The Big Groove Radio Show
The Big Groove is a Canadian Heavy mix of Blues and Roots with an emphasis on the West Coast Scene.Produced from The Shack in Roberts Creek on The Sunshine Coast of B.C.
The 2012 Powell River Blues Festival Special!
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All the artists coming to The 2nd Annual Powell River Blues Festival. An excellent mix of local, regional, national and Northwest blues talent coming to The Garden Beach Resort and Marina on the beautiful Powell River waterfront June 1-3 .
Checkout the playlist at www.thebiggroove.org
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BG Show May 11 2012 Complete
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Celebrating the anniversary of the classic Jackie Brenston cut "Rocket 88". It entered the R&B charts in May 1951 and The Big Groove Guy makes a compelling argument why it is truly the very first Rock and Roll Single. Plus an opening set of several tracks that keep that sound alive.
In the second set... nothing but new tracks from CATL, Some X 6 Band, Shakura Saida, Janiva Magness, Soul Stack and more.
And mixed in there, a local HARD driven track from The Sunshine Coast's own Sinmobile.
This show... is a rocker....
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Hornby Island Blues Workshop 2012 Special
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Music from all the artist/instructors coming to The 2012 Hornby Island Blues Workshop, May 7th through May 11th on Beautiful Hornby Island on The West Coast of BC. It is a who's who of the best of The Canadian Blues Scene. Checkout the website at www.hornby-blues.bc.ca
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Canadian Cancer Society - Daffodil Day Special
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Daffodil Day is a way for Canadians to give back and support those dealing with Cancer as well as the effects of the disease on loved ones around them.
I lost my Mother to Cancer in 2008. Shortly thereafter, I produced a show in her honour. I thought it would be a timely way to offer my support to those currently living with the loss of a loved one, if I were to replay that show. My mom and I shared a love of music and that played a big part in the songs that I chose at that time. Hopefully, it can send out a positive note, or at least a contemplative one.
The show was a true labour of love at the time, and hopefully bringing it back to life will help, in some small way.
BG Show April 20 2012 Complete
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Tributes to Levon Helm of The Band, and Andrew Love, one half of the seminal 60's soul section, The Memphis Horns. Plus, we set up some of the excellent live blues concerts around Vancouver this week.
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BG Show - Return To Walla Walla!
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Checking out some of the excellent bands that played the recent Walla Walla Guitar Festival in Washington State. How about a set of The Coyote Kings, The Wired, Sammy Eubanks, Randy Oxford, The Wasteland Kings and Junkyard Jane? Northwest Blues at its best!
Plus a set of several first listens of Canadian blues for the show from Al Wood & The Woodsmen, Adam Karsh, The Some X 6 Band, The Don Peterson Project and Bill Bourne, to go with Big Groove Faves Catl. and Ray Bonneville.
Playlist at: http://web.me.com/biggrooveguy/Site/THE_BIG_GROOVE_PLAYLIST.html
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BG Show March 30 2012 Complete
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One of the coolest and haunting Johnny Cash covers that you'll ever hear is in the mix from Vancouver's Head Of The Herd. Plus a new rocker from Jimmy Bowskill than mashes nicely with Buddy Guy. More new music from The latest JW Jones CD Seventh Hour plus the usual grooviest blues mix in the world courtesy of The Big Groove Guy
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BG Show March 23 2012 Complete
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Brand new music from JW Jones, definitely one of Canada's finest bluesmen. Plus another new track from the forthcoming Catl album, local and regional music from Nir Blu and The Harpoonist & The Axe Murder.... and a cool triple shot from Harpdog Brown, Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne and Brandon Isaak who will perform together as part of a triple CD release party at The Rhumba Room in White Rock BC on March 24th.
We'll mark the 40th anniversary of The Allman Brothers classic "Eat A Peach" and we'll close out with another new track from Al Lerman's "Crowe River Blues"
Playlist at: www.thebiggroove.org
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BG Show March 9 2012 Complete
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To commemorate Bruce Springsteen's concert at The Apollo Theatre in Harlem this weekend, and the 100th Anniversary of Robert Johnson, also at The Apollo....
The Big Groove Show revisits the greatest Apollo Theatre Show of them all.... James Brown And The Famous Flames circa 1962. I've got the ENTIRE 30 minute show coming your way this week, plus some cool background into how this historical album came to be made. Rolling Stone Magazine called it one of the top 100 of all-time. Listen to the show to find out why.
Plus new music from The West Coast's Nir Blu as he bends the blues genre to his keyboard will! A very cool take.
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BG Show Walla Walla Guitar Festival - Robin Barrett Interview
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The Big Groove Guy interviews Robin Barrett, organizer of first ever Walla Walla Guitar Festival. An excellent sampler of many of the great roadhouse blues grooves coming out of Oregon and Washington State.
All the info on the festival can be found at www.wallawallaguitarfestival.com
Checkout the playlist at: www.thebiggroove.org
BG Show February 24 2012 Complete
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Leading off with a preview of this weekend's The New Orleans Ball and Dance being held right here in Pender Harbour on The Sunshine Coast and featuring the dynamic trio of Gary Comeau, Tim Hearsey and Chris Nordquist as the unvail their new project together: Cannery Row.
The lead off track is from their forthcoming album. Also, a lead off track from Toronto's CATL, Canada's next blues band to watch (Yes!)
and we close out with another excellent track from the new Deanna Cartea album "Open Road"
Podcast at: http://dailysplice.com/383344-station/play/only-5203
Playlist and links at: http://web.me.com/biggrooveguy/Site/THE_BIG_GROOVE_PLAYLIST.html
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The Big Groove New Granddaughter Special!
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In honour of young Baby Claire who made The Big Groove Guy a Grandfather for the first time. What a long Groovy trip it's been!
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BG Show February 10, 2012 Complete
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New tracks this week from John Pippus, Brandon Isaak, Son Roberts and The Sunshine Coast's own Deanna Cartea. Plus we stretch it out with JJ Grey and Mofron from his live album Brighter Days. Some excellent smokey flow in this week's mix.
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BG Show February 3 2012 MonkeyJunk Special (Repeat)
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As promised, a repeat of The MonkeyJunk interview from December 2011, aired in advance of their win at The 2012 Maple Blues Awards.
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BG Show January 27 2012 - Etta James Special with Robin Bank$
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A Special edition of the show as we remember Etta James, including an interview with one of Canada's leading ladies of the blues, Robin Bank$. Also some deep tracks in memory of Honeyboy Edwards, Hubert Sumlin and Johnny Otis. Major losses in the blues world over the past several months.
Podcast available anytime at:
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Playlist at: www.thebiggroove.org
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BG Show January 20 2012 Maple Blues Awards Winners
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The winners in all The Maple Blues Awards Categories are featured this week,and The Big Groove Guy uses them to form Canada's best virtual blues Supergroup!
Listen to the best on The Canadian Scene
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The Big Groove 2011 Retrospective Special Part 2
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The finale of an excellent two hour look at the best sounds to make it into the Big Groove Mix in 2011. So many great sounds that I probably could have filled another hour!
An excellent year for Canadian Blues and Roots. No surprise. We have a great scene.
Check out the playlist at www.thebiggroove.org
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The Big Groove 2011 Retrospective Special Part 1
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A look back at the best grooves to make it into the 2011 Big Groove mix! In part 1 we look at the sounds of winter and spring 2011.
Get the playlist of the entire two part special at the www.thebiggroove.org playlist page
Last year was another excellent year for roots and blues in Canada. Here's a fine sampler.
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The Big Groove Christmas Special 2011 Complete
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A rootsy bluesy Christmas mix of local, national and classic grooves courtesy of The Big Groove Guy. Merry Christmas!
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