Mulligan Stew With Terry David Mulligan

Here’s what you might know about Chief Clarence... CLARENCE LOUIE has been chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band, in the south Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, for almost 40 years. In 2013, Maclean's named him one of the “Top 50 Canadians to Watch.” In 2003, Louie was chosen by the U.S. Department of State as one of six First Nations leaders to review economic development in American Indian communities... He is a member of the Order of British Columbia, the Order of Canada, and in 2019, he was the 1st  First Nations person ever inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame. And some info you may not know. When you talk to  Chief Clarence, ask your question, and then Get Out of The Way. He’s talking about Respect. Truth. Reconciliation. Healing. Wellness. Land. Justice. Economic Freedom. He believes in Native names for Sports Teams. He believes in renaming mountains, parks, rivers and cities/towns after the original nations who called it home for 10,000 years. “tribes have been hanging around the Funding Tr

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings. The name alone gets your attention. I mean, they all wear black suits. So, you may ask, which one is Blackie. They are all Blackie. Stephen Fearing, has a fine solo career with a seriously growing fan base, outstanding critical reviews and he’s a Blackie. Tom Wilson is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, artist, and author. A bear of a human, a Mohawk soul, and a good man. Colin Linden is a music lifer. He’s doing what his head and heart told him to do. Starting when he was perhaps 8. Colin left Canada fully formed and famous,  for Nashville and set up his studio. He’s been making music ever since. Solo career, writing, creating, and producing Blackie music.  Produced Keb’ Mo’s Grammy album. Toured as part of Bob Dylan’s band. So Blackie is Stephen, Tom, OK I am loading now,  and Colin. Together, in spirit, in spirituality, and bound by 12 notes and the truth. New album is O Glory; Lost those blues again (Stephen spent a great deal of time teaching n the Maritimes this Summer. W

“Could the King of Country Music be the daughter, not the son” The 5th Tami Neilson Album is called Kingmaker. The song Kingmaker “addresses the gatekeepers and kingmakers who hold tightly to the keys of equity and minorities in the music industry and, more largely, society as a whole.” It's an amazing breakthrough album for this Canadian/New Zealand singer and songwriter. The song Beyond the Stars is about loss and grief.  Tami lost her Father.  As Tami wrote the song, she kept hearing a duet with her father's voice. She thought the best voice on the planet should sing her Father Ron’s lyric – Willie Nelson.  Willie was fully in,  as he had just lost his sister. Tami moves through, blues, country, rock, and roots, with an ease that comes from years of street busking. As we talked via Zoom I was thrilled to tell her that she had the number 1 album on the CKUA Top 30.   For a total treat,  check out the Zoom video on our TDM - YouTube Channel. (TerydavidMulligan)      

“Comedy is the ultimate truth. Jazz is hitting the notes that no one else would hit, and comedy is saying words that no one else would say.” ~ Tommy Chong “Marijuana was a new phenomenon when we started. Now it’s for everyone – doctors, lawyers, presidents.” ~ Cheech Marin   I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. Again. While I was doing rock radio in Vancouver, Richard Marin and Tommy Chong were creating comedy stand-up in a strip club. Between the strippers sets,  they would take the stage and riff for 10 minutes.  Tommys' family owned the club so they could work the stage as much as they liked. Things got funny. One night I was walking through Bacedas..a swanky 5 room club downtown and there in the comedy room were Cheech and Tommy gathering up camera gear from around the stage. Me - “whaddya doing guys?” Cheech  – “we’re recording all the bits we do  and whatever gets the most  laughs, we’re turning it  into a pitch for a stoner movie” Years later “Up in Smoke”  was a blockbuster,

Our guest Danny Cohen is a Melbourne-based director who has filmed and photographed some of the most interesting and influential figures in contemporary music. Shot on vivid 16mm film over a three-year period, ANONYMOUS CLUB chronicles notoriously shy, Melbourne-based musician Courtney Barnett’s ups and downs on the world tour for her album Tell Me How You Really Feel. Featuring Barnett’s unguarded narration from her audio diary, recorded on a dictaphone provided by filmmaker Danny Cohen, the film delivers frank and unprecedented insight into Barnett’s creative process, the sacrifices and inner conflicts set in motion by fame, and the sometimes dark backdrop to her whimsical, relatable poetic compositions. Based for much of her adult life in Melbourne, Courtney Barnett first found critical acclaim with 2013’s The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, and broke into the mainstream in 2015 with her debut album, Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. Garnering a coveted Best New Artist Grammy nomination

It’s not just a story of the life of Leonard Cohen.  It follows the life of his song Hallelujah. Leonard wrote 130-150 verses for the song. Took him years and years. Then when he released it on the album  Various Positions, his label in the USA,  Columbia Records, refused to release it.  It never got played and was forgotten…until John Cale recorded it for the tribute album I’m Your Man and it began a life of its own. Now, it's legendary. Started as a spiritual journey and ended, with various Leonard rewrites,  to become a secular and sexy anthem. Hallelujah took Leonard Cohen to audiences all over the World and into the soundtrack of “Shrek”. The film is released this Friday in the USA and I’ve heard it opens across Canada very shortly. This is smashing filmmaking and epic storytelling. The directors are Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine and they are my guests on Saturdays Stew

Welcome to the 2022 Summer Music Festivals. Part Two We’ve kept Edmonton, Calgary and the next event the Vancouver Folk Festival in the mix.  Added this week is HUFF  the Halifax Urban Folk Festival. Its artistic director is a classic Canadian troublemaker, Mike Campbell.  The same Mike who co-hosted Mike and Mike for  MuchMusic.  Then curated the rise of a great music room  The Carleton in Halifax. It just won the best small live room in Canada.  Like its leader,  the HUFF is wonderfully different.   Enjoy!! Here we go… When the pandemic hit at the beginning of 2019 anything that qualified as a gathering took the brunt of the hit.   Restaurants, concerts, sports, schools, music tours, group travel, etc!   Festivals of all descriptions were immediately shut down and artists went home and stayed home.       So, here we are two years later and this summer the music festivals have been fully booked by artists who can’t wait to get on the road and on stage. To be met by audiences and music fans who truly

When the pandemic hit at the beginning of 2019 anything that qualified as a gathering took the brunt of the hit. Restaurants, concerts, sports, schools, music tours, group travel, etc!  Festivals of all descriptions were immediately shut down and artists went home and stayed home. So, here we are two years later and this summer the music festivals have been fully booked by artists who can’t wait to get on the road and on stage. To be met by audiences and music fans who truly missed the live music experience. We’ll touch on four music festivals but they do represent all festivals, big and small.  Please find one near you and support the festival and the artists.   Each web link below has info on the performers, their schedules, and ticket sales.   Our guests are Terry Wickham – Producer,  Edmonton Folk Music Festival Aug 4-7 www.edmontonfolkfest.org Kerry Clarke -- Artistic Director Calgary Folk Fest  Prince’s Island Park July 21-24 www.calgaryfolkfest.com Doug Cox – Artistic Director Vancouver Island Music

Guest is a long time  friend Joe Keithley (also known by his D.O.A hardcore punk stage name Joe Shithead) One of the very few punk artists who didn’t bring their stage characters into their real world. Joe on stage was wild, pissed off, and very much in your face. Off stage, he was just a great guy from Burnaby. A regular Joe. Joe founded D.O.A Founded Sudden Death Records Rock Against Racism Harmony for all – gathering used instruments for Burnaby residents who don’t have access to them. D.O.A is celebrating the 40th anniversary of their LP Hardcore 81 And Director Scott Crawford is shooting a documentary on Joe and DOA called Something Better Change (named after DOA’s first album) He’s already shot and released  Creem: America’s only rock and roll magazine and Salad Days. Both were outstanding. Many of Joe’s former bandmates are long gone but he’s continued to grow and learn to such an extent that he’s now a twice-elected Burnaby City Councillor and  Joe’s just gearing up for another run for office. Knockin

Susan Tedeschi co-partner with  Derek Trucks in life and music is our guest this week. Tedeschi Trucks Band has created “one of those albums” that will become the standard by which all other such albums are created. It's an amazing story and we are thrilled to have to share it with Susan.  It's our complete 30-minute interview – with the tracks from the first album. The concept behind I Am The Moon, the GRAMMY-winning band’s fifth studio recording, was suggested by TTB vocalist Mike Mattison in May 2020, two months after the band was forced off the road by the pandemic. The 12th-century poem Layla & Majnun by Persian poet, Nizami Ganjavi, was the title inspiration for Eric Clapton’s 1970 double-LP with Derek and the Dominos, Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs – an influential album for Tedeschi Trucks Band.  Interestingly,  Ganjavi’s source material resonated with Mattison and the rest of the band in an altogether different way. Finding complex themes and storylines that inspired their creative process,

Ariel Posen is the guest. I've spent a lot of time attempting to describe who he is and what he does. -Winnipeg born now Montreal. Became the go-to guy for guitar work. ..precise vocal harmonies – and very interesting songs. I still can't explain what he does with the guitar, that is until you hear him play.  WOW. He came to prominence with The Bros. Landreth then went solo. Latest EP is Downtown. Releases Mid July but we have several tracks for you. Anyway. Because I can't do the man and his playing justice I’ll leave you with some quotes from his last tour in the UK 2020. Possibly the best guitar solo I’ve heard in 12 years of owning a music venue! Keep Watching! 2,420,174 views Feb 5, 2020, Canadian guitarist, singer, producer Ariel Posen played at Fat Lil’s in Witney, UK on Tuesday 4th February 2020. I knew he’d be good because he used to be in Brothers Landreth, but didn’t expect to hear this incredible, dynamic solo. Combining slide techniques, finger picking, dissonance and a fuzz tone to die for.

Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney, and Scott Thompson are Kids in the Hall.   Many people consider KITH the funniest sketch comedy show ever to appear on TV and Film. The other half are fans of the absurdist genius of  Monty Python etc. The Kids mixed that absurdist humour with irony. The winner is us – the audience.    KITH are “older”!  The youngest kid is 59-year-old Dave Foley. However, what keeps them funny and relevant is the high wire that they walk. The Kids embrace risk and even make fun of that possible failure waiting to happen. One of the things we talk about in this Zoom Interview is how lucky they were to not only find each but discover that they all viewed the planet and the people on it as flawed and great subjects for funny. Why are they so good?  Well, they’ve been making us laugh – at ourselves – since 1984. After 27 years of No Kids. No Hall. They’re back with a series on Prime Video/Amazon and a fascinating documentary “Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks”

It’s amazing how life always seems to bring us full circle. The Landreth Brothers just released their fourth album together called Come Morning. They grew up in a completely musical household. Father Wally was a true working musician. Their Mother would sometimes go with the boys in bassinets and kid chairs to watch over them and keep an eye on Wally. They grew up listening to Bonnie Raitt, the many persona’s of Ry Cooder, Lyle Lovett, and most importantly Little Feat. They were artists who could evoke Mississippi, Muscle Shoals, LA, NYC, and Texas in one album. The Landreth family was based in Winnipeg but the music took them to all those places and beyond. The music saved them. Gave them hope and promise. So here comes their latest Come Morning and it’s filled with ebb and flow, being away from home, being at home for 2 years,  songs of redemption, being in Love, not being in love, and dealing with the weight of sexual abuse. This feels like the album that will change everything. Have a listen to the boys

I've waited a long time to finally talk to Scott from The Waterboys. I found him at his home in Dublin. Mike is a founding member, lead singer, and songwriter of The Waterboys. I was truly looking forward to his new album All Souls Hill which was released Friday. Because Mike grew up studying English literature and philosophy so you know his lyrics and song structure are always going to be different. Mike moved through the brit punk scene and finally found himself forming The Waterboys. Almost 25 albums later..he’s writing,  composing, and singing better than ever. As always, Mike and Waterboys music cannot be pinned down. Round peg. Square hole. Check out the track Passing Through..a very old gospel/folk song that he’s re-written the lyrics to – to reflect our lives today. It took him 10 years to write and it's 9 minutes long. Here’s Mike talking about it… Watch for his Canadian tour in The Fall  

Born in Cuba,  Alex fell in love with a Canadian beauty & immigrated to Canada.  Alex packed into his belonging’s his many songs and sharp knowledge of the history of Cuban music. Mendo is his 9th album. With those 9 albums, Alex has won 2 Juno awards and is up for another this month.  He’s also won four Latin Grammy Awards and at the recent 2022 event, he won his first Grammy Award. Alex is a completely self-contained artist. Put an instrument in front of him and very likely he can play it. During the Covid pandemic, he decided to collaborate with other players, singers and songwriters. The songs came alive and Mendo became yet another turning point in his career. Alex has been on Mulligan Stew before. On the Juno couch in Calgary with Jim and Devin Cuddy and again on Zoom. So happy to welcome back a Spanish-speaking, English riffing star on the rise. Alex Cuba brings Mendo. (The essence of the soul)  

DJ Kearney has trained over a thousand sommelier candidates throughout North America for the International Sommelier Guild and the Wine and Spirit Education Trust and has consulted for many global wine marketing bodies — including Wines of Chile, Wines of South Africa, Wines of California, Jura Wines, Sopexa, and Wines of Argentina — while leading educational master-classes for these entities around North America. DJ  judges, moderates, presents at wine festivals and competitions around the globe. She brings a truly global perspective to her work.  DJ has been the Drinks Editor for Vancouver Magazine and critic/contributor/judge for Wine Align. Long-time friend, I asked DJ to comment on the  2021 Wine Align final results. As for the  Wine  Align Canadian Wine Awards, DJ Kearney  was there, right in the middle of it,  tasting and judging many 100’s of Canadian wines. I also asked Deej to comment on recent wines from anywhere that made an impression on her, And comments on BC, Ontario plus wines that make gre

The podcast feature guest is  Wine Judge and Writer Treve Ring pouring 8 Prosecco’s from the legendary Conegliano Valdobbiadene region of Italy.   The amazing Treve Ring is a wine writer and editor, judge and speaker, and perpetual traveler. A certified sommelier, WSET diploma holder, French wine scholar, instructor, and Sherry instructor, Treve is based in Victoria,   though is most often found on a plane or in a vineyard.   This Podcast story begins in Conegliano Valdobbiadene, a hilly area in North-East Italy, 50 km from Venice and around 100 from the Dolomites. Here, for over three centuries, people have grown the grapes that produce Prosecco Superiore, whose success began with the founding of Italy’s first School of Winemaking in 1876. The production area covers 15 communes and represents the heart of the world of Prosecco; it is one of Italy’s historic denominations, recognized in 1969. In 2009, with the reorganization of the denominations for Prosecco, the Ministry of Agriculture classified it as a De

Duke Robillard. He’s blues royalty. Name and all. With his 37th album, They called it Rhythm and Blues on Stony Plain Records he’s come full circle back to where his heart lives. Jump Blues. It’s the uplifting jazz, blues, And gospel music that got people through the end of WW2 and handed off to Bill Haley, Elvis, and the Rock era in the mid-50s. 77 years later it’s truly needed for the end of a devastating pandemic. People need spirits lifted and music that can be part of the healing. And here comes The Duke Robillard Band breathing life into Jump Blues 2022. Duke is a storyteller. Have a listen. Great tracks from the album included. Watch for Duke on tour. Check out the video  on our YouTube Channel (TerryDavidMulligan) Let’s Jump.

PODCAST     “Call Me a Fool” is up for best American roots song because there’s no category for most transcendent modern soul ballad that feels like foundational gospel. For people who love Motown and the Alabama Shakes, Adele and Al Green, there’s Valerie June. For anyone who loves music, there’s Valerie June. Boston Herald   There’s only one Valerie June.  Vocally, emotionally, mentally, and creatively  Tennessee’s Valerie June completely stands out in an artistic world filled with stunning sameness. In her career and creative decisions, she shows respect for those who came before her.  We talk about Mavis Staples who Valerie June calls Saint Mavis and Memphis legend Carla Thomas her partner on the Grammy-nominated Call me a Fool. She’s on a busy tour now. Using everything from a 13 piece orchestra to herself and a bassist. Valerie June’s latest album is The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers... Also, watch out for a new single Use Me. Greatness.  

Episode #200 – it’s a blur but I think captures what the times were like during a pandemic. The role that music played in getting people through. Joni and I shared a band house in Regina. For 10 days.  Maybe 1966. Then we reconnected when I hosted the first Greenpeace concert that Joni headlined in Vancouver. We would cross paths much later at The Last Waltz. This is a video interview I can’t remember doing. I also had forgotten the Greenpeace concert for some bizarre reason. She talks about  The Last Waltz, being incorrectly painted as a Canadian ex-pat in LA,  the effect her songs have on people, the changing of “the old guard” at the Last Waltz, and how she wasn’t ready to retire. We cover a lot of subjects and her music history. How she calls her songs “her babies” and that it's part of female nurturing She waxes about Dylan, Steely Dan and answers the question do we know her as well as we think we do? Joni speaks out strongly on Indian rights!! Neither one of us mention an album or name a song.  So I’m n