If you’re a fan of the show, this will be one of your favourite episodes. Singer and vocal coach Teresa Cirillo drops by the No Sleep ’til Sudbury studios for a very honest and personal chat about the music that makes her skin vibrate.

Teresa is enthusiastic, genuine, upbeat, and she doesn’t hold back one bit. We talk about the peculiar coterie of characters that comprised Michael Jackson’s entourage, what happens to women when Chris Isaak sings, how many octaves Freddie Mercury could cover, Simply Red’s connection to her fear of death, the number of people who have cried on my show (including herself), and her Pitbull ban. To close out the episode, Teresa very vehemently invites Jann Arden to guest on No Sleep ’til Sudbury. So, Jann…what do you say?

Cirillo’s playlist:

Chris Isaak – Wicked Game

Live – Lightning Crashes

Simply Red – Holding Back The Years

Kaleo – Way Down

Jann Arden – I Would Die For You

Queen – The Show Must Go On

Michael Jackson – Human Nature

Big Wreck – That Song

Eros Ramazotti – Musica E

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Ethnomusicologist, professor, and writer Gillian Turnbull is my guest on the show this week. Gillian is a fascinating woman with a powerful social voice, and she provides some great commentary with lots of laughs during our discussion.

Tune in to hear about her boozy encounter with Jim Cuddy, her theory as to why Billy Joel doesn’t get as much respect as Springsteen, why she loves Rush, and her affinity for Neko Case’s scatological emphasis – the lady drops an F-bomb with style.  Check it out.

Turnbull’s playlist:

Blue Rodeo – Cynthia

Ian Tyson – Elko Blues

Billy Joel – Scenes From An Italian Restaurant

Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl

Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best

Neko Case – Where Did I Leave That Fire

Jason Isbell – Elephant

NQ Arbuckle – Hospitals

Rush – Working Man

Jim White & Aimee Mann – Static on the Radio

Beyoncé & Dixie Chicks – Daddy Lessons

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My pal Ron MacLean comes back to the No Sleep ‘til Sudbury studios again this week to chat about ten more songs that make his skin vibrate. It’s an absolute joy to hang out with Ron – he’s funny, whip smart, super gracious, and he knows his music.

In this episode Ron and I discuss his ritual for listening to music in the car, his affinity for Tom Petty, Todd Rundgren, and Carl Dixon, his Olympics exploits, the bond we share through an old French Canadian folk song, Blue Rodeo and smoked sausages, and why music is better when the mistakes are left in. Ron also opens up about Gerry Rafferty in a way I didn’t expect, but certainly appreciated. Great man, great storyteller. Great episode.

MacLean’s playlist:

Rod Stewart – Maggie May

England Dan and John Ford Coley – Love is the Answer

Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street

Willie Nelson Merle Haggard – Pancho and Lefty

Brandi Carlile – The Joke

Boston – More Than a Feeling

Talking Heads – What a Day That Was

Tom Petty – Swingin’

Catherine McKinnon – Dominique

Blue Rodeo – Lost Together

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One of Canada’s greatest ambassadors, broadcasting icon and massive music fan Ron MacLean joins me on No Sleep ’til Sudbury this week. Like most Canadian sports fans I’ve been a fan of Ron’s for decades, and it was my privilege to chat with him about the songs that make his skin vibrate.

In sharing his love for the songs that moved him over the course of his life, Ron offers the clever quips I’ve come to expect from him, along with some things I didn’t, and I’m thankful to him for sharing so much more of himself beyond what we ordinarily see on television. In this episode, we talk about how he prepares for Hockey Night In Canada, Don Cherry having a ‘little bone’ to pick with Gord Downie at the Junos, a poem he wrote for Matt Mays, his hesitation to include a Loverboy song in his playlist, and why The Tragically Hip deep cut “The Wherewithal” is special to him. All this and a Tom Petty impression too. Brilliant.

MacLean’s playlist:

Santa Esmeralda – Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood

Matt Mays – Take It On Faith

Men at Work – Overkill

Pagliaro – Some Sing Some Dance

Junkhouse – Out of My Head

Loverboy – Turn Me Loose

Mudcrutch – I Forgive It All

Prism – Take Me To The Kaptin

Anne Murray – You Needed Me

Tragically Hip – The Wherewithal

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