The Rodent Hour

Over the years we've been treated to a number of outstanding, live performances on The Rodent Hour so I decided to put a few of them together and feature them all on the same show. PLAYLIST Jamie Gar...

22 Elo 202059min

Perhaps calling this episode "Support Local Artists" is a bit simplistic since I'm always encouraging people to listen to local artists. However when I'm usually encouraging people to listen to local ...

15 Elo 202059min

Visiting with artists/musicians is the best as it gives me an opportunity to get to know their work better and to share more of their music with listeners than simply sharing one song during a show. U...

8 Elo 202059min

Growing up I used to listen to a show on CBC Radio called "Brave New Waves". The show aired overnight five nights a week and it profiled alternative and indie music and culture, including film, comics...

1 Elo 20201h

This show's focus is on the Canadian punk rock legends NoMeansNo (sometimes stylized as No Means No or spelled Nomeansno) and how my appreciation of their music has influenced some of the music by ind...

25 Heinä 20201h 2min

Over the last few weeks I’ve been telling the story about the origins of The Rodent Hour and what the name means. I’ve also been sharing tracks by select artists whose music influences the music that ...

18 Heinä 20201h 1min

We're working through the origins of The Rodent Hour and there was always one band that my friends and I never saw eye-to-eye on: The Simple Minds. Everyone knows the band from “The Breakfast Club” b...

11 Heinä 202059min

As I shared last week, The Rodent Hour is an homage to the friends that I made during my misspent youth in Edmonton, Alberta. Tonight’s show features a track by another one of those bands that, while ...

4 Heinä 20201h 1min