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Behind the Scenes of Music Promotion: An Insider’s Stories
Remember those TV shows/movies back in the 70’s and 80’s about life in radio or the music business? A new book from Jawbone Press suggests that truth may be stranger, and often funnier, than fiction. A veteran of music promotion shares his experiences of the golden age of rock promotion,… Listen ⇢
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Life is Strange with Terry Draper
Terry Draper, one of the founding members of Klaatu, was my guest on Oldies Without Borders on April 12. He’s got a new CD out called Life is Strange. It’s a collaboration with Jamie Grant. The first track on the album is Crop Circle Creatures – perhaps an allusion to… Listen ⇢
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Garage Rock’s The Fifth Estate Keeps on Rocking
To paraphrase the old adage – never judge a band by the hit singles. The Fifth Estate is remembered for the 1967 hit, Ding, Dong, The Witch is Dead. The song reached #8 in Canada and #11 on Billboard: A follow-up single, Heigh Ho, would peak at #25 in Canada,… Listen ⇢
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A Sitdown with Earl Johnson of Moxy
A person with “moxy” has guts, grit, determination, and backbone. Certainly describes my guest for this podcast. I recently had a chat with Hamilton’s own Earl Johnson about the upcoming Moxy show at the Corktown. The band is legendary. Martin Melhuish, in his classic book on Canadian music history “Heart… Listen ⇢
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Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot Comes to MPAC at Mohawk College
Had a great conversation with Leisa Way of Way to Go Productions about their upcoming show, Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot, on Saturday, November 23 at the McIntyre Performing Arts Centre at Mohawk College. Believe it or not, the show made its debut in May of 2023… Listen ⇢
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Jim Knows Gold – It’s In His Name
Jim Gold of the group Gallery has at least four million reasons to be realize he has been blessed with the “Midas Touch.” The song Nice to Be With You, which he wrote with his wife in mind, has been played over 4 million times. That’s according to BMI (Broadcast… Listen ⇢
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Getting Comfortable with Iain Matthews
This week Sunset Boulevard Records released the latest album from Iain Matthews, called How Much Is Enough. By his own admission, it’s his 53rd (or 54th) album. You read that right. Over the course of his 60 years in music, Iain Matthews has released over 50 solo albums. That number… Listen ⇢
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Throwback Thursday – Len Robinson, A Vintage Voice From Hamilton Radio
Len Robinson’s radio career began as a producer at CKLW in Windsor. In addition to his time at 1150 CKOC, he’s also worked in Ottawa (CFRA) and Sarnia (CKJD). Currently, Len is your host at Sunview102 where every song is a memory. In this podcast, Len and I reminisce about… Listen ⇢
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Throwback Thursday – Remembering Ken Tobias: A Warrior of Light
I was saddened to hear about the death of Ken Tobias. He passed away due to brain cancer on October 2, 2024 in his hometown of St. John, New Brunswick. I was honoured to have the chance to talk with Ken on Oldies Without Borders back in 2010. He had… Listen ⇢
About the “Vinyl Professor”
Peter Maurin is host of Oldies Without Borders on several online and community radio stations in Ontario.
