Radio and television personality Terry David Mulligan talks about his early struggles getting into radio. This excerpt was from the television program Conversation filmed in 1988. The interviewer was Lawrence Crosthwaite. The show was directed and produced by John Richardson.
Otis Redding
Tom Waits.. (not so classic Christmas card from a Hooker in Minneapolis) and
Lyle Lovett – The Girl with the Holiday Smile
James Taylor
The Bruce Brothers – Cockburn and Springsteen
John Prine
Real Roy Forces – Got me some Mincemeat Tart, Dave “Mr Christmas GoGo, Darlene Love.
U2, Be Good Tanyas, Colin James, BB King, Travelling Wilburys, Roomful of Blues, etc.
NEW Christmas tunes from
Blue Rodeo
Rod Stewart w CeeLo Green and Trombone Shorty
Lindi Ortega
And a LOT more..
Wall to Wall Christmas Stew.
So..if you’re doing last minute shopping, in the kitchen getting ready to have guests over or making dinner..You’re Christmas music is all laid out for you..
Just head for CKUA and CKUA.COM
| James Taylor | James Taylor at Christmas |
| Lyle Lovett | Release Me |
| Bruce Cockburn | Christmas |
| playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | coming UP Norah Jones, Sting, Tom Waits |
| Sting | If on a Winter’s Night |
| Norah Jones | Mojo Christmas |
| Tom Waits | Blue Valentine |
| BB King | A Celebration of Hope |
| playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Coming UP U2, The Wilburys, Blue Rodeo |
| U2 | Christmas |
| The Travelling Wilburys | Christmas single |
| Aaron Neville | Christmas |
| Joan Osborne | Christmas means Love |
| playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | |
| Blue Rodeo | A Merrie Christmas to You |
| Rod Stewart. Cee Lo Green. Trombone Shorty | Christmas Single |
| The Drifters | Christmas singles |
| playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Next Week Jim Cuddy guests |
| Twitter@tdmulligan | |
| Roomful of Blues | Christmas 3 |
| Bruce Springsteen | Christmas of Hope |
| The Be Good Tanyas | Christmas 4 |
| Lindi Ortega | Tennesse Christmas |
| playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Next Week Jim Cuddy guests |
| Otis Redding | Celebrate the Seasons |
| Colin james | Christmas |
| playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Twitter@tdmulligan |
| Darlene Love | Phil Spectors Christmas album |
| Blue Rodeo | A Merrie Christmas to You |
| John Prine | Christmas |
| Next week Jim Cuddy | Twitter@tdmulligan |
| Dave GoGo | Christmas with the Blues |
| Joan Osborne | Christmas means Love |
| Roy Forbes | Great Canadian Goldrush |
| Steve Pineo | Steve Pineos Christmas album |
TDM on…
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Vikram Vij takes to the streets. The Wine Diva brings a serious year end wine list, her Top 50 wines over $20 and 90 points or better.
How does a family from New Jersey move to California and become one of the best wine making families in Sonoma? Chris Benziger guests.
Wine Expert Mireille Sauve from The Wine Umbrella brings great background on Languedoc wines!
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Vikram Vij –
Born in India, Vikram left home at the age of 20 to begin his culinary journey abroad. Vikram immigrated to Alberta in 1989 and started work at the Banff Springs Hotel.
A certified sommelier, Vikram opened his first restaurant, Vij’s, in Vancouver in 1994 to great success. A strict no-reservations policy has led to a nightly line-up outside the restaurant doors. New York Times food writer Mark Bittman said Vij’s was “easily among the finest Indian restaurants in the world.” He now operates three restaurants with more in the works and a gourmet food truck in the Greater Vancouver area, and his line of packaged curries is available at grocery stores across the country. The author of two best-selling cookbooks, he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2001 and is a judge on Food Network’s Top Chef Canada and Chopped Canada as well as CBC’s Recipe to Riches. He’s one of the Dragon’s Den hosts. Thing is we don’t have enough space for his awards..books, deals and press articles but we will say he was just awarded Surrey’s Businessperson of the Year.
It’s the Vij’s Railway Express food truck we’re interested in this week.. we find this culinary celebrity working Georgia street in front of his truck..not just shaking hands but WORKING THE STREETS..Hard core Vikram!
http://www.vijs.ca/
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The Wine Diva
Daenna Van Mulligen
www.winediva.ca
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Chris Benziger – Sonoma
Chris Benziger
Benziger in the fog
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Ned Bell wins Chef of the year in Toronto
KRISTIAN ELIGH..Gold Medal Chef wins in BC.
The Wine Diva with last minute Wine Gifts
The Skydiggers are headed to Calgary’s Ironwood Stage and Grill this Saturday, December 6th. The band recently released an expanded version of their Christmas CD Angel. Andy Maize of the band will join Terry .
SKYDIGGERS EXPANDS ANGELS INTO FULL LP FOR CHRISTMAS 2014
TAKES THEIR LEGENDARY HORSESHOE CHRISTMAS SHOW ON TOUR
ANGELS OUT TODAY!
Last year Skydiggers released an acclaimed EP of Christmas music entitled Angels. This year the renowned roots rock group have expanded that collection into a full LP of holiday tidings. The album is out today and is available to stream in its entirety now courtesy of Exclaim! Catch Skydiggers on tour across Canada this December.
STREAM ANGELS LP HERE COURTESY OF EXCLAIM!
ORDER ANGELS LP HERE
PHOTO CREDIT: HEATHER POLLOCK
Last year Skydiggers released an EP of Christmas music entitled Angels as part of their 25th anniversary celebration. This year they have expanded that collection into a full LP of holiday songs to be released onNovember 18. Available to stream in its entirety via Exclaim!, the album combines both traditional and popular songs that are joyous and at times melancholy. Adding to the five tracks released in 2013, the album now includes a John Jacob Niles’ arrangement of “I Wonder As I Wander”, traditional British carol “The Holly And The Ivy”, and “Minuit Chretiens”, the Placide Cappeau poem known in English as “O Holy Night”. The set also includes a heartfelt acoustic version of “Where’s My Baby, Tonight?” as well as a new original “Remember Me”. Rounding out the LP is a special hidden track by Will Oldham featuring Peter Cash called “I See A Darkness”.
“In expanding the Angels Christmas EP into a full length album we realized that the most moving moments of the season are more than just expressions of glad tidings and comfort and joy,” says Skydigger Andy Maize. “That there are moments of melancholy, regret and truth that are in their own way as much a part of the Christmas experience as any joyous carol. And that Angels are with us throughout the year, and that with their guidance we are free to celebrate our quieter, more personal moments as well.”
For nearly 25 years Skydiggers’ friends and fans, returning home for the holidays, have been gathering the weekend before Christmas at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto to celebrate the season to the soundtrack of the band’s distinctive rootsy Christmas tunes, special guests and Skydiggers’ classics. And this year, along with releasing a full length Christmas album, Skydiggers are taking this seasonal celebration on the road.
A portion of the sales from Angels will be donated to The Unison Benevolent Fund. More details can be found at unisonfund.com.
TRACKLIST
I See A Darkness (hidden track)
TOUR DATES
Dec 1 – Kitchener, ON – Centre In The Square
Dec 5 – Winnipeg, MB – West End Cultural Centre * ##
Dec 6 – Calgary, AB – Ironwood Stage & Grill ##
Dec 10 – Burnstown, ON – Neat Schoolhouse Stage
Dec 12 – Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre (Fourth Stage)
Dec 13 – Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre (Fourth Stage)
Dec 19 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
Dec 20 – Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern
* a portion of the proceeds donated to the Kevin Walters Memorial Fund
## these shows are an acoustic quartet (Andy Maize, Josh Finlayson, Jessy Bell Smith, Michael Johnston)
SKYDIGGERS ONLINE
www.skydiggers.com
www.facebook.com/skydiggers
www.twitter.com/skydiggers
Enjoy!
PLAYLIST:
| Don’t forget your hat | Mark Knopfler | Privateering |
| Survival | Georgie Fame | Cool Cat Blues |
| Indian Ocean | Frazey Ford | Indian Ocean |
| Host TDM | playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Coming UP Andy Maize / Skydiggers |
| Spoonful | Howling Wolf | Mojo-Chess Classics 2005 |
| Ball the Wall | Professor Longhair | Blues Masters |
| Break | mulliganstew.ca | NEXT Andy Maize/Skydiggers |
| Andy Maize Talks Skydigger Christmas release Angels | Playing tonight at Ironwood in Calgary | |
| 2000 Miles | Skydiggers | Angels |
| Andy Maize Talks Skydigger Christmas release Angels | Playing tonight at Ironwood in Calgary | |
| Church Bells Ringing | Skydiggers | Angels |
| Andy Maize Talks Skydigger Christmas release Angels | Playing tonight at Ironwood in Calgary | |
| Bonnie Prince Billy | skydiggers | Angels |
| The Wheat Kings | The Tragically Hip | Fully Completely |
| Host TDM | ||
| Chicago | Tom Waits | bad as me |
| Break | playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Coming up Remembering Bobby Keyes |
| Pink Houses | John Mellencamp | Performs Trouble No More. Live at Town Hall |
| Chimes of Freedom | Bruce Springsteen | 4 track Vinyl 12″ |
| Host TDM | Coyote cafe | |
| Can’t you hear me knockin | The Rolling Stones | Sticky Fingers |
| without words | Ray Lamontagne | The Fault in our Stars |
| Paris Texas | Ry Cooder | Music by Ry Cooder |
| Break | playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Coming Up Heavy Lennie |
| Masters of War | Pearl Jam | Benaroya Hall |
| Banjo | Leonard Cohen | Old Ideas |
| Poor Howard | Robert Plant | Lullaby & the Ceaseless Roar |
| To love Somebody | Bobby Bazini (serena Ryder) | Where I belong |
| September Fields | Frazey Ford | Indian Ocean |
| Paris Texas | Ry Cooder | Music by Ry Cooder |
TDM on…
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The Pride of Newfoundland Alan Doyle kicks off the show.
Then stories on two remarkable Bordeaux blends from the South Okanagan..
The Iconic Osoyoos Larose and the newest blend that wishes to be World Class – One Faith.
Guests include Mathieu Mercier, Harry McWatters, Bill Lui, Anne Vawter and Dick Cleave.
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Alan Doyle is fully in the Family Business. That business is music.
That’s what The Doyle’s of Petty Harbour Nfld are known for.
We know Alan from his voice and songs from Great Big Sea and his solo work.
Now comes Alan Doyle..the Book!! It’s called Where I Belong.
It’s such a wonderful read..all about growing up in Petty Harbour where any new face stood out and there seemed to be no secrets in the community.
The Doyle’s had no furniture, beds, bathrooms, hot water BUT they had a Piano, which Alan promptly broke.
And running out of heating oil in the Winter was cause for a Out Of Oil Party.
We’ll talk about some of the characters who shaped his World and then a wine story..a very expensive bottle that belonged to his friend Russell Crowe and Alan’s need for a glass or two.
Listen to Raw Interview here:
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Two Bordeaux Blends from the Okanagan Osoyoos LaRose and the new One Faith
Harry McWatters
The invitation said One Faith – a new icon in the Okanagan Valley. A Bordeaux blend to stand alongside other greats.
The names involved are very impressive.
Bill Lui Winn Choi – a wealthy true wine fan..visited and studied all 5 Grand Cru Vineyards in France and was determined to find a vineyard in BC to replicate Bordeaux.
He found his vineyard and local knowledge in two legends Harry McWatters and Viticulturalist Richard Cleave.
What was missing was a winemaker with the chops to make this blend..Bill Lui found Anne Vawler in Napa.
Anne Vawter – Winemaker
We’re talking to all four.
Just a note: The Richard Cleave interview is from a year ago and deals briefly with the McWatters vineyard that he planted. Those vines are included in One Faith. We also talk about the Okanagan and its future. When it comes to BC vineyards – Dicks The Man!!
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Its fair to say that one of the single most popular Bordeaux blends out of BC is Osoyoos LaRose.
What began as a grand experiment has taken its place as one of the best in Canada.
The winemaker of record for many years was Pascal Madevon, a veteran French winemaker.
He brought charm and passion to the Okanagan and has moved on.
Our guest is his replacement Mathieu Mercier.
Mathieu Mercier
Mathieu was born in 1988 in Cognac to a family of cognac producers. He has degrees in viticulture and enology from two of Bordeaux’s leading universities.
He spent some time in Chile where he worked for Don Melchor, the premium winery of Concha y Toro,”
Then he worked in Bordeaux for André Lurton at Château La Louvière and Château de Rochemorin. Then to California where he worked in 2010 for Swanson Winery in Napa. He went back in 2012 making wine for Cain Vineyard and Winery in St. Helena.
We welcome Mathieu to BC and Tasting Room Radio. www.osoyooslarose.com
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Looking for Holiday gifts..
The Wine Diva has a bag of lists…
Bruce McCulloch from Kids in the Hall
World Peace through soup
The Pride of Newfoundland Alan Doyle kicks off the show.
Then stories on two remarkable Bordeaux blends from the South Okanagan..
The Iconic Osoyoos Larose and the newest blend that wishes to be World Class – One Faith.
Guests include Mathieu Mercier, Harry McWatters, Bill Lui, Anne Vawter and Dick Cleave.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Alan Doyle is fully in the Family Business. That business is music.
That’s what The Doyle’s of Petty Harbour Nfld are known for.
We know Alan from his voice and songs from Great Big Sea and his solo work.
Now comes Alan Doyle..the Book!! It’s called Where I Belong.
It’s such a wonderful read..all about growing up in Petty Harbour where any new face stood out and there seemed to be no secrets in the community.
The Doyle’s had no furniture, beds, bathrooms, hot water BUT they had a Piano, which Alan promptly broke.
And running out of heating oil in the Winter was cause for a Out Of Oil Party.
We’ll talk about some of the characters who shaped his World and then a wine story..a very expensive bottle that belonged to his friend Russell Crowe and Alan’s need for a glass or two.
http://alandoyle.ca/
Listen to Raw Interview here:
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Two Bordeaux Blends from the Okanagan Osoyoos LaRose and the new One Faith
Harry McWatters
Anne Vawter – Winemaker
Mathieu Mercier
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Looking for Holiday gifts..
The Wine Diva has a bag of lists…
Bruce McCulloch from Kids in the Hall
World Peace through soup
RAW Interview Found Here: Alan Doyle RAW
Tweet Alan your thoughts on this interview here: https://twitter.com/alanthomasdoyle
WHERE I BELONG
From Small Town to Great Big Sea
by Alan Doyle
with a foreword by Jann Arden
“Funny, wise and self-deprecating, this book is hard to put down.
Alan is a truly great storyteller and his life in a small Newfoundland fishing village is a story dying to be told.” Jim Cuddy
As a founding member of Great Big Sea, Alan Doyle is widely recognized as one of contemporary music’s most gifted singer/songwriters. For over twenty years, Great Big Sea has taken its unique blend of rock, folk and Celtic music from the shores of Newfoundland to the far corners of the world. During that time, the band has amassed a string of gold and platinum albums, while its high-energy live shows have earned legions of devoted fans across Canada and around the globe.
“I am from Newfoundland,” says Alan Doyle. “Therefore, I am a bit of a storyteller. The stories of Newfoundlanders are often confused with fairy tales and the stuff of fiction; the people, places and events in them seem exaggerated or outright weird….[but] truth really is stranger than fiction.” This fall, Alan Doyle takes readers behind the music for a nostalgic and revealing look back at the great adventure that was his childhood. On October 20, 2014, Doubleday Canada is proud to publish WHERE I BELONG: From Small Town to Great Big Sea.
“When I was a boy, I had no idea. About many things. I knew a few facts, here and there, but I was absolutely sure about very little. I had more questions than answers. I was more curious than certain.” So begins Alan Doyle’s heartfelt coming-of-age memoir. A Newfoundlander, a Catholic (and an altar boy), a lover of music from an early age, and a lone MontrealCanadiens fan in a household devoted to Gordie Howe and the Detroit Red Wings, Alan was a “Petty Harbour dog, through and through.” Located south of St. John’s, Alan’s hometown of Petty Harbour was once a thriving fishing village of approximately 500 inhabitants. It was the kind of place where a “young fella could go weeks without seeing or meeting a person that he hadn’t known for his whole life.” Against this backdrop, Doyle grows up, buoyed by a larger-than-life assortment of family members, friends and neighbours, all of whom contribute to creating a young songwriter and world-class performer-in-the-making.
As a child, young Alan learned from his parents the importance of hard work and the value of a dollar. The second son of Tom Doyle, local musician by night and orderly at the local psychiatric hospital by day, and Jean Doyle, a gifted piano teacher, Alan was born into a family steeped in love and music. The family home was a two-bedroom house with no running water and a beef-bucket for a toilet. There was no family car, meals were stretched for a family of six, and clothes were hand-me-downs. Yet the family lacked for nothing. “We made something out of nothing. Somehow, on a budget of a few thousand dollars a year, my folks managed to house, clothe and feed themselves and four kids…I’ll never understand how they did it. And I’ll never be able to explain to them how grateful I am that they did.”
In WHERE I BELONG, Alan Doyle chronicles his early years and creates a portrait of small-town Newfoundland that is by turns hilarious and poignant. Along the way, we encounter a tremendous cast of characters, all of whom left an indelible mark on Doyle. We meet Alan’s “Granda” Bernard Doyle, who never forgave Joey Smallwood for surrendering Newfoundland to Canada in 1949; old Frank Brake (with a “face like a catcher’s mitt”), who lived in an abandoned railway car and was prone to mishaps that would kill an ordinary man; “Bottlenose” Bill, a hardened fisherman whose extramarital affairs are the stuff of legend; and tough-as-nails Maureen of the Harbour Grocery, who was always quick with a harsh word and reluctant to lift a finger to help a customer, let alone to assist one of those “bastarding Doyles.”
Doyle’s tremendous gifts as a storyteller recreate a bygone era in Newfoundland’s history. Readers will stalk the wharfs with Alan and his pals as they traffic cod tongues to tourists and to local restaurants, enjoy “out-of-oil parties” where all partygoers congregate in one room to keep it warm when there’s not enough money for heat, and go on death-defying excursions deep into a treacherous gorge in pursuit of abandoned adult magazines.
At its heart, WHERE I BELONG is the story of a young boy of insatiable curiosity who is searching for answers to life’s big questions: What does it mean to be Canadian when you are isolated in the middle of the ocean? Is there a God? And, most importantly, how will I ever get a girl to kiss me?
A generous and touching look at the trials and tribulations of growing up, WHERE I BELONG is a wonderful debut work of non-fiction from a master storyteller and a remarkable Canadian talent
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ALAN DOYLE is a Canadian musician and actor, best known as a lead singer in the Canadian folk-rock band Great Big Sea. In 2012, Doyle released his first solo album, Boy on Bridge, which made the top twenty on the Canadian Albums chart. Alan lives in Newfoundland.
| Watching the River Flow | Leon Russell | Tangled up in Blues |
| Tenefire Sea | Ed Sheeran | X |
| Host TDMulligan | Playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | Special Guest Alan Doyle |
| Breakdown (live) | Tom Petty and the heartbreakers | Pack Up The Plantation |
| Bring it on Home | Cilon James & Little Big Band | Colin james and the LBB |
| November Blue | The Avett Brothers | Live Vol 2 |
| Break | Playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | 30 minutes to Adam Doyle |
| Kashmir (live) | Dave Mathews/Tim Reynolds | Live in Las vegas |
| Hold On. I’m Coming! | BB King & Eric Clapton | Riding with The King |
| No woman. No cry | Bob Marley & the Wailers | Legend (remaster) |
| Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen | Songs from The Road |
| Break | Up next on The Stew | Alan Doyle |
| Alan Doyle Interview | The Book – Where I Belong | RAW Interview at www.mulliganstew.ca |
| Testify | Alan Doyle | Alan Doyle |
| Alan Doyle Interview | The Book – Where I Belong | RAW Interview at www.mulliganstew.ca |
| A Kind of Magic | Queen | Greatest Hits |
| Alan Doyle Interview | The Book – Where I Belong | RAW Interview at www.mulliganstew.ca |
| Where I belong | Alan Doyle | Alan Doyle |
| Desire | U2 | Rattle and Hum |
| Off the Hook | Earl Hooker | The Essential Earl Hooker |
| break | Playlist www.mulliganstew.ca | |
| Im a Man | Chicago | Greatest Hits |
| Walking on Broken Glass (acoustic) | Annie Lennox | Shining Light EP |
| Host TDMulligan | Next Week – Andy Maize – The Skydiggers Xmas LP Angels | mulliganstew.ca |
| Don’t make Promises | Tim hardin | Hang on to a Dream |
| dont make Promises | Chris Smither | Drive you home again |
| I’ve got a Feeling | The Beatles | Let it Be |
| Bring it on home to me | Sam Cooke (Lou Rawls) | greatest hits |
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Okanagan Crush Pad presents wines that are Natural and Narrative!
The Wine Diva has Part Two of her Top 100 wines Under $20
Feature Country at 2015 Van Wine Fest Wine Australia pours their best.
He’s a surfer and a winemaker – Paul Clifton from Hahn Family Winery, California!
Okanagan Crush Pad is one great success story. Originally set up to provide crushing and bottling facilities for small wineries in BC, they eventually started to make their own wines as well.
Christine Coletta
Matt Dumayne OCP
Wine Diva
www.winediva.ca
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The Tour was called Savour Australia. Sounds good to me.
Mark Davidson Wine Australia
Hahn Vineyards
Paul Clifton Hahn Family Wines
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