This week SongTalk welcomes… Christmas into our studio. For our Xmas Eve show, we all brought in our favourite Christmas songs and had a good chat about what makes them so great. Featuring some classics and some new songs that you may not have heard before. So pour yourself some Rum and Eggnog or …
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Writing new Christmas songs with Jef Farquharson
Jef Farquarharson stopped by to share tips about writing Christmas tunes. Listen to the whole show Rum And Eggnog lyrics Christmas Is Lyrics
Holiday Special 2017
Bruce, Neel, Phil and Vanessa each shared a song that meant something to them for the holidays. Bruce featured a song from a series of The Beatles releases from 1964 to 1969 that he and his brothers bought each other for Christmas. Vanessa brought in a ballet number from her childhood as a dancer. Phil …
Holiday Love Songs with Melanie Peterson
Saskatoon-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Melanie Peterson joined us again, this time with her original holiday-themed love songs. Melanie has been deemed “Mary Poppins with a broken heart” by the BBC and a “superb songwriter” by Joe Warmington of the Toronto Sun. She was last on our show in 2015. We talked about: Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s …
Holiday Special 2015
For our third holiday special, it was the Song Talk Radio family only – Bruce, Neel, Phil, Janice and Etain (on tech). Phil shared some interesting holiday song trivia and a Christmas jingle from his old punk-pop band, The Parkdale Hookers. Bruce shared a childhood memory of the holiday season with the Beatles, and Neel shared a quirky …
Holiday Songs: What makes a good one?
Bruce, Neel and Phil talk about their favourite holiday songs. They go over “Baby, it’s cold outside”, a wacky song by weird Al Yankovic, “Calling to say” by Serena Ryder and more.