I met with Tony Decker, the lead singer-songwriter for Great Lake Swimmers at the Twisted Pines Music in Movies festival just prior to his mainstage set. Since 2002 Great Lake Swimmers have produced 4 albums of ethereal atmospheric pop-folk music.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Moving Pictures, Silent Films (©Tony Decker)

Song For the Angels (©Tony Decker)

Where In The World Are You (©Tony Decker)

Name Dropping

You can purchase Great Lake Swimmers music, find out when they are playing near you, and all sorts of great trivia at greatlakeswimmers.com or at their record label weewerk.com.

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Earlier this year, I interviewed Washboard Hank, about his memories of Willie P. Bennett.

I was able to interview Hank at the Twisted Pines Music in Movies festival about his own music and songwriting. Washboard Hank is a Canadian folk music institution. He has released several CDs of quirky and humorous music, a Children’s CD and played for many years in Fred Eaglesmith’s band. Our interview delved into the meat of songwriting but also features some of his more adult oriented material so I’m putting an Itunes explicit label on this episode.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

I’m Just a Lonesome Garbage Truck (© Washboard Hank)

The Empties in the Trunk go Clink, Clank, Clunk (© Washboard Hank)

I’m So Glad I Got My Gentle Vasectomy (© Washboard Hank)

Thump, Thump (© Washboard Hank)

Also for your enjoyment, check out these videos of Washboard Hank at the Twisted Pines Festival:

I Love You Queen Elizabeth (© Washboard Hank)

Washboard Boogie (© Washboard Hank)

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James Gordon has been a fixture of the Canadian folk music scene for over 25 years. He was a founding member of Tamarack, and played with them for 22 years before going solo about 10 years ago. He has written hometown songs and humorous songs for CBC radio, and has written a number of musical plays. I interviewed James at the Mariposa Folk Festival on the deck of his hand-made houseboat, the Eramosa Belle. For this episode, James and I both played a lovely handmade guitar built by Ron Belanger. You can find out how to purchase any of James’ 40 CDs at http://jamesgordon.ca.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Farther Along the Road (© James Gordon)

The Secret of Rock and Roll (© James Gordon)

Pawpine (© James Gordon)

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Matthew Wayne Selznick is one of the pioneers in podcasting and Social Media. His podcast novel, Brave Men Run, which was first released in November 2005, it was the first work of fiction to be released simultaneously as a podcast, downloadable ebook, and for purchase as a print-on-demand book. Over the last 3 years, he has had several podcasts. He is well known as an advocate of the DIY (Do It Yourself) philosophy of creativity. He was involved with Podiobooks.com in its early stages and now is a community developer at Mahalo.com. He is also a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who is working to post 20 years of his music on his website at mattselznick.com .

His novel, Brave Men Run, has been picked up for mainstream release by Swarm Press and will be released on July 13. Matthew is asking all his fans to purchase the book on July 13 at Amazon.com to see if we can get it to number 1 on the science fiction charts. He will also be running an all day Brave Men Run-a- thon/ release party at mattselznick.com on July 13.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Elvis C. (© Matt Selznick)

Children’s Day (© Matt Selznick)

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Enjoy a slice of PAB.

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Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Pizza in Paradise (© Joe Tunon)

Ecumenical Day (© Joe Tunon)

Every Time (© Joe Tunon)

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Once a month, George Scott and Jason Cliche host a Songwriter’s Showcase at the beautiful Gibson Centre in Alliston, Ontario. I drove the family down on March 2 for a wonderful afternoon of original music featuring Ashley Condon and Douglas John Cameron. I sat down with Ashley for an interview after the show. Ashley Condon was raised in PEI and now lives in Guelph, Ontario. This episode is a little unusual because I use live footage from the concert, interspersed with our interview. I also hope to feature Douglas John Cameron on an upcoming episode.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Let it Go– (© Ashley Condon)

Everything (© Ashley Condon)

When I’m With You (© Ashley Condon)

Name Dropping (links)

Ashley Condon

Douglas John Cameron

Songwriter’s Showcase

(photo by Sarah McGaughey)

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Nick Alexander

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)
This Time of 40 Days (© Nick Alexander)
Holy God We Praise Your Great Name ( © Nick Alexander)
Name Dropping

Nick Alexander Webpage

Nick Alexander on Myspace

Top Catholic Songs

My Previous interview with Nick Alexander for my 40 Days of Catholic Media project.

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The first was a version of The Librivox Song Penned by Daniel known as Great Plains on the Librivox forums. It was featured on Librivox Community Podcast 80.
(To the tune of “I’m Henry the 8th I Am”) (Don’t worry. “I’m Henry the 8th I Am” is in the PD, so we’re clear.)
I’ll read for LibriVox dot org!
Read for Librivox dot org dot org!
I’ll go post on the message board,
then I’ll grab a micphone and record!
And every book will soon be read,
Written by the authors who are dead.
I’ll head on over to LibriVox,
And read for LibriVox dot org!

Good Job Daniel. And be sure to check out his blog.

The second was the Catholic New Media Celebration Blues. I won’t be able to go the the Catholic New Media Celebration in Atlanta on June 22, 2008, but that doesn’t mean I can’t help promote it. Here is a video and downloadable mp3 of the CNMC Blues.

Enjoy
Sean aka ductapeguy

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Ground Zero (© Bruce Chambers)

Long Way to Go (© Bruce Chambers)

Name Dropping (links)

Web:

Bruce Chambers website

Bruce Chambers on Soundclick

Bruce Chambers on Myspace

Long Island Podcast Network

Hot Web Ideas

Podcaster Who’s Who

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Tonight there was a wonderful preview performance by African musician, Mansa Sissoko and Canadian drummer, David Finkle. The podcast features about 10 minutes of it. They will be performing again on Saturday May 17, after a screening of Road To Baylea which features Mansa and several Canadian musicians.

Information on showtimes and tickets for the festival can be found at http://twistedpines.com.

On Friday May 9, the Twisted Pines Music in Movies Festival kicked off at the North Simcoe Rec Centre with a showing of Amazing Journey, The story of the Who and a performance by the Wholigans.

In the Podcast I talk with Darrin Atkinson, drummer for the Wholigans, who grew up in Midland. I also talk with Andrew Nicolls, who introduced the evening. I close the podcast with Paul Northcott giving an overview of the events of the festival this week upcoming. The Festival continues all week from May 11-19 with be nightly presentations of movies about music followed by great live performances, lectures and more. During the daytime, festival performers will be going to local schools.

Information on showtimes and tickets for the festival can be found at http://twistedpines.com.

Ben Sures is a veteran singer songwriter with 4 CDs to his credit. His song, Any Precious Girl won the John Lennon Songwriting competition and placed second in the International songwriting competition His new album, ‘Field Guide to Loneliness was released at the end of February. In February, we had Ben over for a house concert. We recorded the interview just prior to dinner before the concert. Sorry for the background noises, but people were beginning to arrive for dinner and the concert.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)
Any Precious Girl (© Ben Sures)

If I had a Ray Gun ( © Ben Sures)

The Future Aint What it Used to Be( © 2003 Sean McGaughey)

2 Vignettes ( © Ben Sures)

The Last Full Blood From Serpant River (in progress) ( © Ben Sures)

Holes ( © Ben Sures)

Name Dropping

Ben Sures Official Webpage. Check here for CD sales, tour information, and all things Ben.

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In this special podcast I play the trailer for About a Son, a biography of Kurt Cobain told in his own words from his writings and personal recordings. I interview Ricki C., who is the road manager for Hamell on Trial, who will be performing on Thursday May 15 and Friday May 16 and at other events throughout the festival. I play Hail from Hamell on Trial’s 2003 Album, Tough Love. I close the show with a trailer for Control, a documentary about the life and death of Ian Curtis, the lead singer for Joy Division.

Information on showtimes and tickets for the festival can be found at http://twistedpines.com.

In this special podcast I play the trailer for Amazing Journey, the Story of The Who, (May 9, North Simcoe Recreation Centre with a performance by the Wholigans). Paul Northcott gives an overview of the events festival. I play a trailer for Song Sung Blue, a documentary about a couple who have a Neil Diamond and Reba McIntire Tribute act (Sunday, May 11, 2008 at the Inn at Bay Moorings followed with perfomances by the Great Lake Swimmers and the Metis Fiddler Quartet). .  I close the podcast with the trailer for All Hat which can be seen on May 12, 2008 at the Inn at Bay Moorings followed with a perfomance by theLive Performance of The United Steel Workers of Montreal.

Information and tickets for the festival can be found at http://twistedpines.com.

UPDATE: May 2.  It turns out it was an overzealous indexing bot but there was no significant impact to the site.  I’ve turned all the podcast episodes back on and everything should be working properly.  Sorry for the one day break in the availability of my podcast.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

When Big Boys Cry( © 1994 Rob Heath and Nicki Berns)

The Future Aint What It Used to Be (©2003 S. McGaughey)

What Jenny Draws (© 1998 Rob Heath)

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Fortunately, I was able to arrange an interview with Kyle Heimann of Popple. Popple are getting quite well known around the podosphere for their quirky, funny nerdy songs about life and faith.

Unfortunately, we had to reschedule the interview.

Fortunately, Kyle installed Skype so we could record in relatively high quality using his professional mic and mixer.

Unfortunately, his connection would cut out for about 4 seconds every minute or so.

Fortunately, he was willing to use Skype just as a conduit and record his own end of the conversation then I could piece them together.

Fortunately, that meant he could play songs live on the recording.

Unfortunately, the problem wasn’t with Kyle’s internet connection. His computer was taking a 5 sec nap every few minutes.

Fortunately, I just spliced in the album cuts of Popple’s songs.

Unfortunately, my editing program crashed just before I finished the editing, and I neglected to save it.

Fortunately, I had the original files, and just edited them together again.

Unfortunately, just as I finished saving the Mp3, I was tidying my hard disk and DELETED the WHOLE WORKING FOLDER!!!!! AARRGGHHH!!!

Fortunately, I edited it back together again and it’s awesome.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Contra(© Popple)

Henry the Ninja(© Popple)

Duct Tape Song(©1999 S. McGaughey)

Peanut Butter Sandwiches (© Popple)

You can buy Popple’s CDs, including the new CD, Plaid, at Popple.us

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For many years, I have loved the music and antics of Washboard Hank, both with his own band and as a member of Fred Eaglesmith’s band. Last week, he was in town performing and schools and playing a couple of promotional events for Twisted Pines Music and Art. I caught up with Hank and we reminisced about the life and death of his good friend Willie P. Bennett.

We were joined by Paul Northcott the A.D. of the Twisted Pines Festival who shared some of his memories of Willie P., and gave a sneak peek into some of the events happening at the Twisted Pines Music in Movies Festival on May 5-19 in Midland and Penetanguishene. Washboard Hank will be performing at the festival, and I hope to record a full episode of For the Sake of the Song with him, showcasing his songwriting and his music.

Information and tickets for the festival can be found at http://twistedpines.com.

For many years I have enjoyed the novels of Paul Quarrington. Paul is a Canadian author who has written novels, magazine articles, screenplays and songs for over 30 years. He has received the prestigious Governor General’s Literary award for English Fiction and the Stephen Leacock Award for Humour. In the early 80’s, he had a number 1 Canadian single with Martin Worthy as Quarrington-Worthy. He and Martin Worthy also toured for many years with Joe Hall and The Continental Drift. They are still together as the core of Pork Belly Futures, which also includes Chas Elliot, Stuart Laughton and Rebecca Campbell.

This episode of For the Sake of the Song is a bit unusual. In November, Pork Belly Futures played a benefit concert for the Twisted Pines Music Festival in Penetanguishene. Paul Quarrington and Claire Cameron also did public readings at the Midland and Penetanguishene public libraries. Their day was so tightly booked that I could not record a dedicated 1/2 hour interview with Paul. Instead, you will hear us at the library readings, performances by Pork Belly Futures at the concert that evening, and short interviews with Paul Quarrington, Martin Worthy and Chas Elliot.

E njoy

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

A Reading from King Leary (1987) (© Paul Quarrington)

Gladstone Hotel (© Paul Quarrington)

Bon Vivant (© Paul Quarrington)

Gladstone Hotel (© Paul Quarrington)

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Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

The Sea if I Care (© Kevin Lockhead)

The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Dreams and Magic (© Kevin Lockhead)

Name Dropping (Links Mentioned in this Episode)
Chinook Website

Swisssh Internet Radio, Orillia’s own streaming internet radio station

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K7 Day on March 17 was a resounding success. I sent out voice messages to about 11 podcasts, and I received 3 voicemail messages: 1 for a Catholic Canadian and two which I’ll play here. Just a reminder that tomorrow is March K27. Take 7 minutes to send some voice feedback to a podcaster or two. K7 Day was also featured on the Canadian Podcast Buffet. Thanks Mark and Bob.

Check out the K7 Day group on Facebook. Join the group and remember to add to the conversation by leaving a message for a podcaster on the 7th, 17th and 27th of the month. P.S. my K7 feedback number is 206-337-0611 . I am hoping that this meme will catch on as the months go by.

A few episodes back, I featured an interview with Tom Slatter. Apparently that interview inspired Tom to think about why he started the Songwright blog and podcast. Here is Songwright - A Manifesto (kind of) « Songwright. I’m flattered to have inspired a manifesto– sort of.

Voice Feedback from: John Meadows of the exceptional On the Log podcast. Drew Beatty also left a voice message.

I recieved an email from Stevie Z from The Sieve recommending that I check out Robbie Hancock. I will definitely do that.
I got another email recommendation from Maria Johnson suggesting that I interview Joe Tunon (holymoly.net). I’ve done that and it’s scheduled for release on June 20. I love getting guest recommendations from my listeners. I figure that if someone likes another person’s songwriting enough to recommend them, then I should check that writer out. Thus far I’ve done about 4 shows based on listener recommendations. Keep them coming.

My daughter has taken to writing lovely songs. I have a recording of her singing Alley Cat.

For the Sake of the Song and A Catholic Canadian are finally available on the Itunes Music Store. It took me some time to get around to it because there is no Itunes client for linux and in order to submit a podcast, you have to have an Itunes account which requires that you give Apple a credit card number. Don’t get me started on that.

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Songs:

Theme Music:

For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

All the Times I Never Wrote You a Love Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Angels (©2007 S. McGaughey)

Alley Cat (©2008 Sarah McGaughey)

No Matter What Your Age Is (©2003 S. McGaughey) Performed by Russ Clayton on Rock and Roar with Russ russmusic.net.

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Tim Chesterton is an Edmonton based folk-singer-songwriter, novelist, prolific blogger, and Anglican minister. His blog, Talespin is a central repository for his music, his photography, the evolving drafts of his novel, A Time to Mend, and his insights on the Internet and everyday life. He has produced one CD, The Falcon Carol, which can be purchased through his website. Proceeds from the sale of the CD go to Habitat for Humanity. I met Tim at an open stage in Edmonton when I was visiting my parents there a couple years ago.

Songs:

Theme Music: For the Sake of the Song (©2003 S. McGaughey)

Lord Franklin ( Traditional: Arrangement© T. Chesterton)

Watching This Town Growing Old ( © T. Chesterton)

The Falcon Carol( Traditional- B. Britten: Arrangement © T. Chesterton)

Name Dropping

Talespin: Tim Chesterton main webpage

An Anabaptist Anglican Tim’s sabbatical blog
The Falcon Carol
Tim’s songs at MySpace
Tim’s songs at GarageBand.com
Tim’s songs at Folk Alley
Tim’s songs at ezFolk

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