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  • Jessica Holmes on Pages

    Posted by Rob on December 14th, 2010

    Yes she can channel Celine Dion. But there’s another side to the Royal Canadian Air Farce’s Jessica Holmes. She joins host Ron Robinson to chat about her new memoir, I Love Your Laugh.

    With a Mormon father and a feminist mother she was bound to have an interesting childhood. Learn more this Thursday afternoon on Pages, 5 – 5:30 with an encore presentation on the Saturday Morning Show from 6 – 8. There will be an autographed copy given away on each show. Radio to warm your cockles when it’s cold outside.

  • Andy Gish on the TwangTrust

    Posted by Rob on December 14th, 2010

    This week, the TwangTrust takes a break from it’s seasonal yuletide programming. Andy Gish, who you may have read about in this week’s Uptown cover story, is flying into our town from Atlanta specifically for the 4-night Weakerthans Tour o’ the ‘Peg and she’ll be our special guest co-host this Wednesday.

    We’ll geek-out on all things Weakerthans as well as discover new music from her favourite Georgia bands including Gish’s own fab combo, The Yum Yum Tree.

    andyinwinnipeg.blogspot.com
    myspace.com/theyumyumtree

  • Christmas in the Man Cave

    Posted by Rob on December 13th, 2010

    The Man Cave gets in the holiday spirit tonight by filling its Christmas stocking full of seasonal tunes. Pour yourself some eggnog, put on the Yule log and keep warm by the radio as we spread good cheer. That’s tonight from 9:30 pm to 11.

  • John K. Samson on Tawny the Brave

    Posted by Rob on December 8th, 2010

    Join Dave this Thursday evening as he hosts the Weakerthans John K Samson. The Weakerthans are playing a series of concerts this December celebrating each of their albums. Tickets are still available for the December 18th show at the Burton Cummings Theatre:

    http://www.theweakerthans.org/concerts/
    Tickets

  • Rodrigo Muñoz on The Man Cave

    Posted by Robin on December 6th, 2010

    Tonight on The Man Cave our special guest is Rodrigo Muñoz. Well known as leader of the popular Latin Jazz ensemble Papa Mambo, he is also a classical guitarist. Find out if he’s more into percussion than philharmonics tonight at 9:30.