April 9 - (Mostly) showered in synths

Since I'm in quite a bit of an indie electropop phase I've showcased a bunch of indie pop tunes with electronic influences.

I am *really* enjoying Humans, Purity Ring, Prinze George and Until the Ribbon Breaks. They are stellar electropop-oriented releases and I've been listening to these four a lot in my spare time.

I'm also currently into Radio Radio, an Acadian electro-rap group from Clare, Nova Scotia. Arthur Comeau was their beatmaker, but now he's left the group and he's released a solo album about a year ago (oddly enough released shortly after Radio Radio's latest was released, yet he has production credit on that one too). 3/4 is a decent listen, it's a little bit more laid back but it's still got the nice quirky chiac verses which I as a very enthusiastic linguist very much enjoy :P

Chiac is an English-influenced variety of the French dialect some Acadians speak, mostly around Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Most people would describe it as Franglais.
Here's an example from a Radio Radio track (that gets stuck in my head a LOT):

Out of toutes les couleurs de rainbow, bein moi ej pick la couleur beige!
(Out of all the colours of the rainbow, well, I pick the colour beige!)

Midway through the digitized playlist glitched up and I could no longer play the stuff I wanted to play from there...as a result, I ended up picking a bunch of random CD releases:

• Shaani Cage's track is the most acoustic-oriented release on this setlist, showcasing very organic soul music.
• Milk and Bone luckily fit in well with the rest of the songs on the Jumbalaya setlist, being electropop acts. They're from Montreal (like I said the first time, not Quebec City).
• Mid Pines: some other Jumbalaya host played their songs on air and I liked them...picked it up due to it having a dance/electro label in the CJSF music playlist. The track I ended up playing is *very* experimental-sounding...interesting listen, no? :P

Songs played (* Canadian content):

• Humans* - Ennio
• Humans* - Watusi
• Purity Ring* - Stranger than Earth
• Prinze George - Upswing
• Until the Ribbon Breaks feat. Homeboy Sandman - Perspective
• Arthur Comeau* - Meteghan
• Walk the Moon - Work this Body
• Until the Ribbon Breaks - A Taste of Silver
• Shaani Cage* - Mississippi
• Milk and Bone* - Coconut Water
• Mid Pines* - Bond Lake

Audio links:
http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_April_09_20_00.mp3
http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_April_09_20_30.mp3

March 19: Jumbalaya Francophone

On March 19 I hosted a special episode of the Jumbalaya, to kick off International Francophone Day (la Journée Internationale de la Francophonie) - I showcased a bunch of fine Francophone music from the CJSF playlist (and one from outside the playlist)!

Throughout my time on air I made it a point to showcase as much Francophone music as I could, mostly because as someone very interested in the French language and Francophone culture, I feel that side of culture is quite underrepresented, especially in the West Coast.
While these days I've not played much francophone music as before, I've always wanted to do an all-Francophone Jumbalaya, even though my spoken French isn't as great as my reading comprehension. This led me to take this well-timed opportunity to showcase some of my favourite Francophone adds on the CJSF playlist.

Parts of this broadcast is in French...I'm not sure if my grammar is that great but I do try :P 90% Canadian Content for this one, woo hoo.

Songs played (*denotes Canadian Content):

• Argo* - Une Petite Certitude
• Indigo Joseph* - Colibri
• Yelle - Complètement Fou
• Monogrenade* - Labyrinthe
• Radio Radio* - Dettes
• Radio Radio* - Powers That Be/Saute, Danse, Chante (feat. Pierre Kwenders, Mamoru & Georgette LeBlanc)
• Coeur de Pirate* - Adieu
• Philippe B* - Nous Irons Jusqu'au soleil
• Whitehorse* - Éphémère sans repère
• Lisa LeBlanc* - Motel

Audio:

http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_March_19_20_00.mp3

http://cjsf.ca/vanilla_archives/2015_March_19_20_30.mp3