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Welcome to The Stew –

The guest this week is singer, songwriter, father and family man Kurt Vile. We found him at home in Philly.

He’s spent the better part of his forty years on the road. With The War on Drugs, his band The Violators worked with The Sadies, Dinoseau Jr, Courtney Barnett, and many more.

The guy has released 18 EP’s.  The latest is called Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (EP)

It has 5 songs and was recorded over 4 years at The Butcher Shoppe in Nashville.

Originally home to  Cowboy Jack Clement and later,  his protégé David “Fergie” Ferguson, himself a Nashville Studio legend.

One of Kurt’s musical heroes was the late John Prine who had an interest in the studio and a rehearsal space inside it.

And THAT is how Kurt Vile got to sing a duet with John Prine on a 5 song EP.

The complete interview can be heard on the MulliganStew Podcast (subscribe at Spotify. Google Play Apple Podcasts)

And OH The playlist…

Brittany Howard, Robert Plant, Paul Butterfield, Dion and Paul Simon, Mark Knopfler,  Joni Mitchell (on her birthday)  Leonard Cohen (because we lost him on this day 1982), Stones, Fleetwood Mac (The orig) Tami Neilson and The Meters and more..

Enjoy!!

And Nov 11 – NEVER FORGET!!!!

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Hello Stew Heads…

-TDM

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Hello All and thank you for checking us out on The Stew.

Matt Quinn, lead singer, and songwriter for Mt Joy is our interview guest.

Mt Joy is an  LA based band with strong Philadelphia roots.

Earlier this summer,  they headlined an impromptu Livestream event on their social media featuring appearances from The Lumineers, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Liz Vice, Houndmouth, and many more. They all raised more than $30K for MusiCares and Philabundance – a show of the band’s civic pride.   mtjoyband.com.

Their second album is called Rearrange Us.

Rearrange Us was not just a popular breakthrough but an emotionally mature, philosophically expansive work produced by Tucker Martine (My Morning Jacket, Modest Mouse) that shows that Matt and Mt Joy are continuing to grow sonically and artistically.  A growing reputation as a great live artist  Mt Joy has toured with The Lumineers, Neko Case, and The Shins; they’ve played Bonnaroo, Newport, and Lollapalooza!

They loved playing in Canada…Matt remembers Toronto especially as being the first audience to love them from the first notes and that they were each given their own room in the hotel. Just like real people.

Enjoy the music and conversation. Great Fun.  What a fine band.

As for the rest of Mulligan Stew ….

So much music to play..so many memorable songs..all neatly tucked into two hours of airtime.

Frazey Ford, Paul Butterfield, Steely Dan, Dave Mathews Band, Tom Waits, The Police and U2 Live, Harry Manx, Norah Jones, Feist, Imelda May, Amy Helm, Peter Gabriel, and Small Glories.

The 2 hours is dedicated to the life and memory of Abeg Kon of Chestermere.

And to her family.  (Stop the Bullies.  NOW!)

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Two Hours of Saturday Night Music for a Long Labour Day Weekend.

I got your FLOW!!

We’re all going through the same feelings and changes

Fall weather. Fall emotions. School starting. Summer ending.

All those stops and starts – what we could use is FLOW…

The playlist features

New Tracks from Jim Cuddy/Cindy Blackman Santana/Dawes/Kathleen Edwards/Scott Cook/The Avett Brothers

Classic tracks from Talking Heads/Travelling Wilburys /Marvin Gaye/Bonnie Raitt/Mt Joy/Led Zep/Leo Kottke/Ritchie Havens/Ray Lamontagne.

Throw in a double shot of Boz Scaggs  (Just got to know & Cadillac Walk)

Carlos Santana & Eric Clapton

Herbie Hancock And Stevie Wonder

Maceo Parker

John Fogerty

Mount Joy

And we finish off the show with a killer track…

Breakdown (Live)  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 

No Interviews. No Specials.  No Themes.

Just music that FLOWS.

Have a safe weekend.

-TDM

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The suggestion to me for this show was – It’s the last Saturday in August..how about tunes that reflect this moment in the year…A Year unlike any other.

John Prine  Summers end

Dar Williams  The end of Summer

Harry Manx  Baby, please come on home

Jim Byrnes  Long hot Summer days

Bobby Bazini – Summer is Gone

Madeleine Peyroux  Summer Wind

Joni Mitchell  Big Yellow Taxi

Neil Young.  Harvest Moon

How about some SATURDAY night music?

Tower of Power, new Terra Lightfoot, the latest from Bob Dylan, Pedrito Martinez and Eric Clapton,  Fantastic Negrito,  Whitehorse, and Tedeschi Trucks.

Ann Peebles. Andy Shauf. Bruce Springsteen Live on Broadway. New Dawes. Ray Charles and Wilson Pickett back to back.

FYI –

Taylor Goldsmith from Dawes will be our guest on Sept 12^th.  He brings a new album Good Luck with Whatever. (Oct 2)

OH… Next weekend Sept 4-6 it’s the 2 Rivers Remix.

An annual festival of Contemporary Indigenous Music.

Normally it would be held next weekend in Lytton, BC. This year its Live Streamed. 2RiversRemix.ca

Headliners next weekend are Buffy, Kinnie Starr, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Pig Siq, Shawnee

The guest on this week’s MulliganStew Podcast is Kinnie Starr. With a lot to say.

(Spotify. Google Play. Apple Podcasts)

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