Category: Radio

This week on Triple-R Radio, Roy spins a stack of donor requests from the CKUA fall fundraiser. The playlist accurately reflects the taste of CKUA donors. Very eclectic. You’ll hear shellac and vinyl from Southbound Freeway, Ian & Sylvia, Slim Harpo. John Prine, Wilf Carter & the Calgary Stampeders, the Beatles, Billie Holiday, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, and more.

The spin begins this Sunday, November 5^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a bunch of Donor Requests on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve.

Roy’s back digging through some 78s from the crates this week on Triple-R Radio. Show # 66 in this endlessly ongoing series. You’ll hear slabs of shellac from artists like Polly Possum & Joe Wolverton with the Dog Patch Boys, Fats Waller, Marian Anderson, Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, the Penguins, Johnny Dodds’ Washboard Band, J. J. Johnson’s Be Boppers, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, October 15^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for another eclectic batch of 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

It’s chow-down time this week on Triple-R Radio as Roy hosts his annual Thanksgiving Audio Pot Luck bash. King Curtis and his band will be dishing out a mess of Memphis soul stew. Washboard Sam is set to fry up some good old cabbage greens. Annette Hanshaw is cooking breakfast. Ella Mae Morse will be all buzzed up from forty cups of coffee. The Basin Street Boys are hoping for a knife, a fork, and a spoon. Pie will be supplied by the Beaver Valley Sweethearts, Blind Boy Fuller, and Bob Dylan.

There will be other tasty contributions from Moon Mullican, the Andrews Sisters, Tony Joe White, the Slim Gaillard Trio, Gary ‘US’ Bonds, and more.

The spin begins this Sunday, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Bring along your appetites for a Thanksgiving Audio Pot Luck on Roooooy’s Record Room, the show that’s always in the mood for food.

This week on RRR, Roy dives back into some 78s from the crates for episode # 65 in this ongoing series. The playlist covers the years 1913 to 1958 with shellac from Bert Williams, the Coasters, the Prairie Ramblers, Carolina Cotton with Bob Wills, Ella Mae Morse, Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers, the Penguins, Don Byas, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, September 24^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in to experience another eclectic batch of 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals.

The original 1930s 78 labels called it ‘Hot String Band’. Later on, folks named it ‘Hillbilly Jazz’. On RRR, we’ll go with ‘Western Swing’, an exciting hybrid of country, blues, jazz, polka, big band, and then-current pop music. This Sunday, Roy plays a stack of vintage hot string band 78s from the likes of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Patsy Montana & Her Pardners, Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, the Tune Wranglers, Texas Rose, King Ganam & His Sons Of The West, the Maddox Brothers & Rose, and more. All spinning from the original shellac discs.

The spin begins this Sunday, September 17^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Put on your dancing shoes for an hour of Western Swing at 78 rpm on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that just can’t get enough of that ah-ha.

Last September, CKUA’s Alberta Morning host, Grant Stovel, began a series of Triple-R Sneak Peeks, letting CKUA listeners know what might be coming up on Roy’s Record Room. After a summer break, Roy and Grant are about to resume the Sneak Peek series. In celebration, Roy spins a few Triple-R Sneak Peek highlights from the past. You’ll hear an eclectic batch of sides from Anita O’Day, the Washboard Rhythm Kings, Dr Feelgood & the Interns. Amalia Rodrigues, Cliff Richard & the Shadows, Dock Boggs, and more.

The spin begins on Sunday, September 10^th, 2 PM, <Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for a few Triple-R Sneak Peek highlights on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

This week, in honour of Labour Day, Roy digs out a stack of work-related sides to spin on Triple-R Radio. Jimmy Reed reveals that his boss ain’t so big. He’s just tall. That’s all. Dolly Parton plans to be a lady mule skinner. Keray Regan lists the ups and downs of being a poor, poor farmer. Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard put on their ragged, worn out working shoes. Merle Travis assures us that he owes his soul to the company store. Rusty Newby & the Saddle Serenaders have the musician blues. You’ll also hear work songs from the Two Tones, Waylon Jennings, Sam Cooke, Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Chuck Berry, Ruth Etting, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a batch of Work Songs on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals.

This week, on RRR, Roy’s still stuck in 78-crate-land, with an eclectic playlist that includes several artists covering other artists. Lap steel pioneer, Jerry Byrd, covers Leon McAuliffe’s classic “Steel Guitar Rag”. The Maddox Brothers & Rose cover Eddy Arnold’s 1947 hit, “I Couldn’t Believe It Was True”. Elvis Presley covers Gene Autry. An R&B vocal duo, the Teen Queens cover a vocalese original from King Pleasure & Betty Carter. Country star Red Foley covers early rockabilly pioneer, Hardrock Gunter. You’ll also hear classic sides from Hank Williams, T-Bone Walker, Big Bill Broonzy, Red Nichols & His Five Pennies, Annette Hanshaw, and more. All blasting out of the original 78 rpm grooves.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, August 20^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a stack of 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

Hecks-a-popping this week on Triple R Radio as Roy digs deep into another crate of 78s. You’ll hear a 1956 Fats Domino B-side of one of his biggest hits as well as Gene Autry’s 1940 recording of that huge Fats hit. You can check out the roots of harmony vocal doo-wop singing via a 1934 Mills Brothers Decca disc. You’ll marvel at the first notable recording from an 18-year-old guitarist, Hank Garland, who’s fretwork would grace countless important country and rock recordings in the 1950s. You’ll be deeply moved by a stunning spiritual performance from Marian Anderson, the first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera. And there’s more…

The spin begins this Sunday, August 13^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for an eclectic batch of 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.