Friday Special Blend - Playlist 30 March 2007

THIS WEEK'S SHOW...
March 30, 2007

SoulJazz Orchestra
Freedom no go Die
- Freedom no go die

John Akpata
Kerheb
- Incarnation

INTERVIEW with choreographer and dancer Caroline Barriere (www.schemaproductions.ca <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.schemaproductions.ca> ), whose Chorégraphes d'ICI - featuring 25 dancers, 10 choreographers, musicians, composers, videographers each with a story...(all from HERE) - will be onstage at La Nouvelle Scene April 4 and 5.

07:25 Wake up with words
Featuring Charles Hodgson's Podictionary (www.podictionary.com <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.podictionary.com> ) piece du jour.
=> omitted due to technical difficulties

Kristin Bell-Murray
Played from Myspace.com
- Cat's Meyow
- Somewhere else

07:30 Poetic moment I: Bywords
INTERVIEW with a team of editors and poets involved in the spring issue of Bywords Quarterly Journal (www.Bywords.ca <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.Bywords.ca> ), scheduled to launch this Sunday. Amanda Earl, Christian McPherson, Marcus McCann, and Kelly Clarke will join us to celebrate the start of the 5th year of Bywords, and to share some readings.

Apostle of Hustle
Folkloric Feel
- Folkloric Feel

08:05 Poetic moment II: El Dorado
INTERVIEW and readings with El Dorado's Luciano Diaz and Jorge Etcheverry, celebrating the launch of Iguana: Escribir el exilio/Writing Exile (
www.eldorado-boreal.ca <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.eldorado-boreal.ca> ), along with an evening of homage to Juan O'Neill, tonight at Rasputin's ( www.rasputins.ca <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.rasputins.ca> ).

08:20
Barb Gray, the Friday Blend's roving arts reporter.

Devin Johnstone
Played from the web
- Sideways

Karsh Kale
Milan
- Liberation

KD Lang
Ingenue
- Constant Craving

08:30
INTERVIEW about Is it Alright, an evening of dance and movement that explores our sometimes chaotic yet always intimate relationship with food (
http://healthysensuality.blogspot.com <http://healthysensuality.blogspot.com/> ), taking place this weekend at Ecclesiax. In Is it Alright...?, seven artists - with styles ranging from Middle Eastern dance ("belly dance") to classical Indian dance to performance art - will explore the spirit behind this complex relationship. Ann Cavlovic and Devin Johnstone will join the Blend live in-studio.

Mackenzie MacBride
Played from MySpace.com
- CounterCulture Carnie
- Hollywood
- Rock Star
- Curtain

08:45
INTERVIEW with musician and organizer MacKenzie MacBride about the Counter Culture Carnie (
www.mackenziemacbride.com/counterculturecarnival <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.mackenziemacbride.com/counterculturecarnival> ) taking place this Saturday evening at SAW to support Camp Ten Oaks ( www.camptenoaks.org <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.camptenoaks.org> ).

09:05
INTERVIEW - CKCU reporter Christina Caminiti interviews Fashion 613 - Discover Ottawa's Andre Rodrigues about the charity fashion show that Ottawa's fashion organization (
www.discottawa.com <http://mail.google.com/mail/www.discottawa.com> ) is holding to support UNICEF and MACDA. The show willl take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel this Sunday.