Picks for 2025

• Ray Alexander - Fascinatin' Rhythm
  Sundays 10 AM - Noon

  Canadian Instrumental Albums
  
  1. Happy Faces - Dave Robbins Big Band (Creative CBC)  (Reel To Real Records Vancouver)
  2. Standard Elegance - Bill Coon (Cellar Music)
  3. San Francisco 1948  - - Mike Ledonne  Steve Rosenbloom Big Band (Alchemist Studios)
  4. Turn It Up! - Mike Ledonne's Groover & Anniversary Quartets (Cellar Music)
  5. The Slow Road - Triology (Cellar Music)
  6. Flute Passion - Hommage A Claude Bolling - Nadia Labrie (ATMA Classique)
  6. Live At Frankie s Jazz Club - Jacob Chung with Tyler Henderson Trio (Cellar Music)
  7. City Lights - Anthony D'Alessandro Quintet (A. D'Alessandro Music) (Orange Grove)
  8. Kinda Out West - Aretha Tillotson Qt, with Christine & Ingrid Jensen (Bent River Recs,)
  9. Deep Down - Nancy WalkerQt. (Nancy Walker Music)
  10. Square One - The Empress (Cellar Music)
  
  Canadian Vocal Albums
  
  1. Embraceable - Susi Arioli (& Jordan Officer) (Bludogmedia?S. Arioli Music)
  2. Haunted Melody - Peter Campbell (P. Campbell Music) (Orange Grove Pub.)
  3. Da with Don Thompson & Regrk Moon - Holly Cole (Rumpus Room Records)
  4. Soft Winds and Roses - Diana Panton with Don Thompson & Reg Schwager
  5. Dream - Nancy Newman (NancyNmusic)
  6. Pursuit Of A Pulse - Jamile (Cellar Music)
  7. Curtains Of Light - Whitney Ross-Barris (Whitney Ross-Barris)
  (Orange Grove Pub.)
  8. Short Stories - Don Macdonald (Self Release) (Orange Grove Publicity)
  (. Loving You - Kieran Brown (Cellar Music)
  10. Memories Of You - Sam Broverman (Brovermusic)
  
  International Vocal Albums
  
  1. Live At Vic's Las Vegas - Nicole Zuraitis (Cavalry Productions)
  (Crossover Media)
  2. Rise - Bonnie Jensen (MGM Met. Groove Merchants) (Jim Eigo/Kate Smith Prom.)
  3. Almost In Your Arms - Claire Martin (Stunt Records)
  4. Tatum's Swingin Session!!! -Tatum Langley with Shout Section Big
  Band (Philharmonic)
  5. Be Cool - Nancy Kelly (Origin Records)
  6. Expressions - Antonia Bennett Ear Gallery Music) (Jim Eigo Promo)
  7. Honeysweet - Heather Ward (Self Release)
  8. Hier Encore - Mira Choquette (Self Release) (Orange Grove Publicity)
  9. The Nearness Of You - Lili MMaljic (Pacific Coast Jazz) (Jim Eigo Promo)
  10. Kickin' It - Josie Falbo (Self Release) (Kate Smith Promo)
  Honorable Mention - Lush Life - Seth MacFarlane & John Wilson - The
  Lost Sinatra Arrangements (Fuzzy Door Productions/Verve)
  
  International Instrumental Albums
  
  1. Naptown Sound - Steve Allee Big Band (Jazzville Records) (Kate Smith Promo)
  2. My Latin Heart - Roger Glenn (Patois Records) (Kate Smith Promo)
  3, Stryker With Strings Goes To The Movies - Dave Stryker & Brent
  Wallarab (Strikezone Records) (Kate Smith/Jim Eigo Promo)
  4. Vienna To Hollywood-Impressions Of E.W. Korngold & Max Steiner
  (Origin Records - Peter Erskine & The Jam Music Lab All-St Trio (ars
  5. Holly Tunes - Wayne Wilkinson Trio (Coguitarist) (Jim Eigo/Kate Smith Promo)
  6. Holiday Fun! - Wycliffe Gordon (Arbors Records)
  7. Full Circle - Steve Allee Big Band (Jazzville Records) (Kate Smith Promo)
  8. Let's Not Wait - The Music Of Ed Bonoff - Greg Burrows Sextet
  (GreBu Records) (Orange Grove Publicity)
  9. And Then Some - Steve Houghton Group (Self Release) (Kate Smith Promo)
  10. Basie Rocks! - Count Basie Orchestra with Deborah Silver (Green
  Hill/D. Silver Music) (Jim Eigo Promo)
  
  The Dearly Departed Class Of 2025
  Roy Ayers - Vibraphonist
  Al Foster - Drummer
  Hal Galper - Pianist
  Ray Drummond - Bassist
  Jim McNeely - pianist/Composer
  Allan Bergman - Composer
  Charles Strouse - Composer
  Andy Bey - Singer
  Cleo Laine - Singer
  Sheila Jordan - Singer
  Nancy King - Singer
  Lalo Schifrin - Composer
  Josie Falbo - Singer
  
  Historical Albums
  
  1. Gone With Golson - Benny Golson (Craft )
  2. On Vine St.Live At The Five Spot Cafe - Kenny Burrell (Blue Note)
  3. The Complete Blue Note Sessions - Ike Quebec (Blue Note)
  4. Bremen 1965 - Thelonius Monk  Qt. (Sunnyside)
  5. Live At The Peninsula Library 1972,   New York - Marian McPartland
  (MVD Visual)
  6. Soulville - Ben Webster (Seaweed Records)
  7. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning - Frank Sinatra (Capital/Blue Note)
  8. Haunted Heart - The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings - Bill
  Evans Trio (Craft)
  9.A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) 60th Anniversary  - Vince Guaraldi
  Trio (Craft)
  10. Five From '65: The Quintet Summer Sessions - Chet Baker  (New Land)
  
  Best Books of The Year
  
  1. The Jazz Barn: Music Inn, The Berkshires, And The Place Of Jazz In
  American Life _ John Gennari (Brandeis University Press)
  2. My Life Under Deadline: Frontline Dispatches From A Trailblazing
  Woman Music Writer - Cree McCree (Rare Bird)
  3. Stomp Off, Let's Go:The Early Years Of Louis Armstrong - Ricky
  Riccardi (Oxford Univ. Press)
  4. Oceans Of Time: The Musical Autobiography Of Billy Hart - Billy
  Hart with Ethan Iverson (Cymbal Press)
  5. Peter Brotzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution And The Politics Of
  Improvisation - Daniel Spicer (Repeater Books)
  6. Tad Richards - Listening To Prestige (SUNY Press)

• Michael Elves - Thank God It's Free Range
  Fridays 6:30 - 8 PM

  TOP 20 ALBUMS

  20 samplelov - The Look of Adoration [Self-Released]
  19 Peace Flag Ensemble - Everything Is Possible [We Are Busy Bodies]
  18 Nona Invie - Self-Soothing [Boiled Records]
  17 Ami Taf Ra - The Prophet & The Madman [Brainfeeder]
  16 Chip Wickham - The Eternal Now [Gondwana]
  15 Arny Margret - I Miss You, I Do [One Little Independent]
  14 Mary Halvorson - About Ghosts [Nonesuch]
  13 Flock of Dimes - The Life You Save [Sub Pop]
  12 Jonah Parzen-Johnson & Lau Nau - A Few We Remember [We Jazz]
  11 Joy Crookes - Juniper [SpeakerBox]
  10 Leith Ross - I Can See The Future [Republic]
  09 space travelers union - New Birth [Most Least]
  08 Natalie Bergman - My Home Is Not In This World [Third Man]
  07 The Sure Fire Soul Ensemble - Gemini [Colemine]
  06 Ebi Soda - frank dean and andrew [Tru Thoughts]
  05 Men I Trust - Equus Caballus [Self-Released]
  04 Loaded Honey - Love Made Trees [in2une Music]
  03 Big Thief - Double Infinity [4AD]
  02 The Circling Sun - Orbits [Soundway]
  01 The Necks - Disquiet [Northern Spy]

   

  TOP 20 SONGS

  20 Barry Can't Swim - "All My Friends"
  19 Kid Cudi - "Deep Diving"
  18 Sunbathe - "Running Wild"
  17 Cornelia Murr - "Meantime"
  16 Yuuf - "Alma's Cove"
  15 Charlie Houson - "The Descent"
  14 Iris Jean - "Got An Idea"
  13 Pale Jay, Dahi - "Magnolia Tree"
  12 Ken Yates - "Under The Cover Of Light"
  11 Shane Pendergast - "Take The Air"
  10 Judy Blank - "I'm Out"
  09 The Milk - "A Time To Let Go"
  08 Charlotte Day Wilson - "Selfish"
  07 Hayley Williams - "Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party"
  06 Cass McCombs - "Peace"
  05 Kokoroko - "Closer To Me"
  04 Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 - "Impossible"
  03 Hawk In The Nest - "Don't Leave Me This Way"
  02 Mereba - "Counterfeit"
  01 CLOVER - "Atlas"

• Jared McKetiak - And The Rest Is Noise...
  Monday 630PM - 8PM

  Sharp Pins - Balloon Balloon Balloon
  They Are Gutting a Body of Water - LOTTO
  The Tubs - Cotton Crown
  billy woods - GOLLIWOG
  Turnstile - NEVER ENOUGH
  Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out
  Lifeguard - Ripped and Torn
  Tortoise - Touch
  Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out
  Snocaps - Snocaps
  Bonnie Prince Billy - The Purple Bird
  Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas - Totality
  Cris Derksen - The Visit
  Wednesday - Bleeds
  Frankie and the Witch Fingers - Trash Classic
  Earl Sweatshirt - Live Laugh Love
  Ribbon Skirt - Bite Down
  S.G. Goodman - Planting by the Signs
  Shallowater - God's Gonna Give You a Million Dollars
  Foxwarren - 2

• Gareth Rice - Canadiana Suite
  Tuesdays 6:30 - 8 PM

  36 Albums To Check Out (2025)
  Brad Turner - It’s All So
  Don Scott, Jean Martin - Doing Science
  Sarah Jerrom - Magpie
  Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society - Dynamic Maximum Tension
  AM4N - WALKM4N
  Madison Cunningham - Ace
  Denny Zeitlin - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Original Soundtrack
  Lena Raine - Earthblade: Across The Bounds of Fate
  Yann Van Der Cruyssen - Stray Original Soundtrack
  Tommy Crane and David Binney - The Isle
  Pablo Held - Unity
  Kate Wyatt - Murmuration
  Jake Kostuchuk - Speaking Eyes
  Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart - Perpetual Pendulum
  Walter Smith III - three of us are from Houston and Reuben is not
  Ben Webster - Soulville
  John Scofield - A Go Go
  Bill Coon and Oliver Gannon - Two Much Guitar
  Jim Hall, Pat Metheny - Jim Hall and Pat Metheny
  Ben Monder - Planetarium
  Aretha Tillotson - Kinda Out West
  Louis Cole - nothing
  Jacob Mann - 32
  Phonon, Israel Strom - Fizz Vol.1
  Allan Holdsworth - Wardenclyffe Tower
  Gary Husband - The Things I See
  Daniel Licht - Dexter Original Soundtrack
  Daniel Lopatin - Marty Supreme Original Soundtrack
  Lazar Miric - STANDARDS+
  FLOOR BABA - waking
  Tetyana Haraschuk - Until The Sun Comes
  Kensuke Ushio - Devilman Crybaby (2018) Original Soundtrack
  Sergei Rachmaninoff - Suite No. 2 for 2 Pianos, Op.17 (specifically the version with Martha
  Argerich and Nelson Freire)
  Masashi Hamauzu - Final Fantasy 13 Original Soundtrack
  Kenichiro Fukui - Einhänder Original Soundtrack
  Johannes Brahms - A German Requiem, Op. 45
  *not an album, but niwana’s FL Studio remixes are really sick, definitely worth listening to

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

  Favorite albums of 2025

  1 Doug Mclean - A Mass Vacancy
  2 The Beths - Straight Line Was a Lie
  3 Wednesday – Bleeds
  4 Jeff Tweedy - Twilight Override
  5 Big Thief - Double Infinity
  6 Jade Bird - Who Wants to Talk About Love?
  7 The Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
  8 Denison Witmer - Anything At All
  9 Polyglots - Artistes Anciens
  10 Sholto - The Sirens
  11 GoGo Penguin - Necessary Fictions
  12 Foxwarren – 2
  13 Panda Bear - Sinister Grift
  14 PUP - Who Will Look After The Dogs
  15 Winter - Adult Romantix
  16 Wet Leg – moisturizer
  17 Little Simz – Lotus
  18 Madi Diaz - Fatal Optimist
  19 Fontine - Good Buddy
  20 Ben Kweller - Cover The Mirrors

  Favorite Songs of 2025 (not from Top 20 Albums)

  Mise en Scene - Beige Corolla
  Derya Yidrim & Grup Simsek – Cool Hand
  Snocaps – Heathcliff
  Brandi Carlile - Church & State
  Mattstagraham – Caffeine
  My Morning Jacket - Beginning From The Ending
  Laura Jane Grace – Your God(God’s Dick)
  Lambrini Girls – Big Dick Energy
  Jasmine.4t – Elephant
  Horsegirl – Switch Over
  Craig Finn – The Man I’ve Always Been
  Sharon Van Etten- Something Ain’t Right
  Beirut – Tuanaki Atoll
  Destroyer – Cataract Time
  Car Seat Headrest – Gethsemane
  Dan Mangan – Cut the Brakes
  Jens Lekman – Wedding in Leipzig
  Leith Ross – Grieving
  Dove Ellis – Love Is
  Blood Orange – Westerberg

• John Guttormson - Bang & Whisper
  Saturdays 4PM - 5PM

  Top Songs

  01 The Beths - Straight Line Was A Lie
  02 Spoon - Chateau Blues
  03 Wednesday - Reality TV Argument Bleeds
  04 Patterson Hood - The Van Pelt Parties ft. Wednesday
  05 Craig Finn - People of Substance
  06 Sharp Pins - Popafangout
  07 Horsegirl - Rock City
  08 The Waterboys - Andy (A Guy Like You)
  09 Laufey - Clockwork
  10 Durand Jones & The Indications ft. Aaron Frazer - Been So Long
  11 Jason Isbell - Wind Behind The Rain 
  12 Jeff Tweedy - Stray Cats In Spain
  13 My Morning Jacket - Time Waited
  14 Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
  15 Natalie Bergman - You Can Have Me
  16 Paul Weller - Never The Same
  17 Sun Kil Moon - Next Stop Vienna and Rome
  18 Gord Downie - The Drop Off ft. Rheostatics

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

  Top 10 Albums of 2025 In Loosely Ascending Order

  Blue Youth - Modern Lover (Grind Central Records)
  The Devils - Devil’s Got It (Go Down Records)
  Heet Deth - Bad Reading (The Ghost Is Clear Records)
  Teen Mortgage - Devil Ultrasonic Dream (Roadrunner Records)
  Bikini Beach - Cursed (la pochette surprise records)
  Population II - Maintenant Jamais (Bonsound)
  Loins - Afterglow (Reptilian Records)
  Tortoise - Touch (International Anthem Recording Company)
  Arno De Cea & the Clockwork Wizards - Rétrofuturisme Volume III (Calico Records)
  Yoo Doo Right, Population II & Nolan Potter - Yoo II avec Nolan Potter (Mothland)

• William Protasevych - We Do A Little Music
  Wednesdays 3PM - 4PM

  My favourite metal releases of 2025:

  Cryptopsy - An Insatiable Violence
  Dormant Ordeal - Tooth and Nail
  Dessiderium - Keys To The Palace
  Gotsu-Totsu-Kotsu - Immortality
  Birth and Loss - Birth and Loss
  Barren Path - Grieving
  Kostnatění - Přílišnost (Excess)
  Asunojokei - Think of You
  Coroner - Dissonance Theory
  Gonemage - Coldest Keep in Bitter Heavens

• Kyler Zaenali - The Weekly Y-lers
  Mondays 1PM - 2PM

  Top 20 Songs I heard in 2025 :

  20 Ice Cube - Arrest The President
  19 Wyclef Jean - It Doesn’t Matter 
  18 (Person)(Noun) - A Punk Song About How Law Enforcement Ruins Everything   
  17 T. Rex - Ride a White Swan 
  16 Jimmy Buffett - Margaritaville   
  15  The Arrogant Worms- The Last Saskatchewan Pirate
  14 Alter Bridge - Metalingus   
  13 Motörhead - Line in the Sand   
  12 The Weeknd  - D.D.   
  11 Finger Eleven  - Slow Chemical   
  10 Platinum Blonde - Not in Love   
  9 John Cena and Tha Trademarc - Bad, Bad Man   
  8 Prince and The Revolution - Baby I’m a Star    
  7 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train   
  6 Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon (I Never Promised You A Rose Garden)   
  5 ROMANCEPLANET - FALL FROM THE SKY   
  4 Meija - I Would Die 4 U   
  3 The Beatles - Revolution   
  2 XTC - The Loving   
  1 Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain    

  Top 10 Albums I Really Got Into This Year :

  10 John Cena and Tha Trademarc - You Can't See Me
  9 Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man
  8  Dolly Parton - Rockstar
  7 Kendrick Lamar - GNX   
  6 Bad Bunny - DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
  5 JPEGMAFIA - I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR YOU
  4   XTC - Oranges & Lemons
  3 Platinum Blonde - Standing in the Dark
  2 Yves Jarvis - Sundry Rock Song Stock
  1 Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain

  FUNNIEST SONGS [ For Good And Bad Reasons ] I HEARD IN 2025 :

  10 Stan Freberg - Heartbreak Hotel
  9  will.i.am , Mick Jagger, Jennifer Lopez - T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)
  8 NOT THE MAIN CHARACTERS - club penguin    
  7 Bob & Doug McKenzie - Take Off   
  6 Liar - Five Knuckle Shuffle 
  5 OCT - Don't Touch My Clogs 
  4 Seether - Careless Whisper   
  3 Richard Cheese - Enter Sandman   
  2 AJJ - Zombie by the Cranberries by Andrew Jackson Jihad
  1 Elvis, Nardo Wick - Product of the Ghetto

• Andrew Ritchot - Alphabet Soup
  Tuesdays 5:30PM - 6:30PM

  Bria Salmena - Big Dog [Royal Mountain]
  Water From Your Eyes - It's A Beautiful Place [Matador]
  Julianna Riolino - Echo in the Dust [Moonwhistle]
  Saya Gray - SAYA [Dirty Hit]
  Robin Kester - Dark Sky Reserve [Memphis Industries]
  Marissa Burwell - Before The Hour's Up [DevilDuck]
  Common Holy - Anything Glass [Keeled Scales]
  PHABIES - The Curse of Caring [Self-Released]
  Snocaps - Snocaps [Anti-]
  Mamalarky - Hex Key [Epitaph]
  Deep Sea Diver - Billboard Heart [Sub Pop]
  Cloth - Pink Silence [Rock Action]
  Fine Food Market - I'm afraid to be in love with someone who crashes their car that much [Arbutus]
  Claire Days - I Remember Something [Contrejours]
  Wombo - Slab [Fire Talk]
  Honeycrush - Dogwoods [Self-Released]
  Ariane Roy - Dogue [La Maison Fauve]
  Lily Seabird - Trash Mountain [Lame-O]
  Frankie Cosmos - Different Talking [Sub Pop]
  Ruby Gill - Some Kind of Control [Suffragette]