Spring is almost here! I’ve wrapped up my contract at Bandwidth and have taken on some new projects — I’m now working on CBC Music’s Searchlight competition (the hunt for Canada’s Best New Artist) and have also gotten back to doing some radio freelancing.
Click below to hear the three part mini-series I produced and hosted for CBC Radio One national syndication. It’s called “Punching In” and looks at some of the issues relating to young workers (under 30, Gen Y, Millenials, whatever you want to call us!) and the new workforce/economy.
… and that’s about all that’s new on the work front for now! I’ve got a few ideas up my sleeve, though… will update if (when?!) they come to fruition..
Great news! For the next few months, I’m hosting the R3 Weekend on CBC Radio 3. I’m covering the Saturday morning slot from 9 to noon (ET) and Sunday afternoons from 4 to 7. You can stream the show at CBCMusic.ca.
So I’ve been horrible at updating the site for the last while. Mostly, I blame moving four times in the past 9 months (Ottawa –> Winnipeg –> Kamloops –> Toronto –> lo and behold, back to Ottawa!)
But now I’m back and settled in the capital with my dream gig — hosting Bandwidth, Ontario’s independent music show on CBC Radio One (Saturdays @ 5:05pm across Ontario). I’m also doing work with CBC Music — a fantastic new site from CBC.
I’ve got some other great projects on the go as well — will update as they come closer to fruition!
After a busy election, I’ve been back freelancing at the CBC in Ottawa and working with the Saturday morning radio show, In Town and Out.
My first piece back took me to an unlikely place to putter – Beechwood Cemetery. But it turned out to be the perfect place not to find just one story, but several… Click below to hear about the cemetery’s annual historical walking tour, this year with a Hockey Heroes theme:
The next piece… the quintessential summer story: camp. To talk about camp from a different perspective, I talked to a Y Camp Davern alumna Shannon Lambert about why she loved camp – and why she’s sending her daughters this year. Click below to listen:
This week, I made my way out to Almonte to meet with Thomas Kaniya, a mechanic from Vancouver who’s making his way across Canada to help out organic farms across the country. Click below to listen to the piece, which aired July 2nd:
Now that the election buzz has worn down (just slightly…) I thought I’d add a couple of articles I wrote for iPolitics.ca that were picked up on the Postmedia wire.
Have you heard of A Tribe Called Red? They’re a group of Ottawa-based Aboriginal DJs that mix traditional songs with club beats… an infectious, danceable fusion of old and new.
DJ Bear Witness is part of ATCR, and he brought some of the group’s Pow Wow Step tracks to Winterlude this weekend when he spun at the Crystal Lounge in Confederation Park. Click below to listen to how he got his start in DJing and how he uses his music and video work to play with notions of Aboriginal culture and identity. The interview aired on In Town and Out on CBC Radio 1 on Saturday, Feb. 21st:
Winterlude is in full swing… and what better way to enjoy it than playing pond hockey?
The 3rd annual Beaver Cup Pond Hockey Tournament is on this weekend at Dow’s Lake, and I talked to Doug Palmer, one of this year’s competitors, to talk a bit about the game. But he isn’t your average player — and has some great stories to share.
Click below to listen to the segment, which aired on In Town and Out on CBC Radio One Ottawa this morning:
Ottawa songstress Holly Villeneuve, known to most as Miss Holly, fronts local reggae group The Roots Band — she’s also got a single release party this weekend at Groovy’s Roti Hut in Vanier for her remake of Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry. But the reggae gal, surprisingly enough, started from country roots.
I had a chance to meet up with Miss Holly and the band at a practice this week to learn more about the band and how a Greely girl gets into reggae. Listen to my piece, which aired on In Town and Out on CBC Radio One Ottawa, just below:
And finally, the first episode is out! The Poutinecast is a podcasting experiment with a simple yet delicious concept: I take a friend along to a dining establishment, we order poutine… and judge it. No holds — or curds — barred.
In this first exploratory episode, Meg Wilcox and Chris Ellis stop by a diner chain on Ste-Catherine St. in Montreal… and both discover they’re “curd girls”. Listen below:
