Picks for 2022

• Cretin Rob - Cretin Radio
  Friday 9 AM-ish - 11 AM

  Twelve beers in a case, 12 albums of the year, 2022 alphabetical

  Birds in Row — Gris Klein
  Bloodclot — Souls
  The Chats — Get Fucked
  Clamm — Care
  Mindforce — New Lords
  Municipal Waste — Electrified Brain
  Off! — Free LSD
  Osees — A Foul Form
  The Sadies — Colder Streams
  Soul Glo — Diaspora Problems
  Viagra Boys— Cave World
  Weird Nightmare — Weird Nightmare

  And the top five movies because we love movies

  1. RRR
  2. Banshees of Inisherin
  3. Barbarian
  4. X/Pearl
  5. Everything Everywhere All at Once

• Tyler Rosmus - Precious Metals
  Tuesday 12 AM - 1 PM

  10. Artificial Brain – Artificial Brain
  9. Honningbarna - Animorphs
  8. Esoctrilihum – Consecration of the Spiritus Flesh
  7. Daeva – Through Sheer Will and Black Magic
  6. Conway The Machine – God Don’t Make Mistakes
  5. Silvana Estrada - Marchita
  4. Deathspell Omega – The Long Defeat
  3. Black Country, New Road – Ants From Up There
  2. Wormrot - Hiss
  1. Birds In Row – Gris Klein
  

• Matthew Merkel - Scary Hours
  Wednesday 11PM - MIDNIGHT

  Favourite Albums
  
  16."Working on my karma” by DVSN
  15. “Learn 2 swim” by Red Veil
  14. “Ruffs” by Kenny Mason
  13. “Ramona Park broke my heart” by Vince Staples
  12. “Few good things” by Saba
  11. "Laughing so Hard, it Hurts” by Mavi
  10. “Sick!” by Earl Sweatshirt
  9. “2000” by Joey Bada$$
  8. “God Don’t Make Mistakes” by Conway the Machine
  7. “Face” by Babyface Ray
  6. “Candydrip” by Lucky Daye
  5. “More Black Superheroes” by Westside Boogie
  4. "Luv 4 Rent" by Smino
  3. "Melt My Eyez See Your Future” by Denzel Curry
  2. "Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” by Kendrick Lamar
  1. “The Forever Story” by JID
  
  Most streamed song: “Magic" by Vince Staples
  
  Song of the year: "The Heart Part 5" by Kendrick Lamar

• Neil Kraemer - Prick Up Your Ears
  Monday 4 PM - 5 PM

  Dumb - Pray 4 Tomorrow
  Heaven For Real - Energy Bar
  Clamm - Care
  Weird Nightmare - Weird Nightmare
  The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field
  Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
  Preoccupations - Arrangements
  Crack Cloud - Tough Baby
  Chronophage - Chronophage
  Jeanines - Don't Wait For A Sign
  Eliza Niemi - Staying Mellow Blows
  Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There

• lily bean - the adults are talking
  friday 4PM - 5PM

  in no particular order...

  taylor swift - midnights
  jaywood - slingshot
  the 1975 - being funny in a foreign language
  kendrick lamar - mr. morale and the big steppers
  fka twigs - caprisongs
  alex g - god save the animals
  ethel cain - preachers daughter
  the arctic monkeys - the car
  beabadoobee - beatopia
  weyes blood - and in the darkness, hearts aglow
  sza - SOS
  alvvays - blue rev
  steve lacy - gemini rights
  omar apollo - ivory
  wet leg - wet leg
  mitski - laurel hell
  fontaines d.c - skinty fia
  florence + the machine - dance fever
  yeah yeah yeahs - cool it down
  angel olsen - big time

• Jared McKetiak - And The Rest Is Noise...
  Saturday 7PM - 9PM

  1. Plains - I Walked With You A Ways [Anti-]
  2. Jeff Parker ETA Ivtet - Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy [Eremite Records]
  3. Joe Rainey - Niineta [37d03d]
  4. The Beths - Expert In A Dying Field [Carpark]
  5. Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes [BMG]
  6. Fontaines DC - Skinty Fia [Partisan]
  7. Kendrick Lamar - Mr Morale & The Big Steppers [Top Dawg]
  8. Ombiigizi - Sewn Back Together [Arts & Crafts]
  9. The 1975 - Being Funny In A Foreign Language [Matador]
  10. Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow [Sub Pop]
  11. Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights [L-M / RCA]
  12. Wetleg - Wetleg [Domino]
  13. Alex G - God Save The Animals [Domino]
  14. Horsegirl - Versions Of Modern Performance [Matador]
  15. Makaya McCraven - In These Times [International Anthem / Nonesuch]
  16. Yard Act - The Overload [Zen FC]
  17. Dumb - Pray 4 Tomorrow [Mint]
  18. Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems [Epitaph]
  19. Black Country New Road - Ants From Up There [Ninja Tune]
  20. Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen [Stones Throw]

• Michael Elves - TGIFR
  Friday 6:30 - 8 PM

  TOP ALBUMS

  20. Sister Ray - Communion [Royal Mountain]
  19. Olli Hirvonen - Kielo [Ropeadope]
  18. Daniel Rossen - You Belong Here [Warp]
  17. Mali Obomsawin - Sweet Tooth [Out Of Your Head]
  16. OHMA - Between All Things [Colorfield]
  15. JayWood- Slingshot [Royal Mountain / Captured Tracks]
  14. Beth Orton - Weather Alive [Partisan]
  13. Buttering Trio - Foursome [RAW Tapes]
  12. Yes We Mystic - Trust Fall [DevilDuck]
  11. Alvvays - Blue Rev [Polyvinyl]
  10. Nicky Egan - This Life [Transistor Sound / Colemine]
  09. Andrew Bird - Inside Problems [Loma Vista]
  08. DOMi & JD BECK - NOT TiGHT [Apeshit / Blue Note]
  07. Les Louanges - Crash [Bonsound]
  06. Julia Jacklin - Pre-Pleasure [Polyvinyl]
  05. Destroyer - LABYRINTHITIS [Merge]
  04. Hermanos Gutierrez - El Bueno Y El Malo [Easy Eye Sound]
  03. Tapani Rinne and Juha Mäki-Patola - Open [Hush Hush Records]
  02. Makaya McCraven - In These Times [International Anthem / Nonesuch]
  01. Jasmine Myra - Horizons [Gondwana]
  

  TOP SONGS

  20. Office Culture - "Rules"
  19. Reverend Baron - "Fool on the Ave"
  18. Karolina ft. Amir Bresler - "Thank You"
  17. Mild Orange - "What's Your Fire?"
  16. Little Simz - "Silhouette"
  15. Carson McHone - "Hawks Don't Share"
  14. Sugarfungus - "Contagious Love"
  13. Amber Mark - "FOMO"
  12. Belle and Sebastian - "Come On Home"
  11. Taylor Swift - "Anti-Hero"
  10. Drake - "Massive"
  09. Pusha T- "Let The Smokers Shine The Coupes"
  08. Carly Rae Jepsen - "Talking To Yourself"
  07. Glass Beams - "Taurus"
  06. OMBIIGIZI - "Cherry Coke"
  05. Luna Li - "Alone But Not Lonely"
  04. Lady Wray - "Under The Sun"
  03. Jamie Drake - "Easy Target"
  02. Katie Tupper - "Danny"
  01. Katie Tupper - "Live Inside"

• Ray Alexander - Fascinating Rhythm
  Sunday 10 AM - 12 PM

  INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTAL
  1. Hendrick Meurkens Quintet- Christmas Vibes (Reid Hoyson Productions)
  2. Dave Sryker Qt. - \||As \We \Were (Srikezone Recs,)
  3. Owen Broder Quintet - Hodges:Front and Centre - Vol. 1
  4. The Diva Jazz Orchestra - Swings Broadway (DCD2022)
  5. Bill Charlap Trio - Street of Dreams (Blue Note)
  6. Doug Macdonald Qt. - I'll See You In My Dreams (DMAC Music)
  7. Steve Davis Sextet - Bluesthetic (Smoke Sessions Records)
  8. Harry Skoler Sextet with strings - Living in Sound-The Music of C.
  Mingus(Sunnyside)
  9. T. S. Monk Sextet Live - Two Continents, One Groove (Storyville)
  10. Brent Laidler Sextet-Wouldn't Be Here Without You (Bel Recs)
  11. John Stein -Lifeline (Whaling City Sound)
  12. Antonio Adolfo Octet - Octet and Originals (AAM Records)
  13. Goldings Bernstein Stewart - Perpetual Pendulum (Smoke Sessions)
  14. Hard Bop Messengers (John Covelli Sextet)-Live At The Last Hotel(Clearview)
  15. Mark Filsinger Chamber Big Band - Groovin' High(Buffalo Jazz Collective)
  16. The Reid Hoyson Project-That Sunday, That Summer (R. Hoyson Prod.)
  17. Doug Munro/La Pompe Attack - Putt Lake Toodleloo (Got Music Recs)
  18. Ball State University Jazz Ensemble - I Can See The Other Side (Ball State)
  19. Allen Austin-Bishop-Christmas (AAB)
  20. Richard Williams-Hollywood Christmas (Richard Music)
  21. Jason Yeager - Unstuck In Time-The Kurt Vonnegut Suite (Sunnyside
  Communications)
  
  
  INTERNATIONAL VOCALS
  1. Lyn Stanley with the Jazz Mavericks- Novel Noel - A Jingle Jazz
  Celebration (AT Music)
  2. Alexis Cole - Sky Blossom - Songs From My Tour Duty (Zoho)
  3. Mark Winkler - Late Bloomin' Jazzman (Cafe Pacific Records)
  4. Jo Harrop - The Heart Wants (Lateralize Records)
  5. Laura Ainsworth - You Asked For It (Eclectus Records)
  6. Sweet Megg Tentet - My Window Faces The South (Turtle Bay Records)
  7. Patty Lomuscio Meets The Kenny Barron Qt.-Star Crossed Lovers
  (Challenge Recs)
  8. Vicki Burns Octet - Lotus Blossom Days (ViBu Jazz)
  9. Carol Sloane - Live At Birdland (Club 44)
  10. Eugenie Jones - Players
  11. Lorraine Feather - My Own Particular Life (Relarion Inc.)
  
  CANADIAN INSTRUMENTAL
  1. Cory Weeds Qt. with Strings (arr. by Phil Dwyer)-What Is There To
  Say? (Cellar 20)
  2. Ernesto Cervini Orchestra & Chorus-Joy Three Pine Records)
  3. Cory Weeds-From The Pen Of...Fraser MacPherson (Cellar 20)
  4. Ryan Oliver Qt. - With Strings (Cellar 20)
  5. Noam Lemish Orchestra - Twelve (Three Pine Recs)
  6. Spike Wilner Trio - Plays Monk & Ellington (Cellar 20)
  7. Jocelyn Gould - Golden Hour (Jocelyn Gould Music)
  8. Jodi Proznick & Amanda Tosoff - The Ostara Project (Cellar 20)
  9. Neil Swainson Quintet - Fire In The West (Cellar 20)
  10.P.J. Perry Quintet - No Hugs (Cellar 20)
  11.John Lee Qt.- The Artist (Cellar 20)
  12.Tom Keenlyside Qt. - A Night At The Espresso (Cellar 20)
  13.Brian Charette Qt. - Jackpot (Cellar 20)
  14.Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra - Voices: A Musical Heritage (Self-Released)
  
  CANADIAN VOCALS
  1. Carol Welsman Trio (& t.) - Fourteen (Justin Time)
  2. Ori Dagan Nonet - Click Right Here (Ori Dagan)
  3. Mary-Catherine Pazzano with the Mark Eisenman Qt. - Christmas Live
  At The Jazz Room in Waterloo, Ont. (Glorious Feeling Records)
  4. Joe Coughlin with the Bernie Senesky Qt. - Dedicated To You (Cellar 20)
  5. Laura Crema & Bill Coon - String Songs (L.Crema, B.Coon)
  6. Melody Diachun with Dave Restivo Qt. - Sumner's Tales-The Music of
  Sting (Third Beach Records)
  7. Mary Lou Sicoly with John Ebata Sextet - Lemon Meringue Pie (ML Sicoly)
  8. Heather Ferguson with the Joey Smith Band - Lush Life (H Ferguson Music)
  9. Sheila Jordan with Alan Broadbent Duo-Live At Mezzrow (Cellar 20)
  10.Deb Rasmussen Qt. - Unspoken (DR Music)
  11. Jeremy Wong with Ardeshir Pourkeramati Quintet -Hey There (Cellar 20)
  12. Angel Turone & Chris Platt - Sounds of Brazil & The Spinner Sessions
  13. Deanne Matley - The Alberta Lounge (Barbette Records)
  
  HISTORICAL
  1. Ella At The Hollywood Bowl-The Irving Berlin Songbook (Verve)
  2. Max Roach - We Insist!-Freedom Now Suite (Candid Records)
  3. Charles Mingus - Mingus Presents Mingus (Candid)
  4. Hampton Hawes - Four! with Barney Kessel/Shelly Manne/Red Mitchell (Craft
  5. Sheila Jordan - Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 (Capri)
  
  BOOKS
  1. Jazz and The Underworld - Dangerous Rhythms - T. J. English (Deckle Edge)
  2. The Real Ambassadors:Dave & Iola Brubeck with Louis Armstrong
  Challenge Segregation -Keith Hatschek & Yolande Bevan
  3. Charlie's Good Tonight-The Authorizes Bio of Charlie Watts-Paul Sexton
  
  FILM
  
  1. Who Killed Jazz - Ben Makinen Documentary
  2. Jazz Town - Ben Makinen Doc.
  
  DEARLY DEPARTED-CLASS OF 2022
  
  Joe Diorio-guitar
  Joey DeFrancesco-organ
  Tina May-singer
  Creed Taylor-label owner/producer
  Ramsey Lewis-piano
  Ernie Andrews-vocalist
  Warren Bernhardt-piano
  Mick Goodrick-guitar
  Ronnie Cuber-baritone sax
  Charnett Moffett-bass
  Ronnie Miles-trumpet
  Barbra Morrison-singer
  Jessica Williams-piano
  Sue Mingus (Charlie's wife)-producer
  Marilyn Bergman-lyricist with husband Allan & composer Michel Legrand
  Lee Mickey Bass-drums
  Bobby Rydell-big band vocalist
  Rolf Kuhn-clarinetSy Johnson-arranger
  Khan Jamal-vibes
  Dennis Gonzales-trumpet
  
  BEST MAGAZINES
  
  Downbeat
  Jazztimes
  Jazz Journal
  Jazzwise
  Jazziz
  jazzlandnow.com
  

• Dan Raposo - Free Range Radio
  Thursday 6:30 PM - 8 PM

  1 - JayWood - Slingshot
  2 - The Linda Lindas - Growing Up
  3 - Jamboree - Life in the Dome
  4 - Apollo Brown - This Must Be the Place
  5 - Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You
  6 - Danger Mouse & Black Thought - Cheat Codes
  7 - Jason Collett - Head Full Of Wonder
  8 - OMBIIGIZI - Sewn Back Together
  9 - Status/Non-Status - Surely Travel
  10 - Andrew Bird - Inside Problems
  11 - The Beths - Expert In a Dying Field
  12 - Regina Spektor - Home, before and after
  13 - Maggie Rogers - Surrender
  14 - Spoon - Lucifer On the Sofa
  15 - Wet Leg - Wet Leg
  16 - Plains - I Walked with You a ways
  17 - Widowspeak - The Jacket
  18 - Jasmyn - In The Wild
  19 - Stella Donnelly - Flood
  20 - Living Hour - Someday Is Today

• John Prentice - Planet Mainstage
  Saturday 2 PM - 4 PM

  Best Ofs 2022 -in random order (c) Canadian (w)Winnipeg
  

  Kieran Kane/Rayna Gellert - The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring
  Sam Baardman - Marsh Radio (w)
  Bros. Landreth - Come Morning (w)
  Scott Nolan - The Suberb Beautiful (w)
  Bruce Cockburn -Rareties (c)
  Judy Collins -Spellbound
  Eliza Gilkyson -The River Winds
  JP Hoe - Botanicals (w)
  Little Miss Higgins -The Fire Waltz (w)
  James Keelaghan - Secondhand (c)
  Martyn Joseph -1960 Acoustic
  Pharis and Jason Romero - Tell Em You Were Gold (c)
  Ry Cooder Taj Mahal - Get on Board
  Son of Dave - Call Me King (w)
  Loudon Wainwright III - Lifetime Achievement
  Big Little Lions - Happy Accident (c)
  Boy Golden - Church of Better Daze (w)
  Jocelyn Pettit - Wind Rose (c)
  Morgan Toney - First Flight (c)
  Peggy Seeger - First Farewell
  Tom Paxton Cathy Fink Marcie Marxer - All New
  Kyshona - Live from the Sanctuary
  Neil Young -World Record (c)
  Courtney Marie Andrews - Loose Future (c)
  Vieux Farka Toure & Khruangbin - Ali
  Ocie Elliot - What Remains (c)
  Moontricks – Currents (c)
  Piqsiq - Live from Christ Church Cathedral (c)
  Tall Tall Trees - A Wave of Golden Things
  Hawktail - Place of Growth
  Susana Baca - Palabras Urgente

  
  

• Teri Stevens - Venus Envy
  Thursday 8 PM - 9 PM

  Fave music by female/gender-diverse artists in 2022

  Top album:
  Florence + the Machine - Dance Fever

  Other albums:
  Mitski - Laurel Hell
  Sharon Van Etten - We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
  Metric - Formentera
  Tegan and Sara- Crybaby
  Indigo Sparke- Hysteria
  Julia Jacklin- Pre-Pleasure
  Tess Roby - Ideas of Space
  Maggie Rogers - Surrender
  Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cool it Down
  Lizzo - Special
  Jenny Owen Youngs - It’s Dangerous to Go Alone EP
  Hurray for the Riff Raff- Life on Earth
  Ethel Cain- Preacher’s Daughter

  Singles:
  Lucius - Muse
  Sudan Archives- Home Maker
  Iskwē, Tom Wilson - Starless Nights
  Haley Blais- Coolest F*cking Bitch in Town
  Russell Louder - Come Around

• Jeremy Ranson - A Sordid Hour
  Monday 8 PM - 9 PM

  Best Of 2022 (In no particular order)
  
  Claire Thérèse and the Lockdown - Villainy [Self-released] “Gorgeously lush, dark Country”
  The Stripp - Ain't No Crime To Rock 'N' Roll “Sleazy, full-tilt Rock and Roll”
  Service - Drag Me [Let’s Pretend Records] “Hard hitting, energetic"
  Seine - Naizust [Moonlee Records] “Hypnotic, minimalist Trip Pop”
  Francie Moon - What Are We Really Even Doing? [Half Shell Records] “Quasi-Psych Garage Rock delivered with emotional intensity”
  Basically Nancy - Basically Nancy [Graveface Records] “90’s inspired Rock delivered with attitude and hooks galore”
  Head - Satisfaction [Fuzzed And Buzzed] “Retro Boogie Rock with a healthy dose of Soul”
  Dead Fibres - John Q Citizen [Self-released] “Noisy, abrassive new wave inspired Rock”
  The Bobby Lees - Bellevue [Ipecac Records] “Frenetic Garage Rock”
  Scrunchies - Feral Coast [Dirtnap Records] “Raw, chunky, yet poppy Riot Punk”
  Liiek - Deep Pore [Adagio830] “Groovy, bass-driven Post Punk”
  Sam Humphrey - All Blonde In Dreamland [Self-released] “Stark, brooding Garage Folk Rock”
  

• Bryan Sveinson - The Pity Party
  Friday 1 PM - 3 PM

  Top 10 Emo Albums of 2022
  
  Carly Cosgrove - See You in Chemistry
  Mom Jeans - Sweet Tooth
  Pinegrove - 11:11
  PUP - The Unraveling of Pup the Band
  Ghost Parliament - SOS
  Oso Oso - Sore Thumb
  Valleyheart - Heal my Head
  The Wonder Years - The Hum Goes Forever
  Smidley - Here Comes the Devil

• John Guttormson - Bang & Whisper
  Thursday 1 PM - 2 PM

  Favourite albums of the year:

  Alvvays – Blue Rev
  Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
  Bjork – Fossora
  Dizzy and Fay – Hooked
  Dry Cleaning - Stumpwork
  Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance
  Wet Leg – Wet Leg
  Wilco – Cruel Country

  Song of the year:

  Drive-By Truckers - "The Driver"