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Saturday, 04 February 2012

Heartbeat - Mali

Canada's Thea Wingert has been living and working in Mali in recent times, sampling local delights of food, drink and music. Here she talks about the Malians love of music, and their well-known exports Toumani Diabaté and Oumou Sangaré.  
Saturday, 04 February 2012

Albuquerque, NM

A piece about how driving for long periods can be confusing and how we came to find New Mexico in the wintertime, 2007. Albuquerque band Lousy Robot and journalist and editor Laura Marrich are featured. As well as alcohol and cold, cold sleeping arrangements.
Thursday, 08 December 2011

Comedy - UK's Stewart Lee

Stewart Lee singing about how his favourite song was ruined when it was used on an advert to sell Cider.
Thursday, 24 November 2011

Old Man River - Japan Appeal

Australian band Old Man River embarked on a heart-warming project earlier this year to offer disaster stricken Japan some good tidings in the wake of their devastating earthquake. An old Japanese tradition states that whomever folds a thousand origami paper cranes will be gratned one wish. Ohad Rein, leader of Old Man River, set out to do this with the intention of wishing Japan a speedy recovery from the events of the 11th March 2011.
Monday, 21 November 2011

Ontario, Canada - Hippi

From Brock Zeman at Muddytimes.ca: "If you were to drive through the heart of Lanark County down the winding #511 Hwy, somewhere down Watsons Corners Road this man scribbles away in his little log cabin and churns out great song after great song. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you my best friend: HIPPI (and his dog Potato)."