Hey music fans, starting this Saturday, July 16th at 9am, The Blues Journey with Greg Gaughan starts broadcasting blues to the world via RTDS!
It’s been a few years since we’ve had a blues show, and it’s needed more than ever. Greg is a radio vet that appreciates not only the music but the cultural heritage the blues brings to modern times, and you’ll hear TWO HOURS of it each Saturday at 9a/3p/9p and 3a Sunday, all times Eastern.
Click here for more info on Greg and the show…
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We believe it is both fair and necessary for ALL online radio stations and users of music to compensate creators for the use of their music, every year! It’s only fair!
To find out more about SOCAN’s mission and how they support music creators, visit http://SOCAN.ca
We want to sincerely thank each and every one of our listeners for the hours tuned in; sharing our content on Facebook and Instagram; and for recommending our little piece of audio heaven with those that you think would enjoy us!
It’s been a wild ride this year, and we will be back in the new year with great new interviews, new shows, a new studio and our returning cast of talented hosts!
Hey there, until we get back on the air, we’re going to share our unique taste on Spotify, to the world! Join us for 10 or 11 tracks each week that are rarely heard or under-appreciated these days 🙂 If you don’t use Spotify, check out the SoundsGood playlist above that plays nice with ALL streaming services!
You can find the playlist both here and on our Facebook page at FB.com/RTDS.ca
And PLEASE, if you like or LOVE the music, please head to the artists’ sites and BUY their music. This playlist is intended to showcase some music flying a bit under the radar, so show the artists some LOVE! <3
Here’s this week’s online playlist:
Ok… SONGS ABOUT CARS in this week’s “Classic FM”!
–“I LOVE her… I NEED her… I SEE her!”
–“It’s the color of your skin… Your skin is black metallic…”
–“Sweet old racing car of mine… roarin’ down the broken line…”
EVERYONE will identify with one! Not the obvious choices either, but you expect that from Gene Godfrey. Wednesday in the live stream at 9a/3p/9p and 3a Thursday!
Did we miss your favourite? Let Gene know so he can add it to a future Part 2!
#ClassicFM #Prog #Rock #diverse #music
Alan Parsons enters The Vinyl Vault this Thursday to talk #touring, #music and #life!
We last caught up with Alan just before his whirlwind visit to Toronto in May of 2012, as the Art and Science of Sound Masterclass Training Session took over Noble Street Studios to record the David Barrett Trio, plus vocalist Paul Reid in a marathon 12 hour session!
Alan and the Alan Parsons Live Project are hitting the road for some selected North American dates before heading off to Europe! The APP live project rolls into the Oakville Centre For The Performing Arts on March 13th and 14th. His tour starts Jan 28th and continues into March. Head over to www.AlanParsonsMusic.com for all the tour dates, as well as order yourself a copy of The Art and Science Of Sound – The Book. Recently written by Alan and Julian Colbeck, it takes the ASS DVD series to the next level, providing greater details and depth than can be provided on video. 
Alan also gave us a sneak peek at the soon to be released “Fragile” 7″ #vinyl record single! See the screen caps below.
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Bill Wood, chief creative officer of Bill Wood & The Woodies and former lead singer/songwriter of Canadian Pop music sensation Eye Eye, decends into The Vinyl Vault with Todd Miller to chat about his brand new CD “Oh Look…” and his whirlwind time in Eye Eye.
From pop music sensation, to exiting the music industry, becoming a family man, overcoming addiction, and finally re-entering the music industry on his own terms, Bill has done it all and lived to tell the story! Plus, we spin some tracks from the new disc and a choice cut from Eye Eye.
Bill also starred in a couple of videos which we chatted about as well, click the links below to take a trip back 🙂
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The Woodies have a monthly gig at Graffitis in Toronto, and are also appearing at Relish on The Danforth on November 22nd, 2014!
A special Tuesday presentation of The Vinyl Vault! Drummer extraordinaire, composer, percussionist, vocalist, inventor, sideman, hired gun, painter/sketcher, interviewer…the list goes on and on for Terry Bozzio! He was the man behind the kit and Frank Zappa’s foil onstage for 3 years, moved on to form the highly successful Missing Persons, joined the prog band UK for a few albums and tours, recorded with Tony Levin, Jeff Beck, Mike Portnoy, Alan Holdsworth…let’s just say he’s played with a few people and bands! And he’s on tour…
Coming to The Cosmopolitan Music Hall in Richmond Hill, Ontario on September 19th & 20th, he’ll be performing solo on a tuned drum kit like the pic above, triggering bass notes and textures in a captivating performance! For other tour dates, visit www.TerryBozzio.com/tour-dates and check out the itinerary. Terry also sells his own line of signature drum sticks and drum heads that he invented! And just for fun, check out the biography section, and see if you can read the whole thing in one sitting!! The guy is busy!
We talk about the current tour; his inspirations on the drum kit; his inspirations in life; the profound impact working with Frank Zappa had on him; talked about politics, art, design…he’s opinionated!
For more info on is work with Frank, go to www.FrankZappa.com
To hound him on Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/@terrybozzio
Heeeeeeeeeee’s baaaaaaaaack! The highest rated jazz host is now on RTDS! Larry Green, formerly of JAZZ-FM in Toronto now hosts “Out Of The Blue” heard Mondays from 1-3 pm on RTDS, starting September 8th, and will be re-rolled Tuesday – Friday in the same time slot. The sprit of jazz. A touch of everything and then some…” Once broadcast from the top of the CN Tower, Larry will now be heard from the top of Willowdale 🙂
It seems that doing a Jazz radio show was meant to be part of Larry Green’s life. Growing up in Toronto’s multi-cultural Kensington Market area, music was part of the culture and community.
After many years of studying music, including Toronto’s Oakwood Collegiate, Larry began working delivering mail at CBC Toronto. Del Mott, a CBC host of many national radio shows, had befriended Larry at the corporation as well as hearing him play at various venues. He helped this fledgling radio voice get hired at CHVC- Niagara Falls, Ontario, his first radio job. This rude radio awakening was followed by on-air performances in Guelph Ontario; Vancouver and Penticton, British Columbia; and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Toronto and several other Canadian stations.
Larry eventually ended up doing the afternoon drive show on the then experimental CHUM-FM in Toronto. During his stay at CHUM, he was also appointed creative director of the entire group of CHUM stations at that time, and was the first Canadian recipient of the coveted Armstrong Award, “for excellence in FM broadcasting”, given out by Columbia University.
Larry hosted the first music show on Toronto’s CITY-TV, and co-hosted a national children’s show on CBC-TV (After Four), with Jan Tennant.
Eventually, Larry moved into the music business as the marketing director for GRT Records, and then the National Promotion Manager for WEA Music ( Warner Bros. Elektra and Atlantic Records ).
He was approached by CFNY-FM Toronto, and asked to do their weekly jazz show. That show produced great ratings for the station, and soon after, Larry syndicated his Out of The Blue show nationwide with the same results.
Always expanding his horizons, Larry moved into program management for Telemedia Broadcasting. He assumed the responsibilities of Program Director/Operations Manager, and was a front-line contributor at their CRTC FM hearing.
Larry continued his association with CBC radio, firstly as the jazz host of Catherine O’Hara’s Later The Same Day, and later on, producing and hosting a 13-week national series using the Blindfold Test theme. All of his work was celebrated and well-accepted by audience and management alike. Some of the shows included musicians like Ahmad Jamal, Ernestine Anderson, Chuck Mangione, Joey DeFrancesco, Oliver Jones, Phil Nimmons, Rob McConnell and others.
An international opportunity also arose, and Larry created, produced and voiced a successful jazz show on the web at theiceberg.com.
Although Larry has consistently acted as a mentor, and consultant, he augmented that part of his career by creating a program for the Learning Annex called Putting Your Voice To Work. This very successful program ran for two years, and was designed to teach techniques for developing voice talent for commercials, animation and announcing.
He also was an instructor for Humber College’s Broadcasting Program.
Larry joined JAZZ FM91 April 1st, 2002, and could be heard Monday – Friday, 2 – 6pm. Larry was consistently at the top of the stations ratings, continued to interview dozens of international and Canadian celebrities and was the Winner of The National Jazz Broadcaster of the year, .( 2006 ), and was nominated for this same award in 2007.
As part of his duties at JAZZ FM 91, Larry took a program idea, named it JAZZOLOGY, and developed a format for this extremely successful, accredited program that incorporates jazz students from four Toronto area Colleges and Universities. Larry hosted, produced and directed this show. As a result of the success of Jazzology, Larry was nominated for an honourary degree at the University of Toronto.
To get in touch with Larry or find out what he played, email him: larrygreen AT rogers.com
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THE SPRIT OF JAZZ. A TOUCH OF EVERYTHING AND THEN SOME…
Midge Ure, co-writer with Sir Bob Geldof of one of the most popular songs ever, Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas”, Ultravox frontman, one time band member of Thin Lizzy, and prolific solo artist drops by The Vinyl Vault to discuss his brand new release “Fragile” coming out August 19th on Hypertension Records, distributed by
e One music in North America. MIdge joins us at 9a ET, with repeats at 3p/9p Thursday, and 3a Friday. If you miss it, it will be On Demand at the link below…
Midge is also on one of this summer’s hottest tours, “RetroFutura” along with Howard Jones, Tom Bailey from The Thompson Twins, China Crisis, Katrina ex- of Katrina & The Waves and Right The Stars. RTS were Midge’s backing band during his last solo North American tour, and they are not to be missed! Get ticket info at www.RetroFutura.com and catch the tour right here in Toronto at Kool Haus on August 26th, it’s going to be a busy night!
Visit his website at http://www.midgeure.co.uk/
Find him on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=275159919205373&fref=ts
Tweet him here: http://www.Twitter.com/@midgeure1
His biography, “If I Was” is available right HERE on Amazon: http://amzn.to/1rChQFF 
If you miss it, the show will be On Demand below on Friday:
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