloveyoujoni.comMany new releases tonight, hope you enjoyed what I brought, and thanks so much for listening! Val folkoasis@gmail.com

Happy Earth Day! We embraced our inner hippie with appropriately-themed (but kumbaya-free) tunes. Two interviews tonight: first with Scott Shea, who's currently touring Canada with his first solo album. Later in the show I chatted with Melissa Bandura, aka Familiar Wild, who's hosting a benefit April 23 for Mid-Main Community Health Centre.Take care, hugs all around, and many thanks for listening! Hope you enjoy this podcast.valfolkoasis@gmail.com

My apologies for technical glitches and strange noises which occurred during tonight's broadcast. Ghosts in the machines, I'm convinced! In any case, I hope you enjoy an eclectic music mix which includes a Newfoundlander on accordion, a Malian on guitar, and an Acadian on vocals.Joining me live in the studio tonight were local troubador Rodney Decroo, accompanied by upright bass player Mark Haney. We heard some exquisite tunes from Rodney's latest album.To those who celebrate/partake, a happy 4-20! Spark 'em if you got 'em. ;-)hugs, valfolkoasis@gmail.com

I'm back from a great few days in Portland, OR. Hope you all got up to something fun over Easter weekend?In any case, here's tonight's 2 hours of eclectic folk/roots music, in all its splendour. Mostly new and Canadian, with nods eastward to Austin and Eastern Europe. I chatted early in the show with Montreal blues artist Michael Jerome Browne, who's about to start a Western Canadian tour. Enjoy! And thanks, as always, for listening.cheers, valfolkoasis@gmail.com

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

Happy 6th day of spring! (how are you liking it so far?) Today I dug into the vinyl library and pulled out a classic Canadian folk album from 1973, "Coast to Coast Fever" by David Wiffen. Hope you enjoy it and the usual eclectica that filled the rest of my two hours. Wishing you well and thanking you for your support, I remain,Val.folkoasis@gmail.com

A special 2 1/2 hour edition of Folk Oasis this week.Album feature: "A Wanderer I'll Stay" by Pharis & Jason Romero. Joining me live in the studio tonight were Gina Loes and Sarah Lewis, two ex-pat Americans who met here at UBC some years ago. They've developed a musical kinship and are about to do a little West Coast tour. Hear what they really think about Canada! ;-)Also: a 10 min. Grateful Dead tune. Depending on your predilections, you're welcome! Or, sorry.. Thanks for listening, and HAPPY SPRING!Val folkoasis@gmail.com

The end of winter is in sight, my friends! Welcome to another edition of Folk Oasis. Tonight's interview was with genre-jumping fiddle/violin player Anne Lindsay. She's doing a little tour of BC, including an opening gig for the Arrogant Worms. A very interesting woman!Thanks to all to donated to our recent Fundrive; it's not too late to put a little $ in our humble pot... http://citr.ca/donateHappy CelticFest, St. Patrick's, etc. Thanks for listening and have a great week!slainte, Valfolkoasis@gmail.com

Yes, kids, it's that time of year again. Have you donated yet to your favourite kumbaya-free folk show? No? Well, head over to the secure donation site at http://citr.ca and please help us out. This year's theme is "Let's Get Digital". Joining me via Dropbox was UBC Radio alumni and station supporter Ken Hardie. Thanks for his contribution of not only money, but great stories and field recordings from the 1960's. Bonus: a new Good For Grapes track!Thanks again for listening, and thanks for your support.See you next week!Val folkoasis@gmail.com

Welcome to another edition of Folk Oasis! This one focuses on the Festival du Bois, which returns to Mackin Park in Coquitlam Feb. 26 to March 1. Jocelyn Pettit, a young fiddler/stepdancer from Squamish, will be performing at the festival and was my featured interview this evening. Also prepare to be wowed by a track from "Les Yeux Noir", a French gypsy-klezmer outfit playing in Vancouver this weekend. It's still Heart Month, so take care of your ticker! Then it'll take care of you...As always, many thanks/gros merci for listening. Have a great rest of the week!val folkoasis@gmail.com

Welcome to tonight's edition of Folk Oasis, extended by about 30 minutes. This gave time to stretch out and do an album feature: the new one (Animals, Insects, and People) by Toronto's Foggy Hogtown Boys. Check them out during their BC tour in March! I also covered several topical themes in a musical way, including: Ash Wednesday, the supermoon, and Year of the Sheep.Gung hey fat choi to all, and thanks for listening! See you next week...cheers, valfolkoasis@gmail.com

"Love is love is love", as Julie Gold sings on tonight's show. Tonight we're all about love and "love-adjacent" emotions. (you know..lust, pain, affection, happiness, depression, etc. etc.) Tonight's live phone interview was with the lovely Karen Savoca. Remember the "miracle of the shoes" from Vancouver Folk Fest 1999?Hope you enjoy tonight's show, and thanks for listening. Happy Valentine's to you all, and be sure to reach out and show someone...anyone!...that you care.xo,val folkoasis@gmail.com

It's the shortest month, folks! Hope you're keeping warm and dry and cozy. Tonight's eclecticity included a vinyl folk compilation from 1985, a song from Bob Dylan's new album, and some Québécois trad call-and-response. Thanks, as always, for listening, and hope you enjoy tonight's offerings.cheers, valfolkoasis@gmail.com

January 2015 is rolling to an end; hope it's been a good month for all y'all. Tonight I dug into the vinyl vaults to feature Ry Cooder's soundtrack for the Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas. Singing by Harry Dean Stanton! I also cobbled together a musical trip across oceans to pay tribute to musicologist and collector of folk tunes Alan Lomax. He was born 100 years ago this week. Early in the show I had a chat with the lovely Miss Quincy, who has an upcoming show at the Imperial, and pop-up brunch at her home! (see rocknrollbushcook.com for details)All in all a fun two hours. Hope you enjoy it, and thanks so much for listening.cheers, valfolkoasis@gmail.com

Show #3 of 2015, and all is relatively quiet on UBC campus this cloudy evening. Joining me live in the studio at 8:30 was Adam Giles Levy. He's originally from Guildford, UK and now resides in East Van, near Winsome Kind (my studio guests from 2 weeks ago). Filling out the show was a tribute to Leadbelly, some banjo tunes, a New Orleans brass band and more. Hope you enjoy it!Thanks, as always, for listening, and hope you're keeping warm 'n dry.cheers, valfolkoasis@gmail.com

2nd show of 2015, on a clear cold West Coast evening. I had a lovely phone chat with Winnipeg-based songwriter Christine Fellows. (fun fact: she is an adjunct UBC professor and co-teaches a course in the Creative Writing Dept. with her partner John K. Samson) She'll be in town for the upcoming PuSH Festival. The rest of the two eclectic hours were filled with classic country, Balkan brass band, singer-songwriters young and old, and even an 11-minute suite about Laos. Whew! Enjoy, and hope you're warm and cozy..cheers, valfolkoasis@gmail.com