Maple Infused Classic Breakfast - Big E Radio

08/31/2024

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Good Saturday morning to all you Big E listeners out there!
We've got a great Saturday full of great music for your listening pleasure!

11 am - Maple Infused Classic Breakfast
Part 2 of our celebration of Ukrainian Independance Day. From choral to piano, strings to song, even to some folk music. Tune in for some Canadian-Ukrainian performers from all over Canada but especially for ones from the Edmonton area. After all, the E in Big E stands for Edmonton!

1 pm - Powerlines
Powerlines offers up a vast sea of diversity in music this episode, with host Leah Wilson at the helm. Music from The Ramones, No Doubt, Thumpasaurus, The Interrupters, The Linda Linda's, Amyl & the Sniffers, Cousin Harley, Miesha & the Spanks, Mother Mother, Five Alarm Funk, Dirt Wire & Moon Tricks, Grace Jones, OTYKEN, Shelley Jones, and so many more. Happy Saturday!

08/31/2024

Tomorrow (Sat. at 11 am MT) on Maple Infused Classic Breakfast on bigeradio.com we have part 2 of the show for Independance Day of Ukraine, which was last Saturday, but we had so much music, we decided to do a part 2.
You can hear Edmonton, Albertan and Canadian: Verkhovyna Ukrainian Choir, singers and pianists from the Ukrainian Art Song Project (Elizabeth Turnbull, Isabel Bayrakdarian, Allyson McHardy, Benjamin Butterfield, Albert Krywolt, Serouj Kradjian), Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, Laurence Ewashko Singers, Taras Kulish, Leah Roseman & Mark Friedman, David Bourque, James Campbell, Susan Hoeppner and Lydia Wong.
Canadian Ukrainian composers include: William Pura, Joanna Estelle, Reinhold Glière, Gary Kulesha, Larysa Kuzmenko, and several Ukrainian composers.
And then we close with some folk and pop music from the Metro Radomsky Orchestra, Marango Pie, Ruta Folk Ensemble, Eric Yaremko and Tayler Grace.

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08/24/2024

Show's on at 11 am MT!

Happy Saturday morning, Big E Radio friends and family! Here's what we have happening for you this morning.....

11am - Maple Infused Classic Breakfast

Today on "Maple Infused Classic Breakfast" we're celebrating Independence Day of Ukraine which is celebrated on Aug. 24 and thinking of all those affected by the war, the refugees and those who support them.
Tune in for part 1 of some Ukrainian classical and folk music, including several choirs and instrumentalists based in Edmonton and Alberta!

1pm - Powerlines

Powerlines offers up some Saturday afternoon smooth & powerful vibes with host Leah Wilson.
Tracks on the list take you on a trip, feel the wind in your hair. Featuring The Dirt City Hot Club, Corb Lund, The Clash, XTC, Queen, David Bowie, Balkan Beat Box, Gogol Bo****lo, The Boss Hoss, The Blue Moon Marquee, and so many more. Thanks for listening!

08/24/2024

Tomorrow (Sat. 11 am MT) on bigeradio.com on "Maple Infused Classic Breakfast - Big E Radio we pay tribute to Independence Day of Ukraine, celebrated on Aug. 24 and think about those suffering from the war in Ukraine, those refugees who have left, and those who are supporting them around the world. We'll have some Ukrainian classical and folk music.
Canadian Performers include: Ukrainian Male Chorus of Edmonton, Pacific Baroque Orchestra and Karina Gauvin, Yurii Hryhorash &
Leanne Regehr, Kappella Kyrie Slavic Chamber Choir (Melanie Turgeon) & Korora Choirs Shumayela Choir, Elektra Women's Choir, Pro Coro Canada, Axios Men's Ensemble (Michael Zaugg - Conductor & Mark Bailey), Hoosli Ukrainian Male Chorus, Luminous Voices (Tim Shantz), Arlan Vriens, Emma Schmiedecke, Clara Nguyen Tran, Maria Cherwick Music, Canadian Bandurist Capella, Brandon Hachkowski & Dwayne Pankiw, Renee Perez & Svitlana Remniakova-Ostrovska, and The Kubasonics.
Canadian & Ukrainian composers include: Willi Zwozdesky and a little tribute to Gene Zwozdesky, Connie Caldor, Father John Sembrat, George Fiala, Maxim Berezovsky, Petro Haidamaka, Myron Fedoriv, Artemy Vedel, and Dmitry Bortniansky.

Tune in to bigeradio.com and click the play button at the top of the home page.

08/17/2024

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Tomorrow (Sat. 11 am MT) on "Maple Infused Classic Breakfast" on bigeradio.com we have the 2nd episode of 2 of CBC's "30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30, 2024 edition". We hear from some immensely talented young Canadian musicians and composers!
Thanks, as always, to Robert Rowat for putting this list together, and for his great research and interviews!
The show includes performers: Dabin Zoey Yang playing in the Theia Quartet, Luca Ortolani & Frédéric Lacroix, Thalia Navas & Elizabeth Simpson, Astrid Nakamura & Jonathan Mak, Andrew Busch, Jammie Lee, Carys Sutherland, Renée Qin, Keshav Srinivasan, Emad Zolfaghari, Ryan Wang, Sunny Ritter, and Akhil Jobanputra.
Canadian composers include: Nicholas Busch and Rachel McFarlane.
Tune in to hear some hot young talent!

08/16/2024

Tomorrow (Sat. 11 am MT) on "Maple Infused Classic Breakfast" on bigeradio.com we have the 2nd episode of 2 of CBC's "30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30, 2024 edition". We hear from some immensely talented young Canadian musicians and composers!
Thanks, as always, to Robert Rowat for putting this list together, and for his great research and interviews!
The show includes performers: Dabin Zoey Yang playing in the Theia Quartet, Luca Ortolani & Frédéric Lacroix, Thalia Navas & Elizabeth Simpson, Astrid Nakamura & Jonathan Mak, Andrew Busch, Jammie Lee, Carys Sutherland, Renée Qin, Keshav Srinivasan, Emad Zolfaghari, Ryan Wang, Sunny Ritter, and Akhil Jobanputra.
Canadian composers include: Nicholas Busch and Rachel McFarlane.
Tune in to hear some hot young talent!

08/10/2024

This morning! Tune in for some amazing young talent!

Happy Saturday, friends! Here's what we have happening for you this morning at Edmonton's Big E Radio...

11am - Maple Infused Classic Breakfast

The kids are alright!!! This week we have part 1 of 2 covering the Top 30 under 30 CBC list. Some incredible talent of young adults going places - like to symphony positions and competitions and festivals!
Tune in to catch the rising stars of Canada!

1pm - Powerlines

Powerlines rolls out the summer tunes, with Host Leah Wilson bringing back some favorites for a fun Saturday afternoon. Fiona Apple, Cissie Redgwick, Raygun Cowboys, AronChupa, Baccara, Toy Dolls, The Interrupters The Linda Linda's, Electric Audrey 2, KD Lang. Flowence in the Machine, Reel Big Fish, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, and so many more

08/09/2024

This week (Sat. at 11 am MT) on Maple Infused Classic Breakfast on bigeradio.com we celebrate the new talent bubbling up into the Canadian classical landscape. Thanks to Robert Rowat and the CBC for this wonderful "Top 30 under 30" list. Tomorrow is part 1 of a two part series showcasing these young musicians.
Musicians featured include:
Matthew Boutda & Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Daniel Dastoor & Brian Woods, Carolyn Farnand, Queen Hezumuryango & Kevin Ahfat, YEG's Danielle Greene & Todd Yaniw, Olivier Bergeron & Olivier Godin, Korin Thomas-Smith & University of Toronto Faculty of Music student musicians, Anne-Frédérique Gagnon, YEG's Solina Lee & Wei-Tang Huang, Duncan Stenhouse & Chad Vindin, Florence Laurain, Eric Prodger & the Ottawa Youth Orchestra Academy, Chloé Dumoulin, and YEG's Martin Bui.
Canadian composers include: Peter-Anthony Togni, Kelly-Marie Murphy, Liam Ritz, and François Couture.
To check out the list and get a sneak preview of what could be on next week's show - take the two XX's away at the beginning of this link:
XXhttps://www.cbc.ca/music/30-under-30-canadian-classical-musicians-hot-2024-1.7248546

08/04/2024

Love me some Sunday morning jazz!

Hello friends, and happy Sunday morning! Here's how Edmonton's Big E Radio is gonna jazz up your long weekend...

11am - Fuse n Flow

Today's 90-min jazz show offers Bop, crooners, vintage, and contemporary tracks from the likes of Art Pepper, Dianne Reeves, Charles Mingus, BrassBastardz, Abbi Blackman, YEG's Harley Symington and many more

08/03/2024

On Saturday, Big E is the place to be!

Hello friends, and welcome to Saturday morning here at Edmonton's Big E Radio! Here's what we have happening for you today!

11am - Maple Infused Classic Breakfast

This week we're going places! It's the long weekend, so we're going to travel the world through music!
From Scotland, Ireland, to Italy, a quick jaunt across Canada, eventually to Argentina, Cuba, a little jazz about New Orleans and eventually back home to Alberta with a piece about Jasper, and then Alberta in general. As always, almost all the composers and performers are Canadian.
Bon voyage!

1pm - Powerlines

Powerlines welcomes August with some powerful music. Host Leah Wilson brings you tracks from all over the map connecting us together like the powerlines that run down the road. Featuring Quincy Jones, Portugal the Man, Sweet Charity Orchestra (a bit about the 60's style dance craze called the "Frug"), KD Lang, Cousin Harley, The Clash, The Interrupters, Corb Lund, Ramones, Electric Audrey, Eartha Kit, David Bowie, and so many more. Happy Saturday afternoon

07/31/2024

We don't have too many right now, but we are taking our bottles in for Jasper today. Will you?

Hey Big E Friends! Remember that this Wednesday (July 31st) you can take your bottles and cans to any recycling depot in Alberta and donate the proceeds to help Jasper recover.

Just tell them "these are for Jasper".

07/28/2024

Have bottles to take in? Why not donate them to the cause for Jasper. Big E is participating in this initiative along with other radio stations across the province.

July 31st will be the Alberta Day Of Caring for Jasper. Join every radio station in Alberta, as together, we support those impacted by the Jasper wildfire.

This Wednesday we'll be having a province wide bottle drive from 9am-6pm with proceeds going to the Red Cross and those impacted by the wildfires across Alberta.

You can donate your empties to any bottle depot, simply say "These are for Jasper"

If you wish to make a monetary donation, you can do so at www.albertadayofcaring.com

07/27/2024

Birthday weeks are just so much fun, I forgot about posting about my radio show for this week!
So, today (Sat at 11 am MT) on bigeradio.com tune in for more music about space!
Canadian performers include:
Marc-André Hamelin, Karina Gauvin, Phoenix Chamber Choir (Graeme Langager), Halifax Camerata Singers (Jeff Joudrey), VOX: A Choir for Social Change, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Hamilton Children's Choir (Zimfira Poloz), The Augustana Choir - Camrose, Alberta, Canada (John Wiebe), VOCA Chorus of Toronto, Alison Girvan, Ensemble Éclat,
Canadian composers include: Cy Giacomin, John Estacio, Katerina Gimon, Stephanie Martin Music, Andrew Balfour, Don Macdonald, and Sophie Kastner.

07/27/2024

Friday nights are ALL RIGHT on Big E Radio!

It's a bit blustery and windy out there in Big E Town! Chill out, stay in, and tune in!

8:00 PM - LIT - Living In Tune : Oh, The Irony

Can you think of the tune that took two releases to become a mega-hit, that was also meant to be darkly ironic, but ironically, was presented as a light-hearted pop song?

Tonight on LIT, some new-to-me bands that yours truly has discovered in the past week, as well as a few comforting and disturbing tunes that are better known.

Featuring locals Bad Communicators, Sparrow Blue and Verttigo, as well as fellow Canadians Crown Lands, Martha and the Muffins, Space Queen, Jonelle, Sam Roberts Band, and the WKND. And, much more from around the world that you are sure to enjoy.

09:30 pm - BASEMENT DJ: 80's Rock

Welcome to the jungle baby. 80s rock mix! Artists include: Guns N Roses, Kiss, ZZ Top, The Cars, INXS, David Bowie, 38 Special, Sting, Fleetwood Mac, Bryan Adams, John Cougar Mellencamp, John Parr, The Cure, Cutting Crew, Billy Idol, and many, many more…enjoy! I’m the Basement DJ and it’s all about the music.

07/24/2024

Tuesday nights are one of my favourite nights on Big E. Tune in to find out why! bigeradio.com

Hello friends, and welcome to Tuesday night at Edmonton's Big E Radio! Tuesday nights are packed full of great programming so be sure to tune in for this!

7pm - Serenderpity

YEG Punk Part 3
Sir Talks a Lot records some stellar pop punk, prog punk, post punk, and punk rock, before heading outta dodge to float down the river. For realz
Dig it, Edmonton.
Stay cool, friendo

8pm - Two Dudes in a Tune Mood

Movies need music and music needs movies. We've got a whole episode of songs written specifically for a film's soundtrack. Whether it be for a moment in the film or the overall theme, these songs were all commissioned for films and in most cases went on to be big hits. This week's examples include Survivor, Curtis Mayfield, Prince, and Queen, plus a ton of others!

9pm - INAIGIWIG

This week on INAIGIWIG we offer the episode Travel And Movement, which originally aired on Oct 30, 2023

07/23/2024

Mondays!!! Blues and Cee Tee and Dexter R Bad Communicators - can't go wrong!

Hello friends, and welcome to Monday night here at Edmonton's own Big E Radio! Be sure to tune in tonight and catch this!

8pm - At The Crossroads Blues Radio

Get ready for a fresh hour of features and terrific new blues in the next edition of At the Crossroads, heard right here. Listen for Chris Cain, Big Dave McLean, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Sugaray Rayford, and Samantha King & the Midnight Outfit. The Spotlight shines on The Fabulous Thunderbirds...Long John Hunter has the Lee Oskar Harmonicas Classic Cut from 1992

9pm - Cee Tee & Dexter R Bad Communicators

Tune in tonight for an encore presentation of Bad Communicators!

07/22/2024

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Big E Radio would like to say "Thank You!" to all of our loyal friends and family, and to all of our new followers!

We are PROUD to support local Edmontonian, Albertan and Canadian based musicians in our rotation of commercial free music, available 24/7 on

We also feature curated shows by our very own volunteer hosts/DJ's every day of the week, and you can listen to any one of these past episodes by visiting the Archives section on the Big E Radio website.

Please feel free to extend invites to all of your friends and family to help us support local musicians, and grow our audience further!

07/20/2024

Radio show's on today at 11 am MT!

Hello and happy Saturday morning! Be sure to tune in this morning and join us for this, right here at Edmonton's Big E Radio!

11am - Maple Infused Classic Breakfast

Today we're celebrating the anniversary of the lunar landing - July 20, 1969.
We have music about space, planets, the moon!
Tune in for some familiar and probably some not-so-familiar classical music from Canadian composers and performers, and a few from around the globe too. It'll be "out of this world"!

1pm = Powerlines

Powerlines with Host Leah Wilson brings you powerful music of all kinds, connecting us together, when it's to darn hot to do anything. Song selection is inspired by music made memories, or memories triggering music memories. Looking back at the songs we sang at the top of our lungs when we were kids, with some new tracks in the mix. Phantom Rocker & Slick, Queen, Noga Erez, Martha & the Muffins, Nina Simone, Miesha & the Spanks, Mother Mother, Meat Loaf, Night Howl, and so many more. Happy Saturday, stay cool

07/13/2024

Show's on at 11 am MT!
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Happy Saturday morning, Big E friends and family! Tune in this morning and get your weekend off to a great start, with this!

11am - Maple Infused Classic Breakfast

This morning we have another wonderful set of Edmonton and Canadian music and performers - some hot music to match with the hot weather. We explore some of the Edmonton Public Library "Capital City Records" collection and also catch some fairly new releases from across Canada

1pm - Powerlines

Powerlines is hot like summer with host Leah Wilson bringing you 90 minutes of powerful music from all over the map from Swing to Punk, Rock, 80's alt pop & so much more. Featuring songs from Heart, The Cramps, The B-52's, A-ha, Patsy Cline, Ramones, Brasstactics, Bad Buddy, Apollo Suns, Chaka Khan, Yello, and so many more. Keep cool & have a great Saturday

07/12/2024

This week on Maple Infused Classic Breakfast on bigeradio.com on Sat. at 11 am MT, you will catch more Edmonton and Canadian performers and composers.
It's been a hot week, so my strawberries have done really well (!) and we'll have some hot and fiery music on this episode!
We will feature some recordings from the Edmonton Public Library "Capital City Records" collection as well.
Performers featured include: Vladimir Rufino and Mat Walton, Edmonton Swiss Men's Choir, Jim Findlay and Mingmei Xu, Sticks and Stone Percussion, Wild Harpist Morgan Mckinney, Gianetta Baril, Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir - Virtual Singers, Shelley Younge and Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, David Jalbert, Jonathan Smith, Opus 8, and Francine Kay.
Canadian composers and arrangers include: David Rain, Ron Hannah, Liam Ritz, Barrie Cabena, Derek Holman and Jeff Enns.

07/06/2024

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06/29/2024

On this morning at 11 am MT!

It's a gorgeous day out there, so why not do some gardening or relaxing in your yard with Big E on at the same time! Lots of great music to come today!

11 am Maple Infused Classic Breakfast
Today we explore all Turtle Island Indigenous performers and composers. Two performed at this year's "Indspire" awards show - Deantha Edmunds and William Prince. The others were suggestions from a CBC list called "6 Indigenous composers you need to know in 2024" which includes: Sonny-Ray Day Rider, Olivia Shortt, Sherryl Sewepagaham, Ian Cusson, Jeremy Dutcher, and Cris Derksen.

1 pm - Powerlines
Powerlines with Host Leah Wilson, brings you powerful music of all kinds, connecting us together like the powerlines that run down the road. Celebrating Canada Day weekend by playing some powerful Canadian bands: The Confusionaires, Apollo Suns, The Pack a.d., Dirt City Hot Club, Night Howl, Captain Tractor, & the Arrogant Worms who help us identify as Canadians by way of our National Animal - yes - the Beaver! Other bands, Elvis, Love & Rockets, The Courettes, Alpha Ya Ya Diallo, The Clash, The Ramones, Stevie Wonder, and so much more.

06/28/2024

Tomorrow (Sat, 11 am MT) on bigeradio.com "Maple Infused Classic Breakfast" will be all about Indigenous performers and composers from Turtle Island.
Inspired by the "Indspire Awards" and a list on CBC "6 Indigenous composers you need to know in 2024" you will hear:
Deantha Edmunds-Ramsay with the Suncor Energy String Quartet, and also with the Atlantic String Quartet, with Ashley Dicker & Jennie Williams, William Prince, Sonny-Ray Day Rider performed by Jessica McMann-Wells and Beverley McKiver, Olivia Shortt (remixed by Raven Chacon), Sherryl Sewepagaham's music performed by Luminous Voices (Tim Shantz) and musica intima, Ian Cusson performed by Charles Hamann & Frederic LaCroix, Jeremy Dutcher (feat. Solomon Polchies and Lina Allemano), as well as Cris Derksen (feat. Rebecca Benson) and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.

This gorgeous artwork pictured below is by Jay Bell Redbird (1966-2019) an artist I fell in love with seeing his work exhibited at the Sherbrooke Village in Nova Scotia. Jay is Ojibway from Wikwemikong, Unceded territory. Permission received from his partner, Halina Stopyra, to show this work titled "Respect Mother Earth"

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06/24/2024

Today on Big E Radio - there will be special for St. Jean Baptiste day that Lucas and I put together a couple of years ago, on music from Quebec. It'll run from 4 til almost 8 pm.
Go Oilers! 🧡💙🧡💙
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06/22/2024

On today at 11 am MT

Hello friends, and happy Saturday morning! Be sure to tune into Edmonton's Big E Radio this morning...you don't wanna miss out on this

11am - Maple Infused Classic Breakfast

Ah - summer! Don't you want to spend some time at the lake? Join me at the lake or river with some great Canadian music, including several pieces from Edmonton composers and performers.
Piano, orchestra, organ, choirs, voice and lute - we have it all. We even close off with a couple of pop classics!

1pm - Powerlines

June 22nd 2024 - Saturday on Powerlines with Host Leah Wilson offers up powerful music of all kinds. With a heart full of soul. Tracks from Bad Buddy, Shirley Bassey, The Real McKenzies, Miesha & the Spanks, Robert Palmer, Huey Lewis & the News, and so many more. Have a great weekend

06/21/2024

Still several more hours of Indigenous music coming your way on Big E Radio.

Today is National Indigenous Peoples Day and Big E has a LOT of terrific music all day for you from several of the Big E curators. Tune in to hear music from all over Turtle Island.
from 10:30 am - to 8:00 pm you can catch Indigenous Rap, HipHop, Dance, Indie, House, Classical, Rock, Folk and R & B.

06/21/2024

Tomorrow (Sat. 11 am MT) on Maple Infused Classic Breakfast on Big E Radio, we have music inspired by lakes and rivers and ponds!
Featured Canadian performers are:
Joseph Lai (YEG), Edmonton Youth Orchestra, Simon Irving & Janice Beninger, Elektra Women's Choir, Nancy Argenta & Nigel North, Asiah Holm, Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Stan Rogers and Captain Tractor.
Canadian composers include: Malcolm Forsyth, Paul Chappel, Robert Farnon, Eleanor Daley, and Ann Southam.

06/14/2024

Tomorrow (Sat. 11 am MT) on bigeradio.com we celebrate all the nominees/winners in the classical categories of the East Coast Music Awards, which were handed out at the beginning of May!
We hear from Canadian musicians: Choeur Louisbourg, Luminos Ensemble, Halifax Gay Men's Chorus, Nova Voce, and Polaris Choirs for Change, Nicholas Dupont & Olga Kirpicheva, Kate Read, Lara Deutsch & Adam Cicchillitti, Brad Reid, Tara Scott, & Maureen Batt, Tutta Musica Orchestra, Ofra Harnoy, VC2 Cello Duo & Stephanie Chua.
Canadian composers featured include: James Fogerty, Kathleen Allen, Robbie Smith, arr. by Erica Phare-Bergh & Frances Farrell, Adam Vincent Clarke, Andrew Staniland, Edward Enman, Jason Noble, Monica Pearce, Bill Brennan, Benton Roark, Jaelem Bhate and Laura Sgroi.

And here's a little photo of East Coast serenity to put you in the mood!

06/08/2024

Show is on at 11 am MT!

Hello friends, and welcome to Saturday morning here at the Big E! Be sure to tune in and join us this morning, and get your weekend started out right with this...

11am - Maple Infused Classic Breakfast

Part 2 of music inspired by mountains! We play music about hills and valleys, walking in the mountains, dragons and mountains, summits, bare mountains, glass mountains, and give thanks for the Rocky Mountains.
As always, Edmonton and Canadian musicians are featured

1pm - Powerlines

Powerlines is celebrating Summer Time vibes with host Leah Wilson. Featuring music by Big Brother and the Holding Company featuring Janice Joplin, Yma Sumac, Ramones, Violent Femmes, Amyl and The Sniffers, Dropkick Murphies, Cara Emerald, Larkin Poe, Raygun Cowboys, The Pack a.d., The Dead South, Electric Audry 2, and so many more