Push Play Cafe
Push Play Cafe lays down the tracks of our lives - an eclectic program celebrating global roots, rock, blues, soul, acoustic, and folk-inspired music, highlighting both emerging and established songwriters from the last century. With a warm, story-driven tone and a curated soundscape, it’s been described as “music from the roots up”.
Episodes
75 episodes
New Voices
New Voices are the voices and music from an all Canadian line up that I expect you may be hearing a lot more of in the year ahead are featured in this show.
Pacific Parade
Ahh the south pacific — island paradises with white sand beaches, crystal blue lagoons and palm trees swaying in a warm breeze. Sailing from one island to another, taking in the various cultures, is a dream vacation, that for most of us i...
Canadian Bandstand
American Bandstand was an iconic television show that ran for almost 4 decades, making it one of the most successful shows in television history. First Aired in Philadelphia in 1952 it was a weekly ...
Music
Music - What is it about Music that makes it such an intriguing art form to us? It’s because Music is everywhere. — it’s in the air between us — just waiting to be sung. It is the means of painting a picture on silence — not canvas...
Wella It's A Capella
Scientific research has shown that singing may have been the primary form of communication for early humans before the invention of language. Singing without the aid of instrumentation is referred to as a capell...
Beach Bonfire
Summer - We all have summertime rituals and traditions. — BBQ’s, Baseball and, if you’re lucky enough to live near the ocean or a lake, bonfires. You could head off to the beach in the early evening, start a fire with driftwood that you found l...
Gordon Lightfoot Tribute
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Junior, was born November 17, 1938 and passed May 1, 2023 in Toronto. Many tributes have followed since his passing, many more are to come, as they should to celebrate the life and music of a Canadian icon. This progra...
Blues for Christmas
Blues for Christmas - The Blues is defined as: songs of emotional expression, often reflecting themes of hardship and resilience. Although traditionally known for that — in actuality, the Blues run the full gambit up to and inclu...
Huron Carol
The Huron Carol acknowledges the significant cultural and historical importance of the story of the Nativity, describing the birth of Jesus Christ in a setting that is relatable to Huron people through the music of Tom Jackson and...
Christmas With A Twist
Christmas With A Twist is the second of our 3 part series where we are taking a look at the music of Christmas and offer up a mix of traditional songs where you may not have heard these particular versions before and some you may ...
Something To Talk About
Something to Talk About continues our North American journey showcasing some fabulously talented musicians and songwriters, inspired by a Bonnie Raitt classic that was written by Canadian Shirley Eikhard.
Oh Canada!
Oh Canada! continues our presentation of voices and music from an all Canadian lineup that you may be hearing a lot more of in the years ahead.
Canadian Roots
Canadian Roots continues our presentation of the voices and music from an all Canadian line up that I expect you may be hearing a lot more of in the year ahead.
Christmas Fun
Christmas Fun begins a 3 part series looking at the music of Christmas. We start it off having a little fun and maybe even get a wee bit silly. Hopoefully it will give you a little boost of energy to start off the holiday season.&...
Family Day
Family Day explores what exactly is a family. It has been described as the nucleus of civilization. It is the link to our past, and the bridge to our future. This show features songs that revolve around family.
Remembrance Day -1
Remembrance Day - At the 11th hour on the 11th day, of the 11th month is a time we set aside to honour those who have sacrificed their personal freedoms in the service of their country. This show presents a selection of some of the son...
Halloween - 1
Halloween — Our yearly festival of Ghoulish Gaiety. It’s beginnings are based in early North American Folklore that was blended with traditional Western European and Latin cultural traditions such as: All Saints Eve, Day of the D...
Classical Crossover
In the realm of Classical Crossover, the album Days of Future Passed was one of the first in Rock to be recorded in Stereo and the first to be recorded with a Symphony orchestra. This approach to arranging music has become popular enou...
Too Long for Airplay
Too Long for Airplay offers 4 songs that were never given a chance at airplay — let alone having a shortened version produced. Long songs pushed radio boundaries, driving edits, album-oriented rock, and specialty programming—ultimately...
Modern Classical
Modern Classical presents a few of the classical masterpieces that have been composed in the last century. The music traces its origins back to well before the renaissance, but classical music is an everlasting art form — that ha...
Fiddler on the Roof
The overwhelming success of Fiddler on the Roof was the universal theme of the story that all of us can relate to: Family - good or otherwise, we all have one. Tradition - and its resistance to change. Conflict between parents an...
Sirens 1
Sirens is the first in a multi part series that we’ll come back to now and again. We are going to delve into one of the better known Myths — Homers epic — ‘The Iliad and the Odyssey‘ and one of the stories where it’s pretty easy ...
Sirens 2
In this episode of Sirens we reconnect with our multi-part series and have a listen to some of the amazing voices that have hypnotized and enthralled men and women, over the decades.
Sirens 3
In this episode of Sirens we take our third look at what we believe is the truth behind the Myth of Homers story of two sisters whose beautiful and beckoning singing could hypnotize all those who hear it, and thus, compel them to sail ...
Pump Up the Wattage at the Cottage - 1 of 6
This episode of Pump Up the Wattage at the Cottage is the first in our 6 part series bringing a high energy, hard driving, rocking and rolling potpourri of some of our favourite tunes serving up a summer sizzle to get you through the r...