The Strombo Show - March 9th, 2014

Tonight in the broom closet, George welcomes Broken Bells.  Broken Bells is a collaboration between James Mercer, frontman for The Shins, and Brian Burton, otherwise known as Danger Mouse.  Broken Bells recently released their second album, After the Disco. Although they tour with a band, Mercer and Burton  write and record as a duo.  This is the second album they have released in the past few years, along with an EP.  Check out the first single from their new album.  

Maxwell McCabe-Lokos, Canadian actor/writer, stops by to discuss his new role in "The Husband". 

As always the Magnificent Seven Countdown brings the best new music, and the Big Lie Down set as we close out the show.

You can hear The Strombo Show on CBC Radio 2 on Sunday nights, from 8 to 11 pm.  

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The Strombo Show - May 5th, 2013

The Wooden Sky stop by to chat with George and perform a few songs. The Toronto band, who were originally known as Friday Morning's Regret, have pumped out three LPs and two EPs in the past five years.  They are now working on their follow up to last year's release.  Watch for it later this year.

Nelson George will chat about his new film "Finding the Funk".  The film takes us on a journey,  exploring the roots of funk in the sixties and its evolution throughout the seventies and eighties.  








On that note, James Brown, the Sex Machine himself, would have turned eighty on May the 
third.  

 

iTunes has been around for ten years?  Really?  iTunes has changed the way we buy and sell our music.  Listen in to hear its story.









 

 Don't worry,  there will  still be the Magnificent Seven, the list of the seven hottest songs of the week as well as 

Ten O'Clock with Tom, the weekly tribute to Tom Waits. 









 
The Strombo Show is on CBC Radio 2 Sundays from 8 pm  until 11 pm.  See you there.

The Strombo Show - Sunday, April 28th, 2013

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Teenage Kicks join George on the show  to chat about their upcoming first full length LP.  With two successful EPs and a few years behind them, the band have put together what promises to be a kickass full length debut LP. In case you were wondering - they did name themselves after the classic song by The Undertones.

 

Eric Alper (yes, That Eric Alper!) is back on the show for 
"Three Degrees of That Eric Alper".  Listen in for the big reveal of what he has come up with this time.










 
Richie Havens, the American folk / R & B icon will be honoured after his recent passing.  Perhaps best known as being the opening act at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, Mr Havens will be remembered for a musical career spanning almost 45 years. 

Shotgun Willie Nelson's upcoming 80th birthday will be celebrated.













The Magnificent Seven will be featured as always along with Tom Waits.


Lastly, George will tuck you in for The Big Lie Down with  Mississippi Delta Blues Masters






 Charley Patton







 


  




Robert Johnson 










 
 





Son House.














The Strombo Show is on CBC Radio 2 Sundays from 8 pm  until 11 pm.  See you there.