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An excellent interview this week with one of Canada's best- a true rising star in Canadian Blues. The new Chris Antonik album is called "Better For You" and The Big Groove Guy is spinning tracks from the album, along with some great insights from the bluesman himself. I truly enjoyed putting this one ...
A Mother's Day Special Edition of The Big Groove this week, as we celebrate the release of The Blues Women International-- Hopsons Sessions Live.

Recorded at the Former Hopsons Plantation in Clarksdale Mississippi, over a highly energetic and productive two day period, this compilation is the first ...
We lost a giant of The Woodstock Generation this week, with the passing of Richie Havens. His opening set at Woodstock literally saved the festival from literally descending into chaos. Hear some of his insights at the top of this week's show plus the classic career defining moment that cemented his ...
Community radio has become THE source for truly original, modern and diverse sounds and opinions.... away from the mainstream, perhaps, but so so vital to getting the sounds and messages out UNFILTERED!
The backbone of all this, belongs to the volunteers who give up their time, week after week, to ...
More Rule Breakers and Rule Makers in this week's mix. The Delta Saints are back in the mix, along with The Cash Box Kings, Alabama Shakes, Dustin Pittsley, Ben Brown and Mojo Juju.
From Canada: catl., Firebelly and Shane Philip…. all the bands reshaping the roots and roots/blues landscape….
Colin ...
It's all about The Groove and The Move in this week's mix. A virtual R&B, Garage, Surf… Swagger drenched dance floor launched from The Shack.
Just try not to move to these grooves led off by "Mr. Excitement" Jackie Wilson
and retooled in the Garage by The Woggles.
Brother Dege, The Delta Saints, ...
New sounds out of Nashville to kick off The BG Show this week. The Delta Saints mine the same roots streams as Alabama Shakes and Gary Clarke Jr. An EXCELLENT sound for The Big Groove Mix.

A very very heavy Canadian presence in this edition from Bill Johnson, Chris Antonik, David Gogo, Harpdog Brown, ...
As much as in the moment as possible, in putting together the mix this week. Skyping.. and facebooking… and emailing…. all in one frantic morning as the playlist took shape. A lot of fun, like working several phones at the same time. In the end, it was playing chess with the blues until these fine modern ...
A full meal stew of blues, roots and rock this week, kicking off with a full throttle attack from The Stooges and some epic vinyl rock, dripping in R&B, from… Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul (AKA Miami Steve Van Zandt). Plus, PLENTY of Canadian Blues grooves from John Pippus, The Mackenzie Blues ...
A Special encore presentation of The Big Groove Interview with Rick "Poppa Dawg" Halisheff.... recorded in October 2012, shortly after his win at The IBC Challenge in Vancouver. Poppa Dawg did The White Rock Blues Society proud in Memphis, and this Special is well worth another listen.

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This week, a new BG Show From The Shack Special featuring Sunday Wilde, out of Northern Ontario. Sunday talks about her recent trip to Clarksdale, Mississippi to take part in The All woman Blues Revue Project. Very cool. Plus we talk about her new album He Gave Me A Blue Nightgown and the challenges ...
Three albums continue residency in The Big Groove Mix:
The John Pippus Band - Howl At The Moon
The Coyote Kings w Mush - Nasty Habits & Dirty Tricks
The Marwills - Marwill ST

Plus: Tracks from the winners at this year's IBC's from Selwyn Birchwood and Little G Weevil
Also! An amazing haunting, ...
After exhaling from a month of The Maple Blues Series.... it's great to get some new West Coast Grooves into the mix.
New Coyote Kings out of Washington State; some cool east/west fusion on a track from Oregon's Jerry Zybach; music out of Vancouver from The Ted Mcdonald Band, The John Pippus Band, ...
The finale of The Maple Blues Series featuring the winners in Male and Female Vocal, Electric and Acoustic Act, Entertainer of The Year and Recording of The Year.
Plus all the nominees and the winner in Best New Artist.
And we close with a great live track from Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, ...
It's The Best of The Best in Part 3 of The Maple Blues Series.
Triple Shots from all the nominees for Recording Of The Year at this year's Maple Blues Awards:
Steve Strongman (A Natural Fact)
The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer (Checkered Past)
Shakura S'Aida (Time)
Treasa Levasseur (Broad)
Paul ...
In the second of the four part series, The Big Groove Guy looks at all the Nominees for Male and Female Vocal at the 2013 Maple Blues Awards. What a lineup of Canadian Blues Voices !

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This is it!
The Big Groove starts The New Year with a bang as we celebrate the very best in Canadian Blues... all month long.
It's the annual Big Groove Maple Blues Series highlighting all the nominees at this year's Maple Blues Awards, being held at Koerner Hall in Toronto on January 21st, 2013.
In ...
The Big Groove Year End Special!
Perhaps the world really did end on December 21st...
How else to explain how DISCO has somehow managed to get inside The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.
Do they not remember the armed camps, the pitched battles between The Disco Ducks and The Rockers during the 1970's? ...
A fun mix from The Big Groove Guy this week! Very loose.... very fluid.... but festive!
Christmas 2012 . In between shout outs to so many people who have helped grow The Big Groove this year, I have Hank Ballard, Koko Taylor, Shemekia Copeland, Freddy King, John Lee Hooker and...Bob Dylan yes!
Plus ...
In the mix, a track in honour of well loved Vancouver musician Tony Robertson who passed away in December. He will be sadly missed. Thanks to another loved and respected Vancouverite, Steve Kozak, who helped find a lost nugget from Tony's Vaquero album "Boogieman" from 1997.
Also, brand new Jack De ...
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