TRANSCANADARADIO is proud to celebrate Canada’s Current Cultural artists and their locations! Traveling across Canada’s vast surface and finding the best of the under and above-ground artists who are rooted in, Soul, Funk, Reggae, Beats, House, Breaks and all that afro-Jazz… and where to check them out in your favorite Canadian city! Pack your bags! We’re going on a road trip!
Luke Doucet performing the song “Broken One” at the Indie studios.
The year is 1973 - the last model year for “vintage” White Falcons. CSNY have reunited for the Human Highway tour. Shortly after the release of Randy Newman’s “Sail Away”, Luke Doucet is born in Halifax, NS.
They say a good writer writes what he knows. Some people spend years on the road collecting tales and trading licks enough to give their words weight and their music depth, but Luke need not look further than to his own family for inspiration and for all the notes to tell the tales.
One of Chicago’s jazz treasures, EHE front man Kahil El’Zabar, has put more than 30 years into his ambitious musical endeavors in one form or another. He’s not only a master percussionist, but a community leader, a composer, an educator and a sensational jazz multi-instrumentalist as well… but that certainly doesn’t even begin to describe the unique sound experience that is the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble.
EHE’s smooth and crisp tracks paired with bright and lively, emotional saxophone, trumpet and percussion are innovative and startlingly fresh. They explore the continuum of African and African-American traditions of music. And their newest live recording Hot ‘n’ Heavy is an ode to the spirit of freedom and jazz. But don’t just take my word for it, check them out for yourself! Much of their discography,available on CD & DVD from Delmark Record, can be found for purchase through Amazon.com here.
And for those of you seeking instantaneous musical gratification, here’s a sneak peak at the Hot ‘n’ SpicyDVD trailer filmed live from Chicago’s Ascension Loft!
