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Saturday July 28, 2007
| This week was a special one! For the first time I broadcast live from the Mission Folk Music Festival in beautiful Fraser River Heritage Park, 50 miles east of Vancouver. I created a playlist in iTunes and set up my trusty new Macbook Pro at the festival gate where I could pick up their wireless internet feed. Then, using Nicecast and Audio Hijack from Rogue Amoeba Software I hooked up a USB mic and some speakers and voila! One broadcast booth. Then CiTR Newsman Peter Ottis at the studio attempted to hook up to my transmission. We had quite a struggle training the rugged old PC in the studio, but after around 40 minutes of interrupted signal it finally got used to the idea and the last 3 hours and 20-odd minutes went by smoothly. Another entry in the annals of broadcast history, folks! It was intense, exhilarating, and ultimately very satisfying. | ||||
| Later that day I was asked by the Mexican reggae band Rastrillos where I had found their music. They had heard the show, but didn't know that recordings of their recent concert at The Commodore were available! I downloaded it from their Myspace site. They were amazed that I had found it. I was totally amazed that they were listening! | ||||
| I also sent out requests to listeners to email me if they were able to tune in and how it all sounded. I ran a test broadcast the previous day as well. Had loads of positive feedback. | ||||
| Herein is the playlist. Some of the first few songs were only heard in the park, and the Meg Tennant song went out over the airwaves instead of my playlist early on (but since the song was written about the Mission Folk Music Festival, it was a perfect choice. Even if Peter didn't know that at the time.) | ||||
| Format: Artist, Album, Song (Label) | ||||
| # | Artist | Song Title | Album (label) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Street | Music For A Found Harmonium | Irish Times (Green Linnet) | |
| 2 | Meg Tennant | Maker of Marimbas | Driving with You (Indie, Vancouver) | |
| 3 | Sekouba Bambino | Diougouya Magni | Sinikan (Vivid Sound) | |
| 4 | Vieux Farka Toure | Dounia | Vieux Farka Toure (World Village) | |
| 5 | Ellika & Solo | Kaira | Abaraka! Tack! (Xource) | |
| 6 | Alpha Yaya Diallo | Djarabi | Djama (Jericho Beach) | |
| 7 | Hugh Masekela | Fela | Afrobeat... No Go Die! (eMusic.com) | |
| 8 | Hugh Masekela | Bring Him Back Home | Mission Sampler 2007 (Indie, Mission BC) | |
| 9 | Trilok Gurtu/ Arke String Quartet | Nanda - To My Mother | fRoots #29 (fRoots) | |
| 10 | Honari Family Ensemble | Laylado | Vasheen (Indie, Vancouver) | |
| 11 | Kiran Ahluwalia | Yakeenan | Wanderlust (Fusion) | |
| 12 | Kleztory | Taiveles Bulgar | Nomade (Amerix) | |
| 13 | Kleztory | Andy's Ride | Nomade (Amerix) | |
| 14 | Santa Cruz River Band | El Gustito | Mission Sampler 2007 (Indie, Mission BC) | |
| 15 | Santa Cruz River Band | El Abandonado | Mission Sampler 2007 (Indie, Mission BC) | |
| 16 | Los Rastrillos | Intro-Commodore | Live At The Commodore (Download) | |
| 17 | Los Rastrillos | No Me Doy Cuenta | Live At The Commodore (Download) | |
| 18 | Hazmat Modine | Almost Gone | Bahamat (Barbes) | |
| 19 | Matt Andersen | Key to the Highway | Live At Liberty House (Indie, New Brunswick) | |
| 20 | Joan Armatrading | Empty Highway | Into The Blues (429 Records) | |
| 21 | Martin Simpson | Highway 61 / Highway 61 Revisited | Bootleg USA (Limited Edition EP) | |
| 22 | Martin Simpson | Horn Island | Righteousness & Humidity (Topic) | |
| 23 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee | Coincidence And Likely Stories (Capitol) | |
| 24 | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Universal Soldier | Up Where We Belong (EMI) | |
| 25 | Laura Cortese | Bluejays | Even The Lost Creek (Indie, Boston) | |
| 26 | The Gruff | One More Thing | A Goat On Every Floor (Indie, Victoria) | |
| 27 | Marc Atkinson Trio | Black And Tan Fantasy | M.A.T.3 (Warner) | |
| 28 | The Bills | When the Bucket Runs Dry | Let Em Run (Borealis) | |
| 29 | The Bills | Nowhere To Be, MP3 | Let Em Run (Borealis) | |
| 30 | Outlaw Social | Last Gas Stop | Seven Song EP (Indie, Victoria) | |
| 31 | Outlaw Social | The Cuckoo / John Riley The Shepherd | Seven Song EP (Indie, Victoria) | |
| 32 | The Arrogant Worms | New Car Smell | Toast (Festival Distribution) | |
| 33 | The McDades | The Whistle Blower | Bloom (Free Radio) | |
| 34 | The McDades | Cafe Hubertus | Bloom (Free Radio) | |
| 35 | Liz Carroll & John Doyle | Ceisel's Sword / The Monasteryedan Fancy | In Play (Compass) | |
| 36 | Angus Lyon & Ruaridh Campbell | Mirrlees Lane | Simple Tricks (Lochshore) | |
| 37 | Battlefield Band | Ely Parker / Miss Martins Wedding | The Road Of Tears (Temple) | |
| 38 | David Francey | Saturday Night | Far End Of Summer (Laker) | |
| 39 | David Francey | Wanna Be Loved | The Waking Hour (Laker) | |
| 40 | Eliza Carthy | Train Song | Angels & Cigarettes (WEA) | |
| 41 | Eliza Carthy | Zycanthos Jig / Tommy's Foot / Quebecois | Red Rice (Topic) | |
| 42 | Cara Luft | Lord Roslyn's Daughter | The Light Fantastic (Indie, Winnipeg) | |
| 43 | James Keelaghan & Oscar Lopez | Spanish Is The Loving Tongue | Compadres (Jericho Beach) | |
| 44 | Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem | Roses | Big Old Life (Signature Sounds) | |
| 45 | Martin Simpson | Louisiana 1927 | Prodigal Son (Topic) | |
| 46 | Martin Simpson | A Love Letter | Prodigal Son (Topic) | |
| 47 | Martin Simpson | Pretty Crowing Chicken | Prodigal Son (Topic) | |
| 48 | Martin Simpson | Betsy The Serving Maid | The Bramble Briar (Topic) | |
| 49 | Richard Thompson | She Sang Angels To Rest | Sweet Warrior (Shout Factory) | |