Georgian Bay Roots

03/07/2024

It's Canada Day, up Canada way! This week on the show we're celebrating our nation's birthday as well as spinning tracks from artists playing Summerfolk 49, music from artists who played way back at Summerfolk 36, and music from artists you can catch performing in and around our area all summer long. It's all here!

Featuring tracks by Suzie Vinnick, The Arrogant Worms, David Francey, Treasa Levasseur, Sarah Harmer, The 24th Street Wailers, Ron Hynes, The Fretless, Paige Warner, The Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Stompin' Tom Connors, Trent Severn, and Jesse Whiteley!

It's Canada Day, up Canada way! This week on the show we're celebrating our nation's birthday as well as spinning tracks from artists playing Summerfolk 49, music from artists who played way back at S

24/06/2024

A heady dose of highlights from 4 festivals that check off 4 big boxes. 1. close to the water 2. campeable 3. well established and 4. close to home: Summerfolk, Mariposa, Hillside & Riverfest.

On the playlist: Chali2na & Cut Chemist, Fleet Foxes, Violent Femmes, Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie, Tio Chorinho & Flavia Nascimento, Élage Diouf, Band of Horses, Maestro Fresh Wes, BA Johnston, Benin International Musical, Richard Thompson, and Medicine Singers w/ Lee Ronaldo & Yonatan G*t.

A heady dose of highlights from 4 festivals that check off 4 big boxes: 1. close to the water 2. campeable 3. well established and 4. close to home. On the playlist: Chali2na & Cut Chemist, Fleet Foxe

23/06/2024

Tune in to AM 560 CFOS today at 4 to get an earful of artists and bands that will be playing a) close to home + b) spots you can camp out at + c) close to swimmable water + d) at well established fests = Summerfolk, Hillside, Mariposa and Riverfest.
Trust me when I say this is a winning algorithm already, then add the kind of high calibre acts you'll hear on the show today?! Transcendent...here's a taste (Linda's not playing, but Richard is!)

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16/06/2024

Greetings Georgian Bay Roots Radio Listeners!

This weeks 400th episode of Georgian Bay Roots is hosted by Lloyd Lemon and airs on 560 CFOS on Sunday June 16, 2024 at 4. For those of you not living in the Owen Sound area, or who no longer use old school radios - you can listen to the show live via www.560cfos dot ca

In this episode, Lloyd presents music to celebrate Father’s Day. Artists featured include: Sandy Harron; Kailey Jane Hawkins; Larry Jensen; Amber May; Matthew Barber; Stan Rogers; Garnet Rogers; Adrian Sutherland; The Kingston Trio; Nanci Griffith; Murray McLauchlan; Johnny Cash; and Rick Fines!

For those of you, who can't listen via CFOS on Sunday, this post will be updated with the Soundcloud link after 18:00 (6:00 PM) on Sunday. The podcast episode is also available through Apple podcasts and via Summerfolk.org/radio.

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10/06/2024

Hey folks, it's Kelly's turn on the mic. This is episode #399 of the show. It's 68 days until Summerfolk and you know we'll soon be mostly dwelling on the guests coming to play at Nawash Park this August, so Kelly decided to do an last episode of local performers you won't hear as much about over the next couple of months. There's no way to include all the local talent in a one hour show, it likely couldn't be done in a week long show, but in this episode there's some good music that represents our area well and we'll get to the rest eventually.

In the show this week there is music from Rob Rolfe & Larry Andreas Jensen & Richard-Yves Sitoski, Larry Jensen and Lori Ross, The Beckett Family featuring Tyler & Linsey Beckett, Kailey Jane Hawkins, RPR, Rob Elder with Josi Elder, Jaret Koop & Mike Weir, The Krueggers with members too numerous to enumerate, Craig Smith, Jon Zaslow, and Coco Love Alcorn.

And don't forget to tune in to the show next week when Lloyd Lemon hosts the 400th episode, and isn't that some kind of crazy? FOUR HUNDRED EPISODES??? We seem to be on a roll here, now don't we?

We're a weekly radio show based in Owen Sound, Ontario and presented by the Georgian Bay Folk Society. Hosts Kailey, Lloyd, Kelly, and Tom share the music that's made in and played in Grey and Bruce c

05/06/2024

What's that? You said you wanted some new music? Well...buckle yourself up because this week's episode of Georgian Bay Roots Radio has got all kinds of new tracks hot off the press PLUS music from your friends and neighbours, Youth Discoveries 2024 winners, Summerfolk 49 performers and more. It's all here!

Featuring tracks by Lennie Gallant, Terra Lightfoot, the Great Lake Swimmers , Joel Plaskett, Marshall Veroni, Drew Mcivor, Meteor Heist, James Keelaghan, Cheryl Wheeler, Garnet Rogers, Bahamas, SiobhanBodrugmusic and bransandersmusic!

What's that? You said you wanted some new music? Well...buckle yourself up because this week's episode of Georgian Bay Roots Radio has got all kinds of new tracks hot off the press PLUS music from you

01/06/2024

Recorded live from the Massey Hall stage, the special features a night of music welcoming some of Canada’s brightest talent to celebrate the late Gordon Ligh...

28/05/2024

A heady mix of hot tracks to match the hot weather! Listen in to hear A Tribe Called Red feat. Odario, Haviah Mighty and the Chippewa Travellers, Jesse Landen's latest project Balmy Beach, Sages, formerly of Meaford, now of Hamilton, a classic from Spoons, a soon to be classic from Sandro Perri, Charlie and Josh at their danciest with Platinum Sweat circa 2010, the pride of Eugenia, Alois Halliday laying down some verses about chopped Aerostars and more, Tween and Before the Dark Side alumni Chris covering Air's 'Kelly Watch the Starts', Dave Marshak's County Works Dept. laying it down in the mid 00's, Heathcote's own Debi Harbottle under her stage name Roni Sommers in 1981 and some more Beverley Glenn Copeland (just in case you need saving).

A heady mix of hot tracks to match the hot weather! Listen in to hear A Tribe Called Red feat. Odario, Haviah Mighty and the Chippewa Travellers, Jesse Landen's latest project Balmy Beach, Sages, form

19/05/2024

Greetings Georgian Bay Roots Radio Listeners!

This weeks episode of Georgian Bay Roots is hosted by Lloyd Lemon and airs on 560 CFOS on Sunday May 19, 2024 at 4. For those of you not living in the Owen Sound area, or who no longer use old school radios - you can listen to the show live via www.560cfos dot ca

In this episode Lloyd presents music about, inspired by, or written and composed by Gordon Lightfoot.

Artists featured include: The Guess Who; Jimmy Buffett; Anne Murray; Bruce Cockburn; Raul Malo; Liona Boyd; Billy Joel; Murray McLauchlan; Ron Sexsmith; The Skydiggers; Bluestone; The Good Brothers, Chris Jones & The Night Drivers; Aengus Finnan; and Gordon Lightfoot.

For those of you, who can't listen via CFOS on Sunday, you can listen to the show via the following link via Soundcloud.

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The podcast episode is also available through Apple podcasts and via Summerfolk.org/radio.

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The Georgian Bay Folk Society is also hosting the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Summerfolk Fundraiser on May 25, 2024 at the Harmony Centre in Owen Sound. See the poster below for the list of participating artists. Tickets are $30 in advance and $35 at the door. Tickets can be purchased through www.summerfolk.org or by emailing [email protected].

07/05/2024

Host Kailey Jane Hawkins returns to the airwaves with yet another hour of stellar music related to Summerfolk and the Grey/Bruce counties. Music from Bill Monahan, Dave Hawkins, Bill Dickson, Richard Ebbs, Sandy Harron, Deep Blue Honey, Martin Cooper, David Hartt, Kevin Couch, Amanda and the Paper Cranes, Bella Frances, Jaret Koop, Gordon Lightfoot, and Garnet Rogers pack her show to bulging with barely any breathing room. With Summerfolk49 coming up fast you'll want to be listening in on all the episodes of Georgian Bay Roots to gather as much intel as you can before the big show. Give episode #394 a listen. You'll be glad you did.

If you like music made in and played in Grey and Bruce counties, then, Friends -- you are going to *love* this week's edition of Georgian Bay Roots Radio. Picking up where Tom left off last week talki

02/05/2024

Mark your calendars for May 25, Summerfolk is having a Gordon Lightfoot tribute fundraiser and we hope to see you there!✨ Ticket prices are $30 advance and $35 at the door! 🙌🏻 The show starts at 7:00pm, you don’t wanna miss it!

30/04/2024

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Inspired by the gonzo reporting of , Georgian Bay Roots walks you through one weekend of live music (plus some road tunes along the way) in this corner of the world.

Friday night kicks off with a Thresher album release show, a Saturday afternoon at Four Winds Festival's Emerging Artist Showcase means songs from Equal (Oshawa), Isla-Maria (Gravenhurst), Odd Marshall (Port Elgin), Jessie Corrigan and the Neustadt Sound and Taylor Abrahamse (Peterborough).

Road tunes back to the Scenic City are supplied by Natlak (Vancouver), fronted by former Summerfolk Youth Discovery winner Sterling Mackenzie, and The Apes Have Landed (Taiwan), an far flung outfit of Owen Sound, think Clock Strikes, expats. Saturday night is Jazzmyn's with Larry Jensen and Pete Devlin and Sunday afternoon is wiled away with a Katie Gleiser recital of Debussy and Ravel masterworks, spoken for on today's show with a Ravel piece for piano and strings, performed by Sweetwater Festival performers Philip Chiu and Cameron Crozman.

New tracks from Drew McIvor (Walter's Falls) and Bodies of Water (Meaford) ease you into Sunday evening and, hopefully, a great week.

Inspired by the gonzo reporting of , Georgian Bay Roots walks you through one weekend of live music (plus some road tunes along the way) in this corner of the world. Friday nig

20/04/2024

Greetings Georgian Bay Roots Radio Listeners!

This weeks episode of Georgian Bay Roots is hosted by Lloyd Lemon and airs on 560 CFOS on Sunday April 21, 2024 at 4. For those of you not living in the Owen Sound area, or who no longer use old school radios - you can listen to the show live via www.560cfos dot ca.

Lloyd’s been able to get out and see some live music over the past few months and this show highlights some of these experiences, supplemented by connections and explorations of new music. Live shows featured Sue Foley, RPR, Colin Linden (with Terra Lightfoot), and Shawn Kellerman. Artists featured include: Fred Penner; RPR, Lucy MacNeil, Sue Foley, Ruthie Foster, Colin Linden, Harrison Kennedy, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, Jay Linden, Adrian Sutherland, Shawn Kellerman and Carlos Del Junco with honorable mention of Terra Lightfoot.

For those of you, who can't listen via CFOS on Sunday, this post will be updated with the Soundcloud link after 18:00 (6:00 PM) on Sunday. The podcast episode is also available through Apple podcasts and via Summerfolk.org/radio
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20/04/2024

I am honoured and thrilled to be part of this stellar line up set to celebrate the life and work of a friend and mentor the incomparable Gordon Lightfoot

20/04/2024

119 days and counting down!

G*ther the family and get ready to soak up the summer vibes! 🎶 We’re thrilled to announce the lineup for Summerfolk 49 in Owen Sound, happening August 16-18th, 2024. 🎸Join us for a weekend of folk music, laughter, and unforgettable moments for all ages! 🤩

09/04/2024

They say "April showers bring May flowers"...host Kailey Jane Hawkins is embracing this rainy week we've had here in Grey/Bruce and spinning all kinds of tracks about rain, new music from your friends and neighbours, and music from Summerfolk alumni and Youth Discoveries winners of years past. Catch it all here! Featuring tracks by The Lifers, Larry Andreas Jensen, Mark Bethune, Luca Fogale, David Newland, The Skydiggers, Ray Bonneville, Suzie Vinnick, Jon Brooks, John Bino, Samantha Martin, Ken Dunn, Charlie Taylor-Gillespie and brand new music from Drew Mcivor and Sandy Harron!

They say "April showers bring May flowers"...host Kailey Jane Hawkins is embracing this rainy week we've had here in Grey/Bruce and spinning all kinds of tracks about rain, new music from your friends

01/04/2024

GBR kicks off with a pile of local cuts, past and present, from Murray Powell, Sterling & the Birdwatchers, Milk Fraud, JD Crosstown and Melissa Dawne & the Timebomberz w/ Drew Wright before switching gears to get you up to date on acts coming to town that you won't want to miss: The Stampeders, Zones, Moon King, Moonbean and Souvenirs, the local John Prine show. As an extra special treat, a reel to reel recording of Joso & Malka live at Mariposa '63, aka a little taste of The Prociw Archives (look it up on Youtube, he needs your help identifying some of the artists caught on tape!).

GBR kicks off with a pile of local cuts, past and present, from Murray Powell, Sterling & the Birdwatchers, Milk Fraud, JD Crosstown and Melissa Dawne & the Timebomberz w/ Drew Wright before switching

30/03/2024

Tune in to Georgian Bay Roots this Sunday at 4 to hear a pile of local tracks, including new music from Woodworker plus some old music from the Folk Society's Youth Discoveries project. Finally, what amounts to a dance party to wrap up the show, even though it's just a recap of shows coming to Owen Sound and Meaford over the next little while. Exhibit A, Moonking will be playing the Electric Ectlectics showcase at the Heartwood on April 14:

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23/03/2024

Greetings Georgian Bay Roots Radio Listeners!

This weeks episode of Georgian Bay Roots is hosted by Lloyd Lemon and airs on 560 CFOS on Sunday March 24, 2024 at 4. For those of you not living in the Owen Sound area, or who no longer use old school radios - you can listen to the show live via www.560cfos dot ca

Lloyd and his wife Anne visited Ireland last May and for today's episode, we feature traditional music from Ireland and from artists who carry on Irish traditions (like this fellow in the photo who was entertaining on the path above the Cliffs of Moher). Artists featured include: The Chieftains; Matt Molloy, Sean Keane, and Arty McGlynn; Sharon Shannon; Connla; The Corrs; Van Morrison & The Chieftains; Sinead O’Connor; Dervish with Brendan Gleeson; Ronan Keating; Damien Leith; The High Kings; The Irish Descendants; The Irish Rovers; and Loreena McKennitt with James Keelaghan.

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For those of you, who can't listen via CFOS on Sunday, the Soundcloud link for our podcast will be added to this post at 18:00 (6:00 PM) on Sunday. The podcast episode will also be available through Apple podcasts and via Summerfolk dot org/radio

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This is the March 24, 2024 edition of Georgian Bay Roots Radio, hosted by Lloyd Lemon. Lloyd and his wife Anne had the pleasure of visiting Ireland in May of 2023 and in this episode we explore trad

18/03/2024

Kelly, the host with the most Irish name of us all, got to do the St. Paddy's Day show. He says that's the luck of the Irish, but there's not much Irish in him according to his DNA test. Oh well, he brought enough Irish Charm to have it fit just perfectly into the day. Music by Doug MacNearney, Irish Mythen Music, Aengus Finnan, Larry Andreas Jensen, The Comas, Si Khan, David Francey, Arrandale, and The MacKenzie Blues Band filled the hour and if you missed it you can stream or download it from the link right here:

It's the St. Paddy's Day episode. There might be some mention of Ireland in this one.

11/03/2024

It's taken just over six months to happen: host Kailey Jane Hawkins' Summerfolk wristband finally fell off this week! Take heart -- there are only a few short months until she'll get a new one at Summerfolk 49! This week's show has got a little bit of everything to get you excited for the upcoming music season: tunes from Summerfolk alumni, artists playing music in and around our area this summer, and music "just because". Featuring tracks by the Good Lovelies, Bruce Cockburn, Lennie Gallant, William Prince, Esther's Family, Christine Lavin, Union Duke, Wendi Hunter, John Prine, Old Man Luedecke, Eve Goldberg, Amanda Rheaume, Joe Brown and Martin Cooper!

It's taken just over six months to happen: host Kailey Jane Hawkins' Summerfolk wristband finally fell off this week! Take heart -- there are only a few short months until she'll get a new one at Summ

03/03/2024

Tune in and hop on the wayback machine to August 27-29 2004 when the Great Lakes Jam took to the hills around Balaclava. Check out the classic playlist!

Tune in this Sunday for a Georgian Bay Roots episode all about the Great Lakes Jam, a massive music festival that happened one August 20 years ago in Balaclava. The lineup included Spencer Davis, Eric

01/03/2024

Tune in this Sunday (4pm, AM 560 CFOS) for an extra special Georgian Bay Roots episode all about the Great Lakes Jam, a massive music festival that happened one August, just like Summerfolk, 20 years ago. The lineup included Spencer Davis, Eric Burdon & the Animals, Steppenwolf, Blue Oyster Cult, Joe Walsh, Rick Derringer, Johnny Winter, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, the B-52s, Cheap Trick, Kim Mitchell, Alice Cooper and TIN MAN & THE FLYING MONKEYS! Can you imagine kicking off a weekend with a tune like this?!

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25/02/2024

Stale Goods, Kelly's show from last Sunday is right here:

Music made in or played in Grey and Bruce Counties with tracks from around the world, this episode is celebrating All the things that happen in February.

25/02/2024

Greetings Georgian Bay Roots Radio Listeners!

I am Lloyd Lemon, host of this weeks episode of Georgian Bay Roots that airs on 560 CFOS on Sunday February 25, 2024 at 4. For those of you not living in the Owen Sound area, or who no longer use old school radios - you can listen to the show live via www.560cfos dot ca (replace the dot with .)

For today's episode, we want to counter your mid-winter blues by celebrating Carnaval and Mardi Gras with music from Quebec, PEI, Louisiana, and New Orleans. Artists featured include: Waylon Thibodeaux; La Bottine Souriante; La Ligue Du Bonheur; Vishten; De Temps Antan; Boozoo Chavis; Buckwheat Zydeco; Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band; Corey Ledet Zydeco; Le Winston Band; Matt Rollins with The War & The Treaty; Professor Longhair; Stop Inc.; Al Johnson and Dr. John.

For those of you, who can't listen via CFOS on Sunday, the Soundcloud link for our podcast will be available at 17:00 (5:00 PM) on Sunday. The podcast episode is also available through Apple podcasts and via Summerfolk dot org/Radio

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This is the February 25, 2024 edition of Georgian Bay Roots Radio, hosted by Lloyd Lemon. In this episode we play music to counter the mid-winter blues and celebrate Carnaval and Mardi Gras with mus

24/02/2024

I am Lloyd Lemon, host of this weeks episode of Georgian Bay Roots that airs on 560 CFOS on Sunday February 25, 2024 at 4. For those of you not living in the Owen Sound area, or who no longer use old school radios - you can listen to the show live via www.560cfos.ca

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For those of you, who can't listen via CFOS on Sunday, the Soundcloud link for our podcast will be available at 17:00 (5:00 PM) on Sunday. The podcast episode is also available through Apple podcasts and via Summerfolk.org/radio

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This is the February 25, 2024 edition of Georgian Bay Roots Radio, hosted by Lloyd Lemon. In this episode we play music to counter the mid-winter blues and celebrate Carnaval and Mardi Gras with mus

14/02/2024

Kick off your shoes and make yourself comfortable, this week's episode of Georgian Bay Roots is designed to get you excited for the upcoming festival season, celebrate Valentines Day, and to make you feel at home with some great tunes by Summerfolk alumni as well as some of your own friends and neighbours. Featuring tracks by Bahamas, Suzie Vinnick and Rick Fines, John Prine, Drew Mcivor, Hang the Piper, The Lifers, the Good Lovelies, Joel Plaskett, Larry Andreas Jensen, Lisa Stethem, Kelly Babcock, James Keelaghan and Mark Bethune!

Kick off your shoes and make yourself comfortable, this week's episode of Georgian Bay Roots is designed to get you excited for the upcoming festival season, celebrate Valentines Day, and to make you

07/02/2024

New show, for your pleasure: Press play to hear an eclectic mix of acts gracing the streets and stages of Grey Bruce: hear the Bobcat Family Band (feat. Rich Laviolette) take on a Neil Young classic, find out what BA Johnston really thinks about self service machines, mark the Spoons show at the Meaford Hall on your calendars along with Woodworker and Kingo Halla shows at the Rumpus Room, not to mention Deep Dark Night w/ Mike (GBR spins some Ghost Money direct from Taiwan to mark the occasion), plus tracks from Lakewater, Harley Clarence, Dave Snider and Dizziheds (aka Eli from Roller Records) to make this meal complete!

Press play to hear an eclectic mix of acts gracing the streets and stages of Grey Bruce: hear the Bobcat Family Band (feat. Rich Laviolette) take on a Neil Young classic, find out what BA Johnston rea