The happiest person on planet Earth, singer Suzi Kory, returns to the NSTS studios this week to chat about all sorts of fun things. 

It’s always a pleasure to host Suzi, and during this episode she catches us up on everything she’s currently doing – her foray into country music, the video shoot for her latest single Pretty Little Things, learning to play guitar, and who her girl crush is. Bonus: I tell Suzi a deep dark secret about Dolly Parton from my childhood.   

Kory’s playlist:

The Dixie Chicks – Not Ready To Play Nice

Miranda Lambert – Tin Man

Elie King – Ex’s and Oh’s

Little Big Town – Girl Crush

Dolly Parton – Jolene   

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This episode is definitely for the low-fi indie rock crowd. I travelled to Seattle late last year and chatted with co-founder of premier indie label Barsuk Records Barry Gordon at the Starbucks Center. My good pal Kevin ‘Wyatt’ Reid also drops in for a few laughs.

Barry’s music IQ is deep and sophisticated, and we talk about his role in discovering Death Cab for Cutie, watching Arcade Fire ascend to fame, loving The Smiths and Rush simultaneously, how to play ‘guess-the Pitchfork-score’, The Strokes as an opening act, and Bowie’s unmistakeable influence on indie rock. It’s fascinating to listen to Barry’s musical acumen, coulda talked with him all day. Enjoy! 

Gordon’s playlist:

Throwing Muses – Two Step

Ramona Falls – Clover

Sugar – Explode and Make Up

Death Cab For Cutie – Company Calls Epilogue

Maria Taylor – Xanax

Morrissey – Southpaw

David Bowie – Lazarus 

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This week on No Sleep ’til Sudbury we welcome Canadian Folk Music nominee and super cool lady Andrea Ramolo. She’s currently touring her newest record Homage, a collection of Leonard Cohen songs, and she was good enough to take a few minutes to chat with me about the songs that make her skin vibrate.

Andrea is a self-proclaimed ‘lover of the darkness’ in music, and her playlist reflects it. We have an extended chat about Fleetwood Mac’s favourite drug, the story behind her very personal album Nuda, the song she made a point of listening to every morning, whether music matters as much anymore, the power of interpretation, and the brilliance of Ryan Adams. When she comes back, we’re doing an all-Adams playlist. For real.             

Ramolo’s playlist:

Janis Joplin – Kozmic Blues

Jonathan Byrd – The Law and the Lonesome

Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way    

I Will Give You Everything – The Skydiggers

Sam Cooke – Bring It On Home To Me   

Glory Box – Portishead    

Oh My Sweet Carolina – Ryan Adams and Emmylou Harris    

Because the Night – Patti Smith

Nina Simone – Feeling Good

Kansas City – The New Basement Tapes

Famous Blue Raincoat – Leonard Cohen  

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Friend of the show and Brighton Rock guitar slinger Greg Fraser returns to NSTS this week, with quite a different batch of songs – this time around, it’s all rock. 

It’s always fun chatting with Fraze, he’s a great guy and we love a lot of the same music. We cover all the important stuff – his favourite KISS song, watching Poison’s bass player get punched in the face, Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstein approach to building guitars, Buffalo’s 97 Rock, how Brighton Rock’s hits were written, Mick Ronson as a roommate, how their record company always wanted Brighton Rock to be more like Honeymoon Suite, and so much more. Fraze even finds a way to bend the show rules to slip an extra song into his list, that scammer. Very fun episode, check it out. 

Fraze’s playlist:

Thin Lizzy – Warriors       

Van Halen – Unchained

Judas Priest – No Surrender     

UFO – Only You Can Rock Me     

Michael Schenker – Armed & Ready   

KISS – Flaming Youth   

Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains The Same

(Special mention) AC/DC – Rock N Roll Damnation

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