Roy's Record Room on CKUA
Tune in every Sunday at 1 PM Mountain Time / Noon Pacific Time, to Roooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. You can stream it live at www.ckua.com. Fifteen years and counting!
Roy’s Record Room is a weekly radio show on the CKUA Radio Network, Hosted by singer/songwriter/performer/broadcaster, Roy Forbes. RRR is a program that unravels and reveals the roots of today’s tunes, for the pure joy of it. Roy spins some familiar but mostly obscure 78s, 45s and LPs from his ever-expanding record collection – sides that don’t show up on many other stations. He loves all kinds of music and explores that eclectic passion weekly on Triple-R Radio.
Roy first came to CKUA at the age of twenty in 1973, when he was invited to guest on Holger Petersen’s legendary ACME Sausage Company program. CKUA has supported Roy and his music since those early days, with his new album, “Edge Of Blue”, having recently spent some time in the upper reaches of CKUA’s Top 20 album chart. Roy’s Record Room (RRR) launched in 2006.
"I love the sense of history that CKUA gives me as a listener as well as the sense of the now and the future," says Roy. "CKUA is the sound of surprise. You never know what you'll hear next”.
Roy’s record collection is more like a record library - running into the thousands of discs, with some even sent in by loyal RRR listeners. His appetite for music is virtually unlimited and he finds creative revelations everywhere.
45s from The Achives on Roy’s Record Room
No fancy themes this week on Triple-R Radio. Just a stack of unbeatable singles from the likes of Warren Smith, Muddy Waters, Dee Dee Sharp, Wanda Jackson, the Bobby Fuller Four, Otis Clay, the 4 Seasons, Brenda Lee, and more.
That’s Sunday, March 13th, 1 PM, Mountain. See if you can sit still as we check out an hour of 45s from the archives, on Roy’s Record Room, approaching sixteen years of revolving and revealing.
Canadian Country and Folk 78s
This week, Roy dips into the Triple-R Radio archives for a mini-history lesson with a stack of Canadian country and folk 78s. You’ll hear sides from small Canadian labels such as Aragon, Arrow, Quality and Biltmore as well as a few RCA Victor sides. Pioneering Canadian country artists include Myrna Lorrie, the Hillbilly Jewels, Lennie Siebert & The Calgary Chuckwagon Gang, Keray Regan, Arthur Scammel, Billy Guitar, Buddy Reynolds, and so many more.
If you’re at all curious about Canadian country and folk from 1943 through to 1958, tune in on Sunday, March 6 at 1 PM Mountain to Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve. Approaching sixteen years and counting.
78s From The Crates #40
This week, Roy gets back to the ongoing ‘78s from the crates’ series with unbeatable shellac from the Birmingham Quartet, the X-Rays, Bessie Smith, Shirley & Lee, Faron Young, the Sons of the Pioneers, Little Richard, the King Cole Trio, and more. FYI, this edition marks show # 40 in this ever evolving 78 situation.
Tune in on Sunday, February 27th at 1 PM Mountain, to check out a few more 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, The show that continues to revolve. Nearly sixteen years and counting.
Black Musical Pioneers at 78 RPM
This week, Roy journeys back to the dawn of recorded sound, via the RRR shellac archives, for a salute to some early African American musical pioneers. Things kick off with a 1909 78 of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” from the Fisk Jubilee Singers. The show winds up in 1935 with Cleo Brown’s Decca disc of “When Hollywood Goes Black And Tan”.
In the middle, you’ll hear gems from Bert Williams (1921), Kokomo Arnold (1934), Jelly-Roll Morton’s Red-Hot Peppers (1926), Viola McCoy with Fletcher Henderson’s Jazz Five (1924), Cannon’s Jug Stompers (1928), Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson (1932), and more.
Tune in on Sunday for a salute to some Black musical pioneers at 78 rpm on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals. Fifteen years and counting.
A Mid-Winter Rockin’ Dance Party
It’s time for Triple-R Radio’s annual Mid-Winter Rockin’ 78 Dance party. In celebration of Black History Month, you’ll hear essential shellac from black rock ‘n’ rollers like LaVerne Baker, Bo Diddley, the Midnighters, Little Richard, the El Dorados, Fats Domino, the Cadillacs, Etta James, Tommy Edwards, and more.
The joy begins this Sunday, February 13th, 1 PM, Mountain. Tune in for the annual Mid-Winter Rockin’ 78 Dance Party on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that spins the platters to reveal what matters. Fifteen years and counting.
45s From The Archives Celebrating Black History Month
This week, RRR celebrates Black History Month with a stack of 45s from the archives featuring great Black artists from the sixties. It’s an action-packed hour with sides from the Chambers Brothers, the Staples Singers, Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson, Barbara Lewis, Garnet Mimms & the Enchanters, the Valentinos, the Maytals (Toots), the Reggay Boys, Irma Thomas, Aretha Franklin, and more.
Tune in on Sunday, February 6th, 1 PM, Mountain for a batch of 45s from the archives on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that spins the platters to reveal what matters. Fifteen years and counting.